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The Edge was born David Howell Evans, in Barking, Essex in 1961. When he was 2 the family moved to Dublin. During his childhood he learnt how to play the guitar and the piano. In 1978 the Edge became the guitarist and keyboardist of U2. The Edge is still in the group, who have conquered the world for nearly 30 years. See full bio »

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David Howell Evans
in Barking, Essex, England, UK
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2011-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #21.49 (2012) (music: "Beautiful Day" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.48 (2012) (music: "Beautiful Day")
– Episode #19.76 (2011) (writer: "Beautiful Day" - uncredited)
 
2012 The X Factor (TV series)
– Live Show 9 (2012) (writer: "One" - uncredited)
– Live Results Show 6 (2012) (writer: "Beautiful Day" - uncredited)
 
2010-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Bono & The Edge/Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2011) (writer: "A Freak Like Me Needs Company" - uncredited, "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of", "A Freak Like Me Needs Company" - uncredited / performer: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of")
– Amanda Seyfried/B.J. Novak/Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2011) (writer: "Rise Above" - uncredited)
– Jessica Biel/Lee DeWyze (2010) (writer: "Beautiful Day" - uncredited)
 
2011 Dancing Stars (TV series)
– Episode #6.1 (2011) (writer: "GoldenEye")
 
2010 Glastonbury 2010 (TV special) (performer: "Where The Streets Have No Name")
 
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
– Episode #1.101 (2010) (writer: "With or Without You" / performer: "With or Without You")
 
2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV movie) ("Stranded Haiti Mon Amour")
 
2008 Willkommen Österreich (TV series)
– Episode #1.56 (2008) (writer: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - uncredited)
 
2008 It Might Get Loud (documentary) (performer: "Get on Your Boots", "The Fly", "I Will Follow", "Glad to See You Go", "Elevation", "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground", "In My Time of Dying", "The Weight")
 
2008 Nim's Island (writer: "Beautiful Day" 2000 / as Dave Evans)
 
2008 Waveriders (documentary) (writer: "SILVER AND GOLD" / as David Evans)
 
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ("Ultra Violet Light My Way")
 
2007 100 höjdare (TV series)
– Episode #5.8 (2007) (writer: "GoldenEye")
 
2006-2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Amazing Moments in Music (2007) (writer: "Where The Streets Have No Name")
– Greatest Songs of All Time (2006) (writer: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" / as David Evans)
 
2007 Cubism: Pet Shop Boys in Concert - Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City (video) (writer: "Where the street have no name I can't take my eyes off you")
 
2006 Die Pathologin - Im Namen der Toten (TV movie) (writer: "Beautiful Day")
 
2006 Click (music: "Ultra Violet Light My Way" 1991 / as Dave Evans / lyrics: "Ultra Violet Light My Way" 1991 / as Dave Evans)
 
2006 Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop (TV documentary) (writer: "Where the streets have no name I can't take my eyes off you" / as Dave Evans)
 
2006 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
– VaYechi (2006) (writer: "Always Forever Now")
 
2006 Kiss me Kismet (TV movie) (writer: "City of Blinding Lights")
 
2006 The Eight (TV series)
– Daniel (2006) (writer: "Discothèque" - uncredited)
 
2005 Backstage (writer: "Love Is Blindness")
 
2005 Elizabethtown (writer: "Pride In the Name of Love" 1984 / as David Evans)
 
2005 Don't Come Knocking (music: "Don't Come Knocking" / lyrics: "Don't Come Knocking" / producer: "Don't Come Knocking")
 
2005 CSI: NY (TV series)
– What You See Is What You See (2005) (writer: "Beautiful Day" / as Dave Evans)
 
2004 Cap d'any a TV3 (TV special) (lyrics: "I ni així he trobat el que estic buscant")
 
2004 The Batman (TV series)
 
2004 Taking Lives (lyrics: "Bad")
 
2003 Headrush (writer: "Alex Descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk", "Your Blue Room" / as Evans)
 
2002 Gangs of New York (producer: "The Hands That Built America Theme from Gangs of New York" / arranger: "The Hands That Built America Theme from Gangs of New York")
 
2002 Mr. Deeds ("Sweetest Thing")
 
2002 About a Boy ("Zoo Station" / as Evans)
 
2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (writer: "Miss Sarajevo" / as David Evans)
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (lyrics: "Elephant Love Medley")
 
2000 Looking for Alibrandi (lyrics: "With or Without You")
 
1999 Three Kings (lyrics: "In God's Country")
 
1999 Runaway Bride (lyrics: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For")
 
1998 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Trash of the Titans (1998) (writer: "Pride In the Name of Love")
 
1998 City of Angels (lyrics: "If God Will Send His Angels")
 
1997 The End of Violence (writer: "I'm Not Your Baby")
 
1995 GoldenEye (writer: "GoldenEye" / producer: "GoldenEye")
 
1995 Showgirls (lyrics: "NUMB GIMME SOME MORE / DIGNITY MIX")
 
1995 Batman Forever (producer: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me")
 
1995 Kids (writer: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" / as Dave Evans)
 
1995 Johnny Mnemonic (writer: "ALEX DESCENDS INTO HELL FOR A BOTTLE OF MILK/KOROVA 1" / performer: "ALEX DESCENDS INTO HELL FOR A BOTTLE OF MILK/KOROVA 1")
 
1994 Prêt-à-Porter (writer: "Lemon Perfecto Mix")
 
1994 Milk Money ("Some Days Are Better Than Others" / as Dave Evans)
 
1994 Reality Bites (writer: "All I Want is You" / as Dave Evans)
 
1993 Fearless (writer: "WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME" / as David Evans)
 
1993 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Operation Double 007 (1993) (writer: "New Year's Day")
 
1993 Short Cuts (writer: "Conversation on a Bar Stool")
 
1993 The Heartbreak Kid (writer: "One" / as Evans)
 
1993 Palm Harbor Vice 2: Brotherhood of the Monkey (writer: "Where the Streets Have No Name")
 
1992 Gladiator (writer: "Pride In the Name of Love" / as David Evans)
 
1991 Palm Harbor Vice (writer: "Desire")
 
1988 U2: Rattle and Hum (documentary) (lyrics: "Van Diemen's Land")
 
1986 Captive (writer: "Heroine")
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
– Lombard (1985) (writer: "Wire" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
2005 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (documentary) (performer: Slipper Room, New York City - as Edge)
 
2004 The Batman (TV series) (composer: The Batman Series Theme - 5 episodes)
– The Big Chill (2004) (composer: The Batman Series Theme)
– The Man Who Would Be Bat (2004) (composer: The Batman Series Theme)
– Traction (2004) (composer: The Batman Series Theme)
– Call of the Cobblepot (2004) (composer: The Batman Series Theme)
– The Bat in the Belfry (2004) (composer: The Batman Series Theme)
 
1999 Cookie's Fortune (musician: guitar)
 
Show ShowComposer (7 titles)
2001 U2: Elevation 2001 Live from Boston (video documentary) (as U2)
 
2000 No Maps for These Territories (documentary)
 
2000 Sightings of Bono (video short)
 
1997 U2: A Year in Pop (TV documentary)
 
1989 U2: LoveTown (TV documentary short)
 
1988 U2: Rattle and Hum (documentary)
 
1984 U2: Unforgettable Fire (documentary short)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2009 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Bumped Musical Guest #3 / Mail Answering Expert #2 / Phone Background Music Singer #2 / …
– Episode #16.102 (2009) … Bumped Musical Guest #3 (uncredited)
– Episode #16.101 (2009) … Mail Answering Expert #2 (uncredited)
– Episode #16.100 (2009) … Phone Background Music Singer #2 (uncredited)
– Episode #16.97 (2009) … Snow Shoveler #2
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2012 The Break (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2009 Linear (video) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1983 U2: Under a Blood Red Sky (documentary) (director of audio)
 
Show ShowSelf (89 titles)
2012 U2 Brothr (documentary) (completed)
Himself
 
2011 A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation
Himself
 
2011 From the Sky Down (documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2009-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Elevator Musician / Himself - Honorary Street Receiver / …
– Episode #18.168 (2011) … Himself - Elevator Musician
– Bono & The Edge/Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2011) … Himself
– Episode #16.99 (2009) … Himself - Top Ten List Presenter
– Episode #16.98 (2009) … Himself - Honorary Street Receiver (uncredited)
 
2011 Glastonbury 2011 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - U2
– Episode dated 15 June 2011 (2011) … Himself - U2
 
2011 The 65th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2011 Music Nuggets (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Professional: Shigoto no ryûgi (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Eiko Ishioka (2011) … Himself
 
2005-2010 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself - Guitarist (segment "U2") / Himself - Songwriter (segment "Spider-Man")
– Good Cop, Bad Cop/Spider-Man/John Paul Stevens (2010) … Himself - Songwriter (segment "Spider-Man")
– Illegal and Thriving/New Orleans Is Sinking/U2 (2005) … Himself - Guitarist (segment "U2")
 
2010 Stand Up to Cancer (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Glastonbury 2010 (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 U2: 360 Degrees at the Rose Bowl (video documentary)
Himself (as U2)
 
2010 Video Killed the Radio Star (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Directors View: Kevin Godley (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2010 Golden Globes Red Carpet Live (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (TV series)
Himself
– Bono and the Edge (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Message of Love (video)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Start Me Up (video)
Himself
 
2004-2009 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Megan Fox/U2 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest (as U2)
– Luke Wilson/U2 (2004) … Himself - Musical Guest (as U2)
 
2004-2009 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.24 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #7.13 (2004) … Himself (as U2)
 
2009 Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Xposé (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.111 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 The BRITs 2009 Red Carpet (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 The BRITs 2009 Encore (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (TV movie)
Himself (as U2)
 
2008 It Might Get Loud (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 U2 Live from Paris: Concert (video)
Himself
 
2007 Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 U2 3D (documentary)
 
2007 Impact: Songs That Changed the World - The Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Off the Record (TV series)
– Bono and The Edge: Off the Record (2006)
 
2006 Vertigo 2005: Live from Milan (video)
Himself - Performer (as U2)
 
2006 Music Rising (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Vertigo 2005: U2 Live from Chicago (video)
Himself
 
2005 The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui (video documentary)
Himself (segments "Mysterious Ways" and "Discotheque") (as U2)
 
2005 The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (video documentary)
Himself (segments "One" and "Electrical Storm") (as U2)
 
2005 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (documentary)
Himself (as Edge)
 
2005 Live 8: A Worldwide Concert Event Presented by Nokia (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 TV total (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004-2005 CD:UK (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 February 2005 (2005) … Himself (as U2)
– Episode dated 22 January 2005 (2005) … Himself (as U2)
– Episode dated 13 November 2004 (2004) … Himself (as U2)
 
2005 Horslips: Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 MTV Jammed (TV series)
Himself
– U2 (2004) … Himself
 
1981-2004 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 October 2004 (2004) … Himself (as U2)
– Episode dated 20 August 1981 (1981) … Himself (as U2)
 
2003 2003 Radio Music Awards (TV movie)
Themselves (as U2)
 
2003 The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
 
2002 U2: The Best of 1990-2000 (video documentary)
Himself (Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals)
 
2002 U2: The Best of 1980-1990 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 U2's Beautiful Day (video documentary)
Guitar
 
2001 U2: Elevation 2001 Live from Boston (video documentary)
Himself (guitar, vocals)
 
2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer (as U2)
 
2001 We Know Where You Live (TV movie)
Himself (as U2)
 
2000 No Maps for These Territories (documentary)
Himself
 
1997-2000 TFI Friday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 March 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 June 1997 (1997) … Himself (as U2)
 
2000 From a Whisper to a Scream (TV series)
Himself
 
2000 Premios Amigo 2000 (TV movie)
Himself (as U2)
 
1999 Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999/I Entropy
Himself (as Edge)
 
1999 Tina Turner: Celebrate Live 1999 (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
– Trash of the Titans (1998) … Himself (voice) (as U2)
 
1997 U2: PopMart Live from Mexico City (documentary)
Guitar
 
1997 MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 (TV special)
U2-performer (uncredited)
 
1997 U2: A Year in Pop (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Oasis: ...There and Then (video)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 Great Railway Journeys (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Derry to Kerry (1994) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 U2: Zoo TV Live from Sydney (documentary)
Himself - Guitar
 
1993 U2: Love Is Blindness (video documentary short)
 
1993 Rock and Roll Inaugural Ball (TV movie)
Himself (as U2)
 
1993 U2: Numb (video documentary short)
Himself - Vocals, Guitar (as U2)
 
1992 MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (TV special)
Himself - U2 Guitarist
 
1992 U2: Achtung Baby, the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV (video documentary)
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
 
1990 Red Hot and Blue (TV movie)
Himself - Guitar
 
1989 U2: LoveTown (TV documentary short)
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
 
1988 U2: Rattle and Hum (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 U2: The Making of the Movie 'Rattle and Hum' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 U2: Outside It's America (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Live Aid (TV special documentary)
Himself (as U2)
 
1985 U2: Wide Awake in Dublin (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 U2: Unforgettable Fire (documentary short)
Himself (Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals)
 
1983 U2: Under a Blood Red Sky (documentary)
Himself (Guitar)
 
1983 The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1983) … Himself (as U2)
 
1982 Get Set for Summer (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1982) … Himself (as U2)
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 June 1981 (1981) … Himself - Guest
 
1981 The Old Grey Whistle Test (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1981 (1981) … Himself (as U2)
 
1980 The Late Late Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 1980 (1980) … Himself (as U2)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2010 The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends (TV documentary)
Himself (voice) (uncredited)
 
2009 Pop Galerie Reloaded (TV series documentary)
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2006 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
2006 CD:UK (TV series)
 
2004-2005 Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Buenafuente (TV series)
 
2005 Chain Reactions (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (as U2)
 
2002 The Simpsons (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Music video for Mary J. Blige: "One"

Publicity Listings:

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Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

It's often the case that our most luminous moments have a pop quality. In the end, we're always trying to express something in the most straightforward way and that's also true of great pop music. It's about clarity and it's about ideas that resonate. I'm a big fan of pop - I just wish I was better at it. See more »

Trivia:

Moved to Ireland when he was just a year old, with his parents and his older brother Richard. See more »

Trademark:

Variety of guitars, often uses Gibson Les Paul See more »

Star Sign:

Leo