---
name: "Bruce Springsteen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-springsteen"
fi1m_id: "bruce-springsteen"
imdb_id: "nm0819803"
tmdb_id: 3284
wikidata_id: "Q1225"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 September 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-25T23:53:20.106071+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruce Springsteen

## Identity

Bruce Springsteen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-springsteen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-springsteen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0819803
- **TMDB ID:** 3284
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1225
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3284

Composer. Born 23 September 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 September 1949, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2019
- **Also known as:** The Boss, E Street Band, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 2 crew, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (2), 2010s 75 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3284

## Biography

Bruce Springsteen is an American musician who has contributed original music to films and appeared as himself in documentaries and other productions. He supplied songs for the soundtrack of *Blinded by the Light* (2019). He is credited as self on *Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000* (2001).

Springsteen has made numerous screen appearances as self, including in *High Fidelity* (2000), *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), *20 Feet from Stardom* (2013), *The Defiant Ones* (2017), *All Things Must Pass* (2015), *The Greatest Night in Pop* (2024) and *Ennio* (2022). He has also featured in *Springsteen on Broadway* (2018) as self and writer. He was born on 23 September 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ultimateclassicrock.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *High Fidelity* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Bruce Springsteen — [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Blinded by the Light* (2019), Fi1m 76, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/blinded-by-the-light.md)
- *The Wrestler* (2008), Fi1m 85, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrestler.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *20 Feet from Stardom* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/20-feet-from-stardom.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center* (2026), Actor
- *Mutineer* (2025), Actor
- *Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska Live* (2025), Executive Producer, Music
- *Bruce Springsteen At The BBC* (2025), Actor
- *The Reach* (2025), Thanks, Music
- *Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band* (2024), Producer, Writer
- *Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska: A Celebration In Words and Music* (2024), Actor
- *Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan* (2024), Music
- *She Came to Me* (2023), as Songs
- *Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You* (2020), Music, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Bruce Springsteen: Born to Rock* (2020), Actor
- *Broken Poet* (2020), as Bruce
- *Western Stars* (2019), Director, Music
- *Blinded by the Light* (2019), Music — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/blinded-by-the-light.md)
- *Springsteen on Broadway* (2018), Writer
- *Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Rock In Rio Lisboa* (2016), Director, Music
- *Maggie's Plan* (2016), Thanks
- *Thunder Road* (2016), Music
- *Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The River Tour, Tempe 1980* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Bruce Springsteen - Thrill Hill Vault - The River Tour 1980* (2015), Executive Producer
- *The Ties That Bind: The Making of The River* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Houston '78 Bootleg: House Cut* (2010), Executive Producer
- *The Wrestler* (2008), as Songs — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrestler.md)
- *Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band: Live in Dublin* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Bruce Springsteen: VH-1 Storytellers* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *25th Hour* (2002), Thanks
- *Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live in New York City* (2001), Producer
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Bruce Springsteen — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *High Fidelity* (2000), as Bruce Springsteen — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)
- *Bruce Springsteen: MTV Unplugged & Uncut* (1992), as vocals, guitar
- *The Indian Runner* (1991), Original Story
- *Tribute to Harry Chapin* (1991), Actor
- *Bruce Springsteen: Live in East Berlin* (1988), Actor
- *Light of Day* (1987), Thanks
- *The Last Chance Dance* (1984), as Songs
- *Dead End* (1982), Music
- *The Old Grey Whistle Test* (1971), series, Actor
- *Diary Films I - V* (1971), Music
- *Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Born in the U.S.A. Tour - Live in London 2013*, as Executive Producer
- *Del Shannon: The Runaway*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Bruce Springsteen](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-02ab0666bf7b.jpg) Bruce Springsteen — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Bruce_Springsteen_2025.jpg/1280px-Bruce_Springsteen_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bruce Springsteen plays harmonica and guitar during his set for The Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C. Nov. 11, 2014. DoD News photo by EJ Hersom](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-5e3bd7893b6a.jpg) Bruce Springsteen plays harmonica and guitar during his set for The Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C. Nov. 11, 2014. DoD News photo by EJ Hersom — DoD News Features, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bruce_Springsteen_-_Concert_for_Valor_in_Washington%2C_D.C._Nov._11%2C_2014.jpg/1280px-Bruce_Springsteen_-_Concert_for_Valor_in_Washington%2C_D.C._Nov._11%2C_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bruce Springsteen performing at Roskilde Festival 2012. Photo credit: Bill Ebbesen.](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-3f632c0a51d2.jpg) Bruce Springsteen performing at Roskilde Festival 2012. Photo credit: Bill Ebbesen. — Bill Ebbesen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Bruce_Springsteen_-_Roskilde_Festival_2012.jpg/1280px-Bruce_Springsteen_-_Roskilde_Festival_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Artist Bruce Springsteen performs onstage during an the Stand Up for Heroes special at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Nov. 5, 2014. (DoD Photo by Mass ](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-3ac13a0b1621.jpg) Artist Bruce Springsteen performs onstage during an the Stand Up for Heroes special at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Nov. 5, 2014. (DoD Photo by Mass  — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/141105-D-KC128-981_%2815541591358%29.jpg/1280px-141105-D-KC128-981_%2815541591358%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bruce Springsteen](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-c8dde9bf8b9b.jpg) Bruce Springsteen — Image via TMDB
- ![Bruce Springsteen](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-deaed7a248c0.jpg) Bruce Springsteen — Image via TMDB
- ![Bruce Springsteen](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-8f95068f82a3.jpg) Bruce Springsteen — Image via TMDB
- ![Cassette tape on old mattress in concrete ruins on north side of the cemetery. Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-7f8d64065ab0.jpg) Cassette tape on old mattress in concrete ruins on north side of the cemetery. Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the (2010) — Patrick Feller from Humble, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Born_in_the_U.S.A.%2C_Humble_Negro_Cemetery%2C_Humble%2C_Texas_0508101245BW_%284591676973%29.jpg/1280px-Born_in_the_U.S.A.%2C_Humble_Negro_Cemetery%2C_Humble%2C_Texas_0508101245BW_%284591676973%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Obama Pre-Election Rally 2012 Columbus Ohio w/ Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z All I had was the point and shoot but still got some OK pics](https://film.one/media/person/311806/gallery-51f89f7eb3ca.jpg) Obama Pre-Election Rally 2012 Columbus Ohio w/ Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z All I had was the point and shoot but still got some OK pics — Becker1999 from Grove City, OH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Bruce_01_%288160160094%29.jpg/1280px-Bruce_01_%288160160094%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1996: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Dead Man Walkin'*
- 1994: Best Original Song (won), for *Streets of Philadelphia*

### Other awards — 8 won

- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2016: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- MusiCares Person of the Year 2013: MusiCares Person of the Year (won)
- New Jersey Hall of Fame 2008: New Jersey Hall of Fame (won)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1999: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film 1994: MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film (won), for *Streets of Philadelphia*
- MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video 1985: MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video (won), for *I'm on Fire*
- MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance 1985: MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance (won), for *Dancing in the Dark*
- MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice 1985: MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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