Personal Info
Talking Heads
Charton Christopher Frantz
Chris Frantz
Acting
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille
as Self
The Greatest Radio Station In The World
Finster
Paradise Garden: Howard Finster's Legacy
as Self
Talking Heads - Chronology
I Need That Record!
as Himself
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
as Self
25 Years of Punk
as Self
Dancing Barefoot
as Self
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Self
