# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-walla
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:05:30.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-walla"
name: "Chris Walla"
slug: "chris-walla"
description: "Christopher Ryan Walla is an American musician, record producer, and film music composer, best known for being a former guitarist and songwriter for the band Death Cab for Cutie."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChrisWalla.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.98
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.331848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1995118/"
    handle:    "nm1995118"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/226217"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "كريس والا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walla"
    title: "Chris Walla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walla"
    title: "Chris Walla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walla"
    title: "Chris Walla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walla"
    title: "Chris Walla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walla"
    title: "Chris Walla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "کرس والا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Walla"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5efe021b-61c8-45ed-9c89-ab808a892c96"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2240506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/550441"
    title: "Chris Walla"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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