Alice Cooper

Biography

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than five decades. With a stage show that sometimes included a guillotine, gallows, electric chair, fake blood, boa constrictor and baby dolls, Cooper drew equally from horror movies, vaudeville and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that was designed to shock.

Alice Cooper originally was a band that consisted of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and Neal Smith on drums. Taking on the name in 1968, the Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen". It was followed in 1972 by the even bigger single "School's Out", which reached #1 in the UK during that summer. The band reached its commercial peak with the transatlantic #1 album Billion Dollar Babies in 1973.

Furnier's solo career as Alice Cooper, legally adopting the band's name as his own, began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare, and reached his commercial peak with the 1989 hit "Poison". His most recent studio release (his 18th solo album) was in 2008, Along Came a Spider. Expanding from his original Detroit-based garage rock roots, over the years Cooper has experimented with many different musical styles, including art rock, conceptual rock, rock and roll, jazz, new wave, and heavy metal.

He's known for his social and witty persona offstage. The Rolling Stone Album Guide goes so far as to call him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". He helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and is seen as the person who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre". Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur, and since 2004 a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper Group was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Classic Albums

Self

Top Gear

Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car

Top of the Pops

Self - Host

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Musical Guest

That '70s Show

Alice Cooper

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	Self
2024	Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World	Self
2024	Jim Henson Idea Man	Self (archive footage)
2024	Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf	Self
2024	The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2023	Michael Monroe -dokumenttielokuva	Self
2023	Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC	Self
2023	Spooktacular!
2023	The Lost Weekend: A Love Story	Self
2022	Rock this Town	Self (archive footage)
2022	Alice Cooper - Hellfest	Self - Vocals
2022	Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary	Self (archive footage)
2022	Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)	Self
2022	Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon	Self
2022	2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self - Presenter
2022	Alice Cooper - Graspop Metal Meeting 2022	Himself
2021	The History of Metal and Horror	Self
2021	Alice Cooper: Detroit Stories	Self
2021	Rock Camp: The Movie	Self
2020	Zappa	Self (archive footage)
2020	The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Self (archive footage)
2020	AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES	Self
2019	Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine	Self - Musician
2019	Alice Cooper: Live from the Astroturf	Self
2019	Udo Lindenberg: Volle Fahrt voraus - Begegnungen auf dem Lindischen Ozean	Self
2019	Suzi Q	Self
2019	House of Cardin	Self
2018	Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert	King Herod
2018	Hollywood Vampires Live at Hellfest 2018	Self
2018	Udo Lindenberg - MTV Unplugged 2 - Live vom Atlantik	Self
2018	Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness	Self
2018	Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll	Self
2017	Cum On Feel The Noize	Self
2017	Hired Gun	Self
2017	Alice Cooper : Wacken 2017	Self - Vocals
2017	Alice Cooper: Rock In Rio 2017	Self - Vocals
2017	Alice Cooper: A Paranormal Evening at the Olympia Paris	Self
2017	Glam Rock at the BBC	Self (archive footage)
2015	Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini	Self
2015	Hollywood Vampires - Rock in Rio 2015	Self - Vocals
2015	Danny Says	Self
2015	To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100	Self
2014	Super Duper Alice Cooper	Self (voice)
2014	An Honest Liar	Self
2014	Alice Cooper: Raise the Dead (Live from Wacken)	Self - Vocals
2014	Wacken	Self
2014	The Art of McCartney	Self
2014	Alice Cooper: Montreal 1972	Self
2014	Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip	Self
2013	Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen	Self
2013	Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film	Self
2013	Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon	Self
2013	Alice Cooper: Live at Wacken Open Air 2013	Self
2013	Skum Rocks!	Self / Narrator (voice)
2013	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th	Self
2013	Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11	Self
2013	The Sunflower Superjam 2012	Self
2013	A Band Called Death	Self
2012	Dark Shadows	Alice Cooper
2012	Bigfoot	Alice Cooper
2012	From Straight to Bizarre	Self
2012	Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story	Self
2012	Sunset Strip	Self
2012	Alice Cooper: Old School: 1964-1974	Self
2012	Alice Cooper - AVO Session	Self
2012	Alice Cooper: Bonnaroo 2012	Self
2011	Alice Cooper: Halloween Night of Fear	Self
2011	Alice Cooper: Live at The Enmore Theatre	Self
2011	The Story of Rock 'n' Roll Comics	Self
2010	Alice Cooper: Theatre of Death	Self - Vocals
2010	Lemmy	Self
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self
2009	Suck	Bartender
2009	VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments	Self
2009	When Woodstock Was Young	Self
2009	This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s	Self (archive footage)
2008	Promised Land of Heavy Metal	Self (archive footage)
2008	The Story of the Yardbirds	Self
2007	Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation	Self
2007	The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1979	Self
2007	Alice Cooper: Special Edition Ep	Self - Vocals
2006	Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005	Lead Vocal
2006	Best Ever Muppet Moments	Self
2006	40 Years of Star Trek	Self
2005	The Perfect Scary Movie	Self
2005	Metal: A Headbanger's Journey	Self
2004	Live Eighties	Self
2004	Larry presents: Best of The 80s	Self
2004	John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies	Self
2004	Spooks & Creeps	Pirate Jack ("Freakshow")
2004	Rockthology 2
2004	Rockthology Presents: Hard 'N' Heavy, Volume 8	Self
2004	Back To The 80's - Live In Concert	Self (archive footage)
2003	Prachtig 80: Volume 2	Self
2003	Alice Cooper - The Ultimate Clip Collection	Self
2003	Mayor of the Sunset Strip	Self
2003	Let it Rock: Volume 1	Self
2002	I Love Muppets	Self
2002	When Rock Ruled the World	Self
2001	The Attic Expeditions	Samuel Leventhal
2001	Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror	Self
2001	The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One	Self
2001	25 Years of Punk	Self
2000	The Filth and the Fury	Self (archive footage)
2000	Alice Cooper: Brutally Live	Self - Vocals
1999	Freakshow	Pirate Jack (voice)
1997	Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!	Self
1995	The History of Rock 'n' Roll	Self
1994	A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who	Self
1992	Wayne's World	Alice Cooper
1992	Hard 'N Heavy Volume 15	Self
1991	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	Mr. Underwood
1991	Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts	Self
1991	Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story	Self
1990	Alice Cooper: Trashes The World	Self - Vocals
1990	Hard 'N Heavy Volume 7	Self
1989	Hard 'N Heavy Volume 1	Self
1989	Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3	Self
1988	The Freddy Krueger Special	Self
1988	The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years	Self
1987	Prince of Darkness	Street Schizo
1987	WWE WrestleMania III	Self
1987	Alice Cooper: The Nightmare Returns	Self - Vocals
1984	Monster Dog	Victor Raven
1982	Alice Cooper à Paris	Self
1980	Roadie	Alice Cooper
1980	This Is America Part 2	Self (archive footage)
1979	Alice Cooper: The Strange Case of Alice Cooper	Self
1978	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Father Sun
1978	Sextette	Waiter
1978	Grease Day USA	Self
1978	Alice Cooper and Friends	Self
1976	Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare	Steven / Alice
1975	Alice Cooper: The Nightmare	Steven
1974	Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper	Self - Vocals
1973	Rock-a-bye	Self
1971	Medicine Ball Caravan	Self
1970	Diary of a Mad Housewife	Alice Cooper
1970	Midsummer Rock: The Cincinnati Pop Festival 1970	Self
1970	Alice Cooper	Self

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Jonathan & Jesus	Self
2020	Stars in the House	Self
2020	Reunited Apart	Self
2020	Laurel Canyon	Self
2018	The Top Ten Revealed	Self
2012	Counting Cars	Self - Host
2011	Bubble Guppies	Windy Pete (voice)
2009	Live from Studio Five	Self
2009	100 Most Shocking Music Moments	Self
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2006	The One Show	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self - Musical Guest
2003	Die ultimative Chartshow	Self
2002	Monk	Alice Cooper
2002	Top Gear	Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
2000	Trigger Happy TV
1999	Where Are They Now?	Self
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self
1999	Rove	Self
1998	That '70s Show	Alice Cooper
1997	Leute heute	Self
1997	Classic Albums	Self
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self - Host
1995	The Frank Skinner Show	Self
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Self
1994	Room 101	Self
1988	This Morning	Self
1986	WWF Wrestling Challenge	Self
1980	Pink Lady	Alice Cooper
1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self
1974	Tony Orlando and Dawn	Self
1973	The Snoop Sisters	Prince
1971	Disco	Self
1964	Top of the Pops	Self - Host
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self