# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-christy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:07:22.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-christy"
name: "Richard Christy"
slug: "richard-christy"
description: "Thomas Richard Christy Jr. is an American drummer, musician, comedian, and radio personality, best known for being the former drummer for several heavy metal bands since the early 1990s, most notably Death, and his tenure on The Howard Stern Show. Born and raised in Kansas, Christy took an interest in rock and heavy metal music in his youth, and started playing the drums at age ten. He played in several bands while at school."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sal%2C_Leyla_%26_Richard_Christy_(4902556102).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: "1974-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.08
  momentum:             2.121619803578636
  historical:           14.59102666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1832674/"
    handle:    "nm1832674"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richardchristy.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريتشارد كريستى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ρίτσαρντ Κρίστι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "ریچارد کریستی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Кристи, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Christy"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/84b095bd-5f30-431f-b44d-7cc6228393e2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077763"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105657"
    title: "Richard Christy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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