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Paul McCartney

Actor, Producer, Composer, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn June 18, 1942 (82 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Family Way

Known For

  • Live and Let Die
  • A Hard Day's Night
  • The Beatles: Get Back
  • Yellow Submarine
  • Help!
  • Let It Be
  • Magical Mystery Tour
  • Beatles '64
  • Give My Regards to Broad Street
  • The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
  • Rockshow
  • The Love We Make
  • Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
  • Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
  • David Wants to Fly
  • The McCartney Years
  • Paul McCartney's Live Kisses

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    Filmography

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    SNL50: The Anniversary Special · as Self - Musical Guest
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    Super Bowl LIX · as Self - Spectator
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    Twiggy · as Self
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    Livin’ Thing · as Himself
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    Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary · as Self - Musician
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    Beatles '64 · as Self
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    No Hamburg No Beatles · as Self (voice) (archive Footage)
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    Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beach Boys · as Self (archive Footage)
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    STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. (TV Series) · as Self - (archive Footage)
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    On Thin Ice: Putin v Greenpeace (TV Series) · as Self
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    Thriller 40 · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Stones and Brian Jones · as Self (voice) (archive Material)
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    Milli Vanilli · as Self
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    Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Wham! · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Restless: Being Paul Newman · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Stan Lee · as Self
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    Little Richard: I Am Everything · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Super Bowl LVII · as Self - Audience Member
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    The Lost Weekend: A Love Story · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Sound of 007 · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (TV Series) · as Self
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    Ringo Starr: One of Them · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Freedom Uncut · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Paul McCartney - Eine Beatles-Legende · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beatles: Get Back (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beatles and India · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live (TV Series) · as Self
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    Count Me In · as Self
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    Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (TV Series) · as Self
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    Under the Volcano · as Self (archive Footage)
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    McCartney 3, 2, 1 (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Sparks Brothers · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Tina · as Self
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    This Is Pop (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! · as Paul Mccartney
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    Loving Neverland · as Self
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    History 101 (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Super Bowl LIV · as Self - Audience Member
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    Killing John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Chuck Berry · as Self
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    Bad Reputation · as Self
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    Quincy · as Self
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    Elvis Presley: The Searcher (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    George Harrison: All Things Pass · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Take Your Pills · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Filmworker · as Self
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    How the Beatles Changed the World · as Self (archive Footage)
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    My Generation · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Terreur et glamour: Montée et déclin du studio Hammer · as Self - Musician (archive Footage)
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    Conversa com Bial (TV Series) · as Self
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    Free to Rock · as Self - The Beatles (archive Footage)
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    Harry Benson: Shoot First · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self
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    Get Back · as Self
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    Orange Sunshine · as Self
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    The Beatles: 1 · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self
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    In Their Own Words (2015) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Unity · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Carpool Karaoke
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    The 57th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer
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    Super Bowl XLIX · as Self - Audience Member
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    Pawn Sacrifice · as Self
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    Finding Fela · as Self
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    The South Bank Show Originals (TV Series) · as Self
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    Howard Stern Birthday Bash · as Self - Video Message
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    Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me · as Self - Musician
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
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    Super Bowl XLVIII · as Self - Audience Member
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    The 56th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Winner
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    12-12-12 · as Self
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    Good Ol' Freda · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Sound City · as Self
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    Året var 1963 · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Genius · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Genius · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Last Shop Standing · as Self - The Beatles
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    The Diamond Jubilee Concert · as Self - Performer
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    CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Decade You Were Born: The 1970's · as Self - The Beatles
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    Beatles Stories · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Love We Make · as Self
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    The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
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    Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium · as Self - Musical Guest
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    LoveMEATender · as Self - Musician
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    Daybreak (TV Series) · as Self
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    100 Greatest Artists of All Time (TV Series) · as Self
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    John Lennon: Love Is All You Need · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Lennon Naked · as Self
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    The Beatles: The Complete Story · as Self (archive Footage)
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    WWE: The Rise and Fall of WCW · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Synth Britannia · as Self
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    The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Video Killed The Radio Star (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self - Music Legend
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    Brüno · as Self (uncredited)
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    Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) · as Self (segment "dance Tonight")
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    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self
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    The 51st Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer
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    The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive Footage)
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    All Together Now · as Self
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    La Grande Librairie (TV Series) · as Self
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    Magical Mystery Tour Memories · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Unseen Beatles · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Beatles Explosion · as Self (archive Footage)
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    BBC Electric Proms (TV Series) · as Self
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    30 Rock (TV Series) · as Paul Mccartney
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    The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    The 60s: The Beatles Decade (TV Series) · as Self
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    The 48th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer
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    Howard Stern on Demand (TV Series) · as Self
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    MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 · as Self - In Video Clip On Bob Geldof
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    The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self
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    Live 8 · as Self
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    The Beatles: Love Me Do · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Super Bowl XXXIX · as Self - Halftime Performer
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    Live Aid · as Self
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    The Culture Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    Broadway: The American Musical (TV Series) · as Self
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    The X Factor (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest
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    The Beatles: Watching Rainbows · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) · as Self - Terms And Conditions
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    101 Biggest Celebrity Oops · as Self - #61: Michael Jackson Buys The Beatles Catalog
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    Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Inside John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    King of Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Beatles: The Journey · as Self (archive Footage)
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    imagine... (TV Series) · as Self
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    Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest And Musical Guest
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    Back in the U.S. · as Self
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    Fame Academy (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Performer
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    Naqoyqatsi · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
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    The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer
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    VH1: All Access (TV Series) · as Self
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    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self
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    Operación Triunfo (TV Series) · as Self
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    Wingspan · as Self
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    ZDF-History (TV Series) · as Self
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    BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Musician
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    Hendrix · as Self (arrives In New York)
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    Click (2000) (TV Series) · as Self
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    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
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    Paul McCartney: Live at the Cavern Club · as Self - Vocals, Bass Guitar
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    Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales · as Self - The Beatles (archive Footage) (uncredited)
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    100 Jahre – Der Countdown (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Beatles: Celebration · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Television: The First Fifty Years · as Self – The Beatles (archive Footage)
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    V.I.P. (TV Series) · as Self
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    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant
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    CD:UK (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Fifties (TV Series) · as Self (leaves Plane)
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    Standing Stone · as Self
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    Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self
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    Leute heute (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Beatles Story · as Self (archive Footage)
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    TFI Friday (TV Series) · as Self
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    Beatles Diary · as Self
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    The Beatles Anthology (TV Series) · as Self
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    Tough (TV Series) · as Self
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    TOTP2 (TV Series) · as Self
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    Fox NFL Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    Jools' Annual Hootenanny (TV Series) · as Self
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
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    Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self
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    Strange But True (TV Series) · as Self
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    GMTV (TV Series) · as Self
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    Secrets · as Self
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    Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self
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    ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self
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    Death Scenes 2 · as Self
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    The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Paul McCartney's Get Back · as Self - Vocals, Bass
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    MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Self
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    This Morning (TV Series) · as Self
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    Comic Relief · as Self
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    48 Hours (TV Series) · as Self - Musician
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    Going Live! (TV Series) · as Self
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    Jimi Plays Monterey · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    Bread (TV Series) · as Paul Mccartney
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    American Masters (TV Series) · as Self
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    Live Aid · as Self
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    Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self
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    Channel 4 News (TV Series) · as Self
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    Saturday Superstore (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Compleat Beatles · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Timewatch (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Wogan (TV Series) · as Self
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    Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self
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    Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! · as Self (archive Footage)
    1981
    Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
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    This Is Elvis · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
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    Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self
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    Rockshow · as Self
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    Solid Gold (TV Series) · as Self
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    Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self
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    Breaking Glass · as Self
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    Fridays (TV Series) · as Self
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    Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self
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    Newsfront · as Self
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    I Wanna Hold Your Hand · as Self (archive Footage)
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    25 Years · as Self
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    Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
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    Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self
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    Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Society of the Spectacle · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The 46th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee: Best Music, Original Song
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    Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) · as Self
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    Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self
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    A-studio (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
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    Let It Be · as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
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    24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko · as Self (archive Footage)
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    60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self
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    Frost on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
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    Magpie (TV Series) · as Self
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    NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Music of Lennon & McCartney · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Beat Club (TV Series) · as Self
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    Go Go Mania · as Self
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    Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Self
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    What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. · as Self - The Beatles Member
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    Shindig (TV Series) · as Self - As The Beatles
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    Die Drehscheibe (TV Series) · as Self
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    Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self
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    Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Self - The Beatles (archive Footage) (uncredited)
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    Ready Steady Go! (TV Series) · as Self
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    Grammy Awards (TV Series) · as Self
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    Juke Box Jury (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist
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    Grandstand (TV Series) · as Self
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    Tonight at the London Palladium (TV Series) · as Self
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    This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self
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    Today (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self
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    Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter

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