Ed Sheeran
Acting • Born 1991-02-17
Biography
Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (/ˈʃɪərən/; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. He attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford as an undergraduate from the age of 18 in 2009. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John. His second studio album, x (pronounced "multiply"), was released in June 2014. It peaked at number one in the UK and the US, and was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In 2015, x won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. His single from x, "Thinking Out Loud", earned him two Grammy Awards at the 2016 ceremony: Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Sheeran's third album, ÷ (pronounced "divide"), was released in March 2017. The album debuted at number one in the UK, the US and other major markets, and was the best-selling album worldwide of 2017. The first two singles from the album, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill", were released in January 2017 and broke records in a number of countries, including the UK, Australia and Germany, by debuting in the top two positions of the charts. He also became the first artist to have two songs debut in the US top 10 in the same week. By March 2017, Sheeran had accumulated ten top 10 singles from ÷ on the UK Singles Chart, breaking the record for most top 10 UK singles from one album. His fourth single from ÷, "Perfect", reached number one in the US, Australia and the UK, where it became the Christmas number one in 2017. Released in 2019, his fourth studio album, No.6 Collaborations Project, debuted atop the UK and US charts. Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. Two of his albums are in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history: x at number 20, and ÷ at number 34. Beginning in March 2017, his ÷ Tour became the highest-grossing of all time in August 2019. An alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London, as an actor Sheeran has portrayed a recurring role on The Bastard Executioner, and in 2019, he appeared in the Richard Curtis/Danny Boyle film Yesterday.
Filmography
135 credits
Ryan McMullan: Debut
Movie • 2021
Self
Love Songs at the BBC: Volume Two
Movie • 2023
Self
Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford
Movie • 2010
Sumotherhood
Movie • 2023
Crack Ed
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
Movie • 2015
Self
Red Notice
Movie • 2021
Ed Sheeran (uncredited)
Ed Sheeran: Man + Guitar
Movie • 2020
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
Self
Ed Sheeran: The Equals Live Experience
Movie • 2021
Self
Shane
Movie • 2022
Self
Ed Sheeran: Live at the iTunes Festival 2012
Movie • 2012
Self
Apple Music Live: Ed Sheeran
Movie • 2023
Self
Green Day: The Early Years
Movie • 2017
Self
Ed Sheeran iTunes Festival London 2012
Movie • 2012
Ed Sheeran
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
Movie • 2023
Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Amazon Music Live: Ed Sheeran
Movie • 2023
Self
Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran
Movie • 2014
Self
Passenger: Live from Union Chapel London
Movie • 2023
Self
Ed Sheeran Live at iTunes Festival London
Movie • 2014
Himself
Taratata l'histoire
Movie • 2023
Self
Welcome to the Darkness
Movie • 2023
Self
Ed Sheeran at the BBC
Movie • 2022
iHeartRadio Music Festival
Movie • 2014
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self - Performer
Ed Sheeran: Full Circle
Movie • 2022
Jessie J & Ed Sheeran Live: Rock In Rio USA
Movie • 2015
Global Citizen Festival 2015
Movie • 2015
Self
Ed Sheeran: Jumpers for Goalposts
Movie • 2015
Self
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Movie • 2015
Self - Musical Guest
Ed Sheeran: Live in Dublin
Movie • 2014
as himself
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Movie • 2024
Self
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Movie • 2023
Self
Lennon or McCartney
Movie • 2014
Self
Ed Sheeran: Hurricane Festival
Movie • 2024
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie • 2016
Ed Sheeran
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2017
Self
Songwriter
Movie • 2018
Self
What We Started
Movie • 2018
Self
Yesterday
Movie • 2019
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran - Multiply Live in Dublin
Movie • 2014
Self
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
Movie • 2018
Self
Elvis All-Star Tribute
Movie • 2019
Self - Performer
Ed Sheeran: Live at Islington Assembly Hall
Movie • 2018
Self
Amazon Front Row with Ed Sheeran
Movie • 2014
Ed Sheeran: VH1 Storytellers
Movie • 2015
Himself
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie • 2014
Self
Ed Sheeran: Austin City Limits
Movie • 2017
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Movie • 2017
Self - Performer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie • 2019
Stormtrooper (uncredited)
Ed Sheeran: In My Own Words
Movie • 2019
Ed Sheeran
M.Pokora : 10 Ans de carrière (Symphonic Show)
Movie • 2015
Self
Sam Smith: Dreams Come True
Movie • 2015
Self
Ed Sheeran: Live at Magic Radio, 2018
Movie • 2018
Ed Sheeran - Live BBC Radio 2 In Concert
Movie • 2018
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Movie • 2012
Self
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Movie • 2012
Self - Performer
Ed Sheeran - Jingle Ball 2021
Movie • 2021
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Ed Sheeran: Drunk
Movie • 2012
Ed Sheeran: Azizam
Movie • 2025
Ed Sheeran
Greggs vs McDonald's: The Fast Feud
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Fuck Coin
Movie • 2021
Self
An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile
Movie • 2025
Self
Stans
Movie • 2025
Self
ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran
Movie • 2025
Self
Zootopia 2
Movie • 2025
Ed Shearin (voice)
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
Movie • 2025
Billions Club Live with Ed Sheeran: A Concert Film
Movie • 2026
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self - Musical Guest
How Do You Play?
TV • 2019
Self (Video appearance)
Sucré salé
TV • 2002
Self
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All
TV • 2023
Self
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
TV • 1995
Self
Home and Away
TV • 1988
Self
Radio Disney Music Awards
TV • 2013
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self - Presenter
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
Self
Jools' Annual Hootenanny
TV • 1994
Senkveld med Thomas og Harald
TV • 2003
Himself
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Lannister Soldier
NRJ Music Awards
TV • 2000
Self - Nominated
Modern Love
TV • 2019
Mick
Late Night Berlin
TV • 2018
Self
Taratata
TV • 1993
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
The Russell Howard Hour
TV • 2017
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
TV • 2017
Self
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Live from the Artists Den
TV • 2009
Self
ECHO-Verleihung
TV • 1992
Self
Radio 1's Big Weekend
TV • 2010
Self
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self - Host
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self - Performer
Undateable
TV • 2014
Ed Sheeran
LadyGang
TV • 2018
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Musical Guest
The Great Indian Kapil Show
TV • 2024
Self
The Big Narstie Show
TV • 2018
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Brendan Beiderbecke (voice)
Top Gear
TV • 2002
Self
Blue Peter
TV • 1958
Self
The Bastard Executioner
TV • 2015
Sir Cormac
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Chicken Shop Date
TV • 2014
London 2012 Olympic Games
TV • 2012
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
La Revuelta
TV • 2024
Self - Guest
Limitless: Live Better Now
TV • 2025
Self
Amazon Music Live
TV • 2022
Self
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
TV • 2010
Therapuss
TV • 2024
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Performer
Star Academy
TV • 2001
NRJ Music Awards
TV • 2000
Celebrity Substitute
TV • 2024
Self
The End of an Era
TV • 2025
Self
The Men in Blazers Show
TV • 2014
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
Experte für alles
TV • 2025
Self
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV • 2006
Self - Show Act
X Factor
TV • 2008
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self