Cast & creator
Russell Mael
Best known for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Gilmore Girls, NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Russell Craig Mael is an American singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead singer and occasional songwriter for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother, keyboardist and main songwriter Ron Mael.
Also known as: Sparks, 러셀 멜
31
film credits
9
television credits
31
1965–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
Gilmore Girls
Bohemian Troubadour
2000
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Self
2008
Sacrée soirée
Self - Sparks
1987
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
Le monde est à vous
Self - Sparks
1987
Rock Concert
Self - Sparks
1973
Berlin Live
Self - Spanks - Performer
2011
The Sparks Brothers
Self
2021
Annette
Jet Pilot
2021Annette
Original Music Composer
2021Annette
Original Story
2021Annette
Lyricist
2021
Knock Off
Original Music Composer
1998
It's Not Me
Songs
2024
Damsel
Prairie Crooner
2018
Taratata - Hommage spécial à Catherine Ringer
Self : Guest
2026
Rollercoaster
Self - Sparks (uncredited)
1977
The Forbidden Room
Faceless Crooner (voice)
2015
My Way
Self
2024
The Big T.N.T. Show
Self (uncredited)
1965Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
Self
X-Crucior
Music
Bad Manners
Original Music Composer
1984Bad Manners
Songs
1984
Glam Rock at the BBC
Self - Sparks (archive footage)
2017
Sparks au château d'Hérouville
Self
2023
Sparks - Live in London
Self
2000
Sparks - Dee Vee Dee
Self
2007
Sparks - Lil Beethoven Live in Stockholm
Self
2005
What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks: Live in London
Himself
2021
An Entirely MAD! Conversation With Rob Brydon & Sparks
2025The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman
Writer
The Mersey Pirate
1979
Sparks: Lil Beethoven Live in Stockholm
2004
The Becomers
Narrator (voice)
2024
Sparks - Primavera Sound 2023
Self
2023
Who Is Lun*na Menoh?
Self
2021
The Magnificent Tati
Self
2009
Sparks: Don Kirschner's Rock Concert 1974
Self
1974