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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 14, 1961
Place of Birth
Eltham, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- George Alan O'Dowd
- Culture Club
Boy George
0.7 Popularity
Biography
Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer. He is the lead singer of the Grammy and Brit Award-winning pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Time (Clock of the Heart)" and "Karma Chameleon" and George is known for his soulful voice and androgynous appearance. He was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae. He was lead singer of Jesus Loves You during the period 1989–1992. His 1990s and 2000s-era solo music has glam influences, such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop. More recently, he has released fewer music recordings, splitting his time between songwriting, DJing, writing books, designing clothes, and photography. In 2015, Boy George received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music. On 5 December 2008, George Alan O'Dowd (Boy George) was convicted in Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, of the April 2007 assault and false imprisonment of Audun Carlsen, a Norwegian model and male escort. On 16 January 2009, he was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for these offences
Known For
5.3
The Ghost of Christmas Future
Christmas Karma
2025
3.4
Self
KPOPPED
2025
0.0
Self
Boy George & Culture Club
2025
8.0
Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
5.5
Boy George
Arthur's Whisky
2024
6.2
Self
Camden
2024
3.0
Self - Guest
Selling Super Houses
2023
7.4
Self (archive footage)
WHAM!
2023
6.3
Self
Let the Canary Sing
2023
6.6
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Credits
Christmas Karma
as The Ghost of Christmas Future
2025
5.3
KPOPPED
as Self
2025
3.4
Boy George & Culture Club
as Self
2025
0.0
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
2024
8.0
Arthur's Whisky
as Boy George
2024
5.5
Camden
as Self
2024
6.2
Selling Super Houses
as Self - Guest
2023
3.0
WHAM!
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.4
Let the Canary Sing
as Self
2023
6.3
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.6
Blitzed: The 80's Blitz Kids Story
as Self
2022
7.0
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party
as Self - Music
2022
0.0
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
8.4
The Big Deal
as Judge
2021
0.0
Kim Wilde: Pop Don't Stop - Greatest Hits
as Self
2021
10.0
Larry's Garage
as Self
2020
9.0
Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council
as Self
2020
7.0
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2020
0.0
Mark Ronson: From the Heart
as Self
2019
5.0
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019
7.1
Boy George & Culture Club - Berlin Live
as Self - Singer
2018
8.0
Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know
as Self
2018
6.6
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.4
The Launch
as Self - Mentor
2018
0.0
Culture Club - Live at Wembley World Tour 2016
as Self - Singer
2017
8.0
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
6.1
All Round to Mrs. Brown's
as Self - Interviewed Guest
2017
8.1
Boy George's 1970s: Save Me From Suburbia
as Self
2016
0.0
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
as Self - Guest
2016
8.4
I Am Cait
as Self
2015
4.9
Lip Sync Battle
as Self - Guest DJ
2015
6.4
Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity
as Self
2015
5.0
🎬
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
as Self
2014
2.7
Secrets Of Burlesque
2014
7.0
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Gogglebox
as Self
2013
6.9
The Voice
as Self - Coach
2012
5.6
The Voice UK
as Self - Coach
2012
6.1
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
as Self
2011
0.0
Berlin Live
as Self - Performer
2011
6.0
🎬
Lady Gaga: Out Of Control
as Self (archive footage)
2011
0.0
OK! TV
as Self
2011
4.0
🎬
The House That Made Me
as Self
2010
0.0
The Project
2009
4.1
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self
2009
4.9
Svengali
as Self
2009
0.0
🎬
Living With
2008
0.0
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s
as Self (archive footage)
2007
7.0
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2007
7.4
🎬
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Twice Upon a Time
as Battar crooner
2006
5.9
Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow
as Self
2006
8.2
The Madness of Boy George
as Self
2006
2.7
The Making of Michael Lucas' 'Dangerous Liaisons'
as Self
2006
0.0
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
2005
7.1
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
as Self
2005
5.7
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Host
2005
5.8
Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
as Self - Non-sexual Role
2005
10.0
George Michael: A Different Story
as Self
2004
6.3
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
6.7
Back To The 80's - Live In Concert
as Self (archive footage)
2004
0.0
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
as Self
2003
4.2
Kinky Gerlinky
as Self
2003
3.0
🎬
The Salon
as Self
2003
0.0
Culture Club Live At The Royal Albert Hall 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self
2002
5.0
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
as Self (archive footage)
2002
0.0
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
as Self
2002
6.1
Party in the Park 1999
as Self
2002
0.0
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
as Self
2002
7.2
🎬
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self
2002
5.0
The New Romantics: A Fine Romance
as Self
2001
6.0
🎬
You Only Live Once
as Self - Guest
2000
0.0
The Chemical Generation
as Self - Narrator
2000
0.0
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
7.5
After Stonewall
as Self
1999
5.4
🎬
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
1999
6.0
The Wolves of Kromer
as The Narrator
1998
4.6
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
1998
6.3
Behind the Music
as Self
1997
7.2
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Team Member
1996
7.0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
7.0
🎬
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self
1996
0.0
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
1995
7.5
The Mrs Merton Show
as Self
1995
6.4
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
as Self
1993
10.0
The Boy Next Door: A Profile of Boy George
as Self
1993
0.0
Dorothée : Le cadeau de la rentrée
as Self
1992
0.0
Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self - Musical Guest
1990
8.3
Total Normal
as Self
1989
8.5
🎬
Na siehste!
as Self
1987
0.0
🎬
Lahaye d'honneur
as Self
1987
0.0
Le monde est à vous
as Self
1987
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
The Max Headroom Show
as Self
1985
7.5
Fast Forward
as Dancer in Club (uncredited)
1985
5.2
🎬
Friday People
1985
0.0
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video
as Self
1984
0.0
Culture Club: A Kiss Across the Ocean
as Self
1984
4.0
Al TV
as Self
1984
6.3
The A-Team
as Boy George
1983
7.5
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self - Culture Club
1982
6.3
🎬
Riverside
as Self
1982
0.0
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
🎬
Okay
as Self
1979
0.0
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
1979
5.5
Steppin' Out
as Self
1979
0.0
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
🎬
Smash! The Culture Club Story
as Self
N/A
0.0