Billy Bragg

Career Overview

Billy Bragg has 42 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Signature works include Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand, Think of England, Strummerville. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

42

Birth Date

1957-12-20

Birth Place

Barking, London, England, UK

Known For

• 

  Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand
• 

  Think of England
• 

  Strummerville
• 

  Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
• 

  Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London
• 

  Billy Bragg: Tooth and Nail

Frequent Collaborators

• Jeff Tweedy (1 collaborations)
• Ken Coomer (1 collaborations)
• Jay Bennett (1 collaborations)
• John Stirratt (1 collaborations)
• Nora Guthrie (1 collaborations)
• Natalie Merchant (1 collaborations)
• Peter Jenner (1 collaborations)
• Corey Harris (1 collaborations)
• Arlo Guthrie (1 collaborations)
• Thelma Bray (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (1 credits)

  • Think of England

    writer

    writing
    2026

• crew (1 credits)

  • Think of England

    presenter

    crew
    2026

• actors (37 credits)

  • Think of England

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Strummerville

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Kirsty MacColl at the BBC

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Where Are You, Jay Bennett?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Beyond Barricades

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • A World Without Beethoven?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Big Meeting

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Urban Hymn

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Call Me Lucky

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • A Curious Life

    Self (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Billy Bragg: Tooth and Nail

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Last Shop Standing

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Way of the Morris

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Q&A

    - Protest and Pre-selection (2018) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Assad, Assisted Suicide and Satire (2017) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Biennale, Babies and Blokes (2014) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Folk Music, Five Years & Funding (2012) ... Self - Panellist actor actors
    2008
  • Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    - Regis Philbin / Rob Morrow / Billy Bragg (2005) ... Self actor actors
    2005
  • Freedom Beat

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Internationale

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    - Martha Stewart, Macaulay Culkin, Billy Bragg (2006) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
    1993
  • Beyond the Maypole

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Billy Bragg Goes to Moscow & Norton, Virginia Too

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Let's rock-n-roll

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • From Russia with Rock

    himself

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Days Like These

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Austin City Limits

    - Lucinda Williams (1999) ... Self actor actors
    1975
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 30 (1992) ... Self actor actors
    1962

• sound (3 credits)

  • Walking and Talking

    music

    sound
    1996
  • Linger

    music

    sound
    1995
  • Safe

    original music composer

    sound
    1993