Hugh Cornwell
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-08-28 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Tufnell Park, London, England, UK
Also known As
The Stranglers
Hugh Cornwell
Biography
Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the Stranglers, Cornwell has recorded a further ten solo studio albums and continues to record and perform live. Cornwell grew up in Tufnell Park and Kentish Town and attended William Ellis School in Highgate, where he played bass in a band with Richard Thompson, later a member of folk rock band Fairport Convention. In the late 1960s, after earning a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Br...
Acting
1982
as Self - The Stranglers
1988
as Self
2019
as Self
1985
as Frank
1988
as Charlie
1987
as Edgeley
2005
as Man A
1990
2012
as Self (archive footage)
1978
2000
as Self
1982
as Presenter
1987
as Englishman
2015
2019
as Self - (Archival footage)
2008
as Self
Production
2000
as Theme Song Performance
1982
as Director
1987
as Music
2015
as Director
2008
as Director
2008
as Editor
2008
as Additional Camera
2008
as Executive Producer
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