Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Known for
Acting
Born
March 23, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Whitechapel, London, England, UK

Biography

Damon Albarn, OBE (born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the British rock band blur as well as co-founder, vocalist, instrumentalist and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Viking of Sixth Avenue poster

The Viking of Sixth Avenue

Movie · as Self

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Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary

Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary

Movie · as Self

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Blur - Live at Movistar Arena

Blur - Live at Movistar Arena

Movie

2026
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God poster

Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God

Movie · as 2D (voice)

2026
Gorillaz - Journey to The Mountain poster

Gorillaz - Journey to The Mountain

Movie · as Self

2026
Gorillaz: Live at Rock Werchter 2026 poster

Gorillaz: Live at Rock Werchter 2026

Movie

2026
Joy of Joys poster

Joy of Joys

Movie · as Self

2026
TFI Unplugged poster

TFI Unplugged

TV · as Self (Archive Footage) · 1 ep

2025
Gorillaz Live (YouTube Music Nights) poster

Gorillaz Live (YouTube Music Nights)

Movie · as Lead Vocals/Keys/Guitar/Melodica

2025
Together for Palestine poster

Together for Palestine

Movie · as Self

2024
Record On: The Specials - A Message to You poster

Record On: The Specials - A Message to You

Movie · as Self

2024
blur: To the End poster

blur: To the End

Movie · as Self

2024
blur: Live at Wembley Stadium poster

blur: Live at Wembley Stadium

Movie · as Self

2024
Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story poster

Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story

Movie · as Self

2023
Gorillaz | MTV World Stage poster

Gorillaz | MTV World Stage

Movie · as Self [Gorillaz]

2023
Blur Presents The Ballad of Darren poster

Blur Presents The Ballad of Darren

Movie · as Self

2023
blur | In Concert BBC Radio 2 poster

blur | In Concert BBC Radio 2

Movie · as Self [blur]

2023
Blur at the BBC poster

Blur at the BBC

Movie

2022
Gorillaz | Flow Festival 2022 poster

Gorillaz | Flow Festival 2022

Movie · as Self

2022
Way Out West poster

Way Out West

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Gorillaz | Song Machine Live From Kong poster

Gorillaz | Song Machine Live From Kong

Movie · as Self

2021
Damon Albarn @ ARTE Concert Festival 2021 poster

Damon Albarn @ ARTE Concert Festival 2021

Movie · as Self

2021
Damon Albarn | A Modern British Tale poster

Damon Albarn | A Modern British Tale

Movie · as Self

2021
Africa Express Presents: EGOLI poster

Africa Express Presents: EGOLI

Movie · as Self

2021
Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm poster

Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm

Movie · as Self

2021
This Is Pop poster

This Is Pop

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
Gorillaz Present: Song Machine LIVE poster

Gorillaz Present: Song Machine LIVE

Movie · as Self [Gorillaz]

2020
The BRITs at 40 poster

The BRITs at 40

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons poster

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons

Movie · as Self [Gorillaz]

2018
Gorillaz | Live Rock Am Ring poster

Gorillaz | Live Rock Am Ring

Movie · as Self

2018
Gorillaz | Sziget Festival 2018 (ARTE Concert) poster

Gorillaz | Sziget Festival 2018 (ARTE Concert)

Movie · as Self

2018
Gorillaz: The Now Now Live from Tokyo poster

Gorillaz: The Now Now Live from Tokyo

Movie · as Self

2017
Gorillaz | Humanz Live in Cologne poster

Gorillaz | Humanz Live in Cologne

Movie · as Self [Gorillaz]

2017
Gorillaz at Zénith 2017 poster

Gorillaz at Zénith 2017

Movie · as Self

2017
Gorillaz: Demon Dayz Festival poster

Gorillaz: Demon Dayz Festival

Movie · as Self

2017
ARTE Concert Festival poster

ARTE Concert Festival

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
The Discreet Françoise Hardy poster

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Along for the Ride poster

Along for the Ride

Movie · as Self

2016
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody poster

We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody

Movie · as Self

2015
Blur: The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong poster

Blur: The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong

Movie · as Self

2015
808 poster

808

Movie · as Self

2015
blur at the Zénith, Paris poster

blur at the Zénith, Paris

Movie · as Self

2015
Blur: New World Towers poster

Blur: New World Towers

Movie · as Self

2014
Britpop at the BBC poster

Britpop at the BBC

Movie · as Self [blur]

2014
We Are Many poster

We Are Many

Movie · as Self

2014
Oasis vs. Blur | Duel at the Peak of Britpop poster

Oasis vs. Blur | Duel at the Peak of Britpop

Movie · as Self [blur] (archive footage)

2014
Damon Albarn: Montreux Jazz Festival poster

Damon Albarn: Montreux Jazz Festival

Movie · as Self

2014
Fantastic Man poster

Fantastic Man

Movie · as Self

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

2012
blur: Parklive poster

blur: Parklive

Movie · as Self

2012
Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena

Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena

Movie · as Self

2012
Jools Holland: London Calling poster

Jools Holland: London Calling

Movie · as Self

2011
Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011 poster

Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011

Movie

2011
Dynamo: Magician Impossible poster

Dynamo: Magician Impossible

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Blur: No Distance Left to Run poster

Blur: No Distance Left to Run

Movie · as Self

2010
Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Live at La Musicale poster

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Live at La Musicale

Movie · as Self [Gorillaz]

2010
Blur: Live at Hyde Park poster

Blur: Live at Hyde Park

Movie · as Self

2010
Gorillaz: Live at Roundhouse in London poster

Gorillaz: Live at Roundhouse in London

Movie · as Self

2010
The Making of Plastic Beach poster

The Making of Plastic Beach

Movie · as Self [Gorillaz]

2010
Gorillaz - Live at Ed Sullivan Theater

Gorillaz - Live at Ed Sullivan Theater

Movie · as Self

2010
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge poster

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Bananaz poster

Bananaz

Movie · as Self

2007
Anna and the Moods poster

Anna and the Moods

Movie · as Anna's Father (voice)

2007
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man poster

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Movie · as Self

2007
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure

Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure

Movie · as Self

2007
Seven Ages of Rock poster

Seven Ages of Rock

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

2006
Gorillaz | Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades poster

Gorillaz | Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades

Movie · as Self

2006
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House poster

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

Movie · as Self - Vocals [Gorillaz]

2006
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater poster

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater

Movie · as Self

2005
Screaming Masterpiece poster

Screaming Masterpiece

Movie · as Self

2005
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' poster

The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
How Do You Like Iceland? poster

How Do You Like Iceland?

Movie · as Self

2005
John Peel's Record Box poster

John Peel's Record Box

Movie · as Self

2003
Live Forever poster

Live Forever

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

2002
Gorillaz: Phase One - Celebrity Take Down poster

Gorillaz: Phase One - Celebrity Take Down

Movie · as Self [Gorillaz]

2001
Gorillaz: Charts of Darkness poster

Gorillaz: Charts of Darkness

Movie · as Self

2001
Top of the Pops: The True Story poster

Top of the Pops: The True Story

Movie · as Self

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2001
I Love 1990s

I Love 1990s

TV · 1 ep

2000
blur | The Best Of poster

blur | The Best Of

Movie · as Self

1999
Blur: Live 13 & Bonus Footage poster

Blur: Live 13 & Bonus Footage

Movie · as Self

1999
Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena poster

Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena

Movie · as Self

1999
Blur - The South Bank Show 1999

Blur - The South Bank Show 1999

Movie · as Self

1997
Face poster

Face

Movie · as Jason

1997
Taff poster

Taff

TV · as self · 1 ep

1997
Glastonbury poster

Glastonbury

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert poster

Tibetan Freedom Concert

Movie · as Self

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · as Self [blur] · 1 ep

1995
Help! War Child poster

Help! War Child

Movie · as Self

1995
B-Roads poster

B-Roads

Movie · as Self

1995
Queen: Champions of the World poster

Queen: Champions of the World

Movie · as Self

1994
Blur: Showtime - Live At Alexandra Palace poster

Blur: Showtime - Live At Alexandra Palace

Movie · as Self

1994
Blur: Live on MTV Most Wanted poster

Blur: Live on MTV Most Wanted

Movie · as Self

1993
Starshaped poster

Starshaped

Movie · as Self

1992
Later... with Jools Holland poster

Later... with Jools Holland

TV · 11 eps

1990
The Word poster

The Word

TV · 2 eps

1988
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · 1 ep

1977
The BRIT Awards poster

The BRIT Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1964
Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep