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Elvis Costello

Highest Rated: 97% Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)

Lowest Rated: 23% I Love Your Work (2003)

Birthday: Aug 25, 1954

Birthplace: Paddington, London, England, UK

Though singer-songwriter Elvis Costello rose to fame during the English punk movement in the 1970s, he surpassed the limitations of the genre through his fascination for other musical styles, from American country and blues to reggae, jazz and classical composition, as well as his highly literate, often biting lyrics. Costello's early work with his crack backing band, the Attractions, bristled with passion and venom on songs like "Oliver's Army," "Watching the Detectives" and "Pump It Up," but he also showed an exceptional capacity for quieter material, displaying a jazzman's delivery on songs like "Alison" and "Almost Blue." Costello's fortunes rose and fell during the 1980s and 1990s as he explored various genres and sounds, but by the new millennium, his body of work was so vast and his adventurous spirit so well-loved that his experiments were welcomed by a dedicated audience of listeners. To that end, he released albums of country, folk, jazz and even orchestral works, while still remaining true to his rock-n-roll roots, all of which underscored his status as one of popular music's most accomplished and protean talents. Though his recorded work slowed down in the 2010s, Costello remained an active live performer and published his acclaimed memoir Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink in 2015.

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Highest rated movies

97% 61% Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Watchlist
96% 89% The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years
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87% 78% Mayor of the Sunset Strip
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79% 79% Grace of My Heart
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67% 61% I Want You
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59% 50% The Rugrats Movie Watchlist
53% 71% Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
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48% 66% De-Lovely
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30% 59% 200 Cigarettes
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23% 44% I Love Your Work
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
97% 61% Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Unknown (Character) $42.0K 2017
96% 89% The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years Self $2.9M 2016
No Score Yet 83% Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Straight to Hell Returns Hives (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 88% Love Shines Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 78% A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Harry Smith Project Live Self - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brian Wilson Presents - Smile Unknown (Character) - 2005
48% 66% De-Lovely Musical Performer - "Let's Misbehave" (Character) $13.3M 2004
23% 44% I Love Your Work Self $2.6K 2003
87% 78% Mayor of the Sunset Strip Self $257.3K 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Tribute to Burt Bacharach & Hal David Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 94% Prison Song Public Defender/Teacher (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unleaded Elvis Costello (Character) - 2000
30% 59% 200 Cigarettes Self $6.9M 1999
53% 71% Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Self $206.0M 1999
59% 50% The Rugrats Movie Original Music $100.5M 1998
67% 61% I Want You Original Music $1.2K 1998
79% 79% Grace of My Heart Original Music $646.9K 1996
No Score Yet 89% September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill Self - 1995
No Score Yet 90% Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Self - 1988
No Score Yet 83% No Surrender Rosco de Ville (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Concert for Kampuchea Self - 1980
No Score Yet 36% Americathon The Earl of Manchester (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet If It Ain't Stiff, It Ain't Worth a F Unknown (Character) - 1977

TV

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No Score Yet 48% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Music Performer,
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2015 2020 2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet PBS Arts Talk Guest 2023
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pete the Cat Dad (Voice) 2018-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Music Performer 2022
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Music Performer 2018 2021
88% 97% Country Music Self 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2015
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Music Performer 2014-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Artists Den Music Performer 2011 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Music Performer 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2009-2010 2012-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Unknown (Character),
Guest
2009-2010 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
97% 87% Treme Himself (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spectacle: Elvis Costello With ... Host 2009-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Austin City Limits Music Performer 2009
39% 100% The Goode Family Unknown (Guest Voice) 2009
78% 92% 30 Rock Elvis Costello (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Conan O'Brien Guest 2008
65% 66% Two and a Half Men Elvis Costello (Guest Star) 2004
95% 95% Frasier Ben (Guest Star) 2003
85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Classic Albums Self 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet VH1 Storytellers Self 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet MTV Unplugged Self 1991
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Music Performer 1977 1989 1991