---
name: "Marc Almond"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marc-almond"
fi1m_id: "marc-almond"
imdb_id: "nm1561023"
tmdb_id: 107171
wikidata_id: "Q452166"
roles: []
born: "9 July 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:51:36.849667+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."
---

# Marc Almond

## Identity

Marc Almond

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marc-almond
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marc-almond
- **IMDb ID:** nm1561023
- **TMDB ID:** 107171
- **Wikidata ID:** Q452166
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Almond, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561023/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107171

Actor. Born 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 July 1957, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Peter Mark Sinclair Almond, Soft Cell
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Almond, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561023/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107171

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Marc Almond is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell. Born Peter Mark Almond on 9 July 1957 in Southport, he studied at Southport Art College and Leeds Polytechnic before forming Soft Cell with David Ball in 1979.

The duo achieved international success with the 1981 single *Tainted Love*. After Soft Cell disbanded in 1984, Almond pursued a solo career spanning pop, cabaret and electronic music. He has appeared as himself in the 2007 documentary *Scott Walker: 30 Century Man* and has stage credits including the role of Seneca in an experimental adaptation of *Poppea*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, softcell.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Blue Hour* (2026), Music
- *Soft Cell -Non Stop Erotic Cabaret …And Other Stories - Live* (2024), as Vocals
- *Soul Boys of the Western World* (2014), Actor
- *D'une rive à l'autre* (2009), Producer
- *Marc Almond: A Lover Spurned* (2003), Actor
- *Staten Island Sex Cult* (1998), Music
- *Eurotrash* (1993), series, Actor
- *Soft Cell - Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show* (1982), as Marc Almond
- *Glamerama* (1978), Director

## Gallery

- ![Marc Almond](https://film.one/media/person/4156527/gallery-ac95d6dd5e8c.jpg) Marc Almond — shiver_shi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Marc_Almond_%40_Manezh_Kadetskogo_Korpusa.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L1008113 (1) (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/4156527/gallery-58b2ad16ca83.jpg) L1008113 (1) (2010) — Guido van Nispen from amsterdam, the netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/L1008113_%281%29.jpg/1280px-L1008113_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L1007953 (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/4156527/gallery-3b3023f0a65c.jpg) L1007953 (2010) — Guido van Nispen from amsterdam, the netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/L1007953.jpg/1280px-L1007953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L1008088 (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/4156527/gallery-79be6c8a2251.jpg) L1008088 (2010) — Guido van Nispen from amsterdam, the netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/L1008088.jpg/1280px-L1008088.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marc Almond, seen performing at Bestival 2010 held on the Isle of Wight.](https://film.one/media/person/4156527/gallery-944c926d9ed0.jpg) Marc Almond, seen performing at Bestival 2010 held on the Isle of Wight. — Nathan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Marc_Almond_performing_at_Bestival_2010_2.jpg/1280px-Marc_Almond_performing_at_Bestival_2010_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Primavera Sound 2010 Parc del Fòrum Barcelona](https://film.one/media/person/4156527/gallery-1bc5e74c2305.jpg) Primavera Sound 2010 Parc del Fòrum Barcelona — Alberto Garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Marc_Almond_%283%29.jpg/1280px-Marc_Almond_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/marc-almond