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Chris Farley
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American actor and comedian (1964–1997)
OverviewAI-generated
Chris Farley was an American entertainer whose professional career spanned from 1987 to 1997. Born on February 15, 1964, he passed away on December 18, 1997. His body of work includes the book *Growing up Farley a Chris Farley Story Deluxe Edition* and another title simply named *Chris Farley*.
Farley has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. He is also the subject of numerous encyclopedia entries, with references found in 359 other articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Growing up Farley a Chris Farley Story Deluxe Edition
- Chris Farley
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,699
- Total plays
- 5,777
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Farley">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,098x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,622x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,971x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,277x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Crosby Farley , ( 1964-02-15 ) February 15, 1964, Madison, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Died
- December 18, 1997 (1997-12-18) (aged 33), Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Burial place
- Resurrection Cemetery
- Alma mater
- Marquette University
- Occupations
- Actor comedian
- Years active
- 1984–1997
- Relatives
- John Farley (brother) Kevin Farley (brother) Jim Farley (cousin)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Madison
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Sibling
- John Farley
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Tommy Boy
- Student of
- Del Close
- Instrument
- voice
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1964-02-15
- name in native language
- Christopher Crosby Farley
- Commons category
- Chris Farley
- influenced by
- John Belushi
- cause of death
- drug overdose
- date of death
- 1997-12-18
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- end of work period
- 1997-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- accidental death
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for five seasons, from 1990 to 1995. He went on to pursue a film career, appearing in films such as Airheads, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Beverly Hills Ninja, and Almost Heroes.
Influenced by John Belushi, Farley was widely known for his physical performance/comedy and athleticism (similar to Curly Howard and Roscoe Arbuckle). This was used to great effect during his time on Saturday Night Live, and continued through many of his films. From his early acting days, and through the height of his fame, Farley struggled with obesity, alcoholism, and substance abuse. He died of a drug overdose in 1997 at the age of 33.
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