John Cooper Clarke

Personal Info

Birthday

January 25, 1949

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Salford, Manchester, England, UK

Also Known As

Dr John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke

Biography

John Cooper Clarke is a seminal post punk English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester. Along with The Fall, The Smiths, Joy Division and New Order, John Cooper Clarke remains one of the most distinguished voices of the region.

Known For

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas

Too Good To Go Down

Filmography

2025
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
as Self
2021
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
as Ghost Of Christmas Future
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Self (Archive Footage)
2019
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
as Himself
2018
Too Good To Go Down
as Narrator
2014
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
as Himself
2012
Ill Manors
as Himself/Poet
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
as Himself
2007
Control
as Self
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
as Self
2005
Punk: Attitude
as Self - Punk Poet
1984
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
as Self
1981
Urgh! A Music War
as Self