Portrait of Paul McCartney

Acting

Paul McCartney

Career

Active from 1964 to 2027, with a break from 2015 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Paul McCartney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Tension
    3.9, average 6.0
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 3
  • The Beatles 2
  • Musical Comedy 2
  • Paul McCartney 2
  • Whimsical 2
  • Family-Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 72
High in the Clouds
High in the Clouds (2027)

as McKenzie (voice)

Man on the Run
Man on the Run (2026)
GoodWatch score 76

Executive Producer

Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney and Morgan Neville in Conversation (2026)

Executive Producer

The Beatles
The Beatles (2025)

Musician

The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn (2025)

Producer

Beatles '64
Beatles '64 (2024)
GoodWatch score 79

Songs, Producer

The Beatles LOVE
The Beatles LOVE (2024)

Music, Producer

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023)
GoodWatch score 76

Thanks

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022)
GoodWatch score 56

Songs, Producer

Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club
Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club (2020)

Executive Producer

2010s

15 titles · average score 69
Yesterday
Yesterday (2019)
GoodWatch score 63

Songs

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
GoodWatch score 48

as Uncle Jack

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

Songs

BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman (2014)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Paul McCartney (voice)

Lennon or McCartney
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
GoodWatch score 52

Thanks

When the Beatles Drove Us Wild
When the Beatles Drove Us Wild (2014)

as archival footage

Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

Thanks

Rockshow
Rockshow (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

as (Archive footage)

To the Arctic 3D
To the Arctic 3D (2012)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Paul McCartney: Live Kisses
Paul McCartney: Live Kisses (2012)

Executive Producer

The Love We Make
The Love We Make (2011)
GoodWatch score 68

Executive Producer

2000s

16 titles · average score 67
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City (2009)

Director

Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

Songs

AL’S BRAIN: A 3-D Journey through the Human Brain with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
AL’S BRAIN: A 3-D Journey through the Human Brain with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic (2009)

as Man on the Street

The 60s: The Beatles Decade
The 60s: The Beatles Decade (2008)

TV show

Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum
Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum (2008)

Writer

Across the Universe
Across the Universe (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

Songs

30 Rock
30 Rock (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney: In Red Square
Paul McCartney: In Red Square (2003)

Executive Producer

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

Songs

Tuesday
Tuesday (2001)

as voice

Wingspan
Wingspan (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

Executive Producer

1990s

10 titles · average score 58
Tropic Island Hum
Tropic Island Hum (1997)

as Wirral / Froggo / Bison / Various

Ballad of the Skeletons
Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)

Original Music Composer

The Rhythm of Life
The Rhythm of Life (1997)

TV show

US Rushes
US Rushes (1997)

Music

TFI Friday
TFI Friday (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead (1995)

Director, Producer

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)

as A Beatle

Later... with Jools Holland
Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Daumier's Law
Daumier's Law (1992)

Writer

Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio (1991)

Music

1980s

10 titles · average score 64
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Paul McCartney (voice)

Big World Cafe
Big World Cafe (1989)

TV show

Eat the Rich
Eat the Rich (1987)
GoodWatch score 51

as Banquet Guest

Bread
Bread (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Paul McCartney

Rupert and the Frog Song
Rupert and the Frog Song (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

as Various Characters

Give My Regards to Broad Street
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
GoodWatch score 33

as Paul

The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields (1984)
GoodWatch score 81

Thanks

The Cooler
The Cooler (1982)

as Prisoner / Country Musician / Cowboy On Horseback (uncredited)

Island of the Evil Spirits
Island of the Evil Spirits (1981)

Songs

Beatlemania
Beatlemania (1981)

Songs

1970s

7 titles · average score 62
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
GoodWatch score 34

Songs

The Kenny Everett Video Show
The Kenny Everett Video Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

All This and World War II
All This and World War II (1976)
GoodWatch score 56

Songs

Empty Hand
Empty Hand (1976)

Producer, Original Music Composer

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (1975)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Self - Musical Guest / Self

Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

Theme Song Performance

Let It Be
Let It Be (1970)
GoodWatch score 76

Songs, Executive Producer

1960s

10 titles · average score 73
Yellow Submarine
Yellow Submarine (1968)
GoodWatch score 82

as Paul (uncredited)

Revolution
Revolution (1968)

Songs

The Beatles: Revolution
The Beatles: Revolution (1968)

Music

Magical Mystery Tour
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
GoodWatch score 57

Producer, Writer

Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever (1967)

Songs

The Family Way
The Family Way (1966)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Us Down by the Riverside
Us Down by the Riverside (1966)

Music

Help!
Help! (1965)
GoodWatch score 74

as Paul

A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
GoodWatch score 88

as Paul

Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops (1964)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Self / Self (archive footage)