Biography
Richard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "Speak to the Sky", which reached the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972. When he moved to the United States, he had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 US hits: "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". Springfield's two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982).
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography33 titles
True Detective
Supernatural
American Horror Story
The Eric Andre Show
Duncanville
Hawaii Five-0
Californication
The Rockford Files
Sound City
The Goldbergs
Family Guy
The Six Million Dollar Man
Hot in Cleveland
The Incredible Hulk
Battlestar Galactica
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
Wonder Woman
The Colbert Report
Battlestar Galactica
I Can See Your Voice
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Nick Knight
Suddenly Susan
Ricki and the Flash
Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
All's Fair
Loyal Opposition
Legion
Sherri
500 Days of Silence