- Born
- Birth nameCharles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Frank Black was born on April 6, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Unbreakable (2000), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012). He has been married to Rachel Phillips since 2024. He was previously married to Violet Clark and Jean Black.
- SpousesRachel Phillips(2024 - present)Violet Clark(2003 - 2019) (2 children)Jean Black(? - 2003) (divorced)
- Lead vocalist of the band Pixies.
- Developed his trademark singing style after a friend told him to scream The Beatles' "Oh Darling" "like you hate that b****!"
- Black is referenced in the song "Fire Water Burn" by Bloodhound gang, with the lyric "I'm not black like Barry White, no, I'm white like Frank Black is". The song then pays homage to Black's band Pixies by rewriting several lines of their song "Monkey Gone to Heaven" from Pixies' seminal 1989 album "Doolittle".
- Frank and his wife Violet welcomed their second child, Lucy Berlin on April 21st. She was born at 5:30 am, weighing just under 8 lbs, 10 oz
- Was approached for the part of Victor Modino in Heavy (1995). He turned it down, saying he "didn't want to play that type of character".
- I think that morality is not God-given or even acquired through religion, it's natural, innate and, to be honest, pretty damn obvious. It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel.
- It is just sort of insulting, though, that all I will probably be remembered for is that fact that a very famous dude casually dropped my name in an interview. That this is as good as it will get for me, that I will always be subservient to that remark. (On Kurt Cobain)
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