Stewart Copeland

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Stewart Copeland Wiki Biography

Stewart Armstrong Copeland was born on 16 July 1952, in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He is a musician and composer, best known for being the drummer of the rock band The Police. He is also well known for contributing to numerous video game and film soundtracks. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Stewart Copeland? As of mid-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $80 million, mostly earned through success in music. Aside from performing, he’s also composed numerous pieces for opera, orchestra, and ballet. He is part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the Police. All of these ensured the position of his wealth.

Due to her mother’s archaeological work, Copeland would spend a lot of time in the Middle East when he was younger. He attended the American Community School in Beirut and then started taking drum lessons when he was 12 years old. He then played the drums in school dances and then after matriculating, went to California to attend the United States International University. He then attended the University of California, Berkeley before moving back to England. During this time, he performed with the progressive rock band Curved Air during 1975 and 1976.

The following year, Stewart founded the band the Police alongside Henry Padovani and Sting. They soon found popularity and became one of the top bands during the 1980s. He and Sting were responsible for writing a lot of songs including “Fall Out”, “On Any Other Day” and “Does Everyone Stare”. During this time he also recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent and would have a hit single “Don’t’ Care”. He played all of the instruments used in the song and also sang. In 1984, after the Police went on a brief hiatus, Copeland would release “The Rhythmatist” which features various percussion instruments along with some vocals. The Police then attempted a reunion in 1986 that did not push through.

Copeland then went on a career as a composer, working on soundtracks for various movies including “Wall Street” and “Good Burger”. He also worked on various television shows such as “The Equalizer”, “The Amanda Show”, and “Dead Like Me”. He would then work on ballet pieces including “Casque of Amontillado” and “King Lear”. Around the same time, he played drums for other artists including Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford. In 1999, he contributed as a voice of an American soldier for “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut”.

In 1998, he started to work for Insomniac Games to make the musical score for the hit game “Spyro the Dragon”. He would continue and stay with the project for three more titles. He also composed for “Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare”. In 2002, he was intended to play with The Doors but due to an injury the deal ended in mutual lawsuits. He would then continue working on other musical projects. 2007 saw the Police perform the song “Roxanne” at the Grammy Awards and it led to their 30th anniversary tour which they performed across five continents.

In 2008, Stewart returned to making orchestral projects including “An Evening with Stewart Copeland” and “Gamelan D’Drum”. In 2009, he performed various original works including “Retail Therapy”, “Celeste” and “Kaya”. He also released a memoir entitled “Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies”. The book talks about most of his life up to the present. He’s also made numerous television appearances including “Late Show with David Letterman”, “Storage Wars” and “Tim Ferriss Experiment”. One of his latest projects is a quintet called “Off the Score”.

For his personal life it is known that Copeland married vocalist Sonja Kristina in 1982 and they had three children, one of whom was adopted from Kristina’s previous relationship. He also has a son with Marina Guinness and his first marriage ended in 1991. He is now married to Fiona Dent and they have three children. Aside from these, he enjoys rollerskating, cycling, and polo.

IMDB Wikipedia $80 Million 1.87 m 16 July 1952 1952-07-16 Alexandria Alliant International University American American Community School at Beirut Berkeley Celeste Copeland Editor Eve Copeland Fiona Copeland (m. 1993) Grace Copeland Henry Padovani Ian Copeland Jordan Copeland Klark Kent Lennie Copeland Lorraine Copeland Marina Guinness Mike Rutherford Miles Copeland III Miles Copeland Jr. Millfield Patrick Copeland Peter Gabriel Scott Copeland Sonja Kristina Sonja Kristina m. 1982–1991 Stewart Copeland Stewart Copeland Net Worth Sting Sven Copeland University of California USA Virginia

Stewart Copeland Quick Info

Full Name Stewart Copeland
Net Worth $80 Million
Date Of Birth 16 July 1952
Place Of Birth Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Height 1.87 m
Profession Musician
Education Millfield, American Community School at Beirut, Alliant International University, University of California, Berkeley
Nationality American
Spouse Fiona Copeland (m. 1993), Sonja Kristina (m. 1982–1991)
Children Jordan Copeland, Scott Copeland, Patrick Copeland, Eve Copeland, Celeste Copeland, Grace Copeland, Sven Copeland
Parents Lorraine Copeland, Miles Copeland Jr.
Siblings Miles Copeland III, Ian Copeland, Lennie Copeland
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StewartCopeland
Twitter https://twitter.com/copelandmusic
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stewart_copeland/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004841/
Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/stewart-copeland-mn0000074878
Music Groups The Police, Oysterhead, Curved Air, Animal Logic, Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Message in a Bottle
Nominations Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition – Series (Original Dramatic Score), Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Message in a Bottle
Movies Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Stewart Copeland Trademarks

  1. Virtuoso technique on the hi-hat
  2. Plays drums utilizing the traditional grip, where the right hand uses an overhand grip of one drumstick, while the left hand uses an underhand grip of the other stick. This is a rarity among rock drummers, almost all of whom use match grip, or an overhand grip on both sticks.
  3. Ever-present suede leather gloves when playing his drums

Stewart Copeland Quotes

  • I have the most enormous gong in the world; it’s bigger than Neil Peart’s, and it’s bigger than John Bonham’s. If Neil has a revolving kit, then I have a bigger gong. I play other instruments as well, mind you, but drums are my main thing.
  • I didn’t say I was religious. I’m a big fan of the Old Testament and the perfidy it contains. I read very little fiction.
  • [in 1980] We’ve broken all existing records as far back as The Beatles, at this point, in terms of speed of record sales, the kind of hysteria. There hasn’t been such a clear lead for one group, ahead of all the rest. The last group who had a clear lead were Queen, but we’re bigger now than Queen were then. We’re probably bigger than Led Zeppelin too, because they never had any teen appeal or hysteria. I suppose the Bay City Rollers had hysteria, but they didn’t have any music.
  • I have great respect for rap artists. In fact, not for the rap artists, but the people who make the music over which they rap. Rap music – the music itself is incredible – but [the people that make the music] are hardly ever credited. The guy who gets the credit, whose picture is on the album cover, is the guy who’s making the unpleasant noise with stupid lyrics that don’t mean anything to me. But the music underneath it is really important and really creative. Those guys never seem to be credited.
  • In our day, we were The Beatles of the ’70s or the ’80s or whichever…and we were the biggest thing since whatever and then six months after we broke up, Duran Duran were the biggest. After that, somebody else was and, six months ago, Oasis were the biggest. Now the Spice Girls are. So it’s kind of hard to take any of that seriously.
  • The film composer has the widest skill set of any musician because he has to go to places that his instincts wouldn’t take him. I learned all kinds of useful stuff that I now apply to my own artistic vision.
  • I was not a big fan of opera. I didn’t really “get” the first few I saw until I saw a David Hockney production of “Tristan”. That was en education as to what it’s all about with opera: the power, the majesty, the kick-ass of a big orchestra and a big story.
  • I am a crusader, educating musicians who have the depth of talent for large-scale enterprises. I encourage them. It’s really a lot of fun. It’s magnificent when you hear the orchestra pump it out. Learning to score a chart is easier than learning French. There are fewer words and, being musicians, the people I’m talking about already have that covered.
  • When I was a film composer under a deadline those instruments would gather dust. And any time I spent hooting away on my bass clarinet just for the fun of it felt like time wasted. Then I came to the realization that it’s not goofing off, that’s what I’m here for.
  • Classical music was always going through my head. Even when I listened to Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] I imagined strings around him. I was never into opera, though. I had a problem with the singers. That exaggerated vibrato. It obscures the melody. Then I saw Wagner [Richard Wagner]’s “Parsifal” and I got it – overwrought dramatic subjects and overwrought dramatic music sobbing with emotion. When the opportunity to write one came, I thought, “There’s nothing wrong with opera that a good opera wouldn’t fix”.
  • Smile my friends, in show-biz you have to take the rough with the smooth.

Stewart Copeland Important Facts

  • He is recognized as a virtuoso on the hi-hat. For this reason, Peter Gabriel recruited him to play the hi-hat on his 1986 song “Red Rain”. Copeland is the first musician heard on the record.
  • Co-founder, w/Miles A. Copeland III, of Ark 21 Records in 1997.
  • Step-cousin of Courteney Cox.
  • Attended The American Community School of Beirut in Lebanon as a child.
  • Lives in Los Angeles.
  • Has six children. With his first wife, he had three sons (Sven, Jordan, and Scott). With his current wife, he has three daughters (Eve, Grace, and Celeste).
  • Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Police) on 10 March 2003.
  • On Sept. 1, 2002, he was presented as the drummer in a re-united version of The Doors. The band, also dubbed “The 21st Century Doors”, features original band members Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, with lead singer of The Cult, Ian Astbury, on vocals.
  • He is fluent in Arabic, the main language spoken during his childhood.
  • Brother of Ian Copeland
  • His brother Miles A. Copeland III was the founder of IRS Records, an A&M subsidiary, in the 1980s.
  • He was the founding member of The Police with future soloist Sting. The group had five #1 singles in the UK between 1979 and 1983 before breaking up in 1986.
  • Copeland’s father, Miles Copeland, was a trumpeter in Glenn Miller’s Air Force Band, and later became a founding agent in the CIA.
  • Lived in Egypt and Lebanon for a time when he was young due to his parents’ careers (his father was in the CIA and his mother was an archaeologist.)

Stewart Copeland Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee 2005-2007 TV Series 15 episodes Composer
Pucked 2006 Composer
Love Wrecked 2005 Composer
Fish Eye 2005 Short Composer
Riding the Bus with My Sister 2005 TV Movie Composer
Dead Like Me 2003-2004 TV Series 29 episodes Composer
Desperate Housewives 2004 TV Series 1 episode Composer
Amazon Forever 2004 Composer
Evel Knievel 2004 TV Movie Composer
I Am David 2003 Composer
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly 2002 Video Game Composer
Breaking News 2002 TV Series Composer
Me and Daphne 2002 Short Composer
Deuces Wild 2002 Composer
On the Line 2001 Composer
Spyro: Year of the Dragon 2000 Video Game Composer
Sunset Strip 2000 Composer
More Dogs Than Bones 2000 Composer
Boys and Girls 2000 Composer
Skipped Parts 2000 Composer
Brutally Normal 2000 TV Series 7 episodes Composer
Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! 1999 Video Game Composer
Simpatico 1999 Composer
Made Men 1999 Composer
She’s All That 1999 Composer
Legalese 1998 TV Movie Composer
Futuresport 1998 TV Movie Composer
Pecker 1998 music by Composer
Very Bad Things 1998 Composer
Spyro the Dragon 1998 Video Game Composer
West Beirut 1998 Composer
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1998 TV Movie Composer
Good Burger 1997 Composer
Little Boy Blue 1997 Composer
Four Days in September 1997 Composer
Insiders 1997 TV Series 6 episodes Composer
Gridlock’d 1997 Composer
The Leopard Son 1996 Documentary Composer
The Assassination File 1996 TV Movie Composer
Boys 1996 Composer
The Pallbearer 1996 Composer
Judgement 1995 Short Composer
White Dwarf 1995 TV Movie Composer
Tyson 1995 TV Movie Composer
Silent Fall 1994 Composer
Surviving the Game 1994 Composer
Rapa Nui 1994 Composer
Decadence 1994 Composer
Fresh 1994 Composer
Horse Opera 1993 TV Movie Composer
Airborne 1993 Composer
Raining Stones 1993 Composer
Bank Robber 1993 Composer
Wide Sargasso Sea 1993 Composer
Babylon 5: The Gathering 1993 TV Movie 1993 original score Composer
Screen One 1992 TV Series 1 episode Composer
Afterburn 1992 TV Movie Composer
Fugitive Among Us 1992 TV Movie Composer
Riff-Raff 1991 Composer
Highlander II: The Quickening 1991 Composer
Men at Work 1990 Composer
Taking Care of Business 1990 Composer
Hidden Agenda 1990 Composer
The First Power 1990 Composer
Shalom Salaam 1989 TV Mini-Series 5 episodes Composer
See No Evil, Hear No Evil 1989 Composer
Noah’s Ark 1989 Video short Composer
The Jogger 1988/I Composer
Talk Radio 1988 Composer
She’s Having a Baby 1988 Composer
Wall Street 1987 Composer
The Equalizer 1985-1987 TV Series 51 episodes Composer
Out of Bounds 1986 Composer
The Rhythmatist 1985 Documentary Composer
Rumble Fish 1983 Composer
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee 2005-2007 TV Series composer – 15 episodes Music Department
Dead Like Me 2003-2004 TV Series composer – 28 episodes Music Department
Deuces Wild 2002 musician: percussion and piano Music Department
The Amanda Show 1999-2001 TV Series composer – 13 episodes Music Department
Skipped Parts 2000 musician: percussion, bass guitar and piano / score producer Music Department
Simpatico 1999 musician: keyboards, drums and bass Music Department
Pecker 1998 musician: piano, bass, drums Music Department
Gridlock’d 1997 percussion performer Music Department
The Pallbearer 1996 musician: percussion Music Department
Fresh 1994 orchestra – drums Music Department
Airborne 1993 musician: drums Music Department
The Equalizer 1986-1989 TV Series theme by – 37 episodes Music Department
Out of Bounds 1986 music score producer Music Department
The Great Heep 1986 TV Movie composer: additional music Music Department
Droids 1985 TV Series composer – 13 episodes Music Department
Dancing with the Stars 2013 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Independent Lens TV Series documentary arranger – 1 episode, 2011 performer – 1 episode, 2011 producer – 1 episode, 2011 writer – 1 episode, 2011 Soundtrack
Ha-Shminiya 2006 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare 2001 Video Game performer: “Alone in the Dark” Theme Song / producer: “Alone in the Dark” Theme Song / writer: “Alone in the Dark” Theme Song Soundtrack
Boys and Girls 2000 writer: “Straight Cold Player” Soundtrack
Skipped Parts 2000 performer: “Do The Shark” / writer: “Do The Shark” Soundtrack
Boiler Room 2000 writer: “Wait Gekko”, “I Just Know” Soundtrack
Farscape 2000 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Simpatico 1999 arranger: “My Old Kentucky Home” 1853 / performer: “My Old Kentucky Home” 1853, “Free of It All” 1999 / writer: “Free of It All” 1999 Soundtrack
Pecker 1998 performer: “Straight Boys”, “Don’t Drop the Soap For Anyone Else But Me”, “Pecker Man” / writer: “Straight Boys”, “Don’t Drop the Soap For Anyone Else But Me”, “Pecker Man” Soundtrack
Very Bad Things 1998 writer: “Walls Come Down” 1998 Soundtrack
Boys 1996 performer: “She’s Not There” Soundtrack
Peter Gabriel’s Secret World 1994 TV Movie documentary writer: “Across The River” – as Stuart Copeland Soundtrack
Afterburn 1992 TV Movie writer: “For One Moment” Soundtrack
Highlander II: The Quickening 1991 producer: “Bird Flight”, “Destroy Shield”, “Sunshield / Dam Escape” Soundtrack
The Jogger 1988/I writer: “Strange Things Happen” Soundtrack
Earth Girls Are Easy 1988 performer: “THROB” / producer: “THROB” / writer: “THROB” Soundtrack
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986 performer: “Strange Things Happen” / producer: “Strange Things Happen” / writer: “Strange Things Happen” Soundtrack
Out of Bounds 1986 performer: “OUT OF BOUNDS” / producer: “OUT OF BOUNDS” / writer: “OUT OF BOUNDS” Soundtrack
Club Paradise 1986 performer: “Gong Rock” / writer: “Gong Rock” Soundtrack
9½ Weeks 1986 performer: “Cannes” / writer: “Cannes” Soundtrack
Droids 1985 TV Series performer: “In Trouble Again” Opening Theme / writer: “In Trouble Again” Opening Theme Soundtrack
Bachelor Party 1984 writer: “Rehumanize Yourself” Soundtrack
The Cutting Edge Happy Hour 1983 TV Series performer: “Theme for Kinetic Ritual” – as Klark Kent / writer: “Theme for Kinetic Ritual” Soundtrack
Rumble Fish 1983 performer: “Don’t Box Me In” / writer: “Don’t Box Me In” Soundtrack
Urgh! A Music War 1981 Documentary writer: “So Lonely” Soundtrack
Top of the Pops TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1978 writer – 1 episode, 1978 Soundtrack
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999 American Soldier #1 (voice) Actor
Limboland 1994 TV Series 1994 Actor
Horse Opera 1993 TV Movie Jesse James Actor
The Equalizer 1987 TV Series Pickpocket Actor
Island Fever with Stewart Copeland 2016 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out 2006 Documentary producer Producer
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out 2006 Documentary Director
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out 2006 Documentary Cinematographer
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out 2006 Documentary Editor
Crude 2009 Documentary very special thanks Thanks
Urban Strike 1994 Video Game special thanks Thanks
Dreadtown Documentary post-production Himself Self
Island Fever with Stewart Copeland 2016 TV Movie Himself Self
The Nation’s Favourite 80s Number One 2015 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
City Walk 2015 TV Series documentary Self
Hell’s Kitchen 2014 TV Series Himself – Restaurant Patron Self
Tavis Smiley 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Red Eye w/Tom Shillue 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest Panelist Self
The Us Festival 1982: The US Generation Documentary 2013 Documentary Self
Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police 2012 Documentary Self
Reincarnated 2012 Documentary Himself Self
The Nation’s Favourite Number 1 Single 2012 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Self
Beware of Mr. Baker 2012 Documentary Self
How the Brits Rocked America 2012 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Self
Storage Wars 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Late Show with David Letterman 2011 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
The Invocation 2010 Documentary Himself Self
I’m in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself / Himself – Drummer, The Police Self
Rock’n’roll… Of Corse! 2010 Documentary Himself Self
Later… With Jools Holland 2009 TV Series Himself – Interview Self
The Crossroads with Martin Anthony 2009 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Better Than Therapy 2008 Video Himself Self
The Police: Certifiable 2008 Video Himself Self
One Giant Leap 2: What About Me? 2008 Video documentary Himself Self
Seven Ages of Rock 2007 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Breakfast 2007 TV Series Himself Self
Just the Two of Us 2006-2007 TV Series Judge Self
Durch die Nacht mit… 2006 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Zibb 2006 TV Series documentary Himself Self
‘Rumble Fish’: The Percussion-Based Score 2005 Video short Himself Self
SingStar Party 2004 Video Game Himself (as the Police) Self
I Love the ’80s Strikes Back 2003 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Big Sound 2001 TV Series Himself Self
100 Greatest Number One Singles 2001 TV Special documentary Himself Self
Behind the Music 2000 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Searching for Roger Taylor 2000 Documentary Himself Self
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 1 – Sundance 1999 Video documentary Himself Self
Music Bridges Over Troubled Waters 1999 Documentary Himself Self
Warp 1999 TV Series Himself Self
I Want My MTV 1996 Video Himself Self
She’s Having a Baby 1988 Himself (uncredited) Self
The Police: Every Breath You Take – The Videos 1987 Video Himself Self
No 73 1985 TV Series Himself Self
The Rhythmatist 1985 Documentary Stewart Copeland Self
The Police: Synchronicity Concert 1984 Video documentary Himself – Drums, Vocals Self
The Young Ones 1984 TV Series Himself – Ken Bishop’s Nice Twelve Self
Late Night with David Letterman 1984 TV Series Himself Self
Cheggers Plays Pop 1983 TV Series Himself Self
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar 1982 TV Series Himself Self
Police: Around the World 1982 Video Himself Self
Urgh! A Music War 1981 Documentary Himself – Police Self
Beat-Club 1980 TV Series Himself – Musician Self
Punk and Its Aftershocks 1980 Documentary Himself (as The Police) Self
Top of the Pops 1978-1979 TV Series Himself / Himself – The Police Self
Schola: Sakamoto Ryûichi ongaku no gakkô 2010 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Top of the Pops 2 2007 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out 2006 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Filth and the Fury 2000 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Top of the Pops 1979-1995 TV Series Himself – The Police / Himself Archive Footage

Stewart Copeland Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2005 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards Desperate Housewives (2004) Won
2004 BMI Cable Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Amanda Show (1999) Won
1998 Hollywood Discovery Award Hollywood Film Awards Music in Film Visionary Won
1993 CableACE CableACE Awards Original Score Afterburn (1992) Won
2005 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards Desperate Housewives (2004) Nominated
2004 BMI Cable Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Amanda Show (1999) Nominated
1998 Hollywood Discovery Award Hollywood Film Awards Music in Film Visionary Nominated
1993 CableACE CableACE Awards Original Score Afterburn (1992) Nominated