---
name: "Elton John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elton-john"
fi1m_id: "elton-john"
imdb_id: "nm0005056"
tmdb_id: 11370
wikidata_id: "Q2808"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 March 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:24:03.265751+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."
---

# Elton John

## Identity

Elton John

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elton-john
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elton-john
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005056
- **TMDB ID:** 11370
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2808
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11370

Producer. Born 25 March 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 March 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Reginald Kenneth Dwight,  Elton Hercules John, Sir Elton John, 엘튼 존, エルトン・ジョン
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 acting, 1 producing, 4 crew, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 70 (3), 2010s 65 (2), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2808, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11370

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*WHAM!*](https://film.one/film/wham.md) (75)

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

## Fi1m on Elton John

> Elton John is an occasional actor whose costumes and willingness to make himself ridiculous do much of the work. We enjoy him when a film makes room for that, less when the dialogue has to sound natural.

In *Tommy* (1975), Elton John appears as the Pinball Wizard in platform boots that make standing upright look like a performance in itself. Ken Russell has a use for his appetite for elaborate costume, and John has little need to pretend to be an ordinary person. That suits him. His screen appearances work best when a director recognises the entertainer already there and gives him something suitably excessive to do. Ask for natural dialogue and the limitations become harder to overlook.

The move from *Tommy* to later cameos offers little evidence of a pursuit of demanding character parts. In *Spice World* (1997), he appears briefly as himself; in *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), he contributes narration and songs written with Tim Rice. These are different uses of a familiar performer, and neither requires a wholesale reinvention. We would be wary of judging this scattered acting work by the scale of his musical reputation.

*Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017) makes the self-appearance more substantial, with Matthew Vaughn using a heightened version of John for comedy. We laughed at his exaggerated self, because he allows the flamboyance that makes him recognisable to become the joke. The stiffness of the delivery is still audible, particularly when the words have to do the work. But his readiness to join in makes the limitations easier to forgive. He is willing to look foolish, which gives the appearance more to offer than the simple pleasure of recognition.

His songwriting needs to be considered separately, however tempting it is to let affection for the music settle the question of his acting. The songs written with Rice for *The Lion King* (1994) cannot tell us how well he handles a scene. For the acting, start with *Tommy*, where Russell gives him a song, an elaborate costume and relatively little pretending to do.

## Biography

Elton John is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. He has appeared in numerous films and television programmes, frequently as himself or in voice roles.

His credits include *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), *Brüno* (2009), *Spice World* (1997) and *Tommy* (1975). He has also provided voices for episodes of *The Simpsons* and *South Park*, and appears in archive footage in the 2023 documentary *Wham!*.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (1)

- *Spice World* (1997), Fi1m 62, as Elton John — [page](https://film.one/film/spice-world.md)

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

- *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, Songs, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)

### Crew (4)

- *Mufasa: The Lion King* (2024), Fi1m 57, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/mufasa-the-lion-king.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Fi1m 52, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *The Lion King* (1994), Fi1m 84, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *FernGully: The Last Rainforest* (1992), Fi1m 64, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/ferngully-the-last-rainforest.md)

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

- *WHAM!* (2023), Fi1m 75, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/wham.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Elton John - Rock In Rio 2026* (2026), Actor
- *An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile* (2025), as Songs
- *The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl* (2025), as Songs
- *Mufasa: The Lion King* (2024), as Songs — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/mufasa-the-lion-king.md)
- *Elton John: Never Too Late* (2024), as Songs
- *Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Dolly Parton Rockstar Global First Listen Event* (2023), Music
- *Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Hating Peter Tatchell* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The Lion King* (2019), as Songs — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *Rocketman* (2019), Executive Producer, Songs — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Sherlock Gnomes* (2018), Music, Producer
- *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017), as Elton John
- *Elton John: Wonderful Crazy Night* (2016), as Compositor
- *Elton John: A Singular Man* (2016), Music
- *Billy Elliot: The Musical Live* (2014), Musical, Songs, Original Music Composer
- *The Young Blood Chronicles* (2014), as God
- *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), Executive Producer, Songs
- *Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare* (2010), Thanks
- *Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...* (2008), series, Executive Producer
- *Him and Us* (2006), Executive Producer
- *It's a Boy Girl Thing* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Who | Tommy and Quadrophenia Live* (2005), as The Pinball Wizard
- *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), as Songs
- *Bob the Builder: Christmas With Bob and the Crew* (2003), as John (voice)
- *Women Talking Dirty* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie* (2001), as John (voice)
- *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), as Narrator (voice) · Music, Songs
- *Rocket Man* (2000), Writer
- *The Muse* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Elton John
- *Spice World* (1997), as Elton John — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/spice-world.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Elton John
- *South Park* (1997), series, as Sir Elton John (voice)
- *Perfect Moment* (1997), as Songs
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Lion King* (1994), as Songs — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *Gay! Gay! Hollywood* (1994), Actor
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Elton John
- *Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush* (1993), Actor
- *NFL Rocks* (1992), as Songs
- *FernGully: The Last Rainforest* (1992), as Songs — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ferngully-the-last-rainforest.md)
- *Lennon: A Tribute* (1990), Actor
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Elton John (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Who | Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy* (1989), as The Pinball Wizard
- *The Return of Bruno* (1987), as Elton John
- *Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World* (1979), as Audience member
- *Elton John: Live at Dodger Stadium* (1975), as The Piano Player
- *Tommy* (1975), as The Pinball Wizard
- *Friends* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Zomercarroussel* (1970), series, as Elton John
- *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*, Producer
- *Elton John Live at Hammersmith Odeon*, Actor
- *Elton John: Live in Vilnius, Lithuania*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Elton John](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-ace2e8d6573e.jpg) Elton John — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Elton_John_2023.jpg/1280px-Elton_John_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Quotation of autographs To Bryan and Nanette, Sarah and Emma with love, Elton John May 31st, 1972 original piano lots of success with it. Within This Piano lays (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-9f31f233a820.jpg) Quotation of autographs To Bryan and Nanette, Sarah and Emma with love, Elton John May 31st, 1972 original piano lots of success with it. Within This Piano lays (2018) — sf-dvs, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/%27The_ghosts_of_100_songs...%27_%2828443798307%29.jpg/1280px-%27The_ghosts_of_100_songs...%27_%2828443798307%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1988 Suzuki Vitara Elton John Model (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-2a249bb8bbaf.jpg) 1988 Suzuki Vitara Elton John Model (2026) — TTTNIS, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/1988_Suzuki_Vitara_Elton_John_Model.jpg/1280px-1988_Suzuki_Vitara_Elton_John_Model.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoree Elton John looks over a special collections display of Gershwin sheet music with Ray White of the Music Division in the  (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-11f7fe6c00f9.jpg) Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoree Elton John looks over a special collections display of Gershwin sheet music with Ray White of the Music Division in the  (2024) — Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/20240319SM460_%28Elton_John_2024_Gershwin_Prize_for_Popular_Song%29.jpg/1280px-20240319SM460_%28Elton_John_2024_Gershwin_Prize_for_Popular_Song%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elton John](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-e93b163ebfcd.jpg) Elton John — Image via TMDB
- ![Elton John](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-5b4338ba79c4.jpg) Elton John — Image via TMDB
- ![Elton John](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-4de72c06c240.jpg) Elton John — Image via TMDB
- ![Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden (center) presents the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Bernie Taupin and Elton John during a concert in Washington on Wedne (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-95d9295326a2.jpg) Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden (center) presents the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Bernie Taupin and Elton John during a concert in Washington on Wedne (2024) — Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/20240320EF5649_%2853625887846%29.jpg/1280px-20240320EF5649_%2853625887846%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden awards the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Elton John and Bernie Taupin during a tribute concert at DAR Constitution ](https://film.one/media/person/333928/gallery-6e67e9f56f2e.jpg) Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden awards the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Elton John and Bernie Taupin during a tribute concert at DAR Constitution  — Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/20240320SM2925_%2853626073953%29.jpg/1280px-20240320SM2925_%2853626073953%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- 2025: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Elton John: Never Too Late*
- 2020: Best Original Song (won), for *(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again*
- 1995: Best Original Song (won), for *Can You Feel the Love Tonight*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1995: Best Original Song (won), for *Can You Feel the Love Tonight*

### Other awards — 14 won, 5 nominated

- Gershwin Prize 2024: Gershwin Prize (won)
- National Humanities Medal 2021: National Humanities Medal (won)
- Companion of Honour 2020: Companion of Honour (won)
- Crystal Award 2018: Crystal Award (won)
- Johnny Mercer Award 2013: Johnny Mercer Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2009: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Billy Elliot the Musical*
- Disney Legends 2006: Disney Legends (won)
- MusiCares Person of the Year 2000: MusiCares Person of the Year (won)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2000: Tony Award for Best Original Score (won), for *Aida*
- Grammy Legend Award 1999: Grammy Legend Award (won)
- Knight Bachelor 1998: Knight Bachelor (won)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1998: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Lion King*
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1995: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media 1995: Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (nominated), for *Can You Feel the Love Tonight*
- Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1995: Grammy Award for Song of the Year (nominated), for *Can You Feel the Love Tonight*
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1994: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- Officer of Arts and Letters 1993: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)
- Grammy Awards 1987: Grammy Awards (won)
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist 1971: Grammy Award for Best New Artist (nominated)

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

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