Billy Bragg

Biography

Stephen William Bragg is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is heavily centred on bringing about change and involving the younger generation in activist causes.

Known for

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

13 September 1993

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

3 January 2005

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1 October 1962

Call Me Lucky

7 August 2015

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

12 November 1996

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2021	Set the Night on Fire: The Story of Ewan MacColl	Self
2021	Where Are You, Jay Bennett?	Self
2020	Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council	Self
2020	A World Without Beethoven?	Self
2020	Beyond Barricades	Himself
2019	Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock	Himself
2019	The Big Meeting	Self
2019	Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth	Himself
2018	Rip It Up	Self
2017	Popular Voices at the BBC	Self (archive footage)
2015	Call Me Lucky	Self
2015	Urban Hymn	Himself
2014	Billy Bragg Live at the Union Chapel London	Himself
2013	Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery	Self
2013	Billy Bragg: Tooth and Nail
2012	Last Shop Standing	Self
2012	Evidently... John Cooper Clarke	Himself
2011	Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune	Self
2011	Way of the Morris	Himself
2008	Q&A	Self - Panellist
2006	The One Show	Self
2006	The Henry Rollins Show
2006	Folk Britannia	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self
2005	Billy Bragg & Wilco: Man in the Sand	Self
2003	Freedom Beat	Self
2002	Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song	Self
2001	Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl	Self
2000	The Internationale	Self
1997	The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan	Self
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self - Panellist
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Musical Guest
1991	Beyond the Maypole	Himself
1990	Billy Bragg Goes to Moscow & Norton, Virginia Too	Himself
1989	Let's rock-n-roll	himself
1988	From Russia with Rock	himself
1986	Days Like These	Self
1985	From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985	Self
1981	Oxford Road Show
1979	Question Time	Self - Panellist
1975	Austin City Limits	Self
1965	aspekte	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1996	Walking and Talking	Music
1993	Safe	Music