# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-vile
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:54:28.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-vile"
name: "Kurt Vile"
slug: "kurt-vile"
description: "Kurt Samuel Vile is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work, music released under the name \"Kurt Vile and the Violators\", and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during live performances, Vile is accompanied by his backing band, the Violators, which currently includes Jesse Trbovich, Kyle Spence (drums) and Adam Langellotti."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt_Vile_-_Roskilde_Festival_2011.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: "1980-01-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.19
  momentum:             5.381592297111509
  historical:           18.560288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/therealkurtvile"
    handle:    "therealkurtvile"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kurtvile/"
    handle:    "kurtvile"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kurtvileofphilly"
    handle:    "kurtvileofphilly"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4693174/"
    handle:    "nm4693174"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.kurtvile.com/"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5gspAQIAH8nJUrMYgXjCJ2"
    handle:    "Kurt Vile"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e07a111e-4e8a-4651-a849-01ac60551ab2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كورت ڤيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "קורט סמואל וייל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BB%A4%ED%8A%B8_%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%BC"
    title: "커트 바일"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Вайл, Курт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vile"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2006223"
    title: "Kurt Vile"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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