Russell Craig Mael is an American singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead singer and occasional songwriter for the band Sparks which he formed in 1971 with his elder brother, keyboardist and main songwriter Ron Mael.

Filmography

• 2025An Entirely MAD! Conversation With Rob Brydon & Sparks
• 2024It's Not Me — Songs
• 2024The Becomers — Narrator (voice)
• 2021Annette — Jet Pilot, Original Music Composer, Original Story, Lyricist
• 2018Damsel — Prairie Crooner
• 2015The Forbidden Room — Faceless Crooner (voice)
• 2004Sparks: Lil Beethoven Live in Stockholm
• Gilmore Girls — Bohemian Troubadour
• 1998Knock Off — Original Music Composer
• 1984Bad Manners — Original Music Composer, Songs
• The Mersey Pirate
• The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman — Writer
• X-Crucior — Music

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2026Taratata - Hommage spécial à Catherine Ringer — Self : Guest
• 2024My Way — Self
• 2023Sparks - Primavera Sound 2023 — Self
• 2023Sparks au château d'Hérouville — Self
• 2021The Sparks Brothers — Self
• 2021What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks: Live in London — Himself
• 2021Who Is Lun*na Menoh? — Self
• 2017Glam Rock at the BBC — Self - Sparks (archive footage)
• Berlin Live — Self - Spanks - Performer
• 2009The Magnificent Tati — Self
• NPR Tiny Desk Concerts — Self
• 2007Sparks - Dee Vee Dee — Self
• 2005Sparks - Lil Beethoven Live in Stockholm — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest
• 2000Sparks - Live in London — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self - Sparks
• Sacrée soirée — Self - Sparks
• 1977Rollercoaster — Self - Sparks (uncredited)
• 1974Sparks: Don Kirschner's Rock Concert 1974 — Self
• Rock Concert — Self - Sparks
• 1965The Big T.N.T. Show — Self (uncredited)
• Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary — Self