Michael Sharkey, Jimmy Sharkey, Diarmuid Sharkey, Bridgin Sharkey, Patricia Sharkey, Ursula Clifford
Awards
NME Award for Worst Haircut
Music Groups
The Undertones, The Assembly
Movies
The Undertones: Teenage Kicks: The Story of The Undertones
TV Shows
Razzmatazz
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
1
Lead singer of Irish punk rock/new wave band The Undertones. The group disbanded in 1983, but got together again in the early 2000s touring European clubs.
2
His biggest solo hit was "A Good Heart" (1985), written by Maria McKee, produced by David A. Stewart (of Eurythmics-fame) and co-arranged/orchestrated by Michael Kamen.
3
Had a good run as a solo artist in the late Eighties/early Nineties with two soul-inspired albums to his credit: the eponymous debut (1985) and 1988's "Wish".
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Top of the Pops
1985
TV Series performer - 1 episode
EastEnders
1985
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Now That's What I Call Music 6
1985
Video performer: "A Good Heart"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rebellious Jukebox
1983
TV Mini-Series
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Teenage Kicks: The Undertones
2001
Documentary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Panorama
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Working Lunch
2009
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast
2004-2008
TV Series
Himself
Top of the Pops
1978-1991
TV Series
Himself / Himself - The Undertones / Himself - Lead Singer: The Undertones
Razzamatazz
1986
TV Series
Himself - Host (series 9)
Rock Around the Dock
1986
TV Movie
Himself
New American Bandstand 1965
1986
TV Series
Himself
Joan Rivers: Can We Talk?
1986
TV Series
Pop Quiz
1984
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Lead Singer, The Undertones
I Love Christmas
2001
TV Special documentary
Now That's What I Call Music 6
1985
Video
Himself
Top of the Pops
1980
TV Series
Himself - The Undertones
Known for movies
Top of the Pops (1978-1991) as Himself / Himself - The Undertones / Himself - Lead Singer: The Undertones
$20 Million
