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Rufus Wainwright

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His song "Matinee Idol" is about River Phoenix. See more trivia »

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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
in Rhinebeck, New York, USA
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2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #19.169 (2012) (performer: "Jericho")
 
2012 De wereld draait door (TV series)
– Episode #7.155 (2012) (performer: "Out of the Game")
 
2012 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
– Show #74 - 50 Jahre Rolling Stones: ein Lego-Tribut (2012) (performer: "Out of the Game")
 
2012 Any Day Now (writer: "Metaphorical Blanbket" / performer: "Metaphorical Blanbket")
 
2009 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 November 2009 (2009) (writer: "Apartment")
 
2009 FlashForward (TV series)
– Scary Monsters and Super Creeps (2009) (performer: "Across the Universe" - uncredited)
 
2008-2009 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– Top 10 Perform (2009) (performer: "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart")
– Top 14 Perform (2009) (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz")
– The Top Four Perform (2008) (performer: "The Trolley Song")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Round Four (2009) ("Complainte de la Butte" - uncredited)
 
2008 Quiet Chaos (writer: "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" / performer: "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk")
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #2.1 (2008) (performer: "Hallelujah")
 
2007 Meet the Robinsons (music: "Another Believer", "Where is Your Heart At?", "The Motion Waltz Emotional Commotion" / lyrics: "Another Believer", "Where is Your Heart At?", "The Motion Waltz Emotional Commotion" / performer: "Another Believer", "The Motion Waltz Emotional Commotion")
 
2006 The History Boys (performer: "Bewitched")
 
2006 Druckfrisch (TV series)
– Episode #4.5 (2006) (performer: "Across The Universe")
 
2006 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2006 (TV movie) (performer: "Everybody Knows")
 
2005 Strangers (video) (lyrics: "Dinner at Eight" / performer: "Try Again")
 
2005 Prime (writer: "PEACH TREES" / performer: "PEACH TREES")
 
2005 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (documentary) (performer: "Everybody Knows", "Chelsea Hotel No. 2", "Hallelujah")
 
2005 Brokeback Mountain (writer: "Maker Makes" / performer: "Maker Makes")
 
2005 Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story (documentary) (performer: "Imaginary Love")
 
2005 The Baxter (writer: "Beautiful Child" / performer: "Beautiful Child")
 
2004 The Aviator (performer: "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" 1922)
 
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (performer: "I Eat Dinner")
 
2004 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
– Episode #23.2 (2004) (performer: "Vibrate")
 
2004 The L Word (TV series)
– Liberally (2004) (performer: "Hallelujah")
 
2003 The O.C. (TV series)
– The Model Home (2003) (performer: "California")
 
2002 Queer as Folk (TV series)
– Episode #2.16 (2002) (writer: "Poses" / performer: "Poses")
 
2001 I Am Sam (performer: "Across the Universe")
 
2001 Zoolander (performer: "He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother" / producer: "He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother")
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (performer: "Complainte De La Butte" / producer: "Complainte De La Butte")
 
1999 Big Daddy (performer: "Instant Pleasure")
 
1999 Party of Five (TV series)
– Fragile (1999) (performer: "April Fools")
 
1997 The Myth of Fingerprints (performer: "Vainement, ma bien-aimée", "On the Banks of the Wabash" / arranger: "Vainement, ma bien-aimée")
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2013 The Being Experience (post-production)
 
2013 Stuff You Should Know (TV series)
Manuel
– Brains Gone Wild … Manuel
 
2012 Rufus Does Gum (short)
 
2010 Dinner with the Band (TV series)
– Rufus Wainwright (2010)
 
2007 The Age of Ignorance
Le jeune prince/Le prince chantant
 
2005 French and Saunders (TV series)
Special Guest
– Christmas Celebrity Special (2005) … Special Guest
 
2005 Heights
Jeremy
 
2004 The Aviator
Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1
 
2002 Frasier (TV series)
Jeremy
– Cheerful Goodbyes (2002) … Jeremy (voice)
 
1988 Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
Singer
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2009 Shakespeare Sonette (TV movie) (music by)
 
2005 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (documentary) (featured performer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2009 Shakespeare Sonette (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2005 Strangers (video) (special thanks)
 
2005 All I Want: A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: still photographs provided by)
 
Show ShowSelf (64 titles)
2012 Live from the Artists Den (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Rufus Wainwright (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2012 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 August 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2003-2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
– Episode #19.169 (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #14.148 (2007) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 6 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2012 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Himself
– Me as My Muse (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 28 May 2012 (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2012 Conan (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode 257: Literally (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2012 Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Sunday Brunch (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.6 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 De wereld draait door (TV series)
Himself - Performer
– Episode #7.155 (2012) … Himself - Performer
 
2012 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Himself
– Show #74 - 50 Jahre Rolling Stones: ein Lego-Tribut (2012) … Himself
 
2007-2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Mark Ruffalo/Nicki Minaj/John Bishop/Rufus Wainwright (2012) … Himself
– Episode #2.3 (2007) … Himself
 
2009-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.571 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.110 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2011 Daybreak (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 July 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Chelsea Lately (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #4.127 (2010) … Himself - Guest
 
2010 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 August 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Ànima (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.24 (2010) … Himself
 
2005-2010 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Songwiter
– Episode dated 6 April 2010 (2010) … Himself - Singer/Songwiter
 
2010 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Five Minutes With... (TV series)
Himself
 
2009 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2007-2009 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.23 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #12.7 (2007) … Himself
 
2009 Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (TV series)
Himself
– Renee Fleming (2009) … Himself
– Rufus Wainwright (2009) … Himself
 
2008 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2007 No disparen al pianista (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Ce soir (ou jamais!) (TV series)
Himself
– L'attrait du crime (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 May 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Music from the Mountain (video documentary short)
 
2006 Decades Rock Live (TV series)
Himself
– Heart & Friends (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 NewNowNext Music (TV series)
Himself
– Rufus Wainwright (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2006 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005-2006 Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Singer
– Rufus Wainwright & Antony's New York (2006) … Himself
– Drama dronninger (2005) … Himself - Singer
 
2005 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.59 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Silenci? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.8 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Strangers (video)
Himself
 
2005 Loops! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
1998-2005 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #26.1 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #25.4 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #23.2 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #12.2 (1998) … Himself
 
2005 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.137 (2005) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2005 My Fabulous Gay Wedding (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dan and Mischa (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Sarah Kuttner - Die Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.92 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Kiki and Herb Reloaded
Himself
 
2005 All I Want: A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998-2005 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 August 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
2005 First Comes Love (TV series)
Himself
– Dan and Mischa (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Rufus Wainwright: Live at the Fillmore (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Frank Skinner Show (TV series)
Himself - Performer
– Episode #8.4 (2004) … Himself - Performer
 
2004 Live! from Central Park SummerStage (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rufus Wainright (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Totally Gayer (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Sharon Osbourne Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 January 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The Isaac Mizrahi Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Lance Loud!: A Death in an American Family (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Absolutely Fabulous (TV series)
Himself
– Gay (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Becoming Sam (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (TV documentary)
 
2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 February 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.6 (2002) … Himself
 
2001 Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Zonen van... (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2006-2007 Loops! (TV series)
 
2005-2006 Silenci? (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(May 1998) Released self-titled debut album. See more »

Publicity Listings:

13 Interviews  | 7 Articles  | 15 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty. See more »

Trivia:

His song "Matinee Idol" is about River Phoenix. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer