---
name: "Damon Albarn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/damon-albarn"
fi1m_id: "damon-albarn"
imdb_id: "nm0016332"
tmdb_id: 64188
wikidata_id: "Q272069"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 March 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:51:37.656459+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."
---

# Damon Albarn

## Identity

Damon Albarn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/damon-albarn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** damon-albarn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0016332
- **TMDB ID:** 64188
- **Wikidata ID:** Q272069
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Albarn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272069, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64188

Composer. Born 23 March 1968 in Whitechapel, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 March 1968, Whitechapel, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** Gorillaz, Monkey, blur
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 crew, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 67 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Albarn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272069, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64188

## Coming up

- *Artificial* (2026-12-25), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Scott Walker: 30 Century Man*](https://film.one/film/scott-walker-30-century-man.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Damon Albarn is an English musician and actor. He made his feature film acting debut as Jason in the 1997 crime drama *Face*, directed by Antonia Bird.

Albarn has also appeared as himself in the 2007 documentary *Scott Walker: 30 Century Man*. He is credited with providing original songs and score for the 2026 film *Artificial*, directed by Luca Guadagnino.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmmusicreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Trainspotting* (1996), Fi1m 88, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)

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

- *Scott Walker: 30 Century Man* (2007), Fi1m 67, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/scott-walker-30-century-man.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Artificial* (2026), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Gorillaz: Live at Rock Werchter 2026* (2026), Actor
- *Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God* (2026), as 2D (voice) · Creator, Songs, Music
- *Gorillaz Live (YouTube Music Nights)* (2025), as Lead Vocals/Keys/Guitar/Melodica
- *blur: Live at Wembley Stadium* (2024), as Songs
- *Blur at the BBC* (2023), Actor
- *Gorillaz | Song Machine Live From Kong* (2021), Creator, Executive Producer
- *Le vol du Boli* (2020), as Compositor
- *Gorillaz: Reject False Icons* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Kid Who Would Be King* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *National Theatre Live: wonder.land* (2017), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Lucy* (2014), as Songs
- *blur: Parklive* (2012), as Songs
- *Broken* (2012), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *The Boy in the Oak* (2012), Music
- *Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011* (2011), Actor
- *Anna and the Moods* (2007), as Anna's Father (voice)
- *Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House* (2006), as Songs
- *101 Reykjavik* (2000), Music
- *Ordinary Decent Criminal* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Ravenous* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Face* (1997), as Jason
- *Trainspotting* (1996), as Songs — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Blur: Showtime - Live At Alexandra Palace* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Starshaped* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Blur - Live at Movistar Arena*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Damon Albarn](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-46d00b341a50.jpg) Damon Albarn — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/BlurWembley090723_%2865_of_172%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Damon Albarn @ The Sydney Opera House - 16th Dec 2014](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-93fd7a1c10e4.jpg) Damon Albarn @ The Sydney Opera House - 16th Dec 2014 — Bruce Baker, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Damon_Albarn_%28December_16%2C_2014%29.jpg/1280px-Damon_Albarn_%28December_16%2C_2014%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Blur 29.07.2013 in Rome](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-e21604c66ec0.jpg) Blur 29.07.2013 in Rome — Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Damon_Albarn_29.07.2013_in_Rome_10.JPG/1280px-Damon_Albarn_29.07.2013_in_Rome_10.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Blur 29.07.2013 in Rome](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-7afd1b1666e4.jpg) Blur 29.07.2013 in Rome — Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Damon_Albarn_29.07.2013_in_Rome_2.JPG/1280px-Damon_Albarn_29.07.2013_in_Rome_2.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Damon Albarn](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-430700d0ff11.jpg) Damon Albarn — Image via TMDB
- ![Damon Albarn](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-a8423686696f.jpg) Damon Albarn — Image via TMDB
- ![Damon Albarn](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-017de250a027.jpg) Damon Albarn — Image via TMDB
- ![Damon Albarn @ The Sydney Opera House - 16th Dec 2014](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-0c9d8d9f3c31.jpg) Damon Albarn @ The Sydney Opera House - 16th Dec 2014 — Burce Baker, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Damon_Albarn_%28December%2C_2014%29.jpg/1280px-Damon_Albarn_%28December%2C_2014%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![All Points East 2022 - Victoria Park, Hackney - Friday 19th to Sunday 28th August 2022 - with Gorillaz, Self Esteem, IDLES, Remi Wolf, Villagers, Lucy Dacus, Pe](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-343da74aebdc.jpg) All Points East 2022 - Victoria Park, Hackney - Friday 19th to Sunday 28th August 2022 - with Gorillaz, Self Esteem, IDLES, Remi Wolf, Villagers, Lucy Dacus, Pe — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/AllPointsEastAug2022_%28109_of_385%29_%2852326131657%29_%28larger_crop%29.jpg/1280px-AllPointsEastAug2022_%28109_of_385%29_%2852326131657%29_%28larger_crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Damon Albarn](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-2beffcb95160.jpg) Damon Albarn — Image via TMDB
- ![Damon Albarn](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-4a2da615e044.jpg) Damon Albarn — Image via TMDB
- ![Damon Albarn](https://film.one/media/person/347788/gallery-82f8dba925c6.jpg) Damon Albarn — Image via TMDB

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