| movie | year | type | role | remarks |
| The Filth and The Fury | 1978 | movie | actor | Sting played a member of the fictional gay band the Blow Waves, who kidnap Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook and attempt to "molest" him. Though Sting's performance was cut from the original film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, it was subsequently included with commentary in the 2002 Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and The Fury. |
| Quadrophenia | 1979 | movie | actor | |
| Radio On | 1980 | movie | actor | |
| Artemis 81 | 1981 | movie | actor | Movie about two alien brothers battle for control over Earth's destiny. Sting played the role of Helith. On 29-12-1981 BBC1 broadcasted the complete movie (185 minutes) (between 9:00pm to 12:05am). |
| Brimstone & Treacle | 1982 | movie | actor + musician | |
| Parole | 1982 | TV-production | musician | Sting performed Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" |
| Dune | 1984 | movie | actor | |
| Gormenghast | 1984 | radioplay | actor | |
| Bring on the Night | 1985 | movie | actor + musician | |
| Ligmalion - A Musical for the 80s | 1985 | TV-production | actor | Broadcasted by BBC2 on April 8, 1985. Sting played the role of Machiavelli |
| Plenty | 1985 | movie | actor | |
| The Bride | 1985 | movie | actor | |
| Walking To New Orleans | 1985 | movie | actor | Sting played the role of a musician who was shot after playing Moon Over Bourbon Street on an acoustic guitar in a metrostati-on |
| Julia and Julia | 1987 | movie | actor | |
| Someone To Watch Over Me | 1987 | movie | musician | Sting recorded Gershwin's Someone To Watch Over Me for this film |
| Resident Alien | 1988 | movie | actor | Sting took part in this documentary on the author/personality Quentin Crisp in New York City |
| Stormy Monday | 1988 | movie | actor | |
| Baron Munchausen | 1989 | movie | actor | Sting plays a small part in this film as a soldier |
| Three Penny Opera | 1989 | theater | actor | |
| Captain Planet | 1991 | TV-production | actor | Sting's voice represented the animated character Zarm in one of the episodes of this TV series. |
| The Music Tells You | 1992 | movie | - | documentary with Branford Marsalis |
| Libera | 1993 | movie | actor | there is a 30 seconds shot of a magazine in this film. Sting is on the cover of this magazine |
| The Three Musketeers | 1993 | movie | musician | Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting recorded the song All For Love for this film |
| Leon | 1994 | movie | musician | Shape Of My Heart was included at the end of the film on which Dominic Miller performed an extra introduction |
| Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | 1995 | movie | musician | Sting rerecorded "Spirits in the material world" (with Pato Banton) for the soundtrack of this movie |
| Il Postino | 1995 | movie | musician | Together with several other artists Sting read a poem by the Chilean diplomat Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) for the soundtrack of this film |
| Leaving Las Vegas | 1995 | movie | musician | Sting performed "Angel Eyes", "My One And Only Love" and "It's A Lonesome Old Town" |
| Sabrina | 1995 | movie | musician | Sting performed "Moonlight" |
| The Grotesque | 1995 | movie | actor + musician | Sting played the role of the butler Fledge. In the USA the film was also known as "Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets" and "Grave Indiscretion |
| The Living Sea | 1995 | movie | musician | A survey of the world's oceans, emphasizing the fact that it's a single interconnected ocean, and the dependence of all life on the ocean. The movie is accompanied by Sting's music. |
| The Truth About Cats & Dogs | 1996 | movie | musician | The rerecorded version of The Bed's Too Big Without You was used on the soundtrack album |
| White Squall | 1996 | movie | musician | Valparaiso was used on the soundtrack |
| Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels | 1998 | movie | actor | Sting plays a small part in this film as bar owner JD. |
| The Mighty | 1998 | movie | musician | Sting performed "The Mighty" |
| The Object of My Affection | 1998 | movie | musician | Sting performed "You Were Meant For Me" |
| The X-Files: The Movie | 1998 | movie | musician | Sting rerecorded "Invisible Sun" (with Aswad) for the soundtrack of the movie The X-Files: The Movie. |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | 1999 | movie | musician | Sting performed the song "Windmills Of Your Mind". |
| The Emperor's New Groove | 2000 | movie | musician | Sting wrote and performed the soundtrack of this movie. The track My Funny Friend And Me was released as a single and nomitated for an Oscar in 2001. |
| The Sweatbox | 2000 | movie | actor + musician | Behind-the-scenes movie featuring Sting's work on the Disney film 'The Emperor's New Groove', from its roots as a drama called 'Kingdom of the Sun', fueled by six songs written by and performed by Sting. It's world premiere took place at Toronto International Film Festival on 13-09-2002. It was also shown on several film festivals (Sydney Film Festival on 13-06-2003). No planned release in cinemas or on dvd/video. |
| All Access | 2001 | movie | musician | This movie contains a live version of Desert Rose. Also released on the album All Access. |
| Kate & Leopold | 2001 | movie | musician | The movie included the track Until, which was written and performed by Sting. This track was nominated for an Oscar in 2002. The movie was released on DVD (region 1) on 11-06-2002.The real gem amongst the host of special features is the inclusion of Sting's rarely seen music video for Until. |
| Zoolander | 2001 | movie | - | In this movie Ben Stiller talks about Sting being his role model, and how he admires Sting's artistry, and how, sometimes, he "even listens to one of his songs." While all this is going on, there are a few images of Sting floating from the bloke's mind. |
| Cold Mountain | 2003 | movie | musician | The movie included the track You Will Be My Aint True Love written by Sting and sung by Alison Krauss with Sting on backing vocals. |
| A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints | 2006 | movie | executive producer | Trudie was one of the movie's producers, while Sting is credited as an executive producer. |
| Bee Movie | 2007 | movie | actor | An animated Sting appears as a witness in the court room and defends his right to his stage name in this animated comedy about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice – honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bees’ honey for centuries, and ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race for stealing their precious honey.
Bee Movie was released to cinemas in the UK on 14 December 2007. |
| movie | year | type | role | remarks |
| So What | 1982 | documentary | musician | 16mm documentary about punkbands. Directed by Stewart |
| Rumble Fish | 1983 | movie | musician | Stewart composed the soundtrack. |
| Ewoks and Droids | 1984 | TV-production | musician | George Lucas' cartoon TV-series; Stewart composed the opening theme for this animation series. Also contributed Love Lessons with bassist Derek Holts as a band called Colts |
| The Rhythmatist | 1984 | documentary | musician | Movie which was released together with the album The Rhythmatist. |
| The Equalizer | 1985 | TV-production | musician | Stewart composed the music for 26 episodes of this CBS TV-series; The following episodes were all broadcasted in 1987: Unpunished Crimes, China Rain, Subway Terror, Blind Frame, Surving The Game, Tip On A Sure Thing, Father Of The Bride, Heart Strings, Derd Drop, Shades of Darkness.
On May 27, 1987 Stewart appeared as ""Pickpocket"" in episode ""Re-Entry"" (episode # 2.22). |
| 9½ Weeks | 1986 | movie | musician | Cannes produced and engineered by Stewart |
| King Lear | 1986 | opera & ballet | musician | |
| Out Of Bounds | 1986 | movie | musician | music by Stewart, contributed 2 tracks on the soundtrack album: Out Of Bounds (w/ Adam Ant) and Zola-X |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | 1986 | movie | musician | contributed 1 track: Strange Things Happen |
| Wall Street | 1987 | movie | musician | The orginal music for this film was composed and performed by Stewart Copeland. Produced and mixed by Jeff Seitz. Recorded and mixed at "The Worried Rabbit" in Ninevah, Assyria |
| Emilio | 1988 | opera & ballet | musician | |
| Polo Allegretto | 1988 | TV-production | musician | Channel 4 documentary about Stewart's polo team "Outlandos" |
| Shalom Salaam | 1988 | TV-production | musician | Stewart composed the music for the main title of this BBC 5-part TV drama series |
| She's Having A Baby | 1988 | movie | actor + musician | Music Score by Stewart; including a shot of Stewart mentioning a name for the baby during the subtitles |
| Talk Radio | 1988 | movie | musician | The orginal music for this film was written and performed by Stewart Copeland. Produced and mixed by Jeff Seitz. Assembled by Judd Levinson. Recorded and mixed at "TMF Communica-tions" in Toluca Lake, CA, USA |
| After Midnight | 1989 | TV-production | musician | ABC TV-film |
| Artworld | 1989 | TV-production | musician | Stewart composed the title music for monthly arts program |
| Earth Girls Are Easy | 1989 | movie | musician | Stewart contributed "Throb". Performed and produced by Stewart Copeland. Co-produced by Jeff Seitz |
| Holy Blood And Cresent Moon | 1989 | opera & ballet | musician | Cleveland Oct. 1989 / Forth Worth Opera 1990 |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | 1989 | movie | musician | |
| Hidden Agenda | 1990 | movie | musician | |
| Highlander II: The Quickening | 1990 | movie | musician | Stewart produced several tracks: Bird Flight, Destroy Shield and Sunshield/ Dam Escape. Also on CD: Bronze Records 9031 736572 |
| Men At Work | 1990 | movie | musician | On the soundtrack album are two tracks by Stewart: Las Playas Dawn and Pink Panther no.23. Mesa Records R2 79025 |
| Taking Care Of Business | 1990 | movie | musician | music by Stewart Copeland; original music score mixed and co-produced by Jeff Seitz. Also known as: "Filofax" |
| The First Power | 1990 | movie | musician | Action/Adventure. Crime. Horror. Also known as: "Pentagram"/ "Transit" |
| TV 101 | 1990 | TV-production | musician | GTG TV-series; Stewart composed the music for the pilot of this series |
| Riff-Raff | 1991 | movie | musician | |
| Afterburn | 1992 | TV-production | musician | HBO TV-film broadcasted in the USA on 30-05-1992; including Deborah Holland's For One Moment |
| Born to Ski | 1992 | movie | musician | including Animal Logic's In the Garden and Stewart's Screaming Lord.. |
| Fugitive among us | 1992 | TV-production | musician | ABCP TV-film broadcasted on 04-02-1992; ABC Movie of The Week; Stewart's name isn't mentioned, but it really sounds like his work! |
| Seconds Out | 1992 | TV-production | musician | BBC TV-film broadcasted on 04-10-1992 |
| Airborne | 1993 | movie | musician | comedy |
| Babylon 5 - The Gathering | 1993 | TV-production | musician | Stewart composed the music for the two-part pilot episode The Gathering for Babylon 5, which was originally telecast as a single two-hour TV movie on February 22, 1993 (the "official" release date of March 8 refers to the film's Chicago TV premiere). |
| Bank Robber | 1993 | movie | musician | executive producers Jean Cazes, Miles A. Copeland III, Paul Colichman |
| Horse Opera | 1993 | opera & ballet | musician | broadcasted by Channel4 on 13-02-1994 |
| Raining Stones | 1993 | movie | musician | |
| Surviving the Game | 1993 | movie | musician | Music by Stewart Copeland. Co-produced and engineered by Jeff Seitz. Stanley Clarke: bass; Jud Miller: E.V.L., oboe, flutes; Michael Thompson: guitars. Assistent to Stewart Copeland: Charlene Kriak. Recorded at "Kinetic Kollections Studios" in Culver City, CA, USA |
| The Cask Of Amontillado | 1993 | opera & ballet | musician | libretto by David Bamberger |
| The Stars That Played With Lucky Joe's Cards | 1993 | opera & ballet | musician | concerto for drums and orchestra |
| Wide Sargasso Sea | 1993 | movie | musician | |
| Decadence | 1994 | movie | musician | |
| Fresh | 1994 | movie | musician | Drama. Stewart contributed one of his jangly, meditative musical scores, and its computer-age jazz seemed just the right accompaniment to this always slightly off-balance story. Stewart isn't on the official soundtrack CD; RCA 66475 |
| Prey | 1994 | opera & ballet | musician | Stewart also played the drums |
| Rapa-Nui | 1994 | movie | musician | also on CD: Milan Records 7313835-6812 |
| Silent Fall | 1994 | movie | musician | thriller. Also on CD: Morgan Creek records 2959200292 |
| Judgement | 1995 | movie | musician | |
| Tyson | 1995 | TV-production | musician | The Mike Tyson Story produced for TV by HBO. Scored in April and May 1995 |
| White Dwarf | 1995 | TV-production | musician | Science fiction, fantasy. Scored in April and May 1995. Stewart composed the music. |
| Boys | 1996 | movie | musician | Stewart contributed about half the music for this score; "Evade Chums" was the only track which appeared on the soundtrack album A&M 540 489 |
| Gridlock'd | 1996 | movie | musician | featuring the late Tupac Shakur. The music is really hard and driving |
| The Assassination File | 1996 | TV-production | musician | also known as "Out In the Cold" |
| The Girl You Want | 1996 | movie | musician | |
| The Leopard Son | 1996 | movie | musician | Stewart released an orchestral score for the documentary film "The Leopard Son" on 29-10-1996 on Miles' label ARK 21, which is distributed by EMI Music. The music is African in nature and represents various animals in the film, including hyenas, baboons, elephants, giraffes and of course leopards. Also featured on the album is Stanley Clarke on acoustic bass, Judd Miller on wind percussion, Michael Thompson on guitar, and the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Andreas. "The Leopard Son" is the story of the birth, growth and coming of age of a leopard cub in Africa. Stewart spent a week in Africa with filmmaker Hugo van Lawick, visiting film locations to help in composing the score. Narrated by Sir John Gielgud, it was the first full-length feature from Discovery Pictures |
| The Pallbearer | 1996 | movie | musician | comedy; music by Stewart; two tracks on the soundtrack album: Bill's Dead/Milk Montage and Ruth Shows Up |
| Four Days in September | 1997 | movie | musician | Also known as "O Que E Isso, Companheiro?" Portugese title; soundtrack released on Milan/ BMG). The film was released in Brazil on 19-04-1997 |
| Good Burger | 1997 | movie | musician | music by Stewart Copeland; the orginal soundtrack CD album on Paramount Pictures doesn't contain any of Stewart's music, but it does contain the cover of Roxanne by Spearhead |
| Insiders | 1997 | TV-production | musician | BBC TV-series which lasted six episodes |
| Little Boy Blue | 1997 | movie | musician | music composed by Stewart Copeland; on the soundtrack album is about 10 minutes of Stewart's music |
| The Sadness of Sex | 1997 | movie | musician | Experimental. Stewart was one of quite a number of music composers. |
| Welcome to Woop Woop | 1997 | movie | musician | Comedy. Also known as "The Big Red" working title); The end credits mention: "Special thanks to: […] Stewart Copeland, Jeff Seitz". Stewart isn't on the official soundtrack CD |
| Futuresport | 1998 | TV-production | musician | Stewart wrote the music for this USA TV-film, which futures Wesley Snipes, Vanessa Williams and Dean Kane |
| Legalese | 1998 | TV-production | musician | USA TV-production featuring James Garner and Kathleen Turner. Music by Stewart. Broadcasted on 04-10-1998 |
| Made Men | 1998 | movie | musician | music recording/ mixing: Jeff Seitz; keyboards/ drums/ bass: Stewart Copeland; guitar: Michael Thompson; EVI: Judd Miller; percussion: Ron Aston. Assistent to Stewart Copeland: Tricia Hansen; music technical assistant: Ryan Beveridge. |
| Pecker | 1998 | movie | musician | seven tracks on the soundtrack album were written by Stewart and includes the track Don't Drop The Soap, For Anyone Else But Me) with Stan Ridgway |
| Spyro The Dragon | 1998 | game | musician | Stewart composed the music for this computer game (made for Playstation (PSX)). |
| The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three | 1998 | TV-production | musician | |
| Very Bad Things | 1998 | movie | musician | Stewart composed the music. |
| West Beyrouth | 1998 | movie | musician | |
| More Dogs Than Bones | 1999 | movie | musician | music recorded and mixed by: Jeff Seitz; keyboards/ drums/ bass: Stewart Copeland; guitar: Michael Thompson; EVI: Judd Miller. Assistent to Stewart Copeland: Tricia Hansen; music technical assistant: Ryan Beveridge. |
| She's All That | 1999 | movie | musician | music recording/ mixing: Jeff Seitz; drums/ percussion: Stewart Copeland; guitar: Michael Thompson; EVI: Judd Miller. Music assistants: Ryan Beveridge, Tricia Hansen. |
| Simpatico | 1999 | movie | musician | "Original music composed and produced by Stewart Copeland". The soundtrack album (Milan Records; 73138 35901-2) contains 18 tracks by Stewart. |
| South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut | 1999 | movie | actor | Stewart performed a guest starring role as the voice of American Soldier #1 |
| Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage | 1999 | PC | musician | Made for Playstation (PSX). Also known as: "Spyro 2: Gateway To Glimmer" |
| The Amanda Show | 1999 | TV-production | musician | |
| Beyond The Glory | 2000 | TV-production | musician | |
| Boiler Room | 2000 | movie | musician | This movie contains the tracks "Wait Gekko" and "I Just Know", which were both taken from the movie Wall Street (1987) and were written by Stewart Copeland. These tracks were NOT released on the official soundtrack album! |
| Boys and Girls | 2000 | movie | musician | "Music by Stewart Copeland". The soundtrack album (Ark21 Records; 186 810 058 2) includes the track "The Freddie File" by Stewart. |
| Brutally Normal | 2000 | TV-production | musician | |
| Skipped Parts | 2000 | movie | musician | Also known as: "The Wonder Of Sex" (UK) |
| Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon | 2000 | PC | musician | Made for Playstation (PSX). Also known as: "Spyro The Dragon 3" |
| Sunset Strip | 2000 | movie | musician | |
| Alone in the Dark - The New Nightmare | 2001 | game | musician | Stewart composed the theme song for this computer game (made for PC). |
| Big Sound | 2001 | TV-production | actor | Big Sound was filmed in Vancouver and debuted on December 11, 2000. Stewart appeared in the 10th episode "Jam Session". |
| On The Line | 2001 | movie | musician | |
| Breaking News | 2002 | TV-production | musician | Original Music by Ryan Beveridge and Stewart Copeland |
| Deuces Wild | 2002 | movie | musician | |
| Me and Daphne | 2002 | movie | musician | short movie (22 minutes) |
| Dead Like Me | 2003 | TV-production | musician | Stewart scored the Showtime TV series "Dead Like Me," which he describes as "a very poignant comedy about life and death". The first season contained 14 episodes and was broadcasted in 2003. |
| Amazon Forever | 2004 | movie | musician | Music by Stewart. |
| Fish Eye | 2005 | movie | musician | Original music by Marvin Ayres, Stewart Copeland and James Coward. Short movie (20 minutes). |
| The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | 2005 | movie | musician | This animation movie premiered on Cartoon Network at 9am on Saturday August 20, 2005. |
| Sol Chica | ? | movie | musician | |
