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My Take
Chris Jericho strikes me as the rare performer who treats reinvention as a discipline rather than a gimmick. Plenty of wrestlers ride one persona into the ground; Jericho has torn his down and rebuilt it more times than I can count, and somehow each version lands. Add a legitimate rock career fronting Fozzy and steady acting work, and you get a man who simply refuses to be one thing. What I admire most is the work ethic underneath the showmanship — his Hall of Fame recognition feels less like a reward for talent than for relentless, decades-long curiosity. He makes longevity look like an art form.
Overview
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor. As of January 2019, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jericho.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chris Jericho
- Name (Japanese)
- クリス・ジェリコ
- Reading
- くりす・じぇりこ
- Born
- November 9, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
- Origin
- Manhasset, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / professional wrestler / actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Red River College Polytechnic
Awards & achievements
- Order of the Buffalo Hunt
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer — see all → · Professional wrestler — see all → · More people from United States →
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.