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Neville Staple

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Neville Eugenton Staple, born 11 April 1955, is a Jamaican born English singer for the two-tone ska band, The Specials. His biography, forwarded by former manager Pete Waterman 'Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to the Specials: A Life of Crime and Music' was released in 2009. in 2014, Staple released his solo album SKA Crazy with Cleopatra records.
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    Known for

    Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Ben Stiller, Kel Mitchell, and Wes Studi in Mystery Men (1999)
    Mystery Men
    6.1
    • Soundtrack(as Neville Staples, "Gangsters")
    • 1999
    Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal in Love, et autres drogues (2010)
    Love, et autres drogues
    6.7
    • Soundtrack(as Neville Staples, "Rude Boys Outta Jail")
    • 2010
    SLC Punk! (1998)
    SLC Punk!
    7.4
    • Soundtrack("Gangsters")
    • 1998
    Sea, sex and fun (2009)
    Sea, sex and fun
    6.1
    • Soundtrack(as Neville Staples, "Bananza (Belly Dancer)")
    • 2009

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    Actor

    • Beverley (2015)
      Beverley
      8.1
      Short
      • Neville
      • 2015
    • Bob Marley in Bob Marley & The Wailers: One Love/People Get Ready (1984)
      Bob Marley & The Wailers: One Love/People Get Ready
      6.7
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1984
    • Fun Boy Three: Our Lips Are Sealed
      5.5
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1983
    • Fun Boy Three: The Tunnel of Love
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1983
    • Fun Boy Three: The More I See (The Less I Believe) (1983)
      Fun Boy Three: The More I See (The Less I Believe)
      6.8
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1983
    • Madness: Driving in My Car (1982)
      Madness: Driving in My Car
      6.4
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple (uncredited)
      • 1982
    • Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Terry Hall, and Fun Boy Three in Fun Boy Three: Summertime (1982)
      Fun Boy Three: Summertime
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1982
    • Fun Boy Three in Fun Boy Three: The Telephone Always Rings (1982)
      Fun Boy Three: The Telephone Always Rings
      5.5
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1982
    • Siobhan Fahey, Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, Bananarama, and Fun Boy Three in Fun Boy Three & Bananarama: It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It (1982)
      Fun Boy Three & Bananarama: It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It
      6.2
      Music Video
      • Nevlle Staple
      • 1982
    • Siobhan Fahey, Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, and Bananarama in Bananarama Feat. Fun Boy Three: Really Sayin' Something (1982)
      Bananarama Feat. Fun Boy Three: Really Sayin' Something
      5.7
      Music Video
      • Nevlle Staple
      • 1982
    • Fun Boy Three: The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum
      5.0
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1981
    • The Specials: Ghost Town (1981)
      The Specials: Ghost Town
      7.3
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1981
    • The Specials: Rat Race (1980)
      The Specials: Rat Race
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1980
    • The Specials: A Message to You, Rudy
      Music Video
      • Neville Staple
      • 1979
    • The Specials in The Specials: Gangsters (1979)
      The Specials: Gangsters
      Music Video
      • The Specials
      • 1979

    Composer

    • Akon: Belly Dancer - Bananza (2005)
      Akon: Belly Dancer - Bananza
      6.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2005

    Soundtrack

    • Knuckles (2024)
      Knuckles
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Belly Dancer" (uncredited)
      • 2024
    • Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve (2021)
      Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve
      8.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "Los Lunaticos (El Manicomio Esta En Manos De Los Locos)" (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Music of my Life (2019)
      Music of my Life
      6.9
      • lyrics: "Hoon Tha Meh Nachna"
      • music: "Hoon Tha Meh Nachna"
      • 2019
    • Alan McGee and Shaun Ryder in Indie & Beyond with Shaun Ryder and Alan McGee (2018)
      Indie & Beyond with Shaun Ryder and Alan McGee
      TV Movie
      • writer: "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)"
      • 2018
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Jenn Tran, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      4.9
      TV Series
      • writer: "Bananza (Belly Dancer)"
      • writer: "Belly Dancer (Bananza)"
      • 2009–2012
    • Dance Paradise (2010)
      Dance Paradise
      2.9
      Video Game
      • writer: "Bananza (Belly Dancer)"
      • 2010
    • Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal in Love, et autres drogues (2010)
      Love, et autres drogues
      6.7
      • writer: "Rude Boys Outta Jail" (as Neville Staples)
      • 2010
    • David Letterman, Regis Philbin, Barbara Gaines, Biff Henderson, Alan Kalter, and Paul Shaffer in Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
      Late Show with David Letterman
      7.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "Nite Klub" (uncredited)
      • 2010
    • Sus (2010)
      Sus
      6.1
      • writer: "It's Up to You (Live at the Moonlight Club)"
      • 2010
    • Welcome to the eighties (2009)
      Welcome to the eighties
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "Gangsters"
      • 2009
    • Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (2009)
      Glastonbury 2009
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "Gangsters"
      • 2009
    • Sea, sex and fun (2009)
      Sea, sex and fun
      6.1
      • writer: "Bananza (Belly Dancer)" (as Neville Staples)
      • 2009
    • Vampires Anonymous (2003)
      Vampires Anonymous
      5.0
      • performer: "Working Hard", "What Can I do", "Take a Look at me", "Pressure Drop"
      • writer: "Working Hard", "What Can I do", "Take a Look at me"
      • 2003
    • 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
      9 Dead Gay Guys
      6.2
      • writer: "You're Wondering Now"
      • 2002
    • Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Ben Stiller, Kel Mitchell, and Wes Studi in Mystery Men (1999)
      Mystery Men
      6.1
      • writer: "Gangsters" (as Neville Staples)
      • 1999

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