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Sting Ice T
Real name Gordon Sumner Tracy Marrow
Acting debut Playing bass in the Police (predates role as Ace Face in 1979?s Quadrophenia) A member of the Enforcers, one of the rival gangs who faced off in a breakdancing competition in a 1983 episode of Fame.
Busman?s holiday Played musical guest ?Sting? on two 2006 episodes of Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, a comical drama about an SNL-style variety show. Played ?Hiphop MC? in 84?s Breakin? and ?Rapper? in 84?s Breakin? 2: Electric Boogaloo
Straight to DVD Starred in 1982 thriller Brimstone & Treacle Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun In The Hood
Just for the paycheque 06?s sickly star-studded Christmas In Rockefeller Center Doing a second episode of Pam Anderson vehicle V.I.P.
Oscar-worthy performance Bartender J.D. in Guy Ritchie?s Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Serious film debut as undercover cop Scotty Appleton in 91?s New Jack City
Box-office poison Feyd-Rautha in David Lynch?s 1984 debacle, Dune Johnny Mnemonic (blame Henry Rollins for that one)
Art imitates life? ?I created your body just as I created your mind. And I can uncreate it too!? (from 85?s Bride Of Frankenstein remake The Bride) ?I wanna shoot you so bad, my dick?s hard!? (from New Jack City)
Stand-out soundtrack Made solo debut with cover of Spread A Little Happiness for 82?s Brimstone & Treacle Colors, from 88?s Colors
Plausibly deniable role Voice of Zarm in several episodes of Captain Planet And The Planeteers Under that absurd makeup, is anyone really sure it?s Ice T leading the mutant kangaroo-man army in 95?s Tank Girl?
You get paid for this? Played himself alongside wife Trudie Styler in 07?s Comic Relief episode of cult Brit Dawn French series The Vicar Of Dibley Cameo in John Wayne Bobbit porn flick Frankenpenis
Weird wrestling connection Appeared in 1995 episode of WCW Monday Nitro Contributed Pimpin? Ain?t Easy to Wrestlemania 2000 soundtrack
Slumming on TV? 85?s Ligmalion: A Musical For The 80s See him every week as Detective Fin Tutuola on Law & Order: SVU

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