Ringo Starr
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-07-07 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Ringo Starr
Biography
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and The Beatles version of "Act Naturally"), as co-writer with the song "What Goes On" and primary writer with "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
As drummer for The Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills", technically limited by being a left-handed person playing a right-handed kit. Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers, behind drummers such as John Bonham, Keith Moon and Neil Peart.
Starr is the most documented and critically acclaimed actor-Beatle, playing a central role in several Beatles films, and appearing in numerous other movies, both during and after his career with The Beatles. After The Beatles' break-up in 1970, Starr achieved solo musical success with several singles and albums, and recorded with each of his fellow ex-Beatles as they too developed their post-Beatle musical careers. He has also been featured in a number of TV documentaries, hosted TV shows, and narrated the first two series of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He currently tours with the All-Starr Band.
Known For
Acting
High in the Clouds
as Roy (voice)
The Beatles - 1967-1970
as Self (archive footage)
Shed 17
as Edward (archive footage)
(2025)
The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
as Self
(2025)
Thomas & Friends: Down The Mine Pilot
as Narrator
(2024)
Beatles '64
as Self
(2024)
The Beach Boys
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
The Bannfoot Ferry
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Louder Than Rock
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2023)
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
The Beatles and the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Let There Be Drums!
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
Ringo Starr: One of Them
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
The Sparks Brothers
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
What Drives Us
as Self
(2021)
The Beatles and India
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Self
(2020)
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
as Self
(2020)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
as Self - Host
(2020)
Understanding McCartney
as Self
(2019)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Echo in the Canyon
as Self
(2019)
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
(2018)
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
as Self (archival footage)
(2018)
George Harrison - All Things Pass
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
(2017)
How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2017)
Free to Rock
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
(2017)
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Året var 1967
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(2016)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Ringo Starr
(2016)
(2016)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Larry the Dwarf (archive footage)
(2016)
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
The Beatles 1+
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
(2015)
The Beatles 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
(2014)
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
as Fibonacci Sequins (voice)
(2014)
(2014)
Beatles på Sverigeturné
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Good Ol' Freda
as Self
(2013)
Året var 1963
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Ringo at the Ryman
as himself
(2012)
(2012)
Produced By George Martin
as Self
(2012)
Genius
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
The Winged Beetle
as Self
(2012)
(2012)
Becoming the Beatles
as Self
(2011)
Beatles Stories
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
(2010)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
A Concert by the Lake
as Himself
(2010)
All You Need Is Klaus
as Self
(2010)
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2010)
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
as Narrator
(2010)
(2010)
(2010)
Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
as Narrator
(2009)
Oh My God
as Self
(2009)
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)
(2009)
The Beatles on Record
as Self
(2009)
(2009)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
The Beatles: Parting Ways
as Self
(2008)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
(2008)
All Together Now
as Self
(2008)
(2008)
Ringo Starr: Off the Record
as Self
(2008)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
(2007)
The Beatles Explosion
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
(2007)
The Beatles: Help!
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
(2007)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
(2006)
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Beatles: Love
as Self
(2006)
To John With Love
as Self
(2005)
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
(2005)
(2005)
Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
as himself
(2004)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2004)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Radio
as Stinger the Mascot (uncredited)
(2003)
Concert for George
as Self
(2003)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
The Beatles - Trilogy
as Himself
(2003)
The Beatles: Around the World
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Beatles: The Journey
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Elvis: King of Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Things They Said Today
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Wingspan
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)
(2001)
(2001)
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
as Narrator
(1999)
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
(1999)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1999)
The Beatles: A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
(1998)
(1997)
Happy Birthday to John
as Self
(1997)
(1996)
The Beatles Unauthorized
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
The Beatles Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
(1994)
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
(1993)
Ringo Starr Going Home
as Self - Host
(1992)
The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as Self
(1992)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self (archive footage)
(1992)
(1991)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Thomas & Friends: Better Late Than Never
as Narrator
(1990)
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
as Mr. Conductor
(1990)
(1990)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked
as Narrator
(1990)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Breaks the Rules
as Narrator
(1990)
Thomas & Friends: Tenders & Turntables
as Narrator
(1988)
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
(1988)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
(1988)
(1988)
Walking After Midnight
as Self
(1987)
The Return of Bruno
as Ringo Starr
(1987)
Jimi Plays Monterey
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
Video From Hell
as Self
(1986)
(1986)
Fun with the Fab Four
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
Water
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
(1985)
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
(1985)
The Making of Sun City
as Self
(1985)
(1985)
British Rock: The First Wave
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
as The Janitor
(1985)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
as Narrator
(1984)
Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Ringo
(1983)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
as Self (uncredited)
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
The Compleat Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
(1982)
The Cooler
as Prisoner / Cowboy
(1981)
Caveman
as Atouk
(1981)
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1979)
The Kids Are Alright
as Himself
(1979)
(1979)
Wings Over the World
as Self
(1978)
The Last Waltz
as Self
(1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
as Self (archive footage)
(1978)
Sextette
as Laslo Karolny
(1978)
Ringo
as Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats
(1977)
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
as Self
(1977)
Mighty Good: The Beatles
as Self
(1977)
The Day the Music Died
as Self
(1975)
Lisztomania
as The Pope
(1974)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
as Self
(1974)
The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
Son of Dracula
as Merlin, the Magician
(1974)
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
That'll Be The Day
as Mike
(1973)
(1972)
The Concert for Bangladesh
as Self
(1972)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
(1972)
Weekend of a Champion
as Self (uncredited)
(1972)
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
as Himself
(1971)
The Point
as Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)
(1971)
Blindman
as Candy
(1971)
200 Motels
as Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
(1971)
Cilla in Scandinavia
as Self
(1971)
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
as Self
(1970)
Let It Be
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
(1969)
The Magic Christian
as Youngman Grand, Esq.
(1969)
(1969)
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Beatles: Something
as Self
(1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
as Self - Drums
(1969)
Beatles Electroniques
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
Abbey Road
as Self (audio)
(1968)
Candy
as Emmanuel
(1968)
Yellow Submarine
as Ringo (uncredited)
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1968)
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
as Self
(1968)
The Beatles: Revolution
as Self
(1968)
The Beatles: Hey Jude
as Self
(1967)
Magical Mystery Tour
as Self / Talkative Magician
(1967)
Our World
as Self
(1967)
Monument
as Self (archive footage)
(1967)
All You Need Is Love
as Self
(1966)
El Rey en Londres
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
Reflections on Love
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
as Self - The Beatles
(1966)
The Beatles in Japan
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
(1966)
Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
as Self
(1965)
Help!
as Ringo
(1965)
Pop Gear
as Self
(1965)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Chase
as Self (archive footage)
(1965)
(1965)
The Beatles: Live in Paris
as Self
(1964)
A Hard Day's Night
as Ringo
(1964)
(1964)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
as Self - The Beatles Member
(1964)
The Beatles Sing for Shell
as Self
(1964)
The Beatles in Australia
as Self
(1964)
(1964)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
Around the Beatles
as Self
(1963)
(1963)
The Beatles Come to Town
as Self
(1963)
The Mersey Sound
as Self
Crew
(2025)
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
Producer
(2025)
The Beatles
Musician
(2024)
The Beatles LOVE
Producer, Music
(2024)
Beatles '64
Producer
(2023)
(2022)
(2020)
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Director
(2019)
Yesterday
Songs
(2007)
Across the Universe
Songs
(1993)
Ringo Starr Going Home
Executive Producer
(1978)
(1974)
Son of Dracula
Producer, Editor
(1973)
(1970)
Let It Be
Executive Producer
(1969)
Abbey Road
Writer, Director
(1968)
Revolution
Songs
(1967)
Magical Mystery Tour
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director