Portrait of Adam Clayton

Acting

Adam Clayton

Career

Active from 1995 to 2022, with a break from 1996 to 2008, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Beyond the Clouds
Beyond the Clouds
GoodWatch score64/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    2014 · Nominated · 86th Academy Awards

    Ordinary Love

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    2003 · Nominated · 75th Academy Awards

    The Hands That Built America

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Adam Clayton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.8, average 4.9
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Dark Humor
    1.9, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Street of Dreams
Street of Dreams (2026)

Music

Francis Bacon: The Outsider
Francis Bacon: The Outsider (2022)

as Presenter

2010s

2 titles · average score 63
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

Songs

U2 – Live At Johannesburg Stadium, South Africa, 1998
U2 – Live At Johannesburg Stadium, South Africa, 1998 (2011)

as Adam Clayton

2000s

5 titles · average score 77
Brothers
Brothers (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

Songs

Linear
Linear (2009)

Executive Producer, Original Music Composer

U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland
U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland (2003)
GoodWatch score 86

Scenic Artist

Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

Songs

U2: Elevation 2001 - Live from Boston
U2: Elevation 2001 - Live from Boston (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

Music

1990s

6 titles · average score 66
Entropy
Entropy (1999)
GoodWatch score 52

as Adam Clayton

U2: A Year in Pop
U2: A Year in Pop (1997)

Music

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

Theme Song Performance

TFI Friday
TFI Friday (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Beyond the Clouds
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

Songs

1980s

3 titles · average score 76
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Adam Clayton (voice)

U2: Lovetown
U2: Lovetown (1989)

Music

U2: Rattle and Hum
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
GoodWatch score 69

Music

1970s

1 title
Rockpalast
Rockpalast (1974)

TV show

1960s

1 title
World in Action
World in Action (1963)

TV show