---
name: "Stewart Copeland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stewart-copeland"
fi1m_id: "stewart-copeland"
imdb_id: "nm0004841"
tmdb_id: 2987
wikidata_id: "Q315711"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "16 July 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T01:50:02.198028+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."
---

# Stewart Copeland

## Identity

Stewart Copeland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stewart-copeland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stewart-copeland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004841
- **TMDB ID:** 2987
- **Wikidata ID:** Q315711
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Copeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2987

Composer. Born 16 July 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 16 July 1952, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** Klark Kent, The Police, Stewart Armstrong Copeland
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 4 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [John C. McGinley](https://film.one/person/john-c-mcginley.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (2), 1990s 60 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 54 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $62m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Copeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2987

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Riff-Raff*](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md) (77)
- **Hulu:** [*Highlander II: The Quickening*](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md) (24)

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

## Biography

Stewart Copeland is an American musician and composer. He is best known as the drummer for the rock band The Police, which he co-founded in 1977. After the band's initial split in the mid-1980s, he composed numerous film and television scores.

His film work includes the original music for *Rumble Fish* (1983), *Wall Street* (1987), *Riff-Raff* (1991), *She's All That* (1999) and *Dead Like Me* (2003). He has also composed for opera and ballet, and released solo albums under his own name and the pseudonym Klark Kent.

Copeland was born on 16 July 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia. He received a Golden Globe nomination for his score to *Rumble Fish* and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Police.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, stewartcopeland.net, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* (1999), Fi1m 80, as American Soldier #1 (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/south-park-bigger-longer-and-uncut.md)

### Crew (4) — the average rests on these

- *Highlander II: The Quickening* (1991), Fi1m 24, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md)
- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Fi1m 77, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)
- *Wall Street* (1987), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *Rumble Fish* (1983), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/rumble-fish.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

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

- *Neil Peart: No One's Disciple* (2026), Actor
- *On Drums... Stewart Copeland!* (2019), Presenter
- *I'm Not in Love - The Story of 10cc* (2015), as Contributing Guest
- *Locations: Looking for Rusty James* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland: Jazz à Sète Festival 2012* (2012), as Drums
- *Stanley Clarke & Stewart Copeland: Live Catania Jazz 2012* (2012), as Drums
- *Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out* (2007), Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
- *Play It Again* (2007), series, Actor
- *Pucked* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Love Wrecked* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Life and Times of Juniper Lee* (2005), series, Music
- *Riding the Bus with My Sister* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Evel Knievel* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *I Am David* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Dead Like Me* (2003), series, Original Music Composer
- *Deuces Wild* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *On the Line* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Sunset Strip* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *More Dogs Than Bones* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Boys and Girls* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Skipped Parts* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Futuresport* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Simpatico* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* (1999), as American Soldier #1 (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/south-park-bigger-longer-and-uncut.md)
- *Made Men* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *She's All That* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *West Beirut* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Legalese* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Pecker* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Very Bad Things* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Little Boy Blue* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Rhythm of Life* (1997), series, Actor
- *Four Days in September* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Good Burger* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Anna Karenina* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Gridlock'd* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Leopard Son* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Boys* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *The Pallbearer* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Judgement* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *White Dwarf* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Tyson* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Silent Fall* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Fresh* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Rapa Nui* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Surviving the Game* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Decadence* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Babylon 5: The Gathering* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Bank Robber* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Airborne* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Raining Stones* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Wide Sargasso Sea* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Fugitive Among Us* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)
- *Highlander II: The Quickening* (1991), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md)
- *Hidden Agenda* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Men at Work* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Taking Care of Business* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The First Power* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Shalom Salaam* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Talk Radio* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *She's Having a Baby* (1988), as Stewart Copeland (uncredited) · Original Music Composer
- *The Jogger* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Wall Street* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *Out of Bounds* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Pickpocket · Original Music Composer
- *Star Wars: Droids* (1985), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Rhythmatist* (1985), Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Rumble Fish* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/rumble-fish.md)

## Gallery

- ![Stewart Copeland](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-b74f1b584506.jpg) Stewart Copeland — Duk3L1xon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Stewart_Copeland_at_SXSW_London_June_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Expomusic 2015](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-8eeb98d8081d.jpg) Expomusic 2015 — Paulo Guereta from São Paulo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Expomusic_2015_%2821558095621%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The lineup of Gizmodrome. Clockwise from top left: Stewart Copeland (vocals, drums), Mark King (bass), Vittorio Cosma (keyboards), Adrian Belew (guitar) (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-908ba0874483.jpg) The lineup of Gizmodrome. Clockwise from top left: Stewart Copeland (vocals, drums), Mark King (bass), Vittorio Cosma (keyboards), Adrian Belew (guitar) (2026) — Zeddawg02, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Gizmodrome_collage.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Luca Prodan has lived and owned this house in the 30b Thames Road in Chiswick, Greater London. Stewart Copeland, drummer of the English rock band the Police has (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-f4567292411e.jpg) Luca Prodan has lived and owned this house in the 30b Thames Road in Chiswick, Greater London. Stewart Copeland, drummer of the English rock band the Police has (2021) — Guasho, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Luca_Prodan_House_in_London.jpg/1280px-Luca_Prodan_House_in_London.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stewart Copeland](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-88b913ea969d.jpg) Stewart Copeland — Image via TMDB
- ![Stewart Copeland](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-8991a0390213.jpg) Stewart Copeland — Image via TMDB
- ![Stewart Copeland](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-c0b0982fdb08.jpg) Stewart Copeland — Image via TMDB
- ![Stewart Copeland, The Police on tour 2007 Boston](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-f879d99dafcc.jpg) Stewart Copeland, The Police on tour 2007 Boston — S Pisharam from Columbus, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Stewart_Copeland_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stewart Copeland at the Police concert, Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. Scanned Ektachrome slide.](https://film.one/media/person/79819/gallery-414957c840e8.jpg) Stewart Copeland at the Police concert, Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. Scanned Ektachrome slide. — Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Stewart_Copeland_Atlanta_1.jpg/1280px-Stewart_Copeland_Atlanta_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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