Name
Russell Mael
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-10-05 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Russell Craig Mael is an American singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead singer and occasional songwriter for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother, keyboardist and main songwriter Ron Mael.
Known For
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Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russel...
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This free-form film is a self-portrait, which revisits more than 40 years of the author’...
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A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemad...
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A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of ch...
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Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich ...
- 2017 Glam Rock at the BBC as Self - Sparks (archive footage)
- 2023 Sparks au château d'Hérouville as Self
- 2023 Sparks - Primavera Sound 2023 as Self
- 2024 The Becomers as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 The Big T.N.T. Show as Self (uncredited)
- 2024 My Way as Self
- 2018 Damsel as Prairie Crooner
- 1977 Rollercoaster as Self - Sparks (uncredited)
- 1974 Sparks: Don Kirschner's Rock Concert 1974 as Self
- 2000 Sparks - Live in London as Self
- 2005 Sparks - Lil Beethoven Live in Stockholm as Self
- 2007 Sparks - Dee Vee Dee as Self
- 2009 The Magnificent Tati as Self
- 2021 The Sparks Brothers as Self
- 2021 Who Is Lun*na Menoh? as Self
- 2021 Annette as Jet Pilot
- 2021 What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks: Live in London as Himself
- 2015 The Forbidden Room as Faceless Crooner (voice)
- 2004 Sparks: Lil Beethoven Live in Stockholm
- 2025 An Entirely MAD! Conversation With Rob Brydon & Sparks
- Soon Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary as Self
- 2026 Taratata - Hommage spécial à Catherine Ringer as Self : Guest
- 2000 Gilmore Girls ( 1 episode ) as Bohemian Troubadour
- 1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2008 NPR Tiny Desk Concerts ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Le monde est à vous ( 1 episode ) as Self - Sparks
- 2011 Berlin Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Spanks - Performer
- 1973 Rock Concert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Sparks
- 1987 Sacrée soirée ( 1 episode ) as Self - Sparks
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1979 The Mersey Pirate ( 7 episodes )
