# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-metzen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:18:45.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-metzen"
name: "Chris Metzen"
slug: "chris-metzen"
description: "Christopher Vincent Metzen is an American game designer, artist, voice actor, and author known for his work creating the fictional universes and scripts for Blizzard Entertainment's three major award-winning media franchises: Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft. Metzen was hired by Blizzard Entertainment as an animator and an artist; his first work for the company was with the video game Justice League Task Force."
tagline: "American game designer, voice actor, author and artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Metzen_at_BlizzCon_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1973-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.67496266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ChrisMetzen"
    handle:    "ChrisMetzen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1068321/"
    handle:    "nm1068321"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس متزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس متزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس متزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "크리스 멧젠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Метцен, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кріс Метцен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Metzen"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4221881"
    title: "Chris Metzen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump