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Sting

Sting (aka Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock band The Police. Sting has varied his musical style throughout his career, incorporating distinct elements of jazz, reggae, classical, new age, and worldbeat into his music. As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and an Oscar nomination for the best song. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Known For: Acting

Born: Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 1951-10-02

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Quadrophenia	Ace Face	70
2	1979	Radio On	Just Like Eddie	60
3	1980	Punk and Its Aftershocks	Self	65
4	1981	Artemis '81	Helith	40
5	1982	The Police: Around The World	Self	80
6	1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball	Self	60
7	1982	Brimstone & Treacle	Martin Taylor	59
8	1983	Police in Montserrat	Self	80
9	1984	Dune	Feyd Rautha	62
10	1985	Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain	Machiavelli	0
11	1985	Live Aid	Self	79
12	1985	Dire Straits at Live Aid		0
13	1985	The Bride	Frankenstein	53
14	1985	Plenty	Mick	57
15	1985	Sting - Bring on the Night	Self	69
16	1988	The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert	Self	100
17	1988	Julia and Julia	Daniel Hosler	50
18	1988	Stormy Monday	Finney	57
19	1988	Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary	Self - Musician	0
20	1988	Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires	Self	80
21	1988	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Heroic Officer	70
22	1990	Resident Alien	Singer	53
23	1990	One World, One Voice	Self	0
24	1991	Sting Unplugged	Self - Double Bass, Vocals	40
25	1991	Sting: Unplugged	Self	90
26	1991	Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl	Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar	0
27	1993	Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy	Narrator (voice)	70
28	1995	The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities	Self	0
29	1995	The Grotesque	Fledge	53
30	1998	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman	Billy Idol	77
31	1998	The Mighty	The Balladeer	72
32	1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	JD	81
33	1999	Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre	Self - Vocals, Bass	74
34	1999	Tina Turner : Celebrate!	Self	87
35	2000	The Filth and the Fury	Self (archive footage)	70
36	2000	The Beatles Revolution	Self	0
37	2001	America \| A Tribute to Heroes	Self - Performer	62
38	2001	Sting - All this Time	Self - Lead Singer	72
39	2002	Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert	Self	69
40	2003	Freedom Beat	Self	0
41	2003	Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love	Self - Bass, Guitar, Lead Vocals	77
42	2004	Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland	Self	0
43	2004	The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition	Self	0
44	2004	George Michael: A Different Story	Self	63
45	2004	Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?	Self	48
46	2005	Live 8	Self	74
47	2006	Herbie Hancock: Possibilities	Self	54
48	2006	Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests		68
49	2007	Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out	Self - The Police Member (archive footage)	69
50	2007	Bee Movie	Sting (voice)	60
51	2008	The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo	Self	77
52	2008	The Police: Certifiable	Self - Bass, Vocals	75
53	2009	The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra	Self	100
54	2009	Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann	Robert Schumann	0
55	2009	If on a Winter's Night ... Live from Durham Cathedral	Self	42
56	2009	Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral	Self	70
57	2009	The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts	Self	81
58	2009	Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors	Self	0
59	2010	Sting - Fields Of Japan 1994	Self	80
60	2010	Hope for Haiti Now	Self	63
61	2010	Still Bill	Self	71
62	2010	Sting: Live In Berlin	Self - Performer	77
63	2011	Sting Festival de Viña del Mar	Self	69
64	2011	Sting - 25 Years	Self - Vocals, Bass	0
65	2012	Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police	Self	63
66	2012	Radioman	Self	57
67	2013	20 Feet from Stardom	Self	72
68	2014	Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute	Self	72
69	2014	Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)	Self - Host, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass	65
70	2014	Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship	Self	0
71	2015	Jaco	Self	75
72	2015	Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône	Self	80
73	2016	Attenborough at 90	Self	80
74	2016	Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews	Self	0
75	2018	The Queen's Birthday Party	Self - Performer	0
76	2020	GIMS: On the Record	Self	73
77	2020	Herb Alpert Is...	Self	72
78	2021	Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)	Self	80
79	2021	Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.	Self	0
80	2021	Sting au Panthéon (50 ans de FIP)	Self	60
81	2021	Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story	Self	70
82		CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill	Self	0
83	1977	Acceleration Punk	Self	0
84	1979	The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic		80
85	1979	Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia	Interviewee	0
86	1981	Urgh! A Music War	Self	73
87	1984	The Police: Synchronicity Concert	Self - Bass, Vocals	90
88	1986	U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope	Self	0
89	1988	Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!	Self - Musician	0
90	1991	Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin	Self - Guest	63
91	1993	Take That Away!	Self	0
92	1994	Sting ‎– Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting		80
93	1997	Music for Montserrat	Self	64
94	1999	Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward	Self	0
95	2001	All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!	Self	0
96	2001	The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead	Self	0
97	2001	Being Mick	Self	0
98	2002	The Sweatbox	Self	69
99	2004	Live Aid	Self	92
100	2005	An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues	Self	0
101	2007	The Police - Live in Rio	Self	0
102	2007	STING: The Journey & The Labyrinth	Self	0
103	2007	The Police - Greatest Video Hits		70
104	2007	Scott Walker: 30 Century Man	Self	69
105	2008	The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid	Self	0
106	2008	The Police: Better Than Therapy	Self	0
107	2009	Chris Botti in Boston	Self	50
108	2009	Brüno	Self - 'Dove of Peace'	56
109	2010	2012: Time for Change	Self	61
110	2014	John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly	Self	95
111	2016	Zoolander 2	Sting	49
112	2016	Sonic Sea	Self	70
113	2016	Sting Live At Irving Plaza	Self	70
114	2016	Sting au Bataclan	Self	80
115	2017	The Dark Side of The Sun	Narrator	72
116	2017	Sting: Beyond The Police	Self - Musician	55
117	2017	Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris	Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar	89
118	2017	Sting: A Free Man	Self	75
119	2018	Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen	Self - Performer	100
120	2018	Ruben Blades Is Not My Name	Self	64
121	2018	Gurrumul	Self	70
122	2019	I Want My MTV	Self	75
123	2019	Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville	Self	90
124	2023	They All Came Out to Montreux	Self	90
125	2024	Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden	Self	80
126	2024	Royal Opera House: Message in a Bottle	Self - Lead Vocals	0
127		Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist	Self	0
128	1980	The Police: Live At Rockpalast	Self - Vocals, Bass	80
129	1980	The Police: Live in Essen - Rockpalast 1980	Self	0
130	1983	Destination Dune	Self	50
131	1983	The Police - Live In Oakland	Self - Vocals, Bass	0
132	1984	'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video	Self	0
133	1987	The Best of Max Headroom	Self	0
134	1987	Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit	Self - Vocals, Electric Bass	0
135	1988	Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute	Self	60
136	1991	Branford Marsalis: Steep	Self	0
137	1991	The Soul Cages Concert	Self	0
138	1992	Pavarotti & Friends	Self	85
139	1992	Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special	Self	0
140	1995	The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special	Self	40
141	1996	The Police ‎– Live Ghost In The Machine	Self - Vocals, Bass	80
142	1997	An Audience with Elton John	Self	0
143	1997	The Very Best of Sting & The Police		0
144	2003	The Police - Every Breath You Take	Self - Bass, Vocals	71
145	2005	Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today	Self	0
146	2007	Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who	Self	69
147	2008	Pavarotti The Duets	Self	0
148	2008	VH1 Rock Honors: The Who	Self	0
149	2009	Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB	Self	80
150	2009	PoliWood	Self	65
151	2015	Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups	Self	0
152	2016	Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People	Self	76
153	2016	Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!	Self	70
154	2016	Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016	Self	0
155	2017	Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star	Self	80
156	2019	Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal	Self	0
157	2019	Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film	Self	86
158	2019	The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration	Self	78
159	2020	Space Songs: Through the Distance	Self	0
160	2020	Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics	Self	67
161	2020	Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats	Self	95
162	2020	Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban	Self	80
163	2021	Under the Volcano	Self	68
164	2021	Kaamelott: The First Chapter	Horsa	66
165		Sting - Live at iHeartRadio	Self	0
166	2021	The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune	Self (voice) (archive footage)	40
167	2022	Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon	Self	0
168	2022	Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord	Self	80
169	2022	2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self	82
170	2023	The Book of Solutions	Sting	60
171	2023	WHAM!	Self (archive footage)	74
172	2023	Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story	Self	80
173	2023	Zucchero \| Sugar Fornaciari	Self	75
174	2023	Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll	Self	0
175	2024	Sting and the Police at the BBC	Self	65
176	2024	Sting: Radio 2 in the Park		0
177	2024	The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?	Self	80
178	2025	FireAid Benefit Concert	Self	90
179	2025	When Bruce Springsteen Came To Britain		90

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self	90
2	1952	Today	Self	58
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
4	1959	The Grammys	Self	87
5	1963	Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Self - The Police	47
6	1963	Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Self - Musical Guest	47
7	1967	Titel, Thesen, Temperamente	Self	60
8	1971	The Old Grey Whistle Test	Self	75
9	1974	American Music Awards	Self - Musical Guest	82
10	1974	Rockpalast		100
11	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
12	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
13	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host & Musical Guest	70
14	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest	70
15	1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self	50
16	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
17	1978	Bio’s Bahnhof	Self	0
18	1978	The Kenny Everett Video Show		77
19	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning		68
20	1981	De TV Show	Self	0
21	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
22	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self - The Police	63
23	1982	Late Night with David Letterman	Self	58
24	1984	Al TV	Self (archive footage)	63
25	1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self	76
26	1985	The Max Headroom Show	Self	75
27	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
28	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
29	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
30	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self	56
31	1989	Under the Sun	Self	0
32	1989	MTV Rockumentary		70
33	1989	MTV Unplugged	Self	68
34	1989	The Simpsons	Sting (voice)	80
35	1990	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Zarm (voice)	68
36	1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Sting	77
37	1993	GMTV	Self	56
38	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
39	1994	TOTP2	Self	55
40	1995	Lo + plus	Self - Guest	0
41	1995	MADtv	Self	69
42	1996	TFI Friday	Self	68
43	1997	Leute heute	Self	48
44	1997	Behind the Music	Self	72
45	1997	Ally McBeal	Sting	66
46	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
47	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
48	1999	TV total	Self	62
49	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self - Guest	42
50	1999	Rove	Self	80
51	2001	Star Academy	Self	64
52	2002	CMT Crossroads	Self	83
53	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
54	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
55	2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest	Self	95
56	2004	Kulturplatz	Self	60
57	2004	Miley's New Year's Eve Party	Self - Musical Guest	72
58	2006	The One Show	Self	45
59	2006	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Self	73
60	2006	Salut les Terriens !	Self - Guest	35
61	2006	Legends	Self	50
62	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
63	2007	Inas Nacht	Self	78
64	2008	NPR Tiny Desk Concerts	Self	78
65	2008	Markus Lanz	Self	55
66	2008	Little Britain USA		67
67	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
68	2011	Life's Too Short	Sting	71
69	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
70	2013	The Michael J. Fox Show	Sting	59
71	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
72	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
73	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
74	2016	Michael McIntyre's Big Show	Self - Performer	74
75	2016	Catherine et Liliane	Sting	10
76	2017	Brian Johnson's A Life on the Road	Self	79
77	2018	Reel Stories	Self - Guest Star	70
78	2020	Mylène Farmer, l’Ultime Création	Self	70
79	2021	Only Murders in the Building	Sting	85
80	2022	Il était une fois Champs-Élysées	Self (archive footage)	66
81	2025	Lubach		73