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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Elvis Costello
Filmography
Movies
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97% |
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library | Unknown (Character) | $42.0K | 2017 |
96% |
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years | Self | $2.9M | 2016 |
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Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Straight to Hell Returns | Hives (Character) | - | 2010 |
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Love Shines | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
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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% |
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De-Lovely | Musical Performer - "Let's Misbehave" (Character) | $13.3M | 2004 |
23% |
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I Love Your Work | Self | $2.6K | 2003 |
87% |
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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 |
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Prison Song |
Public Defender/ |
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unleaded | Elvis Costello (Character) | - | 2000 |
30% |
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200 Cigarettes | Self | $6.9M | 1999 |
53% |
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Self | $206.0M | 1999 |
59% |
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The Rugrats Movie | Original Music | $100.5M | 1998 |
67% |
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I Want You | Original Music | $1.2K | 1998 |
79% |
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Grace of My Heart | Original Music | $646.9K | 1996 |
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September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill | Self | - | 1995 |
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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self | - | 1988 |
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No Surrender | Rosco de Ville (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Concert for Kampuchea | Self | - | 1980 |
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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 | No Score Yet | PBS Arts Talk | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert |
Music Performer, Guest |
2015 2020 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 | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Music Performer | 2018 2021 |
88% | 97% | Country Music | Self | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2015 |
100% | 90% | 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% | 94% | 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 | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Music Performer | 1977 1989 1991 |