Ray Cooper
Birthday
1947/09/19 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Raymond Thomas "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English virtuoso percussionist. He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Rick Wakeman, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd and Elton John. Cooper absorbed the influence of rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham.
Acting
(2002) Lost in La Mancha
as Self - Longtime Gilliam Colleague
(2003) Concert for George
as Self
(2002) Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
as Bandmember
(1988) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Functionary
(1988) Eric Clapton at Tokyo Dome
as Self
(1988) The Russian Film
as Self
(1975) Elton John at Dodger Stadium
as The Band
(2023) Elton John: Glastonbury 2023
as Self
(2022) Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium
as Self
(1985) Water
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
(1997) Music for Montserrat
as Self
(2017) Peter Maffay - MTV Unplugged
as Himself
(1992) Eric Clapton: MTV Unplugged
as ---
(2014) Elton John - The Million Dollar Piano
as Self - Percussion
(2019) An Accidental Studio
as Self
(1985) Brazil
as Technician
(1979) To Russia... with Elton
as Self
(2009) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Vladimir
(1996) The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
as Self
(1980) Popeye
as The Preacher
(2013) 9 Month Stretch
as British journalist (uncredited)