# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-wydler
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:29:47.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-wydler"
name: "Thomas Wydler"
slug: "thomas-wydler"
description: "Thomas Wydler, is a Swiss musician, best known as the drummer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, which he has been a member of since 1985. Prior to joining the band, he was a founding member of the experimental German band Die Haut. Wydler has also released albums as a solo artist."
tagline: "Swiss musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Wydler_-_Nick_Cave_%5E_the_Bad_Seed_-_Spello%2C_Villa_Fidelia_-_31_maggio_2008_-_Flickr_-_Un_ragazzo_chiamato_Bi_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-10-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.4
  momentum:             20.92870544090056
  historical:           8.394461333333332
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943654/"
    handle:    "nm0943654"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/69502"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ثوماس ويدلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wydler"
    title: "Thomas Wydler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wydler"
    title: "Thomas Wydler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wydler"
    title: "Thomas Wydler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wydler"
    title: "Thomas Wydler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wydler"
    title: "Thomas Wydler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Томас Вайдлер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5715c234-8dba-4b0e-aa46-e90032b59a8a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118066"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1041309"
    title: "Thomas Wydler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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