Jarvis Cocker

Actor · Born September 19, 1963 · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and radio presenter. As the founder, frontman, lyricist, and sole consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus, Cocker has pursued a solo career, and for seven years he presented the BBC Radio 6 Music show Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service.

Acted in 14

2020s

2010s

2014
6 Desires
Movie · Documentary
2013
Six by Sondheim
Crooner
83

2000s

2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Petey (voice)
83
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Band Lead Singer
80
2002
Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die
Newlywed
2000
Da Ali G Show
TV · 3 Seasons · Comedy · Talk
77

1990s

1994
Do You Remember the First Time?
Movie
1992
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 69 Seasons · Talk
1990
The Word
TV · 5 Seasons · Talk

1970s

1978
The South Bank Show
TV · 45 Seasons · Documentary · Talk

Sound 5

2020s

2010s

2017
Urban Myths
Music
72
2016
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Music
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
Original Music Composer
63

Directed 4

2000s

2004
WarpVision: The Videos 1989-2004
Director
2002
Pulp Hits
Director

1990s

1998
This Is Hardcore
Director
1994
Do You Remember the First Time?
Director

Produced 1

2020s

2026
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?
Executive Producer

Appearances57

2020s

2026
Joy of Joys
Self - Pulp
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?
Self
2025
Simon Schama's Story of Us
Self - Interviewed Guest · 1 episode
2024
Jane Birkin by Friends
Self
Miniatyrmakaren – en film om Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Self
2022
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Self - Guest · 1 episode
2021
8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime
Self (archive footage)
Glastonbury Festival Presents Live at Worthy Farm
Self
2020
Chilly Gonzales Presents: A Very Chilly Christmas Special
himself
JARV IS... Beyond the Pale - Live From The Centre of The Earth
Himself

2010s

2019
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Self
2018
Shut Up and Play the Piano
Self
2017
The 90s the Most Shocking Celebrity Moments
Self (archive footage)
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
Wave
Narrator
71
2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Self
2015
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Self
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
2014
Britpop at the BBC
Self [Pulp]
Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
Himself
2013
David Bowie Is Happening Now
Self
2012
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Self - Narrator (voice)
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Himself
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest · 1 episode
58
Pulp: Reading 2011
Himself
2010
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Self
The Beat Is The Law – Fanfare For The Common People
Self
Lemmy
Self
76

2000s

2009
All Tomorrow's Parties
Self (archive footage)
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Self · 1 episode
From the Basement
Self
From The Basement
Self
2007
Why Birds Sing
Himself
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Self
The Good Night
Self
49
2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Self
Pulp: The Story of Common People
Himself
2005
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Self (archive footage)
2003
Ho Ho Ho Selecta!
Self
Live Forever
Self
2002
Pulp Hits
Self
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self, Self - Performer · 1 episode
68
Top of the Pops: The True Story
Self