Acting
Sting
EN, ES, FR, IT cinema · 210 credits
Born
2 October 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Also known as Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner · The Police
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
Filmography
Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Actor, Author, Compositor
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
as Self - (archive footage)
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
as Self – Narrator
GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement
as Self : Guest (virtual)
Message in a Bottle
as Self - Lead Vocals, Music, Lyricist
WHAM!
as Self (archive footage)
Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
as Self, Songs, Author
Christmas@Home 2022: Das Weihnachtskonzert mit Daniel Hope, Sting und weiteren Gästen
as Self : Singer
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Big Night In
as Self
I Want My MTV
as Self
The Queen's Birthday Party
2018
The Queen's Birthday Party
as Self - Performer
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
as Self - Performer
Gurrumul
as Self
The Dark Side of The Sun
as Narrator
Sting: Beyond The Police
as Self - Musician
Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
as Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
as Self - Singer, Songwriter
Zoolander 2
as Sting
Sonic Sea
as Self
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
as Self (archive footage)
Jaco
as Self
Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
as Self - Host, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass
Radioman
as Self
CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill
2011
CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill
as Self
Sting - 25 Years
as Self - Vocals, Bass
Sting: Live In Berlin
as Self - Performer, Music
Still Bill
as Self
Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
as Robert Schumann
Brüno
as Self - 'Dove of Peace'
PoliWood
as Self
The Police: Certifiable
as Self - Bass, Vocals
Bee Movie
as Sting (voice)
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
as Self - The Police Member (archive footage)
The Police - Greatest Video Hits
as Self (archive footage), Director
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Executive Producer
Live 8
as Self
Ashura
Theme Song Performance
Live Aid
as Self
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
as Self - Bass, Guitar, Lead Vocals
The Police - Every Breath You Take
as Self - Bass, Vocals
The Sweatbox
as Self
America: A Tribute to Heroes
as Self - Performer
Sting ...All This Time
as Self - Lead Singer
Being Mick
as Self
The Filth and the Fury
as Self (archive footage)
Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
as Self - Vocals, Bass
The Emperor's New Groove
Songs, Lyricist
The Mighty
as The Balladeer
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome to Twin Peaks
as Self - Feyd Rautha (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Police – Live Ghost In The Machine
as Self - Vocals, Bass
The Grotesque
as Fledge
The Living Sea
Original Music Composer
Leaving Las Vegas
Vocals, Thanks, Songs
Sting – Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
as Self (archive footage)
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
as Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 3
Theme Song Performance
Sting Acústico
1991
Sting Unplugged
as Self - Double Bass, Vocals
Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
as Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Resident Alien
as Singer
Stormy Monday
as Finney
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Heroic Officer
Julia and Julia
as Daniel Hosler
Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary
as Self - Musician
Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!
1988
Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!
as Self - Musician
Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
as Self - Vocals, Electric Bass
Someone to Watch Over Me
Theme Song Performance
U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope
1986
U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope
as Self
Plenty
as Mick
The Bride
as Frankenstein
Live Aid
as Self
Dune
as Feyd Rautha
The Police: Synchronicity Concert
as Self - Bass, Vocals
The Police - Live In Oakland
as Self - Vocals, Bass
Destination Dune
as Self
Brimstone & Treacle
as Martin Taylor, Original Music Composer
Artemis '81
as Helith
Quadrophenia
as Ace Face
Radio On
as Just Like Eddie
