Biography
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in the history of popular music, according to Guinness World Records.
McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music. After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the UK.
BBC News Online readers named McCartney the "greatest composer of the millennium", and BBC News cites his Beatles song "Yesterday" as the most covered song in the history of recorded music—by over 2,200 artists—and since its 1965 release, has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio according to the BBC. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single. Based on the 93 weeks his compositions have spent at the top spot of the UK chart, and 24 number one singles to his credit, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history. As a performer or songwriter, McCartney was responsible for 32 number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has sold 15.5 million RIAA certified albums in the US alone.
McCartney has composed film scores, classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to help international charities. He is an advocate for animal rights, for vegetarianism, and for music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt. He is a keen football fan, supporting both Everton and Liverpool football clubs. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.
Filmography
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Movies 360
self 357
TV Shows 63
Producer 2
Writer 1
Paul McCartney: Got Back (2023)
Paul Mccartney Live | The Got Back Tour (2023)
A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (2023)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023)
Thriller 40 (2023)
The Beatles and the BBC (2023)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
Wham! (2023)
Elton John: Glastonbury 2023 (2023)
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2023)
The Stones and Brian Jones (2023)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC (2023)
Louder Than Rock (2023)
The Trials of Heather Mills (2023)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2023)
Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023)
If These Walls Could Sing (2023)
The Sound of 007 (2022)
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction (2022)
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert (2022)
Paul McCartney Live: Glastonbury Festival 2022 (2022)
Paul McCartney at Glastonbury 2022 (2022)
Paul McCartney - Eine Beatles-Legende (2022)
George Michael: Freedom Uncut (2022)
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years (2022)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022)
The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
Paul McCartney At The BBC (2021)
The Beatles and India (2021)
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (2021)
McCartney 3, 2, 1 (2021)
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go! (2021)
The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special (2021)
The Beatles: Let It Be (2021)
Under the Volcano (2021)
This Is Pop (2021)
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... (2020)
Paul McCartney at the Cavern Club (2020)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon (2020)
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney (2020)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' (2020)
Meeting the Beatles in India (2020)
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show (2020)
History 101 (2020)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert (2020)
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool (2020)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle (2019)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind (2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2 (2019)
Yesterday (2019)
The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On (2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1 (2019)
Killing John Lennon (2019)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney (2018)
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life (2018)
Paul McCartney: Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival, 2018 (2018)
Quincy (2018)
Paul McCartney: Under the Staircase (2018)
Paul McCartney | Live at Grand Central Station (2018)
Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool (2018)
Deconstructing the Birth of the Beatles (2018)
Wish You Weren't Here: The Dark Side of Roger Waters (2018)
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go! (2018)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2018)
George Harrison - All Things Pass (2018)
Take Your Pills (2018)
GRAMMYS' Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special (2017)
Linkin Park and Friends - Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington (2017)
How the Beatles Changed the World (2017)
My Generation (2017)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution (2017)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Free to Rock (2017)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album (2016)
Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me (2016)
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special (2016)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape (2016)
Bang! The Bert Berns Story (2016)
Beatles chronology (1962-1970) (2016)
The Last Lennon Interview (2015)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015)
The Beatles 1+ (2015)
The Beatles 1 (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (2015)
Unity (2015)
I Am Chris Farley (2015)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2015)
Paul McCartney - Out There at Budokan (2015)
Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups (2015)
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney (2015)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
Paul McCartney: Something NEW (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
When the Beatles Drove Us Wild (2014)
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over (2014)
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014)
Beatles på Sverigeturné (2014)
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance (2013)
P!NK: Staying True (2013)
Paul McCartney - BBC Radio 2 in Concert (2013)
Good Ol' Freda (2013)
Romy, ich bin krank (2013)
Sound City (2013)
Mood Indigo (2013)
Paul McCartney - Live on Hollywood Boulevard (2013)
Genius (2012)
12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (2012)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited (2012)
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO (2012)
Produced By George Martin (2012)
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses (2012)
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966 (2012)
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder (2012)
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974 (2012)
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 (2012)
Paul McCartney: My Valentine (2012)
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo (2012)
Paul McCartney On the Run Tour - Estadio Azteca (2012)
To the Arctic 3D (2012)
The Winged Beetle (2012)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
Beatles Stories (2011)
Mentiras verdaderas (2011)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
The Love We Make (2011)
Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless (2011)
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4 (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2 (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3 (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1 (2011)
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011)
Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium (2011)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos (2011)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour (2010)
The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 (2010)
All You Need Is Klaus (2010)
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles (2010)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison (2010)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need (2010)
Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House (2010)
Hard Rock Calling 2010 (2010)
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time, Live at Knebworth (2010)
David Wants to Fly (2010)
Paul McCartney: Up and Coming Brasil (2010)
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years (2010)
The Rise & Fall of WCW (2009)
Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall (2009)
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City (2009)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2009)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin' (2009)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere (2009)
...Sings the Beatles (2009)
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries (2009)
The Beatles on Record (2009)
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (2009)
The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966 (2009)
Paul McCartney - Live in Halifax, Nova Scotia (2009)
Al's Brain (2009)
Brüno (2009)
The Motown Invasion (2009)
The Beatles: Parting Ways (2009)
All Together Now (2008)
Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice (2008)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories (2008)
Elvis: Viva Las Vegas (2008)
Paul McCartney: Live in Canada (2008)
Paul McCartney - Live in Quebec (2008)
Paul McCartney: Independence Concert - Live in Kiev (2008)
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound (2008)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles (2008)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970 (2008)
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum (2008)
School of Thought (2008)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg (2007)
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years (2007)
The Beatles: Help! (2007)
Paul McCartney: Live at BBC Electric Proms (2007)
Paul McCartney: Live at the Olympia Paris 2007 (2007)
Across the Universe (2007)
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Beatles Explosion (2007)
The Beatles: Love (2006)
Legends (2006)
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us (2006)
BBC Electric Proms (2006)
30 Rock (2006)
Doctor Who: Origins (2006)
Paul McCartney and Wings - Lightspeed (2006)
Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle (2005)
Live 8 (2005)
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road (2005)
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today (2005)
Live Aid Against All Odds (2005)
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin (2005)
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2 (2005)
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary (2005)
Beatles Biggest Secrets (2004)
20th Century Greats (2004)
Live Aid (2004)
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004)
Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection (2004)
Paul McCartney - Live at Glastonbury (2004)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows (2004)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle (2004)
The Beatles with Tony Sheridan (2004)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized (2003)
The Beatles: Around the World (2003)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (2003)
Concert for George (2003)
Paul McCartney: In Red Square (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Beatles: The Journey (2003)
Brian Wilson: On Tour (2003)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. (2002)
Things They Said Today (2002)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace (2002)
There's Only One Paul McCartney (2002)
Paul McCartney & Friends: The PeTA Concert for Party Animals (2002)
Beatles: Big Beat Box (2001)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
The Concert for New York City (2001)
Tuesday (2001)
Wingspan (2001)
Paul McCartney: Live at the Cavern Club (1999)
Tina Turner : Celebrate! (1999)
100 Jahre - Der Countdown (1999)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999)
Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda (1999)
The Beatles: A Celebration (1999)
The Brian Epstein Story (1998)
V.I.P. (1998)
The Abbey Road Story (1998)
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley (1998)
Paul McCartney's Standing Stone (1997)
Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume III (1997)
Music for Montserrat (1997)
Go Cat Go! (1997)
Leute heute (1997)
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight (1997)
Tropic Island Hum (1997)
US Rushes (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Beatles Story (1996)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary (1996)
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
The Beatles Anthology (1995)
Help! War Child (1995)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1995)
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary (1994)
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour (1994)
Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour (1994)
The Beatles, The Long and Winding Road: The Life and Times (1994)
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live (1993)
Paul McCartney: Movin' On (1993)
Paul McCartney - Live in Charlotte (1993)
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music (1993)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992)
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal (1992)
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special (1992)
The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1992)
Daumier's Law (1992)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991)
Paul McCartney's Get Back (1991)
Paul McCartney: Ghosts of the Past (1991)
Paul McCartney: Unplugged (1991)
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool (1990)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
MTV Unplugged (1989)
Paul McCartney: Put It There (1989)
Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
Eat the Rich (1987)
Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
Sacrée soirée (1987)
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (1987)
The Paul McCartney Special (1986)
Bread (1986)
Fun with the Fab Four (1986)
British Rock: The First Wave (1985)
Buddy Holly (1985)
Live Aid (1985)
Rupert and the Frog Song (1985)
Video AID (1985)
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Al TV (1984)
Harty (1983)
The Rupert Bear Story: A Tribute to Alfred Bestall (1982)
The Compleat Beatles (1982)
Timewatch (1982)
The Late, Late Breakfast Show (1982)
Paul McCartney - Take It Away (1982)
The Cooler (1982)
Wogan (1982)
Desert Island Discs (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years (1982)
This Is Elvis (1981)
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Rockshow (1980)
Seaside Woman (1980)
Back to the Egg (TV Special) (1979)
Wings Over the World (1979)
The Kenny Everett Video Show (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
The South Bank Show (1978)
The Oriental Nightfish (1978)
The Beatles at Shea Stadium (1977)
Mighty Good: The Beatles (1977)
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (1977)
The Day the Music Died (1977)
Mike Yarwood In Persons (1976)
The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
Wings Over Australia (1976)
Empty Hand (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Arena (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Midi Première (1975)
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles (1974)
The Society of the Spectacle (1974)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1974)
One Hand Clapping (1974)
Live and Let Die (1973)
James Paul McCartney (1973)
Musikladen (1972)
The Bruce McMouse Show (1972)
Disco (1971)
Great Performances (1971)
Let It Be (1970)
Will the Real Mr. Sellers... (1969)
The Beatles: SOMETHING (1969)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent (1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One (1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three (1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two (1969)
The Beatles: HEY JUDE (1968)
60 Minutes (1968)
The Beatles: REVOLUTION (1968)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Omnibus (1967)
All You Need Is Love (1967)
Our World (1967)
Monument (1967)
Revolution (1967)
The Family Way (1966)
Mal Evans on Vacation (1966)
El Rey en Londres (1966)
Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66 (1966)
Die Beatles (1966)
Reflections on Love (1966)
Helicopter Canada (1966)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney (1965)
The Beatles: Live in Paris (1965)
The Beatles (1965)
Help! (1965)
Doctor Who: The Chase (1965)
Pop Gear (1965)
The Beatles Unauthorized (1965)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA (1964)
Follow The Beatles (1964)
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands (1964)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Beatles Sing for Shell (1964)
The Beatles in Australia (1964)
Around the Beatles (1964)
Die Drehscheibe (1964)
The Beatles: Live in Washington DC (1964)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York (1964)
Top of the Pops (1964)
The Beatles Come to Town (1963)
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool (1963)
The Mersey Sound (1963)
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1961)
The Grammy Awards (1959)
The Oscars (1953)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Bambi Awards (1948)
Pre Fab!
Back to the Egg
High in the Clouds
McCartney In St. Petersburg
People and Places
Magpie
Rockestra
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Spinal Tap II
The Beatles - 1967-1970
The Beatles are Coming
Love Me Do: The Beatles '62
Paul McCartney in Red Square
Twiggy
John Lennon: The Dreamer
It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!
Man on the Run
The Brian Epstein Story: Tomorrow Never Knows Part 2
America's Top 10
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1942-06-18 (81 years old)
Birth NameJames Paul McCartney
Birth PlaceWalton Hospital, United Kingdom
LifestyleVegetarianism
Religiondeism
Height
Net Worth$1.28 Billion
RelationshipsLinda McCartney (1969-03-12 - 1998-04-17), Heather Mills (2002-06-11 - 2008-05-19)
ChildrenBeatrice McCartney, Heather McCartney, James McCartney, Stella McCartney, Mary McCartney
FatherJim McCartney
MotherMary McCartney
SiblingsMike McGear
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsThe Beatles, Paul McCartney and Wings , James Paul McCartney, 폴 매카트니, Пол Маккартни, Пол Маккартні, بول مكارتني, ポール・マッカートニー, 保罗·麦卡特尼, พอล แม็กคาร์ตนีย์, पॉल मॅक्कार्टनी, Paul Ramone, Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Sir James Paul McCartney, Sir Paul McCartney
AwardsCompanion of Honour, Member of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Premios Oye!, Grammy Award for Best Historical Album, Silver Clef Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Gershwin Prize, Kennedy Center Honors, Order of the Sun of Peru, honorary doctor of the Yale University, Order of the Companions of Honour, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Polar Music Prize, Academy Award for Best Original Score, MusiCares Person of the Year, Wolf Prize in Arts, Knight Bachelor, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Genesis Award, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards, Order of the British Empire
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