Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp

Born: October 16, 1959
in Islington, London, England, UK
Gary Kemp was born in Islington, London in October 1959. On his 10th birthday, he got his first guitar from his parents. In the 70s, he and his younger brother, Martin Kemp, went to learn drama at Anna Scher's acting school. Then, in 1978, Gary Kemp formed "The Makers". After Richard Miller left, his brother replaced him on bass. That's when Gary changed the name to Spandau Ballet. Spandau's break came in March 1980 when they were filmed for a documentary on ITV. When the documentary was broadcast, the record companies were bursting out of their ears. They chose to sign to Chrysalis, as they were offered the most money. For 10 years, they had hits like "To Cut a Long Story Short" (1980), "Chant No. 1 (I don't need this pressure on)" (1981), "True" (1983), "Gold" (1983), "Only When You Leave" (1984) and "Through the Barricades" (1986). After Spandau Ballet completed a tour in 1987, Gary and Martin decided to go into acting once again. They auditioned for the part in The Krays (1990) and, in 1989, they played "Ronald" and "Reggie". Soon afterwards this, Spandau Ballet would split. During the '90s, Gary continued to act, most notably playing a part in The Bodyguard (1992). In 1999, Gary was involved in a court battle over £1,000,000 royalties against John Keeble, Steve Norman and Tony Hadley, his 3 other bandmates. Gary won the case. However, in March 2009, all 5 members of Spandau Ballet called a truce, and they announced on the HMS Belfast in London that they would be reuniting for a world tour later in the year.

Movies for Gary Kemp...

The Kemps: All Gold
Title: The Kemps: All Gold
Character: Self
Released: December 29, 2023
Type: Movie
Spandau Ballet brothers Martin and Gary Kemp return to the BBC for a New Year comedy documentary special. Rhys Thomas OBE has been given unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to their lives for a whole year, and what a momentous one it’s been - with Martin publishing an explosive biography, his two wives, Pepsi and Shirlie, wanting a divorce, and Gary writing Spandau: The Ballet.
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Blitzed!
Title: Blitzed!
Character: Self
Released: March 13, 2021
Type: Movie
Out of one small London venue called The Blitz came a generation of outrageous teenagers, working class and art school kids, who would define the look, the sound, the style and the attitude of the '80s and beyond. This is their story.
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The Kemps: All True
Title: The Kemps: All True
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2020
Type: Movie
Spandau Ballet global superstars Gary and Martin Kemp, their lives, and their careers.
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Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets - Live At The Roundhouse
Title: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets - Live At The Roundhouse
Character: Self - Guitar, vocals
Released: March 10, 2020
Type: Movie
A live recording taken from the band's sold out shows at the legendary London venue in May 2019. Receiving huge acclaim throughout the tour, this captures the true essence of a band reviving the music that had rarely featured in Pink Floyd's live shows since their early days, some of which never played at all by them live.
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Title: TV Story Superstar
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2020
Type: TV
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Title: Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Character: Cregg
Released: April 11, 2015
Type: Movie
An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
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Assassin
Title: Assassin
Character: John Alberts
Released: March 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Ruthless killer for hire breaks the rules of his profession and falls for a beautiful young woman. Discovering the notorious gangland brothers had hired him to kill her father, his world breaks down and he must turn against his criminal employers and their gang to save the woman he loves.
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Spandau Ballet - LIVE at Wiltern Theatre
Title: Spandau Ballet - LIVE at Wiltern Theatre
Character: Self
Released: January 24, 2015
Type: Movie
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Spandau Ballet: True Gold
Title: Spandau Ballet: True Gold
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Having first burst onto the music scene over 30 years ago, the New Romantics soon dominated the charts with anthems including, True, Gold and Through The Barricades selling over 25 million albums world wide. Tonight, we join this iconic band for an exciting TV exclusive as they perform some of their greatest hits live in the studio and take a trip down memory lane, charting their stratospheric rise to fame. From their humble beginning growing up in North London to becoming one of the biggest UK bands, topping the charts and performing sell out concerts around the world.
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Soul Boys of the Western World
Title: Soul Boys of the Western World
Character: Self - Guitar, Spandau Ballet
Released: September 30, 2014
Type: Movie
A journey through the 1980s and beyond; the story of a band, an era and how one small gathering of outsiders in London shaped the entire world’s view of music and fashion. The film is not only a fascinating, often hard-hitting social and cultural document of the time, but a brutally honest story of how friendships can be won, lost and ultimately regained.
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Art Is...
Title: Art Is...
Character: Collector
Released: April 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A talented artist struggles to cope with the pressures leading up to her first solo exhibition.
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David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Title: David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Character: Self
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: Movie
BBC documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions from colleagues and famous fans.
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The Rapture
Title: The Rapture
Character: Professor Anderson
Released: June 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Told through the eyes of Casper Harrison. The Rapture is a fast paced mystery thriller where good and evil collide in the quest to possess the most holiest of artifacts, The Spear Of Destiny.
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Spandau Ballet: The Reformation Tour 2009 - Live at the O2
Title: Spandau Ballet: The Reformation Tour 2009 - Live at the O2
Character: Self
Released: April 23, 2010
Type: Movie
In 2009 Spandau Ballet's first tour together for almost 20 years saw the triumphant return of one of the UK's most successful and best loved bands. Filmed during their sell out concerts at London's O2 Arena, Tony, John, Gary, Martin and Steve return with a vengeance in THE REFORMATION TOUR that brought 100,000 fans to their feet.
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Spandau Ballet - Gold: The Best Video of
Title: Spandau Ballet - Gold: The Best Video of
Character: Self
Released: August 17, 2008
Type: Movie
Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is a greatest hits album from Spandau Ballet, released on 4 September 2000 and contains 17 of their biggest hits. It was re-released on 17 August 2008 with a bonus live DVD. Tracklist: DVD-1 Gold 3:51 DVD-2 True 5:17 DVD-3 Only When You Leave 4:36 DVD-4 Lifeline 3:21 DVD-5 Communication 4:10 DVD-6 Instinction 3:33 DVD-7 Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) 4:12 DVD-8 To Cut A Long Story Short 3:24 DVD-9 The Freeze 3:48 DVD-10 Musclebound 3:57 DVD-11 Paint Me Down 3:11 DVD-12 She Loved Like Diamond 2:52 DVD-13 Round And Round 4:26 DVD-14 Highly Strung 4:48 DVD-15 Fight For Ourselves 4:31 DVD-16 I'll Fly For You 5:11 DVD-17 Through The Barricades 5:20
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Title: The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2007
Type: TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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African Megaflyover
Title: African Megaflyover
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
In 2000 intrepid Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) conservationist Mike Fay (left) finished walking 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) to help preserve the diversity of life in Congo and Gabon. As a result of "Megatran-sect," Gabon established its first system of national parks. Since then Fay has set his sights on all of Africa. His goal was to travel to key ecoregions, discover where wild Africa survives, then spark action for conservation. In 2004 Mike hopscotched the continent in a Cessna guided by the WCS maps, which revealed the impact of human activity on the wilderness. Follow his journey through logged dispatches.
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Title: Murder Investigation Team
Character: Dennis McKay
Released: May 3, 2003
Type: TV
Murder Investigation Team is a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long-running series, The Bill. The series is based around the cases of a Murder Investigation Team, who are linked to the Sun Hill borough of London, as featured in The Bill.
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Dog Eat Dog
Title: Dog Eat Dog
Character: Jesus
Released: December 7, 2001
Type: Movie
A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been unsuccessful in getting into a certain club so they can have a chance to DJ there and start a career out of it. A series of events has lumbered them with a dog napping scheme gone badly wrong, ending up with them owning a particular pooch belonging to a dog-loving local drug dealer.
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The New Romantics: A Fine Romance
Title: The New Romantics: A Fine Romance
Character: Self
Released: May 8, 2001
Type: Movie
Culture Club, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Marilyn, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, ABC... At the dawn of the 80s, a whole host of strangely dressed men in make-up burst forth onto the music scene brandishing synthesisers and kicking against the visual ugliness of punk.
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Title: Murder in Mind
Character: Jamie Holt
Released: April 22, 2001
Type: TV
Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.
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Title: Where Are They Now?
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1999
Type: TV
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
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Take Out the Beast
Title: Take Out the Beast
Character: Fox
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
In a cosmic station returning home, the two humans get an order to annihilate the biorobot. But this one is clever and "human" enough to make the two kill each other.
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Magic Hunter
Title: Magic Hunter
Character: Max
Released: October 23, 1994
Type: Movie
A battle-scarred, has-been Hungarian cop, tormented by his memories of nearly killing an innocent woman in his custody, enters into a Faustian pact in which he trades his soul for a handful of "magic" bullets that always hit the mark. A mysterious and mythical story.
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Killing Zoe
Title: Killing Zoe
Character: Oliver
Released: October 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.
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The Bodyguard
Title: The Bodyguard
Character: Sy Spector
Released: November 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
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Title: The Larry Sanders Show
Character: Jake Woodward
Released: August 15, 1992
Type: TV
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.
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Paper Marriage
Title: Paper Marriage
Character: Aiden Carey
Released: March 10, 1992
Type: Movie
Alice, a young Polish woman, arrives in England to marry a doctor. However, she faces an obstacle when her fiance changes his mind and leaves her in need of citizenship in Britain.
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Ice Pawn
Title: Ice Pawn
Character: Misha Orlov
Released: March 5, 1992
Type: Movie
A young man sets out to become a champion ice skater to win the Olympic gold medal, only his promoter, as well as his coach, sponsors, and father want to use him for their own advantage to make money from his newfound publicity.
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Spandau Ballet: Live from the N.E.C.
Title: Spandau Ballet: Live from the N.E.C.
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 1990
Type: Movie
British pop band Spandau Ballet performs live at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre in this concert filmed in November 1990. One of the leading bands of the 1980s New Romantic genre, Spandau Ballet struck gold in the U.K. with a number of hits, and their dreamy tune "True" topped U.S. charts at No. 4. Songs include "Cross the Line," "Virgin," "Gold," "Chant No. 1," "True" and many more.
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The Krays
Title: The Krays
Character: Ronald Kray
Released: April 27, 1990
Type: Movie
The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
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Spandau Ballet: Live from the N.E.C.
Title: Spandau Ballet: Live from the N.E.C.
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Filmed in December 1986 the film captures Spandau Ballet in performance during their « Through The Barricades » tour, which at the height of their success saw them play over a million people.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Matthew Merriman
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Michael Warwick
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Live Aid
Title: Live Aid
Character: Self
Released: July 13, 1985
Type: Movie
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self - Spandau Ballet
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Hide and Seek
Title: Hide and Seek
Character: Chris
Released: October 7, 1972
Type: Movie
A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.
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Never Go with Strangers
Title: Never Go with Strangers
Character: Pete
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Never Go With Strangers was intended for children aged between seven and ten and its purpose was ‘to warn them of the dangers of accepting lifts or presents from strangers’. Due to potential distress government officials instructed that the film only be shown under ‘responsible adult supervision’, thus denying it a TV airing for many years.