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General Information (Sting)
 
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Mostly Credited As: Sting
Birth Name: Gordon Matthew Sumner
Date Of Birth: October 02, 1951 (Age 58)
Country Of Birth: United Kingdom
Birth Place: Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height: 6' (1.82 m)
Spouse
Trudie Styler Aug/20/1992 - Present (4 children)
Frances Tomelty May/01/1976 - Mar/01/1984 (Divorced)

After disbanding the Police at the peak of their popularity in 1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, one obsessed with expanding the boundaries of pop music. Sting incorporated heavy elements of jazz, classical, and worldbeat into his music, writing lyrics that were literate and self-consciously meaningful, and he was never afraid to emphasize this fact in the press. For such unabashed ambition, he was equally loved and reviled, with supporters believing that he was at the forefront of literate, intelligent rock and his critics finding his entire body of work pompous. Either way, Sting remained one of pop's biggest superstars for the first ten years of his solo career, before his record sales began to slip.

Before the Police were officially disbanded, Sting began work on his first solo album late in 1984, rounding up a group of jazz musicians as a supporting band. Moving from bass to guitar, he recorded his solo debut, 1985's The Dream of the
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Sting TV Appearances
 
Main cast 
Show: The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show(2001)As: Himself (Singer 2003)
Show: Captain Planet and the Planeteers(1990)As: Zarm (S01-S02) -- [Voice]
Episode Cast Credits 
Show: This Morning (1988) 
  November 4, 2009 22x47: (Nov/04/2009) As Himself 
Show: The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) 
  Series 5, Episode 28 05x28: (Nov/04/2009) As Himself 
Show: The One Show (2006) 
  November 2, 2009 04x85: (Nov/02/2009) As Himself 
Show: Rock Docs (2006) 
  Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who 01x11: (Nov/02/2007) As Himself 
Show: Great Performances (1972) 
  Sting: Songs from the Labyrinth 34x06: (Feb/26/2007) As Himself 
Show: Live with Regis and Kelly (1988) 
  Sacha Baron Cohen, Sting and "Amazing Race" Castoffs 18x111: (Nov/06/2006) As Himself 
Show: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) 
  The Long Lead Story 01x05: (Oct/16/2006) As Himself 
Show: CBS Sunday Morning (1979) 
  Color Us Green 29x07: (Oct/15/2006) As Himself 
Show: The Today Show (1952) 
  Sting, Sandra Bullock, Suzanne Somers 54x27: (Oct/10/2006) As Himself 
Show: Sunday AM (2005) 
  8 October, 2006 02x06: (Oct/08/2006) As Himself 
Show: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) 
  Howie Mandel, Chris Brown, 4-year-old tennis prodigy Jan Silva 04x19: (Sep/28/2006) As Himself 
  Robert Downey Jr., Sting, Kate Walsh 04x18: (Sep/27/2006) As Himself 
Show: Late Show with David Letterman (1993) 
  Samuel L. Jackson, Sting 12x146: (May/13/2005) As Himself 
  Viggo Mortensen, Sting, Bill Murray 11x105: (Mar/04/2004) As Himself 
  Jack Hanna, Peter Fonda, Sting 07x24: (Oct/08/1999) As Himself 
Show: Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003) 
  Sting 03x39: (Mar/25/2005) As Himself 
Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) 
  John McEnroe, Sting 11x140: (Jul/08/2004) As Himself 
Show: The Academy Awards (1929) 
  The 76th Annual Academy Awards 76x01: (Feb/29/2004) As Presenter 
  The 74th Annual Academy Awards 74x01: (Mar/24/2002) As Performer 
Show: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) 
  Keanu Reeves, Sting, Mary J. Blige 12x58: (Dec/11/2003) As Himself 
  Russell Crowe, Sting, Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper 10x113: (Dec/13/2001) As Himself 
Show: Billboard Music Awards (1990) 
  14th Billboard Music Awards 01x14: (Dec/10/2003) As Billboard Century Award 
Show: Parkinson (1998) (1998) 
  Sarah Ferguson, Eddie Izzard, Sting, Gwyneth Paltrow 10x09: (Nov/22/2003) As Himself, [Interviewees]
  Billy Connolly, Sting 02x15: (Dec/17/1999) As Himself, [Interviewees]
Show: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) 
  Kate Beckinsale, Sting, Lee Evans 05x02: (Sep/19/2003) As Himself, [Interviewees]
Show: Top of The Pops 2 (1994) 
  April 23, 2003 09x66: (Apr/23/2003) As Himself 
Show: MADtv (1995) 
  Episode #710 07x10: (Dec/15/2001) As Himself 
Show: Ally McBeal (1997) 
  Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade 04x20: (Apr/30/2001) As Himself 
Show: Behind The Music (1997) 
  The Police 03x30: (Apr/23/2000) As Himself 
  Sting 03x09: (Sep/26/1999) As Himself 
Show: The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999) 
  2/3/2000 02x07: (Feb/03/2000) As Himself 
Show: Saturday Night Live (1975) 
• 6 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Saturday October 17th, 1987)
  Jennifer Aniston/Sting 25x06: (Nov/20/1999) As Himself, [Musical Guests]
  Sting/Veruca Salt 22x15: (Mar/15/1997) As Himself (Host) 
  Elle MacPherson/Sting 21x14: (Feb/24/1996) As Himself, [Musical Guests]
  Bill Murray/Sting 18x14: (Feb/20/1993) As Himself, [Musical Guests]
Show: TFI Friday (1996) 
  Dale Winton, Denise Van Outen, Space, Sting, Morrissey 01x72: (Dec/19/1997) As Himself 
Show: The Simpsons (1989) 
  Radio Bart 03x13: (Jan/09/1992) As Himself 
Show: MTV Unplugged (1989) 
  Sting 02x04: (Apr/10/1991) As Himself 
Show: AL-TV (0) 
  Even Worse 01x05: (Apr/20/1988) As Himself 
  Al Music - Alapalooza (Unknown/Unaired) As Himself 
Show: Soul Train (1971) 
  LL Cool J/ Me'lisa Morgan/ Sting 17x10: (Nov/21/1987) As Himself 
Show: Late Night With David Letterman (1982) 
  821011 01x11: (Oct/11/1982) As Himself 
 
Sting Crew Credits
 
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Sting Featured Songs
 
Show: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Songs:
The Long Lead Story + Come Again
+ Fields of Gold 
Show: The Sopranos Songs:
Full Leather Jacket + Fields of Gold 
The Sopranos + I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying 
Show: 21 Jump Street Songs:
Back from the Future + Fragile 
Come from the Shadows + Fragile
+ They Dance Alone 
Show: Oud geld Songs:
Sans racune + Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot 
Show: Super Bowl Songs:
Super Bowl XXXVII + Message in a Bottle 
Super Bowl XXXV  
Show: Alias Songs:
The Confession + Someone to Watch Over Me 
Show: Doctor Who Confidential Songs:
Stage Fright + The Battle Galliard 
 
Sting Trivia
 
Is known mostly as Sting but his wife still calls him by his birth name, Gordon.
 
Participated in Band-Aid and Live-Aid.
 
His album, A Brand New Day, went triple platinum.
 
Both of his parents died from cancer, but attended neither of the funerals. He said he didn't want the media to create any 'disrespect'.
 
Has a Colombian tree frog named after him (Dendropsophus stingi).
 
 
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