# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-sheppard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:53.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-sheppard"
name: "Jim Sheppard"
slug: "jim-sheppard"
description: "James Patrick Sheppard is an American musician. He was the bassist and founding member of the progressive metal band, Nevermore, and its predecessor, Sanctuary. He and singer Warrel Dane are certified chefs, and formerly owned an Italian restaurant in Seattle.\nIn 2020 James married Brazilian Priscila Sheppard."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Sheppard%2C_Sanctuary%2C_Barge_to_Hell_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1961-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.692298666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.myspace.com/nevermorefans"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/516456"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جيم شيبارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BC_%CE%A3%CE%AD%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Τζιμ Σέπαρντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sheppard"
    title: "Jim Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sheppard"
    title: "Jim Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sheppard"
    title: "Jim Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sheppard"
    title: "Jim Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sheppard"
    title: "Jim Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6d227ab2-1de2-4745-a255-8ac11a57e884"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q678910"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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