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Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello

  • Born: 25 August 1954, London, England
  • Estimated net worth: $70 million

Elvis Costello is a renowned singer-songwriter and musician known for his distinctive voice and innovative blend of various genres including rock, pop, and punk. He gained fame in the late 1970s with hits like 'Alison' and 'Pump It Up'. Costello's career…

Elvis Costello: best films and shows

About Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello is a renowned singer-songwriter and musician known for his distinctive voice and innovative blend of various genres including rock, pop, and punk. He gained fame in the late 1970s with hits like 'Alison' and 'Pump It Up'. Costello's career spans several decades, marked by his lyrical prowess and musical experimentation.

Born
25 August 1954, London, England
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Spouses
Diana Krall (2003-present)
Children
1 (Frankie)
Parents
Ross MacManus, Lilian Alda
Estimated net worth
$70 million

Fun facts about Elvis Costello

  • Elvis Costello was born as Declan Patrick MacManus and adopted his stage name from a combination of his father's stage name and the name of a local band.
  • He has collaborated with numerous artists across different genres, including Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, and Bruce Thomas.

Famous Elvis Costello quotes

“I don't want to be a bad influence on you.”
McCartney 3,2,1, 2021
“I can't help it if I don't like you.”
McCartney 3,2,1, 2021
“I think I have a lot of things to say.”
McCartney 3,2,1, 2021

Elvis Costello: coming up

  • The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story (Movie, Self (archive footage))12 December 2026

Credits and dates: TMDB.

Elvis Costello filmography

Cast (143)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass MovieSelf8.3
2025Words + Music TVSelf
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music MovieSelf7.7
2025Elvis Costello & WDR Big Band @ Leverkusener Jazztage 2025 MovieUnknown character
2025Alma Naidu @ Levekusener Jazztage 2025 MovieUnknown character
2024Record On: The Specials - A Message to You MovieSelf7.5
2023Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC MovieSelf (archive footage)9.0
2022Roy Orbison Forever MovieSelf7.0
2021Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story MovieSelf7.0
2021This Is Pop TVSelf (archive footage)5.9
Show 133 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2020Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain MovieSelf7.0
2020Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show MovieSelf - Performer
2019Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration MovieSelf9.3
2018Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen MovieSelf - Performer10.0
2017Pete the Cat TVPete's Dad (voice)7.7
2017Ex Libris: The New York Public Library MovieSelf6.4
2017Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 MovieSelf7.0
2016The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years MovieSelf7.5
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf6.1
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Guest6.1
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Musical Guest6.1
2015Elvis Costello - Detour Live at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall MovieSelf7.0
2014Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued MovieSelf7.3
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf - Musical Guest5.8
2013Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance MovieSelf5.7
2013Experience Montreux MovieSelf
2012Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook MovieSelf - Performer
2011A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young MovieSelf7.0
2011Hamburg Journal TVself
2011I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern MovieSelf (archive footage)5.0
2010Love Shines MovieSelf5.0
2010Hard Rock Calling 2010 MovieSelf
2010Treme TVElvis Costello7.7
2010A Prairie Home Companion Live in HD! MovieSelf - Singer10.0
2009Live From Bonnaroo 2009 MovieSelf
2009Live from the Artists Den TVSelf6.0
2008Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... TVSelf8.0
2008A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! MovieSelf6.9
2008Memento Mori MovieSelf
2007If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story MovieSelf7.0
2007Delirious MovieElvis Costello6.3
2007Elvis Costello: Live: A Case for Song MovieSelf - Vocals, Guitar
2007Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic MovieSelf
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2007The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music MovieSelf
2006Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade MovieSelf7.5
2006Legends TVSelf5.0
2006The Harry Smith Project Live MovieSelf
2006Before the Music Dies MovieSelf - Musician7.0
200630 Rock TVElvis Costello7.5
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby MovieElvis Costello6.4
2006Elvis Costello & Friends MovieSelf (archive footage)
2006Putting the River in Reverse MovieSelf
2006Grand Ole Opry Live MovieSelf
2006The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave MovieSelf
2006From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans MovieSelf
2005Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut MovieGuest
2005The Colbert Report TVSelf7.0
2005The Pretenders: No Turn Left Unstoned MovieSelf
2005Elvis Costello: The Right Spectacle - The Very Best of Elvis Costello MovieSelf - Performer
2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today MovieSelf
2005Off The Beaten Path: A Road Trip With Elvis & Pete MovieSelf
2004Live Aid MovieSelf9.2
2004Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile MovieSelf7.0
2004De-Lovely MovieMusical Performer - "Let's Misbehave"6.1
2004Johnny Cash: The Last Great American MovieSelf8.0
2004Elvis Costello & The Imposters: Club Date - Live in Memphis MovieSelf6.0
2003Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well MovieSelf8.2
2003I Love Your Work MovieSelf4.6
2003Two and a Half Men TVElvis Costello7.4
2003Elvis Costello: North MovieSelf
2003Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' MovieSelf9.0
2003Real Time with Bill Maher TVSelf6.0
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf5.3
2003Freedom Beat MovieSelf
2002There's Only One Paul McCartney MovieSelf8.0
2002CMT Crossroads TVSelf8.0
2001A Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David MovieSelf6.5
2001Prison Song MoviePublic Defender / Teacher5.5
2000Unleaded MovieElvis Costello7.3
1999Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' MovieSelf8.0
1999In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story MovieSelf6.2
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special MovieSelf6.9
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me MovieElvis Costello6.3
1999Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda MovieSelf8.0
1999200 Cigarettes MovieSelf5.8
1999Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree MovieSelf6.5
1998Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th MovieSelf
1998Brian Wilson’s Imagination MovieSelf7.0
1998Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night MovieSelf9.0
1997Spice World MovieElvis Costello4.9
1997Classic Albums TVSelf7.7
1996Tony Bennett's New York MovieSelf8.0
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1996TFI Friday TVUnknown character7.1
19963rd Rock from the Sun TVElvis Costello7.5
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show TVSelf7.4
1995The Frank Skinner Show TVSelf7.5
1995Lo + plus TVSelf
1994Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged MovieSelf7.0
1994Dusty MovieSelf - Interviewee8.0
1994Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife MovieSelf - Interviewee6.8
1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill MovieSelf8.0
1993Frasier TVBen7.7
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Musical Guest7.3
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Musical Guest6.5
1993Weird Nightmare MovieSelf8.0
1992Later... with Jools Holland TVUnknown character5.9
1992The Larry Sanders Show TVElvis Costello7.8
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TVSelf - Musical Guest5.3
1991Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet - The Juliet Letters MovieSelf8.0
1990Have I Got News for You TVSelf7.1
1989The Simpsons TVElvis Costello (voice)8.0
1989MTV Unplugged TVSelf7.1
1989Paul McCartney: Put It There MovieSelf8.5
1989Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater MovieUnknown character
1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night MovieSelf - Guitar/Electric Organ/Harmonica7.7
1987Red Shoes In the Land of the Midnight Sun: Elvis Costello & The Confederates Live in Tokyo MovieSelf - Performer
1987Straight to Hell MovieHives The Butler5.6
1986Chet Baker Live at Ronnie Scott's MovieSelf
1986The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978 MovieSelf
1985No Surrender MovieRosco De Ville6.7
1985Live Aid MovieSelf7.8
1984The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel MovieStone Deaf A & R Man
1984Scully TVHenry Scully6.5
1982The Comic Strip Presents... TVStone Deaf A & R Man7.4
1982Champs-Elysées TVSelf6.8
1981George Jones: With a Little Help from His Friends MovieSelf
1981Concerts for the People of Kampuchea MovieSelf8.0
1980Elvis Costello & The Attractions Live in Montreaux MovieSelf - Performer
1979Americathon MovieThe Earl of Manchester3.6
1978The Kenny Everett Video Show TVSelf7.9
1978Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Live at The Capitol Theatre MovieSelf
1978If It Ain't Stiff, It Ain't Worth a Fuck MovieSelf7.0
1978The South Bank Show TVUnknown character5.6
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Musical Guest6.9
1975Austin City Limits TVSelf6.3
1964Top of the Pops TVSelf (archive footage)6.6
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
TBALittle Red Robin Hood MovieSelf
TBALife Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson MovieSelf
TBAElvis Costello & the Attractions live in Boston & Detroit 1978 MovieUnknown character

Crew (11)

YearTitleRoleRating
2008Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... TVExecutive Producer · Production8.0
2003Cold Mountain MovieSongs · Sound6.9
2003The Shape of Things MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound6.2
2002One Million Stars Falling from the Sky TVTheme Song Performance · Sound8.1
2000Unleaded MovieSongs · Sound7.3
Show 6 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1996Grace of My Heart MovieSongs · Sound6.0
1991Rabbit Ears - Tom Thumb MovieMusic · Sound
1991G.B.H. TVMusic · Sound6.3
1986Club Paradise MovieTheme Song Performance · Sound5.2
1984The Last Chance Dance MovieSongs · Sound9.0
TBALittle Red Robin Hood MovieMusic · Sound

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Questions about Elvis Costello

What are some of Elvis Costello's biggest hits?

Some of Elvis Costello's biggest hits include 'Alison', 'Pump It Up', and 'Watching the Detectives'. His music often blends various genres, showcasing his versatility.

Has Elvis Costello won any major awards?

Yes, Elvis Costello has received multiple awards including Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, recognizing his contributions to music.

What was Elvis Costello's first album?

Elvis Costello's first album, 'My Aim Is True', was released in 1977 and received critical acclaim, launching his career in the music industry.

What collaborations has Elvis Costello done?

Elvis Costello has collaborated with various artists such as Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, and The Roots, showcasing his diverse musical influences.

Is Elvis Costello involved in any other projects?

In addition to music, Elvis Costello has ventured into writing, including a memoir, and has made appearances in films and television, such as 'McCartney 3,2,1'.

What is Elvis Costello's style of music?

Elvis Costello's music is characterized by a mix of rock, punk, and new wave, often featuring sharp lyrics and catchy melodies that resonate with a wide audience.

How many children does Elvis Costello have?

Elvis Costello has one child, a son named Frankie, with his wife Diana Krall.

What is Elvis Costello's estimated net worth?

Elvis Costello's estimated net worth is reported to be around $70 million, reflecting his successful career in music and other artistic endeavors.