Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp is an English songwriter, musician, and actor who was born in London in 1959. He began acting as a child with the Anna Scher Children's Theatre and appeared in Children's Film Foundation productions before forming the bands that became Spandau Ballet. As the group's lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and main songwriter, he wrote the music and lyrics for all 23 of its hit singles, and the band sold more than 25 million records worldwide. In 2012 he received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. After Spandau Ballet's 1989 album Heart Like a Sky, he returned to acting and won good reviews as Ronnie Kray in The Krays (1990). His first Hollywood film was The Bodyguard (1992), and he later appeared in Killing Zoe (1993) and on television in The Larry Sanders Show. He has also released solo albums and, since 2018, toured with Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets.