Paul Weller

Acting

Paul Weller

Born 1958-05-25 · Woking, Surrey, England

John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler. The band gained significant critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom, and were the most influential band of the mod revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Following the dissolution of the Jam at the end of 1982, Weller formed the Style Council with Mick Talbot, where he explored a wide variety of other musical styles, including pop, jazz, soul, hip hop, folk and classical. Although initially successful, the band's popularity declined in the late 1980s, leading them to break up in 1989. Weller began a solo career in the early 1990s, slowly re-establishing his commercial standing across his first four solo albums, Paul Weller (1992), Wild Wood (1993), Stanley Road (1995) and Heavy Soul (1997). Although Weller has received international critical recognition as a singer, lyricist and guitarist, he is most famous in his native country, as his songwriting is rooted in English society. Many of his songs with the Jam had lyrics about working class life. He was the principal figure of the 1970s and 1980s mod revival, often referred to as the Modfather, and an influence on many subsequent British alternative rock and Britpop artists, such as Oasis. He has received four Brit Awards, including Best British Male three times, and the 2006 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Weller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Blitz poster
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In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him.

Blitz

2024

Live Aid poster
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Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"

Live Aid

1985

Together for Palestine poster
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Broadcast of the "Together for Palestine" charity concert organized by Brian Eno along with several artists to raise funds and awareness for Palestinian civilians affected by the ongoing war in Gaza.

Together for Palestine

2025

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Live Eighties

2004

Paul Weller: Live at Braehead poster
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Recorded on October 16th 2002 at one of two huge arena shows in Scotland, this unique concert recording sees the modfather revisiting some Style Council and Jam material for the first time since going solo. Although he has attempted acoustic renditions of his past glories, never before has he performed full-band version of his classic early material, but he more than makes up for that with this special show. "Town Called Malice," "Man In The Cornershop," and "Pretty Green" from the Jam's collective ouvre are all given an airing, as well as a smattering of Style Council material, and highlight's from Weller's solo career.

Paul Weller: Live at Braehead

2003

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Named after a street in Weller's home-town of Woking in Surrey, this album was greeted with universal approval by critics and fans. The brilliant Peter Blake collage throughout the package portrays much greater nostalgia than is contained in the lyrics. The DVD features unreleased tracks as well as special collaborations with disciple Noel Gallagher along to jam as well as Broke 'n' Stoned, a short film directed by Simon Halfon, plus promo clips.

Paul Weller: Stanley Road

2005

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today poster
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This concert film was created for the London premiére launch of Live Aid on dvd in November 2004. It contains selected highlights of the marathon fundraising concert that took place across two continents with worldwide TV coverage on july 13, 1985. The event was never re-broadcast and never available until the release of the Live Aid 4-dvd set almost 20 years later. The 52-minute premiére version allows you to relive the experience that was Live Aid with songs and excerpts from more than 40 live performances from the event

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

2005

Paul Weller: Studio 150 poster
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Filmed in front of an intimate audience at the Riverside Studios, in London, this is a mesmerising live proformance of those tunes that have inspired and shaped his extraordinary career. Studio 150 sees Weller showcasing his smash hit album of the same name, Along with some favorites from his own outstanding catalogue.

Paul Weller: Studio 150

2004

Acceleration Punk poster
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1977 punk documentary filmed in the UK & France. Bands featured include The Jam, The Stinky Toys, The Damned, The Police, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs and The Sex Pistols.

Acceleration Punk

1977

Little Red Robin Hood poster
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A documentary on Robert Wyatt - singer, drummer and founding member of The Soft Machine, the legendary band in the international musical arena between the late Sixties and early Seventies who inspired the development of the made-in-Canterbury jazzy rock.

Little Red Robin Hood

Help! War Child poster
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The story of the 1995 charity compilation album, "Help!", released to raise funds for the War Child charity.

Help! War Child

1995

Punk in London poster
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A visual record of London punk life in the late '70s, filled with never-before-seen live concert footage and commentary from the Clash, the Jam, X-Ray Spex and the Electric Chairs.

Punk in London

1977

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? poster
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Forty years on from the release of the hit single by charity supergroup Band Aid, this documentary unearths 75 minutes of rare and previously unseen film footage from the day of recording

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

2024

Last Shop Standing poster
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Last Shop Standing, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2000 record shops have already disappeared across the UK. The film charts the rapid rise of record shops in the 1960's, 70's and 80's, the influence of the chart, the underhand deals, the demise of vinyl and rise of the CD as well as new technologies. Where did it all go wrong? Why were 3 shops a week closing? Will we be left with no record shops with the continuing rise of downloading? Hear from over 20 record shop owners and music industry leaders as well as musicians including Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Billy Bragg, Nerina Pallot, Richard Hawley and Clint Boon as they all tell us how the shops became and still are a part of their own musical education, a place to cherish and discover new bands and new music.

Last Shop Standing

2012

Paul Weller: As Is Now poster
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This behind-the-scenes documentary takes you into the studio and face-to-face with the Modfather. Enjoy the live concert experience with a 38 minute live set from the 100 Club. Bonus extras take you even deeper with a 30 minute extended interview with Weller, 5 full studio tracks, and 3 featurettes.

Paul Weller: As Is Now

2006

Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council poster
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The story of the band that Paul Weller formed after The Jam split up in 1982, with insight from key members, collaborators and fans.

Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

2020

Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow poster
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"Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow" is a unique insight into the life of a music and style icon. Inspired in part by the Robert Evans film "The Kid Stays In The Picture" this 90-minute film features Paul Weller recounting his life story and contains wonderful archive footage and candid interviews with friends, family and musical associates including his parents John and Anne, Steve Brookes and Bruce Foxton of The Jam, former wife and Style Council member Dee C Lee, Steve White and Mick Talbot of The Style Council, Boy George and Noel Gallagher. Weller tracks his journey from his childhood in Woking through the purchase of his first guitar to the formation of The Jam, the Style Council and his solo years.

Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow

2006

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The DVD presents Weller's legendary status as a British rock icon through both a large-scale stadium-style show and an intimate television setting, showcasing his evolving musical style and enduring appeal.

Paul Weller - Live In Hyde Park

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The concert film features the celebrated performance at London's Royal Festival Hall featuring Paul Weller, his band and the London Metropolitan Orchestra.

Paul Weller: Other Aspects - Live at the Royal Festival Hall

2019

Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style poster
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A fascinating story of rock n roll told through the clothes of those who lived it! From Elvis to Bowie, ducktails to Mohawks, this is the definitive look at Rock n Roll fashion.

Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style

1983

The Jam: 1977 poster
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2017 was the 40th Anniversary of the release of The Jam's first Polydor singles and LPs. This DVD features TV appearances and promo videos from those iconic LPs -- In The City and This is the Modern World.

The Jam: 1977

2017

James Blunt: One Brit Wonder poster
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Filmed on the road during his 2022 Greatest Hit Tour, director Chris Atkins followed James Blunt across Europe and delves into James Blunt's unique backstory. From witnessing the Kosovo War, recording the biggest selling album of the '00s, enduring the backlash that followed his success, and then tweeting his way back to becoming a national treasure, this is an intimate portrait of James Blunt as never seen before – a brutally honest story of a painfully self-aware, endlessly touring musician, for whom persistence eventually prevails.

James Blunt: One Brit Wonder

2023

Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers poster
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Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.

Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers

2017

The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave poster
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This 2-DVD set captures explosive live performances and revealing interviews on DVD for the first time ever from the forefathers of the punk and new wave movements, such as The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, John Lydon (of The Sex Pistols and PiL), Joan Jett, The Jam, Patti Smith, The Plasmatics, and much more! Highlights Include The Ramones' fiery performance of "I Wanna Be Sedated" and "The KKK Took My Baby Away". An unforgettable verbal spat between John Lydon and Tom Snyder. Elvis Costello's frenzied performance of "Watch Your Step". Iggy Pop's offering of "TV Eye". Roundtable discussion between Joan Jett, Paul Weller (The Jam), Bill Graham, and others regarding the current state of punk rock and much much more!

The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave

2006