Ringo Starr
Known for Acting · 353 credits
- Born
- 1940-07-07 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Also known as
- Richard Starkey · The Beatles · ザ・ビートルズ
Biography
Richard Starkey MBE (born July 7, 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and The Beatles version of "Act Naturally"), as co-writer with the song "What Goes On" and primary writer with "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
As drummer for The Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills", technically limited by being a left-handed person playing a right-handed kit. Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers, behind drummers such as John Bonham, Keith Moon and Neil Peart.
Starr is the most documented and critically acclaimed actor-Beatle, playing a central role in several Beatles films, and appearing in numerous other movies, both during and after his career with The Beatles. After The Beatles' break-up in 1970, Starr achieved solo musical success with several singles and albums, and recorded with each of his fellow ex-Beatles as they too developed their post-Beatle musical careers. He has also been featured in a number of TV documentaries, hosted TV shows, and narrated the first two series of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He currently tours with the All-Starr Band.
Known For
TV Shows (51)
The Simpsons
1989
as Ringo Starr (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest / Self - Musical Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest / Self - Guest
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Thomas & Friends
1984
as Narrator (Voice)
Omnibus
1967
as Self
American Masters
1986
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
TOTP2
1994
as Self
Timewatch
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Self
Pet Star
2002
as Self - Judge
Parkinson In Australia
1979
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The Early Show
1999
as Self
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
1995
Soundbreaking
2016
as Self
The Beatles
1965
as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
The Beatles Anthology
1995
as Self
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self
Shining Time Station
1989
as Mr. Conductor
Live from the Artists Den
2009
as Self
Alice in Wonderland
1985
as Mock Turtle
Treffpunkte
1970
as Self
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Frost on Sunday
1968
as Self (as The Beatles)
Princess Daisy
1983
as Robin Valerian
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
as Self (archive footage)
In Their Own Words
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
2025
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
20th Century Greats
2004
as Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (302)
Candy
1968
as Emmanuel
Radio
2003
as Stinger the Mascot (uncredited)
Man on the Run
2026
as Self (archive footage)
High in the Clouds
2027
as Roy (voice)
Ringo
1978
as Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats
Yellow Submarine
1968
as Ringo (uncredited)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Ringo Starr
Evolver 62
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
as Self (archive footage)
A Hard Day's Night
1964
as Ringo
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Caveman
1981
as Atouk
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986
as Self
Our Cilla
2015
The Beach Boys
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles '64
2024
as Self
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Zappa
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Magic Christian
1969
as Youngman Grand, Esq.
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Pop Gear
1965
as Self
Building the Beatles
as Self (Archive Footage)
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979
as Self
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
as Self
The Summer of Love
2017
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
2014
as Fibonacci Sequins (voice)
Weekend of a Champion
1972
as Self (uncredited)
The Shadows At Sixty
2020
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966
as Self - The Beatles
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Lisztomania
1975
as The Pope
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
as Self
Genius
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Water
1985
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
The Last Waltz
1978
as Self
Concert for George
2003
as Self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Making of Sun City
1985
as Self
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Produced by George Martin
2012
as Self
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025
as Self
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Good Ol' Freda
2013
as Self
Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
2005
as himself
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Return of Bruno
1987
as Ringo Starr
Help!
1965
as Ringo
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Wingspan
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Be
1970
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025
as Self
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
as Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)
This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sextette
1978
as Laslo Karolny
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
as (Archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
as Self / Talkative Magician
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
as Self
Walking After Midnight
1988
as Self
Beatles
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Point
1971
as Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005
as Self
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater
2010
as Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
as Larry the Dwarf (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Son of Dracula
1974
as Merlin, the Magician
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
as Self
Blindman
1971
as Candy
British Rock: The First Wave
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020
as Self
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Free to Rock
2017
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
The Beatles In America
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Oh My God
2009
as Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
as Self
A Love Letter to the Beatles
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Echo in the Canyon
2019
as Self
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Cilla in Scandinavia
1971
as Self
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
as Self
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
as Self
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
as Self - Host
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Day the Music Died
1977
as Self
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
as Self
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979
as Self
The Beatles and India
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983
as Self (uncredited)
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
as Self
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
What Drives Us
2021
as Self
A Concert by the Lake
2010
as Self
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles on Record
2009
as Self
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
About Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey MBE (born July 7, 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends",… With 353 credits spanning from 1948 to 2027, Ringo Starr has appeared in 302 films and 51 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ringo Starr Movies
- Candy (1968) — as Emmanuel
- Radio (2003) — as Stinger the Mascot (uncredited)
- Man on the Run (2026) — as Self (archive footage)
- High in the Clouds (2027) — as Roy (voice)
- Ringo (1978) — as Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats
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