Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" got me on the first listen, and it still does. That parched, desert loneliness paired with a shiver-inducing falsetto and lush reverb is a sound nobody else owns. A Stockton, California kid who studied at the University of the Pacific and dabbles in acting, he could have drifted into being a jack-of-all-trades, but he never did, because his devotion to a vanished, golden-age America is genuine. I respect anyone who ignores trends to protect his own aesthetic. His is the voice I reach for late at night, and that loyalty has lasted me years.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chris Isaak
- Name (Japanese)
- クリス・アイザック
- Reading
- くりす・あいざっく
- Born
- June 26, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Stockton, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / singer-songwriter / film actor / guitarist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Stagg High School
- University
- University of the Pacific
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Chris Isaak born?
Born June 26, 1956 (age 70).
Where is Chris Isaak from?
Chris Isaak is from Stockton, California, United States.
What does Chris Isaak do?
Chris Isaak works as singer, actor, singer-songwriter, film actor, guitarist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.