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Billy Idol

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Born William Michael Albert Broad in Middlesex, England, in 1955, the first child of Bill and Joan Broad. When he was 2, his father moved the family to Long Island, New York, in pursuit of the American dream. They returned 4 years later (now with a baby sister, Jane) to Dorking. America made a big impression on Billy; he loved the big cars and rock music... See full bio »

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2013 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Justin Timberlake (2013) (writer: "Dancing with Myself" - uncredited)
 
2010-2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #21.78 (2013) (writer: "Dancing with Myself" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.69 (2013) (writer: "Rebel Yell" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.36 (2012) (writer: "Rebel Yell" - uncredited)
– Episode #20.189 (2012) (writer: "Rebel Yell" - uncredited)
– Episode #20.168 (2012) (writer: "Rebel Yell" - uncredited)
See all 17 episodes »
 
2012 EastEnders (TV series)
– Episode dated 21 May 2012 (2012) (performer: "White Wedding" - uncredited)
 
2012 Fringe (TV series)
– Brave New World: Part 1 (2012) (writer: "Eyes Without a Face" - uncredited)
 
2012 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Week 2 (2012) (writer: "Dancing with Myself" / "Dancing with Myself")
 
2011 Moneyball (performer: "Mony Mony")
 
2010 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Episode #10.7 (2010) (writer: "White Wedding" - uncredited)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Our All Time Favourite Films (2010) (writer: "Speed" - uncredited / performer: "Speed" - uncredited)
– Sporty, Rich & Sexy (2010) (writer: "White Wedding" - uncredited / performer: "White Wedding" - uncredited)
 
2010 Chuck (TV series)
– Chuck Versus the Beard (2010) (performer: "Dancing With Myself" - uncredited)
 
2009 Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Video Game) ("White Wedding")
 
2009 Glee (TV series)
– Wheels (2009) (writer: "Dancing with Myself" - uncredited)
 
2009 Castle (TV series)
– Famous Last Words (2009) (writer: "Dancing with Myself" - uncredited / performer: "Dancing with Myself" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats (writer: "Dancing with Myself")
 
2009 Guitar Hero 5 (Video Game) ("Dancing with Myself")
 
2009 Soundstage (TV series documentary)
– In Super Overdrive: Billy Idol Live (2009) (performer: "Super Overdrive", "Dancing With Myself", "Flesh For Fantasy", "Touch My Love", "White Wedding", "Scream", "Eyes Without A Face", "Cry", "Blue Highway", "Ready Steady Go", "Rebel Yell", "Kiss Me Deadly")
 
2009 I Love You, Man (writer: "Dancing with Myself")
 
2009 Skins (TV series)
– Cook (2009) ("White Wedding")
 
2008 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (TV movie) (writer: "Rebel Yell" / performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
2008 Guitar Hero World Tour (Video Game) ("Rebel Yell")
 
2008 Nip/Tuck (TV series)
– Kyle Ainge (2008) (performer: "Flesh For Fantasy")
 
2007 Mama's Boy (writer: "Ready steady Go")
 
2007 The Singing Bee (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (2007) (writer: "White Wedding")
 
2007 Brooklyn Rules (writer: "Dancing With Myself" / performer: "Dancing With Myself")
 
2006 Flushed Away (writer: "Dancing with Myself" / performer: "Dancing with Myself")
 
2006 The Lather Effect (writer: "Dancing With Myself" / as W. Broad / performer: "Dancing With Myself")
 
2004-2006 Cold Case (TV series)
– The River (2006) (performer: "Rebel Yell")
– Schadenfreude (2005) (performer: "Dancing With Myself")
– It's Raining Men (2004) (performer: "Eyes Without a Face" - uncredited)
 
2006 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series)
– Everybody Hates Picture Day (2006) (performer: "White Wedding")
 
2005 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
– Joy's Wedding (2005) (performer: "White Wedding" - uncredited)
 
2005 I Love the 80's 3-D (TV series documentary)
– 1987 (2005) (performer: "Mony Mony")
 
2005 Charmed (TV series)
– Something Wicca This Way Goes (2005) ("Evil Eye")
 
2005 The Upside of Anger (music: "Rebel Yell" / lyrics: "Rebel Yell" / performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
2004 Blackpool (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (2004) ("White Wedding")
 
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game) (writer: "White Wedding" / performer: "White Wedding")
 
2004 Mean Girls ("Dancing with Myself")
 
2004 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Wandering Juvie (2004) ("White Wedding")
 
2002 Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (TV series)
– Miss Reutlitz (2002) (performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys (writer: "Rebel Yell" / performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
2000 Third Watch (TV series)
– After Hours (2000) (writer: "Rebel Yell" - uncredited / performer: "Rebel Yell" - uncredited)
 
2000 Coyote Ugly (writer: "Rebel Yell" / performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
2000 Heavy Metal 2000 (writer: "Buried Alive" / as Idol / performer: "Buried Alive")
 
1999 Pushing Tin (writer: "Dancing with Myself" / performer: "Dancing with Myself")
 
1999 NewsRadio (TV series)
– Wedding (1999) (writer: "White Wedding" - uncredited)
 
1998 Jack Frost (writer: "Hot in the City" / performer: "Hot in the City")
 
1998 SLC Punk! (writer: "Kiss Me Deadly")
 
1998 The Wedding Singer (writer: "White Wedding" / performer: "White Wedding")
 
1998 Gia (TV movie) (writer: "Dancing With Myself" / as William A. Broad / performer: "Dancing With Myself")
 
1997 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– The Horror of Party Beach (1997) (writer: "Eyes without a Face" - uncredited)
– Terror from the Year 5000 (1997) (writer: "Eyes without a Face" - uncredited)
 
1996 Alle haben geschwiegen (TV movie) (performer: "Sweet Sixteen")
 
1996 Striptease (performer: "Mony Mony")
 
1996 Cybill (TV series)
– Wedding Bell Blues (1996) (writer: "White Wedding" - uncredited / performer: "White Wedding" - uncredited)
 
1995 Empire Records (writer: "Ready, Steady, Go")
 
1994 Speed (writer: "Speed" / performer: "Speed" / producer: "Speed")
 
1993 True Romance (performer: "White Wedding")
 
1993 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Sick (1993) (performer: "Dancing With Myself")
 
1991 Palm Harbor Vice (performer: "L.A. Woman")
 
1990 Look Who's Talking Too (writer: "Rebel Yell" / performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (writer: "Cradle of Love" / performer: "Cradle of Love")
 
1990 Days of Thunder (writer: "THE LAST NOTE OF FREEDOM")
 
1989 Captain N: The Game Master (TV series)
– Mr. & Mrs. Mother Brain (1989) (performer: "White Wedding")
 
1989 Booker (TV series)
 
1989 L.A. Takedown (TV movie) (performer: "L.A. WOMAN")
 
1989 Dream Baby (TV movie) (writer: "Sweet Sixteen" - uncredited)
 
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (performer: "Fatal Charm")
 
1987-1988 Derrick (TV series)
– Das Piräus-Abenteuer (1988) (performer: "Sweet sixteen")
– Anruf in der Nacht (1987) (performer: "Flesh for fantasy")
 
1988 Big (writer: "REBEL YELL", "HOT IN THE CITY" / performer: "REBEL YELL", "HOT IN THE CITY")
 
1988 D.O.A. (writer: "REBEL YELL" / performer: "REBEL YELL")
 
1987-1988 Miami Vice (TV series)
– Honor Among Thieves? (1988) (performer: "Sweet Sixteen" - uncredited)
– The Rising Sun of Death (1987) (performer: "Flesh For Fantasy" - uncredited)
– Down for the Count: Part 2 (1987) (writer: "Don't Need A Gun" - uncredited / performer: "Don't Need A Gun" - uncredited)
 
1987 Can't Buy Me Love (writer: "Dancin' with Myself" / performer: "Dancin' with Myself")
 
1987 Stingray (TV series)
– One Way Ticket to the End of the Line (1987) ("Don't Need A Gun")
 
1987 Some Kind of Wonderful (writer: "Catch My Fall" / performer: "Catch My Fall")
 
1987 Hot Child in the City (writer: "Flesh For Fantasy", "Eyes Without A Face" / performer: "Flesh For Fantasy", "Eyes Without A Face")
 
1986 The Wraith (performer: "REBEL YELL" / "REBEL YELL")
 
1985 Demons (performer: "White Wedding")
 
1985 The Legend of Billie Jean (performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
1984 Knight Rider (TV series)
– Dead of Knight (1984) (writer: "Rebel Yell")
 
1984 The Wild Life (writer: " DO NOT STAND IN THE SHADOWS" / performer: " DO NOT STAND IN THE SHADOWS")
 
1984 Sixteen Candles (performer: "Rebel Yell")
 
1983 Square Pegs (TV series)
– To Serve Weemawee All My Days (1983) (writer: "White Wedding" / performer: "White Wedding")
 
1982 Remembrance (writer: "The Untouchables")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1989-1990 Booker (TV series) (composer: theme - 22 episodes)
– Father's Day (1990) (composer: theme)
– Mobile Home (1990) (composer: theme)
– Crazy (1990) (composer: theme)
– Molly and Eddie (1990) (composer: theme)
– Wedding Bell Blues (1990) (composer: theme)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1985 Demons (composer: additional music)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
2002 Horrible Histories (TV series)
Mad Man Mulligan
– Magnificent Mounties (2002) … Mad Man Mulligan
 
2000 Heavy Metal 2000
Odin (voice)
 
1996 Mad Dog Time
Lee Turner
 
1993 Shock to the System (video)
The Metal Man
 
1992 U (TV series)
– U Spesial (1992)
 
1991 The Doors
Cat
 
Show ShowSelf (59 titles)
2012 Steel Pulse: The Definitive Documentary (documentary) (in production)
Himself
 
2012 Good Morning America Weekend Edition (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Punk Britannia (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Pre-Punk: 1972 - 1976 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 Revolutions (documentary)
 
2010 Glenn Martin DDS (TV series)
Himself
– A Very Martin Christmas (2010) … Himself (voice)
 
2009 Soundstage (TV series documentary)
Himself
– In Super Overdrive: Billy Idol Live (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 VH1 Rock Honors (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005-2008 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.93 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #4.60 (2005) … Himself
 
2008 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Billy Idol (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Punk's Not Dead (documentary)
Himself - Generation X
 
2005 Bam Presents: HIM (The Making of Dark Light) (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Tommy and Quadrophenia Live: The Who (video documentary)
The Ace Face / Cousin Kevin
 
2005 Viva la Bam (TV series)
Himself
– Ape's Birthday Surprise (2005) … Himself
 
2005 TV total (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
1993-2005 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #13.54 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #9.94 (2001) … Himself
– Episode #2.141 (1993) … Himself
 
2005 T4 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Orange Playlist (TV series)
Himself
– Billy Idol (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Friday Night Project (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Fashion Rocks (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 New Year's Rockin' Eve 2005 (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 The 32nd Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 40 Most Awesomely Bad Dirrty Songs... Ever (TV special documentary)
Himself (Song "Cradle of Love")/Archive Footage
 
2003 MTV Video Music Awards 2003 (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 50 Sexiest Video Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 MTV 20: Live & Almost Legal (TV documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
2001 VH1 Storytellers (TV series documentary)
– Billy Idol (2001)
 
2001 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 April 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 25 Years of Punk (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Bad Boys of Rock (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 The Wedding Singer
Himself
 
1996 The Sunday Show (TV series)
Himself
– Christmas Special (1996) … Himself
 
1996 I Want My MTV (video)
Himself
 
1995 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 November 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Live at the Joint (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 Billy Idol: More Vital Idol (video)
Himself
 
1993 The 35th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Rock in Rio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1991) … Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Hard 'N Heavy Volume 12 (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 MTV Video Music Awards 1991 (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1990 Rockopop (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 November 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Famous Last Words (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Who Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy (TV documentary)
Cousin Kevin
 
1988 Wired (TV series)
Himself
– Wired from Los Angeles (1988) … Himself
 
1987 The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1984 MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1984 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 July 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1977-1984 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Lead Singer, Generation X / Himself - Lead Singer: Generation X
– Episode dated 19 July 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 April 1979 (1979) … Himself (as Generation X)
– Episode dated 5 April 1979 (1979) … Himself (as Generation X)
– Episode dated 1 February 1979 (1979) … Himself (as Generation X)
– Episode dated 4 January 1979 (1979) … Himself (as Generation X)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1982-1984 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 December 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1984 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Don Rickles/Billy Idol (1984) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1980 D.O.A. (documentary)
Himself (as Generation X)
 
1978 The Punk Rock Movie from England (documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Marc (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1977) … Himself (as Generation X)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2012 Top of the Pops: The Story of 1977 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 Video Killed the Radio Star (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Countdown Spectacular 2 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Retrosexual: The 80's
Himself
 
2002 Hey! Is Dee Dee Home? (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Filth and the Fury (documentary)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

(198) Album: "Rebel Yell". See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Generation X

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Great sex is great, but bad sex is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. See more »

Trivia:

1976: Chose his surname. See more »

Trademark:

Platinum blonde hair See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius