Elton John

Known for ActingBorn 1947-03-25 (age 79)Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter, and pianist. He has collaborated with the lyricist Bernie Taupin throughout his career. John has released 32 studio albums, including "Empty Sky" (1969), "Honky Château" (1972), "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973), "Rock of the Westies" (1975), "Sleeping with the Past" (1989), "The One" (1992), "Songs from the West Coast" (2001), "The Diving Board" (2013), and "The Lockdown Sessions" (2021). His singles include "Your Song", "Tiny Dancer", "Rocket Man", "Crocodile Rock", "Bennie and the Jets", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "I'm Still Standing", "Sacrifice", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", and "Cold Heart". He has contributed music to "The Lion King" (1994), "Aida" (2000), and "Billy Elliot the Musical" (2005). John's final tour, "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" (2018–2023), set records for ticket sales. His life and career were depicted in the biographical film "Rocketman" (2019). John established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, which has raised over £300 million. He has hosted annual AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Parties since 1993. He served as chairman and director of Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2002, and is an honorary life president of the club. John experienced addiction to drugs and alcohol from the late 1970s to the late 1980s and has been sober since 1990. He entered a civil partnership with Canadian filmmaker David Furnish in 2005 and married in 2014 following the legalization of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. John has had more than fifty top-40 hits on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including nine number-one singles in both countries and seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997", a rewritten version of the 1974 release, is among the best-selling singles worldwide. In 2021, he became the first solo artist with UK top-10 singles across six decades. His awards include a Primetime Emmy Award, five Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, is a fellow of The Ivors Academy, was knighted in 1998, and appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2020.Read more

Movies & web series

Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye

Parkinson at 50

Elton John: A Life in Song

Elton John - Estadio Do Flamengo, Rio, Brasil 1995

JoJo's Dream Birthday

Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable

The Union

Elton John: Me, Myself & I

Elton John BBC One Sessions

Elton John: Dream Ticket

Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward

Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child

Elton John: Love Songs

RuPaul's Christmas Ball

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Tour De Force - Live In Australia

Elton John: Visions

The BRIT Awards

Elton John: In Concert at Edinburgh

Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things

Elton John at the Royal Festival Hall, London with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Elton John in Stockholm

Elton John: Mr. Superfunk

Elton John In Concert BBC 1970

Live Aid

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

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Prince: 21 Nights in London

An Evening with Dua Lipa

Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary

Shania Twain: The Specials

Victoria's Secrets

An Audience with Elton John

Perfect Moment

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World

Mickey's 50

George Michael Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

Inside Björk

The Making of the Lion King

Bambi

The True Story of...

The Young Blood Chronicles

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

The Who | Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy

Elton John: One Night Only, The Greatest Hits

A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys

2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony