Sting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 2, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
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
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Filmography
Sting - Live at iHeartRadio
Movie · as Self
Free Spirits
Movie · as Guía
Pinkpop - The Vintage Years (1975-1979)
Movie · as Himself
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Movie · as Horsa
Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Movie
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
Movie · as Self - (archive footage)
Nino – A Film About Nino Rota
Movie · as Self – Narrator
Eddie Cochran: Don't Forget Me
Movie · as Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie · as Self
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
Movie · as Self
In Thanks We Trust
Movie · as Self
GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement
Movie · as Self : Guest (virtual)
Lubach
TV · 2 eps
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden
Movie · as Self
Message in a Bottle
Movie · as Self - Lead Vocals
Sting and the Police at the BBC
Movie · as Self
Sting: Radio 2 in the Park
Movie · as Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Movie · as Self
WHAM!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
Movie · as Self
The Book of Solutions
Movie · as Sting
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
Movie · as Self
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
Movie · as Self
They All Came Out to Montreux
Movie · as Self
Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
Movie · as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Movie · as Self
Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.
Movie
Christmas@Home 2022: Das Weihnachtskonzert mit Daniel Hope, Sting und weiteren Gästen
Movie · as Self : Singer
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self – Musician and songwriter · 1 ep
Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.
Movie · as Self
Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
Movie · as Self
Sting at the Pantheon in Paris - 50 Years of FIP Radio
Movie · as Self
Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)
Movie · as Self
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Movie · as Horsa
Under the Volcano
Movie · as Self
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
Movie · as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music
Movie · as Self
Only Murders in the Building
TV · as Sting · 2 eps
Herb Alpert Is...
Movie · as Self
GIMS: On the Record
Movie · as Self
Space Songs: Through the Distance
Movie · as Self
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Movie · as Self
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
Movie · as Self
Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban
Movie · as Self
The Big Night In
Movie · as Self
Mylène Farmer, l’Ultime Création
TV · as Self · 3 eps
I Want My MTV
Movie · as Self
Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville
Movie · as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie · as Self
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Movie · as Self
Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film
Movie · as Self
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
Movie · as Self
The Queen's Birthday Party
Movie · as Self - Performer
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Movie · as Self - Performer
Gurrumul
Movie · as Self
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
Movie · as Self
Reel Stories
TV · as Self - Guest Star · 1 ep
The Dark Side of The Sun
Movie · as Narrator
Sting: Beyond The Police
Movie · as Self - Musician
Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Sting: A Free Man
Movie · as Self
Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist
Movie · as Self
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Movie · as Self - Singer, Songwriter
Brian Johnson's A Life on the Road
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Attenborough at 90
Movie · as Self
Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews
Movie · as Self
Sting Live At Irving Plaza
Movie · as Self
Zoolander 2
Movie · as Sting
Sonic Sea
Movie · as Self
Sting au Bataclan
Movie · as Self
Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!
Movie · as Self
Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016
Movie · as Self
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Catherine et Liliane
TV · as Sting · 1 ep
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
Mylène Farmer : Sur les pas d'une icône
Movie · as Self
Jaco
Movie · as Self
Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship
Movie · as Self
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
Movie · as Self
Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
Movie · as Self - Host, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
20 Feet from Stardom
Movie · as Self
The Michael J. Fox Show
TV · as Sting · 1 ep
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
Movie · as Self
Radioman
Movie · as Self
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sting Festival de Viña del Mar
Movie · as Self
CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill
Movie · as Self
Sting - 25 Years
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Bass
Life's Too Short
TV · as Sting · 1 ep
Sting: Live In Berlin
Movie · as Self - Performer
Hope for Haiti Now
Movie · as Self
Still Bill
Movie · as Self
2012: Time for Change
Movie · as Self
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
Movie · as Self
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Movie · as Self
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
Movie · as Self
Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
Movie · as Robert Schumann
Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral
Movie · as Self
Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors
Movie · as Self
If on a Winter's Night ... Live from Durham Cathedral
Movie · as Self
Brüno
Movie · as Self - 'Dove of Peace'
Chris Botti in Boston
Movie · as Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Movie · as Self
PoliWood
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Number One!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Police: Certifiable
Movie · as Self - Bass, Vocals
The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo
Movie · as Self
The Police: Better Than Therapy
Movie · as Self
The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid
Movie · as Self
Pavarotti The Duets
Movie · as Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Movie · as Self
Markus Lanz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Little Britain USA
TV · as Self · 1 ep
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
TV · as Self · 2 eps
X Factor
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Bee Movie
Movie · as Sting (voice)
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
Movie · as Self - The Police Member (archive footage)
The Police - Greatest Video Hits
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Police - Live in Rio
Movie · as Self
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Movie · as Self
STING: The Journey & The Labyrinth
Movie · as Self
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self
Inas Nacht
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Movie · as Self
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
Movie · as Self
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Salut les Terriens !
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Legends
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Live 8
Movie · as Self
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
Movie · as Self
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Movie · as Self
VH1 Storytellers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
George Michael: A Different Story
Movie · as Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie · as Self
Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland
Movie · as Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
Movie · as Self
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kulturplatz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage) · 1 ep
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
Movie · as Self - Bass, Guitar, Lead Vocals
Freedom Beat
Movie · as Self
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Movie · as Self - Bass, Vocals
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self, Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert
Movie · as Self
The Sweatbox
Movie · as Self
CMT Crossroads
TV · as Self · 1 ep
America: A Tribute to Heroes
Movie · as Self - Performer
Sting ...All This Time
Movie · as Self - Lead Singer
The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead
Movie · as Self
Being Mick
Movie · as Self
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
Movie · as Self
Star Academy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Filth and the Fury
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Bass
The Beatles Revolution
Movie · as Self
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
Movie · as Self
Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads
Movie · as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Rove
TV · as Self · 1 ep
TV total
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Movie · as JD
The Mighty
Movie · as The Balladeer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Movie · as Billy Idol
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
Movie · as Self
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Music for Montserrat
Movie · as Self
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
An Audience with Elton John
Movie · as Self
Ally McBeal
TV · as Sting · 1 ep
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Behind the Music
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Police – Live Ghost In The Machine
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Bass
TFI Friday
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Grotesque
Movie · as Fledge
The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities
Movie · as Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Movie · as Self
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lo + plus
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sting - Englishman In Japan
Movie · as Self
Sting – Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
TOTP2
TV · as Self · 1 ep
To Milon tis Eridos
TV · as Guest · 1 ep
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Take That Away!
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Pavarotti & Friends
Movie · as Self
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
Movie · as Self
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Sting · 1 ep
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 4 eps
Sting Unplugged
Movie · as Self - Double Bass, Vocals
Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Movie · as Self - Guest
The Soul Cages Concert
Movie · as Self
Branford Marsalis: Steep
Movie · as Self
Resident Alien
Movie · as Singer
One World, One Voice
Movie · as Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV · as Zarm (voice) · 4 eps
Dance of Hope
Movie
The Simpsons
TV · as Sting (voice) · 1 ep
MTV Unplugged
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Under the Sun
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MTV Rockumentary
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stormy Monday
Movie · as Finney
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Heroic Officer
Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
Movie · as Self
Julia and Julia
Movie · as Daniel Hosler
Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self - Musician
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Movie · as Self
Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!
Movie · as Self - Musician
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Movie · as Self
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3
Movie · as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Electric Bass
The Best of Max Headroom
Movie · as Self
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 4 eps
U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope
Movie · as Self
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
Movie · as Self
Sting - Bring on the Night
Movie · as Self
Plenty
Movie · as Mick
The Bride
Movie · as Frankenstein
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Movie · as Machiavelli
Dire Straits at Live Aid
Movie · as Self
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Max Headroom Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Dune
Movie · as Feyd Rautha
The Police: Synchronicity Concert
Movie · as Self - Bass, Vocals
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
Movie · as Self
Al TV
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Police in Montserrat
Movie · as Self
The Police - Live In Oakland
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Bass
Destination Dune
Movie · as Self
Brimstone & Treacle
Movie · as Martin Taylor
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie · as Self
The Police: Around The World
Movie · as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self, Self - The Police · 2 eps
The Tube
TV · 1 ep
Artemis '81
Movie · as Helith
Urgh! A Music War
Movie · as Self
De TV Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Punk and Its Aftershocks
Movie · as Self
Quadrophenia
Movie · as Ace Face
Radio On
Movie · as Just Like Eddie
Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia
Movie · as Interviewee
The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic
Movie · as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV
The Kenny Everett Video Show
TV · 1 ep
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bio’s Bahnhof
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Acceleration Punk
Movie · as Self
The BRIT Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV · as Self · 15 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Host & Musical Guest, Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Music Awards
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Rockpalast
TV · 2 eps
The Old Grey Whistle Test
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
TV · as Self - The Police, Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps
World in Action
TV · 1 ep
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep