Chris Frantz
Acting • Born 1951-05-08
Biography
Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician, producer and author. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Frantz attended the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1970s, where he met musicians David Byrne and Tina Weymouth. Byrne and Frantz formed a band called the Artistics, which eventually transformed into the acclaimed new wave band Talking Heads. Weymouth, then Frantz's girlfriend, joined the band in 1975, and the two married in 1977. In 1981, Frantz and Weymouth formed Tom Tom Club, who achieved chart success with the influential single Genius of Love. Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Talking Heads in 2002. Frantz's memoir, Remain in Love, was published in 2020.
Filmography
22 credits
Stop Making Sense
Movie • 1984
Self - Drums, Vocals
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
Movie • 1981
I Need That Record!
Movie • 2008
Himself
Finster
Movie • 2022
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
Movie • 1984
Self
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Movie • 1988
Self
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie • 1982
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Movie • 1980
Self - Drums, vocals
Paradise Garden: Howard Finster's Legacy
Movie • 2014
Self
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Movie • 1980
Self - Drums, Vocals
25 Years of Punk
Movie • 2001
Self
Talking Heads - Chronology
Movie • 2011
The Blank Generation
Movie • 1976
Self
Dancing Barefoot
Movie • 1995
Self
True Stories
Movie • 1986
Lip-Syncher
Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Bollocks
Movie • 1978
Self
The Greatest Radio Station In The World
Movie • 2022
Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille
Movie • 2024
Self
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
Movie • 2005
Self
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
TV • 2006
Self
100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
TV • 2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self