---
name: "Tony Kanal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-kanal"
fi1m_id: "tony-kanal"
imdb_id: "nm1053988"
tmdb_id: 181461
wikidata_id: "Q2080305"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "27 August 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:37:14.114505+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."
---

# Tony Kanal

## Identity

Tony Kanal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-kanal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-kanal
- **IMDb ID:** nm1053988
- **TMDB ID:** 181461
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2080305
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kanal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2080305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053988/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181461

Composer. Born 27 August 1970 in Kingsbury, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 27 August 1970, Kingsbury, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** No Doubt
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2020s 39 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kanal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2080305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053988/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181461

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Purple Hearts*](https://film.one/film/purple-hearts.md) (39)

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

## Biography

Tony Kanal is a British-American musician, composer and actor. Born in Kingsbury, London, he joined the rock band No Doubt as bassist in 1987 and has co-written many of its songs.

Kanal has produced and written for artists including Gwen Stefani, P!nk and Elan Atias. He composed the score for the 2022 Netflix film *Purple Hearts* alongside Blake Neely and has appeared in films and television, including voice and cameo roles in *Zoolander* (2001), *King of the Hill* (1997) and *Dawson's Creek* (1998).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Zoolander* (2001), Fi1m 74, as French Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)

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

- *Purple Hearts* (2022), Fi1m 39, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-hearts.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Situations* (2026), Actor
- *Purple Hearts* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-hearts.md)
- *Single Drunk Female* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Portlandia* (2011), series, as Tony Kanal
- *Jennifer's Body* (2009), as Songs
- *Zoolander* (2001), as French Designer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, as Tony Kanal
- *King of the Hill* (1997), series, as Tony Kanal (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)

## Gallery

- ![Tony Kanal](https://film.one/media/person/431507/gallery-f541ea7d6455.jpg) Tony Kanal — Troy McClure from San Francisco, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/TonyKanal.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww](https://film.one/media/person/431507/gallery-acdd532b3b20.jpg) No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww — fuseboxradio from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2816583232984%29.jpg/1280px-Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2816583232984%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww](https://film.one/media/person/431507/gallery-2af35b93e0d6.jpg) No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww — fuseboxradio from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817179732926%29.jpg/1280px-Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817179732926%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww](https://film.one/media/person/431507/gallery-24868c8fc9b2.jpg) No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww — fuseboxradio from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817179759426%29.jpg/1280px-Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817179759426%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww](https://film.one/media/person/431507/gallery-694113b1835f.jpg) No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww — fuseboxradio from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817205122191%29.jpg/1280px-Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817205122191%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww](https://film.one/media/person/431507/gallery-9ad5eb9f489a.jpg) No Doubt Various pictures of performers, speakers and more at the Global Citizen (<a href="http://www.GlobalCitizen.org/en/2015EarthDay" rel="nofollow">ww — fuseboxradio from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817205688765%29.jpg/1280px-Global_Citizen_2015_Earth_Day_Pictures_-_April_19%2C_2015_%2817205688765%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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