Paul McCartney
male
Born on June 18, 1942 (83 years old)
From Liverpool, England, UK
Known for Acting
Biography
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in the history of popular music, according to Guinness World Records. McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music. After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the UK. BBC News Online readers named McCartney the "greatest composer of the millennium", and BBC News cites his Beatles song "Yesterday" as the most covered song in the history of recorded music—by over 2,200 artists—and since its 1965 release, has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio according to the BBC. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single. Based on the 93 weeks his compositions have spent at the top spot of the UK chart, and 24 number one singles to his credit, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history. As a performer or songwriter, McCartney was responsible for 32 number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has sold 15.5 million RIAA certified albums in the US alone. McCartney has composed film scores, classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to help international charities. He is an advocate for animal rights, for vegetarianism, and for music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt. He is a keen football fan, supporting both Everton and Liverpool football clubs. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.
Cast Credits
- 2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
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Paul McCartney
2025
Twiggy
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Self
2025
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run
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Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
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Self
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
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Self
2025
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
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Self (archive footage)
2025
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
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Self
2025
The Beatles
as
Self (archive footage)
2025
TWST / Things We Said Today
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Self (archive footage)
2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
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Self (archive footage)
2025
Kenny Dalglish
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Self
2025
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As Aventuras de Will e Mike no jardim do Éden
2025
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
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Self
2025
- 2024
The Stones and Brian Jones
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Self (voice) (archive material)
2024
The Beach Boys
as
Self (archive footage)
2024
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
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Self
2024
The Bannfoot Ferry
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Self (archive footage)
2024
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
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Self
2024
Paul McCartney: The Backyard
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Self
2024
Paul McCartney: Got Back
2024
Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium
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Self
2024
Beatles '64
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Self
2024
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
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Self (archive footage)
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
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Self
2024
No Hamburg, No Beatles
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Self (voice) (archive footage)
2024
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
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Self (archive footage)
2024
Paul McCartney: Got Back – Live in Bogotá at Estadio El Campín
2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
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Self (archive footage)
2024
Stax: Soulsville USA
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Self - (Archive Footage)
2024
- 2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything
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Self (archive footage)
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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Self (archive footage)
2023
The Trials of Heather Mills
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Self (archive footage)
2023
Louder Than Rock
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Self (archive footage)
2023
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
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Self
2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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Self (archive footage)
2023
WHAM!
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Self (archive footage)
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Self (archive footage)
2023
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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Self
2023
The Beatles and the BBC
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Self (archive footage)
2023
Paul McCartney: Got Back
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Self
2023
Thriller 40
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Self (archive footage)
2023
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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Self (archive footage)
2023
- 2022
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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Self (archive footage)
2022
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
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Self
2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
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Self (archive footage)
2022
Paul McCartney - Eine Beatles-Legende
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Self (archive footage)
2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
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Self
2022
The Sound of 007
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Self (archive footage)
2022
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
If These Walls Could Sing
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Self
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Self (archive footage)
2022
Ringo Starr: One of Them
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Self (archive footage)
2022
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How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
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Self
2022
- 2021
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
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Self (archive footage)
2021
Under the Volcano
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Self (archive footage)
2021
Paul McCartney At The BBC
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Self
2021
The Beatles and India
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Self (archive footage)
2021
Parkinson at 50
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Self (archive footage)
2021
The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special
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Self
2021
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
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Self (archival footage)
2021
The Beatles: Get Back
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Self (archive footage)
2021
McCartney 3, 2, 1
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Self
2021
This Is Pop
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Self (archive footage)
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
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Self
2021
- 2020
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
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Self (archive footage)
2020
One World: Together at Home
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Self
2020
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
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Self - Performer
2020
Meeting the Beatles in India
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Self
2020
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
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Self (archive footage)
2020
Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club
2020
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
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Self
2020
Understanding McCartney
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Self
2020
The BRITs at 40
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Self (archive footage)
2020
History 101
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Self (archive footage)
2020
- 2019
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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Self (archive footage)
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
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Self (archive footage)
2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Self (archive footage)
2019
Killing John Lennon
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Self (archive footage)
2019
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
as
Self (archive footage)
2019
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
as
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On
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Self
2019
- 2018
Take Your Pills
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Self (archive footage)
2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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Self
2018
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
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Self
2018
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
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Self (archival footage)
2018
Paul McCartney: Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival, 2018
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Self
2018
Quincy
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Self
2018
Paul McCartney: Under the Staircase
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Self
2018
Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool
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Self
2018
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
2018
George Harrison - All Things Pass
as
Self (archive footage)
2018
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC
2018
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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Self (archive footage)
2018
- 2016
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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
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Self (archive footage)
2016
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
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Self (archive footage)
2016
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
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Self
2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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Self
2016
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
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Self
2016
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
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Self (archive footage)
2016
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
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Self
2016
- 2015
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Self
2015
Paul McCartney - Out There at Budokan
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Self
2015
The Beatles 1
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Self (archive footage)
2015
The Beatles 1+
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Self (archive footage)
2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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Self (archive footage)
2015
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Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
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Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Self
2015
In Their Own Words
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Self (archive footage)
2015
- 2014
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo
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Self - Vocals, Bass
2014
Beatles på Sverigeturné
as
Self (archive footage)
2014
Paul McCartney: Something NEW
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Self
2014
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
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Self
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
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Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Self - Musical Guest
2014
BoJack Horseman
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Paul McCartney (voice)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Self
2014
- 2013
Sound City
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Self
2013
Rockshow
as
Self
2013
Good Ol' Freda
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Self (archive footage)
2013
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
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Self - Musician
2013
Paul McCartney - BBC Radio 2 in Concert
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Self
2013
P!NK: Staying True
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Self
2013
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance
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Self
2013
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Paul McCartney - Live on Hollywood Boulevard
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Self
2013
Året var 1963
as
Self (archive footage)
2013
- 2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
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Self
2012
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
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Self
2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
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Self - Performer
2012
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
as
Self
2012
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses
as
Self
2012
Produced By George Martin
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Self
2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
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Self
2012
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
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Self
2012
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
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Self (archive footage)
2012
Paul McCartney On the Run Tour - Estadio Azteca
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Self
2012
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney
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Self
2012
Genius
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Self (archive footage)
2012
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo
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Self
2012
Becoming the Beatles
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Self
2012
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
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Self
2012
The Winged Beetle
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Self
2012
Palme
2012
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
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Self
2012
- 2011
Beatles Stories
as
Self (archive footage)
2011
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
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Self - Musical Guest
2011
The Love We Make
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Self
2011
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
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Self (archive footage)
2011
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
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Self
2011
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
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Self (uncredited)
2011
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
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Self (archive footage)
2011
Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless
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Self
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
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Self (archive footage)
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
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Self (archive footage)
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
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Self (archive footage)
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
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Self (archive footage)
2011
Paul McCartney à Manchester
as
self
2011
Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980
as
Self (Archive Footage)
2011
Mentiras verdaderas
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Self (archive footage)
2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
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Self
2011
- 2010
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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Self (archive footage)
2010
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
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Self
2010
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
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Self (archive footage)
2010
All You Need Is Klaus
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Self
2010
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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Self (archive footage)
2010
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
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Self (archive footage)
2010
Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House
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Self
2010
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Hard Rock Calling 2010
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Self
2010
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
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Self (archive footage)
2010
Paul McCartney: Up and Coming Brasil
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Self
2010
Band On The Run - 25th Anniversary
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Self
2010
David Wants to Fly
2010
The Beatles: The Complete Story
as
Self (Archive Footage)
2010
- 2009
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
as
Self
2009
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
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Self
2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Self
2009
The Beatles on Record
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Self
2009
Paul McCartney - Live in Halifax, Nova Scotia
as
Self
2009
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...Sings the Beatles
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Self (archive footage)
2009
The Beatles: Parting Ways
as
Self
2009
The Motown Invasion
2009
The Rise & Fall of WCW
as
Self (archive footage)
2009
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
as
Self
2009
Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
as
Self
2009
Brüno
as
Self (uncredited)
2009
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
as
Self (archive footage)
2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin'
as
Self
2009
Al's Brain
as
Man on the Street
2009
Rock Legends (The Best Of 50's 60's 70's From The Ed Sullivan's Show) VOL. 2
as
self
2009
The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
as
Self (Archive Footage)
2009
- 2008
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
as
Self (archive footage)
2008
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Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
as
Self
2008
All Together Now
as
Self
2008
Paul McCartney: Independence Concert - Live in Kyiv
as
Self - Musician
2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
as
Self (archive footage)
2008
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
as
Self (archive footage)
2008
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum
as
Self
2008
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
as
Self
2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
as
Self (Archive Footage)
2008
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
as
self
2008
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Fêtons nos 400 ans avec Paul McCartney
as
Self - Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitars, Ukelele, Grand Piano
2008
Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
as
Self
2008
- 2007
The Beatles: Help!
as
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Beatles Explosion
as
Self (archive footage)
2007
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
2007
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
as
Self
2007
Paul McCartney: Live at the Olympia Paris 2007
2007
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
as
Self (archive footage)
2007
Paul McCartney: Live at BBC Electric Proms
as
Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as
Self
2007
- 2006
- 2005
Live 8
as
Self
2005
Live Aid Against All Odds
as
Self
2005
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
as
Self
2005
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as
Self (archive footage)
2005
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road
as
Self
2005
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
as
Self - Vocals, Bass
2005
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
as
Self (archive footage)
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as
Self
2005
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Meet the Beatles
as
Self (Archival footage)
2005
- 2004
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
as
Self (archive footage)
2004
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as
Self (archive footage)
2004
Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection
as
Self
2004
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as
Self (archive footage)
2004
Live Aid
as
Self
2004
Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol3
as
self
2004
20th Century Greats
as
Self (archive footage)
2004
- 2003
Paul McCartney: In Red Square
as
Self
2003
Concert for George
as
Self
2003
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
as
Self (archive footage)
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
as
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Brian Wilson: On Tour
as
Self
2003
The Beatles: Around the World
as
Self (archive footage)
2003
Beatles: The Journey
as
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Beatles - Trilogy
as
Himself
2003
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
2003
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
as
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as
Self
2003
- 2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as
Self (archive footage)
2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as
Self
2002
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
as
Self - Performer
2002
Things They Said Today
as
Self (archive footage)
2002
Paul McCartney & Friends: The PeTA Concert for Party Animals
as
Self
2002
Naqoyqatsi
as
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Elvis: King of Entertainment
as
Self (archive footage)
2002
Paul McCartney : Live at Atlanta
as
self
2002
- 2001
- 1999
Paul McCartney: Live at the Cavern Club
as
Self - Vocals, Bass Guitar
1999
The Beatles: A Celebration
as
Self (archive footage)
1999
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as
Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda
as
Self
1999
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
as
Self
1999
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Television: The First Fifty Years
as
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
1999
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Naked and Free - The History of Free Body Culture
as
Self (archive footage)
1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1982
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The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
as
Self
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as
Self (archive footage)
1982
Desert Island Discs
as
Self
1982
The Compleat Beatles
as
Self (archive footage)
1982
The Cooler
as
Prisoner / Country Musician / Cowboy On Horseback (uncredited)
1982
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Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982
Wogan
as
Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
as
Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
as
Self (archive footage)
1982
Timewatch
as
Self (archive footage)
1982
- 1981
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1975
- 1974
- 1970
- 1969
The Beatles: Something
as
Self
1969
The Beatles - Abbey Road
as
Self - Vocals, Bass
1969
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
as
Self (archive footage)
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
as
Self (archive footage)
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
as
Self (archive footage)
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
as
Self (archive footage)
1969
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
as
Self
1969
Beatles Electroniques
as
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
Abbey Road
as
Self (audio)
1969
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
El Rey en Londres
as
Self (archive footage)
1966
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
as
Self
1966
Reflections on Love
as
Self (archive footage)
1966
Mal Evans on Vacation
as
Self
1966
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
as
Self - The Beatles
1966
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
as
Self - Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar
1966
- 1965
- 1964
A Hard Day's Night
as
Paul
1964
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
as
Self (archive footage)
1964
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
as
Self
1964
The Beatles Sing for Shell
as
Self
1964
The Beatles in Australia
as
Self
1964
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
as
Self
1964
Around the Beatles
as
Self
1964
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
as
Self - The Beatles Member
1964
Top of the Pops
as
Self (archive footage)
1964
Top of the Pops
as
Self
1964
Top of the Pops
1964
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Die Drehscheibe
as
Self
1964
- 1963
- 2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as
Uncle Jack
2017
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
as
Self
2017
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
as
Self
2017
How the Beatles Changed the World
as
Self (archive footage)
2017
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
as
Self (archive footage)
2017
Free to Rock
as
Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
2017
My Generation
as
Self (archive footage)
2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2017
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
as
Self (archive footage)
2017
Året var 1967
as
Self (archive footage)
2017
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
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Screenplay
1984
The Killing Fields
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Thanks
1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
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Songs
1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
as
Original Music Composer
1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
as
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1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
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1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
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