Keith Richards

Biography

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership with the band's lead vocalist Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history. His career spans over six decades, and his guitar playing style has been a trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the band's career. Richards gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and he was often portrayed as a countercultural figure. First professionally known as Keith Richard, in 1978 he fully asserted his family name.

Richards was born in and grew up in Dartford, Kent. He studied at the Dartford Technical School and Sidcup Art College. After graduating, Richards befriended Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart and Brian Jones and joined the Rolling Stones. As a member of the group, Richards also sings lead on some of their songs, typically at least one song per concert, including "Happy", "Before They Make Me Run", and "Connection". Outside of his career with the Rolling Stones, Richards has also played with his own side-project, The X-Pensive Winos. He also appeared in two Pirates of the Caribbean films as Captain Teague, father of Jack Sparrow, whose look and characterisation were inspired by Richards himself.

In 1989, Richards was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him fourth on its list of 100 best guitarists in 2011. In 2023, Rolling Stone's ranking was 15th. The magazine listed fourteen songs that Richards wrote with Jagger on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.

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Known For

The Simpsons

Keith Richards (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

Saturday Night Live

Self

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Captain Teague

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Captain Teague

MTV Video Music Awards

Self

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Session Man	Self
2024	The Stones and Brian Jones	Self (voice) (archive material)
2024	The Rolling Stones - Live at the Wiltern	Self
2024	Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg	Self
2024	From London to Shanghai	Self
2024	The Rolling Stones: Welcome to Shepherd's Bush	Self
2024	60 Songs: BBC Two at 60	Self (archive footage)
2023	Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll	Self
2023	Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short	Self
2023	They All Came Out to Montreux	Self
2022	Sheryl	Self
2022	McEnroe	Self
2022	Immediate Family	Self
2022	The Rolling Stones: Licked Live In NYC	Self - Guitar, Vocals
2022	L'histoire française des Rolling Stones	Self (archive footage)
2021	Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!	Self (archive footage)
2021	Under the Volcano	Self (archive footage)
2021	The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang: Live On Copacabana Beach	Self
2020	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Self
2020	One World: Together at Home	Self
2020	The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live	Self
2020	Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man	Self
2019	Keith Richards: You Can't Rock Me	Self
2019	Mick Jagger: A Knight to Remember	Self
2019	Greed	Self
2019	The Rolling Stones: Bridges to Bremen	Self
2019	No Expectations: The Murder of Brian Jones	Self
2019	John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man	Self
2019	ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads	Self
2019	The Quiet One	Self
2019	The Rolling Stones: Bridges To Buenos Aires	Self
2019	Magick Lantern Cycle	Self (archive footage)
2018	Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague	Self
2018	Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars	Self (archive footage)
2018	The Rolling Stones: Rock Royalty	Self
2018	The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - No Security. San Jose ’99	Self
2018	The Rolling Stones: Live at Manchester 2018	Self
2018	The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Uncut	Self
2018	Every Night's a Saturday Night	Self
2017	The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015	Self
2017	Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen	Self - Interviewed Guest
2017	My Generation	Self (archive footage)
2016	Keith Richards - The Origin of the Species	Self
2016	The Everly Brothers: Harmonies From Heaven	Self
2016	The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon	Self - Guitar
2016	The Rolling Stones: Olé Olé Olé! – A Trip Across Latin America	Self
2016	Bang! The Bert Berns Story	Self
2016	Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album	Self (archive footage)
2015	The Rolling Stones - From the Vault - Live at the Tokyo Dome	Self
2015	The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - The Marquee Club 1971	Self
2015	Keith Richards: Under the Influence	Self
2015	The Rolling Stones - From the Vault - Live in Leeds 1982	Self
2015	Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups	Self
2015	It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC	Self (archive footage)
2015	Året var 1965	Self (archive footage)
2014	The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Hampton Coliseum	Self
2014	The Rolling Stones From The Vault: L.A. Forum Live In 1975	Self
2013	Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Video - Black Edition	Self
2013	The Rolling Stones: Sweet Summer Sun - Hyde Park Live	Self
2013	Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013	Self
2013	Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'	Self - Musician (archive footage)
2013	Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain	Self
2012	The Rolling Stones: One More Shot	Self
2012	Crossfire Hurricane	Self
2012	Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge	Self - Guitar (The Rolling Stones)
2012	The Rolling Stones at the BBC	Self
2012	12-12-12 \| The Concert for Sandy Relief	Self
2012	The Rolling Stones: Grrr!	Self
2012	The Rolling Stones: Grrr Live!	Self
2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Captain Teague
2011	The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78	Self
2011	The Rolling Stones - All Six Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Rolling Stones	Self
2011	Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits	Self
2010	The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile	Self
2010	Les Paul - Live in New York	Self
2010	Merle Haggard: Learning to Live With Myself	Self
2010	The Rolling Stones – Early Years In London	self
2009	The Rolling Stones - The Biggest Bang	Self
2009	VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments	Self
2008	Shine a Light	Self - The Rolling Stones Guitar, Vocals
2008	Memento Mori	Self
2008	Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stones	Self
2008	The Rolling Stones: Fade Away - The US TV Appearances 1964-1969	Self
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Captain Teague
2007	The Beatles Explosion	Self (archive footage)
2007	The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Interviews	Self
2007	The Rolling Stones: The Biggest Bang	Self
2007	Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens	Self
2007	The Rolling Stones: Terrifying - The Legendary Atlantic City Concert	Self
2007	The First Barbarians: Live from Kilburn	Self
2006	The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang: Live in Argentina	Self
2006	The Rolling Stones - The Biggest Bang: Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro	Self
2006	The Rolling Stones - The Biggest Bang: Salt of the earth	Self
2006	The New Orleans Concert: The Music of America's Soul	Self
2006	The Rolling Stones - Truth and Lies	Self (archive footage)
2005	The Rolling Stones live in Salt Lake City	Self
2005	Make It Funky!	Self
2004	Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons	Self (vocals, acoustic guitar)
2004	Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons	Self
2004	The Papal Chase	Self
2004	John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me	Self
2004	Social Genocide	Self (archive footage)
2004	Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels	Self
2003	Toronto Rocks	Self
2003	Rolling Stones: Four Flicks	Self
2003	Rolling Stones Live from Madison Square Garden	Self - Guitar, Vocals
2003	The Rolling Stones: Four Flicks – Stadium Show	Self
2003	The Rolling Stones: Four Flicks – Theatre Show	Self
2003	The Rolling Stones: Tip of the Tongue	Self
2003	Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied	Self
2003	Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well	Self
2002	Let It Bleed - 40 Jahre Rolling Stones	Self
2002	Classic Albums: Elvis Presley	Self
2002	The Rolling Stones: Just for the Record	Self (archive footage)
2001	Being Mick	Self
2001	The Concert for New York City	Self
2000	Marianne Faithfull: Dreaming My Dreams	Self
1999	Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads	Self
1997	The Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon Tour '97-98	Self
1996	The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus	Self - Guitar
1995	The Rolling Stones: Stripped	Self
1995	The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge	Self
1995	The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Nippon	Self
1995	The Rolling Stones: Voodoo in Rio	Self
1995	The Rolling Stones: Live from Amsterdam 1995	Self - Guitar, Vocals
1995	The Rolling Stones: Live from London 1995	Self - Guitar, Vocals
1995	The Rolling Stones: Live from Paris 1995	Self - Guitar, Vocals
1995	The Rolling Stones: Totally Stripped	Self (archive footage)
1994	The Rolling Stones: Hoodoo U Voodoo	Self
1993	A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa	Self
1993	The Rolling Stones: 25x5 - The Continuing Adventures of The Rolling Stones	Self
1993	Weird Nightmare	Self
1993	Curves Contours & Body Horns	Self
1993	Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary	Self
1992	Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special	Self
1991	The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max	Self - Guitars
1991	Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Experimental Night	Self
1991	Keith Richards And The X-Pensive Winos: Live At The Hollywood Palladium December 15, 1988	Self
1990	The Rolling Stones: Urban Jungle Barcelona	Self
1989	The Rolling Stones: Los Angeles 1989	Self
1987	Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll	Self
1985	The Real Buddy Holly Story	Self
1985	Live Aid	Self
1985	British Rock: The First Wave	Self (archive footage)
1984	Video Rewind: The Rolling Stones' Great Video Hits	Self
1984	Superstars in Concert	Self
1982	The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years	Self
1982	Let's Spend the Night Together	Self
1981	The Rolling Stones: Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981)	Self
1978	The Rolling Stones: Live At The Louisiana Superdome	Self
1977	Rod Stewart & Faces : The Final Concert	Self - Guest Performer
1976	The Rolling Stones - Live at Pavillon de Paris 1976	Self
1975	The Rolling Stones: L.A. Friday (Live 1975)	Self
1973	Ladies & Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones	Self - Vocals, Guitar
1973	Sound of the City: London 1964-73	Self
1972	Cocksucker Blues	Self
1972	Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage	Self
1971	The Rolling Stones: The Marquee Club 1971	Self
1970	Gimme Shelter	Self - The Rolling Stones Member
1970	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert	Self
1970	5 + 1	Self
1969	Voices	Self
1969	Umano non umano	Self
1969	Invocation of My Demon Brother	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969	The Stones in the Park	Self
1969	Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel	Soldat (uncredited)
1968	Sympathy for the Devil	Self
1967	Tonite Let's All Make Love in London	Self
1967	Our World	Self
1967	Film	Self
1967	What's on the Flipside	Self
1966	Charlie Is My Darling	Self
1964	The T.A.M.I. Show	Self - The Rolling Stones

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	My Life as a Rolling Stone	Self
2020	History 101	Self (archive footage)
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2007	Seven Ages of Rock	Self
2006	The Howard Stern Interview	Self
2006	Legends	Self
2003	Whoopi	Self
1997	Behind the Music	Self
1997	Classic Albums	Self
1995	The History of Rock 'n' Roll	Self
1995	The Beatles Anthology	Self (archive footage)
1994	TOTP2	self
1989	The Simpsons	Keith Richards (voice)
1986	American Masters	Self
1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self - The Rolling Stones
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self
1963	Ready Steady Go!	Self
1952	Today	Self