Talk:Chris Isaak

Age

Hard to believe this guy's 50 ey? Rogerthat ^Talk 03:25, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah.. but his musical career started at age 30 which is kind of late for rock stars CheesePlease NL 21:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

He was on Leno tonight. No way he looks 50. He was on with lance armstrong and looks the same age. 24.202.13.239 04:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, and hate to say it, but thats an awful picture of him Early Q 21:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I couldn't believe dude is....well...51 now. Aging like Harrison Ford I think. He's on Craig Ferguson show at the moment. Yeah, Chris looks like, what 37 or something? Damn, I hope I age that well.Wikitoddia 08:09, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Indie?

Indie? since when is chris issak an indie rocker? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirjlu (talk • contribs) 05:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Props

Just want to give props to whoever wrote this article for knowing how to use the word "comprises"... kudos! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.177.1.211 (talk) 23:20, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Silvertone

His band, Silvertone, should be mentioned. Someone who is a bigger fan than I should be able write them up. DFS (talk) 06:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Wiseguy Series

I was surprised no one had logged it here. Chris had a cameo in an early Wiseguy episode. He was practicing in a Lounge while Vincent is talking to a Mob guy, Midway through the conversation the Mob guy turns to Chris and chews him out for the song he was playing. Something about how the patrons don't want to hear that crap. I believe Chris was singing Heart Shaped World, so I thought it was funny, cause that's a great song. This was >20 years ago so I may have some the story incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.213.74.254 (talk) 06:15, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

German? Italian?

His surname is Isaak. He's part Jewish, not German. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.12.194.158 (talk) 03:13, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Interesting. Yeah Isaak isn't exactly a typical German surname. Though not really common as a surname among Ashkenazi Jews either, AFAIK. And of course Jews can be German citizens, only Nazis would deny it. 2001:8E0:21BE:8E00:884F:4931:AE67:8801 (talk) 07:46, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

No word about his personal life... Is he gay?

No word about his personal life... Is he gay? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.204.96.76 (talk) 16:13, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

No idea if he is gay but he must be a gay icon. Watching him perform in Frankfurt, Germany years ago it was absolutely stunning to recognize that half of the audience was male gay couples. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:45:490E:25D:D952:99EB:B6F1:3EDF (talk) 22:43, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

There's some stuff on line about his high school girlfriend, Carole Owe, dying of cancer in 1999... and him then dating Caroline Rhea for a couple of years -- then a couple of Asian American women. Doesn't sound like he's gay -- but not very public about who he's seeing.

Why his birth date was changed? He´s ten years younger now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.17.242.184 (talk) 02:26, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Over the Garden Wall

He not only voiced Enoch, but sang the song in that episode, "Patient is the Night". I also believe he voiced some of the other skeletons, but I'm not sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.73.47.3 (talk) 14:46, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

1995 incident with Cameron Diaz

There have been multiple attempts to add content about the 1995 awards ceremony, but none using reliable sources. I can find no contemporaneous sources that discussed the incident with Isaak and Diaz. The current sources all seem to be based on a tiktoker's clip going viral. Unless reliable sources give this story coverage, it is WP:UNDUE. Schazjmd (talk) 16:28, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Here is a article about it https://www.unilad.com/celebrity/cameron-diaz-kissed-mtv-awards-20221113 Chrisw 2003 (talk) 20:06, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Not a reliable source for a WP:BLP, it's a platform that accepts user content. Schazjmd (talk) 20:17, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Is the video not self evident? CoolCooCooCool (talk) 07:19, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

citing the video alone should be enough, I was going to add something about the incident, but clearly others have tried and failed. CharlieTWilbury (talk) 14:30, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

It seems Schazjmd has a bias and is ignoring the video evidence. CoolCooCooCool (talk) 03:35, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

I don't see the point of censoring something that has been widely reported and caught on video. Of course modern viewers have a different reaction to it. It was still discussed in the most neutral way possible, as a "controversy", and an "incident". Bcht12 (talk) 15:31, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

If there are proper sources, we can certainly add it. Otherwise, as mentioned above, it will remain a WP:BLP issue.Karst (talk) 17:41, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

I dont understand why the official recordings of the 1995 MTV movie awards aren't a "proper source". CoolCooCooCool (talk) 02:41, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

@CoolCooCooCool, please read the policy on neutral point of view, particularly the section on due and undue weight. Schazjmd (talk) 13:26, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

I've read it but fail to see how it applies here. I think a small entry under controversies is warrented. CoolCooCooCool (talk) 23:45, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

I just tried to add it here souring the daily mail.. is that ok? ~2026-94574-0 (talk) 07:08, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, @~2026-94574-0, The Daily Mail is not a reliable source; see WP:DAILYMAIL. Schazjmd (talk) 14:06, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Surfing

I'm not sure if Chris is still paddling out but I know that was a passion of his years ago. I think I bumped into him at Wise Surf Shop in The City years ago. He surfed Ocean Beach and Santa Cruz from what I've heard. He mentions it several times in interviews. Kit Hill, Ed.D., LMFT KrisCollino (talk) 00:58, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Film roles

Silence of the Lambs: Chris played a SWAT Commander in the later part of the film. Beachgirl709 (talk) 09:39, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Friends

Isaak is close friends with Stevie Nicks and, before his death, the film director David Lynch. This sentence sounds so strange to me. It is saying Isaak became friends with David Lynch before he died instead of waiting till after David Lynch died to become his friend. ~2025-36979-82 (talk) 00:04, 29 November 2025 (UTC)