Sting
Acting
Born: October 2, 1951 (age 75) · Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, activist, and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music. Sting has sold a combined total of more than 100 million records as a solo artist and as a member of the Police. He has received three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2002; a Golden Globe; an Emmy; and four Academy Award nominations. As a solo musician and as a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. Sting has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors; a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music; Kennedy Center Honors; and the Polar Music Prize. In May 2023, he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born at Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, on 2 October 1951, the eldest of four children of Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and former fitter at an engineering works. He grew up near Wallsend's shipyards, which made an impression on him. As a child, he was inspired by the Queen Mother waving at him from a Rolls-Royce to divert from the shipyard prospect towards a more glamorous life. He helped his father deliver milk and by ten was "obsessed" with an old Spanish guitar left by an emigrating friend of his father. Sting attended St Cuthbert's Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. He visited nightclubs such as Club A'Gogo to see Cream and Manfred Mann, who influenced his music. He learned to sing and play simultaneously by listening to records at 78 rpm. After leaving school in 1969, he enrolled at the University of Warwick in Coventry, but left after a term. After working as a bus conductor, building labourer, and tax officer, he attended the Northern Counties College of Education (now Northumbria University) from 1971 to 1974 and qualified as a teacher.[20] He taught at St Paul's First School in Cramlington for two years. Sting performed jazz in the evenings, at weekends, and during breaks from college and teaching, playing with the Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band and Last Exit. He gained his nickname after his habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes with the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon Solomon thought he looked like a bee (or according to Sting himself, "they thought I looked like a wasp"), which prompted the name "Sting". In the 1985 documentary Bring On the Night a journalist called him Gordon, to which he replied, "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?" In 2011, he told Time "I was never called Gordon. You could shout 'Gordon' in the street and I would just move out of your way". Despite this, he chose not to legally change his name to "Sting". ... Source: Article "Sting (musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
The Simpsons
1989
The Emperor's New Groove
2000
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998
Bee Movie
2007
Dune
1984
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
Zoolander 2
2016
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Cold Mountain
2003
Brüno
2009
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
Kate & Leopold
2001
Photos (4)
Movies (25)
Dune
Feyd Rautha
Bee Movie
Sting (voice)
Zoolander 2
Sting
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
JD
The Mighty
The Balladeer
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Heroic Officer
The Bride
Frankenstein
Quadrophenia
Ace Face
Plenty
Mick
The Book of Solutions
Sting
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Horsa
Stormy Monday
Finney
Brimstone & Treacle
Martin Taylor
Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
2026
The Dark Side of The Sun
Narrator
Julia and Julia
Daniel Hosler
The Grotesque
Fledge
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Billy Idol
Artemis '81
Helith
Radio On
Just Like Eddie
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Narrator (voice)
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Machiavelli
Resident Alien
Singer
Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
Robert Schumann
Dance of Hope
1989
TV Shows (17)
The Simpsons
Sting (voice) · 1 eps
Only Murders in the Building
Sting · 2 eps
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
The South Bank Show
1 eps
Later... with Jools Holland
4 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
Sting · 1 eps
World in Action
1 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Zarm (voice) · 4 eps
Ally McBeal
Sting · 1 eps
TFI Friday
3 eps
Lubach
2 eps
Rockpalast
2 eps
The Michael J. Fox Show
Sting · 1 eps
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1 eps
The Tube
1 eps
Life's Too Short
Sting · 1 eps
Catherine et Liliane
Sting · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (229)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest/Musical Guest · 3 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host & Musical Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · 4 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Markus Lanz
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest · 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Leute heute
Self · 2 eps
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Self · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 4 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self - The Police · 1 eps
Vivement dimanche
Self · 2 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
Self · 1 eps
Le monde est à vous
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Musician and songwriter · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 2 eps
Parkinson
Self · 3 eps
An Audience with...
Self · 2 eps
Inas Nacht
Self · 1 eps
Kulturplatz
Self · 1 eps
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Behind the Music
Self · 1 eps
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Self - The Police · 2 eps
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
TFI Friday
Self · 1 eps
Victoires de la musique
Self · 1 eps
TOTP2
Self · 1 eps
American Music Awards
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
Star Academy
Self · 3 eps
X Factor
Self - Guest · 1 eps
CMT Crossroads
Self · 1 eps
MTV Unplugged
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage) · 1 eps
Salut les Terriens !
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Performer · 1 eps
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Self · 1 eps
Legends
Self · 1 eps
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Self · 1 eps
Rove
Self · 1 eps
Brüno
Self - 'Dove of Peace'
The BRIT Awards
Self · 1 eps
De TV Show
Self · 1 eps
The Max Headroom Show
Self · 2 eps
VH1 Storytellers
Self · 1 eps
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self · 15 eps
WHAM!
Self (archive footage)
Little Britain USA
Self · 1 eps
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
Self - (archive footage)
TV total
Self · 1 eps
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
MADtv
Self · 1 eps
Al TV
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
I Want My MTV
Self
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Self
MTV Rockumentary
Self · 1 eps
Reel Stories
Self - Guest Star · 1 eps
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
Self · 3 eps
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Self · 1 eps
Brian Johnson's A Life on the Road
Self · 1 eps
America: A Tribute to Heroes
Self - Performer
The Filth and the Fury
Self (archive footage)
20 Feet from Stardom
Self
Live Aid
Self
Radioman
Self
Live 8
Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
Self
Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert
Self
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Self
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
Self
Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads
Self
Sting Festival de Viña del Mar
Self
The Big Night In
Self
Sting: Radio 2 in the Park
Self
Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden
Self
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
Self – Narrator
Destination Dune
Self
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Self
Under the Volcano
Self
The Sweatbox
Self
Being Mick
Self
Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship
Self
Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban
Self
Herb Alpert Is...
Self
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
Self
Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
Self
Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
Self
Sting – Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
Self (archive footage)
GIMS: On the Record
Self
Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film
Self
George Michael: A Different Story
Self
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Self
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo
Self
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Self
Attenborough at 90
Self
Acceleration Punk
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Self
An Audience with Elton John
Self
The Police - Live In Oakland
Self - Vocals, Bass
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self
Sting ...All This Time
Self - Lead Singer
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
Self
Mylène Farmer, l’Ultime Création
Self · 3 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Self
2012: Time for Change
Self
Jaco
Self
Christmas@Home 2022: Das Weihnachtskonzert mit Daniel Hope, Sting und weiteren Gästen
Self : Singer
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Self
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Self - Guest
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
Self - Bass, Guitar, Lead Vocals
Urgh! A Music War
Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
Self
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Self
Sting: Live In Berlin
Self - Performer
The Police: Around The World
Self
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
Self
The Grammys
Self · 2 eps
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Self
Sting - Englishman In Japan
Self
PoliWood
Self
Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.
Self
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
Self
Eddie Cochran: Don't Forget Me
Self
Music for Montserrat
Self
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Self - Bass, Vocals
GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement
Self : Guest (virtual)
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
Self (archive footage)
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
Self
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
Self
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Self - Performer
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville
Self
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
Self
The Police: Synchronicity Concert
Self - Bass, Vocals
Sting - Bring on the Night
Self
Live Aid
Self
The Police: Certifiable
Self - Bass, Vocals
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Self
Sting and the Police at the BBC
Self
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3
Self
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
Self
The Police – Live Ghost In The Machine
Self - Vocals, Bass
Take That Away!
Self
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Branford Marsalis: Steep
Self
One World, One Voice
Self
Pavarotti The Duets
Self
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
Self
Mylène Farmer : Sur les pas d'une icône
Self
Pavarotti & Friends
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
Chris Botti in Boston
Self
Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
Self - Vocals, Bass
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Self
Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews
Self
Space Songs: Through the Distance
Self
Dire Straits at Live Aid
Self
Message in a Bottle
Self - Lead Vocals
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
Self
Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
Self
Sting: Beyond The Police
Self - Musician
Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Sting: A Free Man
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Self
Sonic Sea
Self
The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities
Self
The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic
Self
Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!
Self
Still Bill
Self
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Self
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
Self
Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary
Self - Musician
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
Freedom Beat
Self
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
Self
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
Self
Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
Self - The Police Member (archive footage)
Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral
Self
Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland
Self
Sting Live At Irving Plaza
Self
Police in Montserrat
Self
In Thanks We Trust
Self
Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016
Self
Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
Self - Host, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass
Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)
Self
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
Self (archive footage)
Punk and Its Aftershocks
Self
The Soul Cages Concert
Self
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
Self
Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
Self
Gurrumul
Self
The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead
Self
The Police - Greatest Video Hits
Self (archive footage)
Sting at the Pantheon in Paris - 50 Years of FIP Radio
Self
Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
Self - Vocals, Electric Bass
Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist
Self
Sting - 25 Years
Self - Vocals, Bass
Sting au Bataclan
Self
The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid
Self
Upcoming (2)
Directing (1)
Writing (4)
Producing (1)
Other Crew (19)
The Emperor's New Groove
Songs
Lethal Weapon 3
Theme Song Performance
Leaving Las Vegas
Vocals
Leaving Las Vegas
Thanks
Leaving Las Vegas
Songs
Cold Mountain
Songs
Kate & Leopold
Songs
Someone to Watch Over Me
Theme Song Performance
The Trial of Tony Blair
Thanks
Jim: The James Foley Story
Songs
Footsteps on the Wind
Music
Brimstone & Treacle
Original Music Composer
The Living Sea
Original Music Composer
Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
Songs
Ashura
Theme Song Performance
Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Compositor
Sting: Live In Berlin
Music
Dolly Parton Rockstar Global First Listen Event
Music
Message in a Bottle
Music