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The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
2009
as Self
Sting
Also known as: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, Gordon Sumner, G.M. Sumner
Acting
Born:October 2, 1951(age 74)
Birthplace:Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:University of Warwick, St. Cuthbert's High School, Northumbria University
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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.
Notable Works
Every Breath You TakeFields of GoldEnglishman in New York
Filmography (171 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
as Self
10.0
10.0
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
2018
as Self - Performer
9.5
9.5
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014
as Self
9.5
9.5
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020
as Self
9.2
9.2
Live Aid
2004
as Self
9.0
9.0
Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville
2019
as Self
9.0
9.0
The Police: Synchronicity Concert
1984
as Self - Bass, Vocals
8.9
8.9
Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
2017
as Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
8.7
8.7
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999
as Self
8.7
8.7
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025
as Self
8.6
8.6
Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film
2019
as Self
8.5
8.5
Pavarotti & Friends
1992
as Self
8.5
8.5
They All Came Out to Montreux
2023
as Self
8.2
8.2
Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden
2024
as Self
8.1
8.1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998
as JD
8.0
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The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic
1979
as Self
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The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
as Self
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Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône
2015
as Self
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Sting - Fields Of Japan 1994
2010
as Self
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Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
2023
as Self
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Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
2022
as Self
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8.0
Attenborough at 90
2016
as Self
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Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)
2021
as Self
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Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
1988
as Self
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Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
2017
as Self
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Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban
2020
as Self
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The Police – Live Ghost In The Machine
1996
as Self - Vocals, Bass
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The Police: Live At Rockpalast
1980
as Self - Vocals, Bass
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Police in Montserrat
1983
as Self
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Sting au Bataclan
2016
as Self
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Sting – Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
1994
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
The Police: Around The World
1982
as Self
7.8
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2019
as Self
7.7
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Sting: Live In Berlin
2010
as Self - Performer
7.7
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The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo
2008
as Self
7.7
7.7
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
2003
as Self - Bass, Guitar, Lead Vocals
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7.6
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
2016
as Self
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7.5
I Want My MTV
2019
as Self
7.5
7.5
Sting: A Free Man
2017
as Self
7.5
7.5
The Police: Certifiable
2008
as Self - Bass, Vocals
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7.5
Jaco
2015
as Self
7.4
7.4
Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
2000
as Self - Vocals, Bass
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7.4
WHAM!
2023
as Self (archive footage)
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7.4
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023
as Self
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7.3
Urgh! A Music War
1981
as Self
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GIMS: On the Record
2020
as Self
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20 Feet from Stardom
2013
as Self
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The Dark Side of The Sun
2017
as Narrator
7.2
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Herb Alpert Is...
2020
as Self
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Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
2014
as Self
7.2
7.2
Sting: All this Time
2001
as Self - Lead Singer
7.1
7.1
The Police - Every Breath You Take
2003
as Self - Bass, Vocals
7.1
7.1
Still Bill
2010
as Self
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7.0
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007
as Self
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Quadrophenia
1979
as Ace Face
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The Police - Greatest Video Hits
2007
Director
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Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral
2009
as Self
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Sting Live At Irving Plaza
2016
as Self
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7.0
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
as Narrator (voice)
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Sonic Sea
2016
as Self
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Gurrumul
2018
as Self
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Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!
2016
as Self
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Under the Volcano
2021
as Self
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Lindisfarne’s Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
2021
as Self
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Dire Straits at Live Aid
1985
as Self
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Heroic Officer
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6.9
The Filth and the Fury
2000
as Self (archive footage)
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6.9
Sting Festival de Viña del Mar
2011
as Self
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Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
2007
as Self
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Sting - Bring on the Night
1985
as Self
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Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
2007
as Self - The Police Member (archive footage)
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The Sweatbox
2002
as Self
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Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert
2002
as Self
6.8
6.8
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
2006
as Self
6.6
6.6
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020
as Self
6.5
6.5
Sting and the Police at the BBC
2024
as Self
6.5
6.5
Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
2014
as Self - Host, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass
6.5
6.5
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
2018
as Self
6.4
6.4
Music for Montserrat
1997
as Self
6.3
6.3
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
2012
as Self
6.3
6.3
Hope for Haiti Now
2010
as Self
6.3
6.3
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
1991
as Self - Guest
6.3
6.3
George Michael: A Different Story
2004
as Self
6.2
6.2
Dune
1984
as Feyd Rautha
6.0
6.0
Bee Movie
2007
as Sting (voice)
6.0
6.0
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
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6.0
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self
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6.0
Sting au Panthéon (50 ans de FIP)
2021
as Self
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6.0
The Book of Solutions
2023
as Sting
5.8
5.8
Radio On
1979
as Just Like Eddie
5.8
5.8
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
as Martin Taylor
5.7
5.7
Stormy Monday
1988
as Finney
5.7
5.7
Plenty
1985
as Mick
5.6
5.6
Brüno
2009
as Self - 'Dove of Peace'
5.5
5.5
Sting: Beyond The Police
2017
as Self - Musician
5.5
5.5
Sting: Unplugged
1991
as Self
5.4
5.4
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
2006
as Self
5.2
5.2
The Bride
1985
as Frankenstein
5.1
5.1
The Grotesque
1995
as Fledge
5.0
5.0
Chris Botti in Boston
2009
as Self
5.0
5.0
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
4.9
4.9
Julia and Julia
1988
as Daniel Hosler
4.9
4.9
Zoolander 2
2016
as Sting
4.8
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
4.7
4.7
Resident Alien
1990
as Singer
4.2
4.2
If on a Winter's Night ... Live from Durham Cathedral
2009
as Self
4.0
4.0
Sting Unplugged
1991
as Self - Double Bass, Vocals
4.0
4.0
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
3.5
3.5
Artemis '81
1981
as Helith
3.0
3.0
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
as Self
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019
as Self
Sting at the Pantheon in Paris 50 Years of FIP Radio
2021
Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland
2004
as Self
STING: The Journey & The Labyrinth
2007
as Self
The Police - Live In Oakland
1983
as Self - Vocals, Bass
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991
as Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
as Self
Space Songs: Through the Distance
2020
as Self
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3
1988
as Self
The Beatles Revolution
2000
as Self
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984
as Self
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985
as Machiavelli
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid
2008
as Self
One World, One Voice
1990
as Self
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
1992
as Self
The Soul Cages Concert
1991
as Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
An Audience with Elton John
1997
as Self
Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia
1979
as Interviewee
Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016
2016
as Self
Sting - Live at iHeartRadio
TBA
as Self
In Thanks We Trust
2025
as Self
Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.
2021
as Self
Kaamelott Premier Volet Director's cut
TBA
as Horsa
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004
as Self
Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist
2017
as Self
U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope
1986
as Self
The Police - Live in Rio
2007
as Self
The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities
1995
as Self
Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship
2014
as Self
Royal Opera House: Message in a Bottle
2024
as Self - Lead Vocals
The Police: Better Than Therapy
2008
as Self
The Queen's Birthday Party
2018
as Self - Performer
Freedom Beat
2003
as Self
In The City
2025
as Himself
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
as Self
Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews
2016
as Self
The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead
2001
as Self
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
2023
as Self
Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors
2009
as Self
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
as Self
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
2001
as Self
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
1999
as Self
Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!
1988
as Self - Musician
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
2005
as Self
Pavarotti The Duets
2008
as Self
Sting: Radio 2 in the Park
2024
as Self
Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
1987
as Self - Vocals, Electric Bass
Sting - 25 Years
2011
as Self - Vocals, Bass
Acceleration Punk
1977
as Self
Being Mick
2001
as Self
Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary
1988
as Self - Musician
CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill
2011
as Self
Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
1991
as Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
2009
as Robert Schumann
The Police: Live in Essen - Rockpalast 1980
1980
as Self
Take That Away!
1993
as Self
Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
2015
as Self
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