# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-hardwick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:38:57.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-hardwick"
name: "Chris Hardwick"
slug: "chris-hardwick"
description: "Christopher Ryan Hardwick is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosted Talking Dead, an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, as well as Talking with Chris Hardwick, a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and The Wall, a plinko-inspired gameshow on NBC. Hardwick created Nerdist Industries, operator of the Nerdist Podcast Network and home of his podcast The Nerdist Podcast, which later left the network and was renamed to ID10T with Chris Hardwick. His podcast had broadcast 1,000 episodes as of December 2019."
tagline: "American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Hardwick_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1971-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           23.93643733333334
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 157
platforms:
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    handle:    "hardwick"
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    handle:    "hardwick"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill