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.
188 movies · 86 shows
Sting - Sounds Like Art Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
2026·8.0
GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement
2025·5.7
In Thanks We Trust
2025·0.0
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025·8.7
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025·8.5
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024·8.0
Sting and the Police at the BBC
2024·6.5
Sting: Radio 2 in the Park
2024·0.0
Message in a Bottle
2024·0.0
Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden
2024·8.4
Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll
2023·0.0
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
2023·7.6
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
2023·8.0
WHAM!
2023·7.3
They All Came Out to Montreux
2023·7.0
The Book of Solutions
2023·5.9
Christmas@Home 2022: Das Weihnachtskonzert mit Daniel Hope, Sting und weiteren Gästen
2022·0.0
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022·8.2
Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
2022·8.0
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022·0.0
Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.
2022·0.0
Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
2021·7.0
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021·4.0
Sting at the Pantheon in Paris - 50 Years of FIP Radio
2021·6.0
Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.
2021·0.0
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021·6.6
Mylène Farmer : Les Clips L'Intégrale (1999-2020)
2021·8.0
Under the Volcano
2021·6.9
Herb Alpert Is...
2020·7.6
Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban
2020·8.0
GIMS: On the Record
2020·7.3
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
2020·9.5
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020·6.6
Space Songs: Through the Distance
2020·0.0
The Big Night In
2020·9.0
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
2019·0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2019·7.8
Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film
2019·8.6
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019·0.0
Sting & Shaggy au Château d'Hérouville
2019·9.0
I Want My MTV
2019·7.5
Gurrumul
2018·7.0
The Queen's Birthday Party
2018·0.0
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
2018·6.4
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
2018·10.0
Sting - Grenzgänger und Freigeist
2017·0.0
Sting: A Free Man
2017·7.5
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
2017·8.0
Sting: Beyond The Police
2017·5.5
Sting: Live at the Olympia Paris
2017·8.9
The Dark Side of The Sun
2017·7.2
Sting au Bataclan
2016·8.0
Sting: 57th and 9th - The Interviews
2016·0.0
Sting Live At Irving Plaza
2016·7.0
Sting - Live at iHeartRadio Music Festival 2016
2016·0.0
Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!
2016·7.0
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
2016·7.2
Attenborough at 90
2016·8.0
Sonic Sea
2016·7.0
Zoolander 2
2016·4.9
Mylène Farmer : sur les pas d'une icône
2015·8.0
Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups
2015·0.0
Jaco
2015·7.5
Iain Goes Inside the Last Ship
2014·0.0
Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
2014·6.5
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
2014·7.2
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014·9.5
20 Feet from Stardom
2013·7.2
Radioman
2012·6.3
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
2012·6.4
CMT Crossroads: Sting and Vince Gill
2011·0.0
Sting - 25 Years
2011·0.0
Sting Festival de Viña del Mar
2011·6.9
Sting: Live In Berlin
2010·7.7
2012: Time for Change
2010·6.3
Still Bill
2010·7.1
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
2010·6.9
Hope for Haiti Now
2010·6.3
Bruce Springsteen - 32nd Annual of Kennedy Center Honors
2009·0.0
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009·7.9
Sting: A Winter's Night...Live From Durham Cathedral
2009·8.0
If on a Winter's Night ... Live from Durham Cathedral
2009·4.2
Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
2009·0.0
Brüno
2009·5.6
PoliWood
2009·6.5
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009·8.0
Chris Botti in Boston
2009·5.0
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
2009·10.0
The Police: Certifiable
2008·7.6
The Police: Better Than Therapy
2008·0.0
The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo
2008·7.7
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008·0.0
Pavarotti The Duets
2008·0.0
The Police Rock in Rio - Live Madrid
2008·0.0
Bee Movie
2007·6.0
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
2007·7.0
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007·0.0
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007·7.1
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
2007·6.8
The Police - Greatest Video Hits
2007·7.0
STING: The Journey & The Labyrinth
2007·0.0
The Police - Live in Rio
2007·0.0
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
2006·6.8
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
2006·5.9
Live 8
2005·7.4
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
2005·0.0
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005·0.0
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004·4.8
George Michael: A Different Story
2004·6.6
Live Aid
2004·9.2
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition
2004·0.0
Sting: The Journey & The Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland
2004·0.0
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
2003·7.6
The Police - Every Breath You Take
2003·7.1
Freedom Beat
2003·0.0
The Sweatbox
2002·7.0
Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions: Live in Concert
2002·7.1
Sting ...All This Time
2001·7.4
Being Mick
2001·7.0
The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead
2001·0.0
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001·6.5
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
2001·7.0
The Beatles Revolution
2000·0.0
Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
2000·7.9
The Filth and the Fury
2000·6.9
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999·9.0
Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads
1999·7.0
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
1999·10.0
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998·8.1
The Mighty
1998·7.3
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998·7.7
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
1997·0.0
An Audience with Elton John
1997·9.0
Music for Montserrat
1997·6.9
The Police – Live Ghost In The Machine
1996·8.0
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995·4.0
The Grotesque
1995·5.4
The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities
1995·0.0
Sting – Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
1994·8.5
Sting - Englishman In Japan
1994·8.0
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993·7.5
Take That Away!
1993·0.0
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
1992·0.0
Pavarotti & Friends
1992·7.8
Sting's 40th Birthday Celebration: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
1991·0.0
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin
1991·6.5
The Soul Cages Concert
1991·0.0
Sting Unplugged
1991·4.0
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991·0.0
One World, One Voice
1990·0.0
Resident Alien
1990·5.3
Dance of Hope
1989·8.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988·7.0
Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
1988·8.0
Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary
1988·0.0
Peter Gabriel, Sting, & Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Now!
1988·0.0
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988·6.5
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3
1988·7.0
Stormy Monday
1988·5.7
Julia and Julia
1988·5.1
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988·10.0
Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit
1987·0.0
The Best of Max Headroom
1987·0.0
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
1986·8.0
U2 & The Police: A Conspiracy of Hope
1986·0.0
Sting - Bring on the Night
1985·7.1
Plenty
1985·5.7
The Bride
1985·5.4
Live Aid
1985·7.9
Dire Straits at Live Aid
1985·7.0
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985·9.0
Dune
1984·6.2
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
1984·0.0
The Police: Synchronicity Concert
1984·9.0
The Police - Live In Oakland
1983·0.0
Police in Montserrat
1983·8.0
Destination Dune
1983·6.5
Brimstone & Treacle
1982·5.9
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982·6.3
The Police: Around The World
1982·8.3
Artemis '81
1981·4.1
Urgh! A Music War
1981·7.4
Punk and Its Aftershocks
1980·6.8
Radio On
1979·5.8
Quadrophenia
1979·7.0
Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia
1979·0.0
The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic
1979·8.0
Acceleration Punk
1977·0.0