Simon Le Bon
Biography
Simon John Charles Le Bon is a British singer, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia.
Simon Le Bon was a member of the local church choir from a young age, and was trained as an actor. However, in 1980, he auditioned to join the pop group Duran Duran. Before long, Duran Duran became one of the biggest music acts of the decade worldwide selling millions of records. Hits such as “Rio”, “Girls on Film”, “The Reflex”, “Hungry like the Wolf”, “The Wild Boys” and more made in into the UK charts. In 1985 Duran Duran were chosen to produce the theme song for the James Bond film “A View to a Kill” which got them back into the charts. Unfortunately by the late 1980s, Duran Duran’s popularity began to wane, but that didn’t stop them, they continued to make music and still do to this day.
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Full filmography
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self - Musical Guest
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Duran Duran
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Musical Guest
- Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self - Duran Duran
- The One Show (2006) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) as Self
- Sanremo Music Festival (1951) as Self - Special Guest
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self - Duran Duran
- Le monde est à vous (1987) as Self - Duran Duran
- Later... with Jools Holland (1992) as Self
- Viña del Mar International Song Festival (1963) as Self - Duran Duran
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self - Duran Duran
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019) as Self - Guest Judge
- Classic Albums (1997) as Self
- X Factor (2008) as Self - Guest
- Sucré salé (2002) as Self
- The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982) as Self
- Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (2021) as Self - Duran Duran
- The Max Headroom Show (1985) as Self
- Live Aid (1985) as Self
- The Sound of 007 (2022) as Self - Duran Duran