Sound
Stewart Copeland
Born 1952-07-16
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Department: Sound
Biography
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks. Copeland was ranked by Rolling Stone magazine's reader poll as the fifth greatest drummer of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stewart Copeland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Stewart Copeland
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999
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She's All That
1999
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Wall Street
1987
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989
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The Grand Tour
2016
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Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
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Rumble Fish
1983
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Very Bad Things
1998
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Dead Like Me
2003
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Hell's Kitchen
2005
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (136 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Neil Peart: No One's Disciple | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Copeland | Himself | Movie | 2026 |
 | Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear | Self | Movie | 2026 |
 | Sting and the Police at the BBC | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Let There Be Drums! | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Count Me In | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Under the Volcano | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Go-Go's | Self - The Police | Movie | 2021 |
 | Anti-Nowhere League: We Are The League | Self | Movie | 2019 |
| On Drums... Stewart Copeland! | Self | Movie | 2019 | |
| On Drums... Stewart Copeland! | Presenter | Movie | 2019 | |
 | The US Festival 1982: The US Generation Documentary | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | XTC: This Is Pop | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | I've Lost My Mind in Essen: 40 Jahre Rockpalast-Nacht | Self | Movie | 2017 |
 | Sting: Beyond The Police | Self - Musician | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Grand Tour | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Rock'n'roll... Of Corse! | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | I'm Not in Love - The Story of 10cc | Contributing Guest | Movie | 2015 |
 | Dare to Drum | Himself | Movie | 2015 |
 | John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Locations: Looking for Rusty James | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Beware of Mr. Baker | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Reincarnated | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland: Jazz à Sète Festival 2012 | Drums | Movie | 2012 |
 | Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland: Live Catania Jazz 2012 | Drums | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Invocation | Self | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Police: Certifiable | Self - Drums | Movie | 2008 |
| The Police: Better Than Therapy | Self | Movie | 2008 | |
 | The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Seven Ages of Rock | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out | Self - Narrator (voice) / The Police Member (archive footage) | Movie | 2007 |
| Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out | Editor | Movie | 2007 |
| Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out | Producer | Movie | 2007 |
| Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out | Director of Photography | Movie | 2007 |
| Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out | Writer | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Police - Greatest Video Hits | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2007 |
| Play It Again | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2007 | |
| The Police - Live in Rio | Self | Movie | 2007 | |
 | Pucked | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2006 |
 | Love Wrecked | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Hell's Kitchen | Self - Restaurant Patron | TV Series | 2005 |
 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Music | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Evel Knievel | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2004 |
 | I Am David | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2003 |
| ZIBB | Self | TV Series | 2003 | |
 | Dead Like Me | Original Music Composer | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Police - Every Breath You Take | Self - Percussion | Movie | 2003 |
 | Deuces Wild | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2002 |
 | On the Line | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Police: Ghost in the Machine Tour - Live at Gateshead | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | Sunset Strip | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2000 |
 | More Dogs Than Bones | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Boys and Girls | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Skipped Parts | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Filth and the Fury | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2000 |
| Searching for Roger Taylor | Self | Movie | 2000 | |
 | Futuresport | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1999 |
 | Simpatico | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1999 |
 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | American Soldier #1 (voice) | Movie | 1999 |
 | Made Men | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1999 |
 | She's All That | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1999 |
 | West Beirut | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Legalese | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Pecker | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Very Bad Things | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Little Boy Blue | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Rhythm of Life | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Four Days in September | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Good Burger | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Anna Karenina | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Gridlock'd | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Police – Live Ghost In The Machine | Self - Drums | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Leopard Son | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Boys | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Pallbearer | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Judgement | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Police - Outlandos To Synchronicities | Self | Movie | 1995 |
 | White Dwarf | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1995 |
 | Tyson | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1995 |
 | Silent Fall | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Fresh | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Rapa Nui | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Surviving the Game | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Decadence | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1994 |
 | Babylon 5: The Gathering | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Bank Robber | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Airborne | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Raining Stones | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Wide Sargasso Sea | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Fugitive Among Us | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1992 |
 | Riff-Raff | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Highlander II: The Quickening | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Hidden Agenda | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1990 |
 | Men at Work | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1990 |
 | Taking Care of Business | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1990 |
 | The First Power | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1990 |
 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1989 |
 | Shalom Salaam | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1989 |
 | Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1989 |
 | Talk Radio | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1988 |
 | She's Having a Baby | Stewart Copeland (uncredited) | Movie | 1988 |
| She's Having a Baby | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Jogger | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1988 |
 | Wall Street | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1987 |
 | Out of Bounds | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Equalizer | Pickpocket | TV Series | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Original Music Composer | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Star Wars: Droids | Original Music Composer | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Rhythmatist | Himself | Movie | 1985 |
| The Rhythmatist | Writer | Movie | 1985 |
| The Rhythmatist | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Police: Synchronicity Concert | Self - Drums | Movie | 1984 |
 | Rumble Fish | Original Music Composer | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Police - Live In Oakland | Self - Drums | Movie | 1983 |
 | Police in Montserrat | Self | Movie | 1983 |
 | Champs-Elysées | Self - The Police | TV Series | 1982 |
| Riverside | Self | TV Series | 1982 | |
 | The Police: Around The World | Self | Movie | 1982 |
 | Urgh! A Music War | Self | Movie | 1981 |
 | Punk and Its Aftershocks | Self | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Police - Live '79 at Hatfield Polytechnic | Self | Movie | 1979 |
 | Acceleration Punk | Self | Movie | 1977 |
 | Rockpalast | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Old Grey Whistle Test | Self | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Viña del Mar International Song Festival | Self - The Police | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story | Self | Movie | — |
 | My Music: Classical Rewind | Self | Movie | — |
 | Pinkpop - The Vintage Years (1975-1979) | Himself | Movie | — |