Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than five decades. With a stage show that sometimes included a guillotine, gallows, electric chair, fake blood, boa constrictor and baby dolls, Cooper drew equally from horror movies, vaudeville and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that was designed to shock.
Alice Cooper originally was a band that consisted of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and Neal Smith on drums. Taking on the name in 1968, the Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen". It was followed in 1972 by the even bigger single "School's Out", which reached #1 in the UK during that summer. The band reached its commercial peak with the transatlantic #1 album Billion Dollar Babies in 1973.
Furnier's solo career as Alice Cooper, legally adopting the band's name as his own, began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare, and reached his commercial peak with the 1989 hit "Poison". His most recent studio release (his 18th solo album) was in 2008, Along Came a Spider. Expanding from his original Detroit-based garage rock roots, over the years Cooper has experimented with many different musical styles, including art rock, conceptual rock, rock and roll, jazz, new wave, and heavy metal.
He's known for his social and witty persona offstage. The Rolling Stone Album Guide goes so far as to call him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". He helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and is seen as the person who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre". Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur, and since 2004 a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper Group was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Known For
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
2025
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
2024
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
Self
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
Jonathan & Jesus
Self · (4 episodes)
2024
Michael Monroe -dokumenttielokuva
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2023
Spooktacular!
2023
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
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2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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2023
Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC
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2023
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
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2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self - Presenter
2022
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
Self
2022
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
Self (archive footage)
2022
Alice Cooper - Hellfest
Self - Vocals
2022
Alice Cooper - Graspop Metal Meeting 2022
Himself
2022
Rock this Town
Self (archive footage)
2022
Alice Cooper: Detroit Stories
Self
2021
The History of Metal and Horror
Self
2021
Rock Camp: The Movie
Self
2021
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
2020
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES
Self
2020
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Self (archive footage)
2020
Laurel Canyon
Self · (2 episodes)
2020
Reunited Apart
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Stars in the House
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Suzi Q
Self
2019
House of Cardin
Self
2019
Alice Cooper: Live from the Astroturf
Self
2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Self - Musician
2019
Udo Lindenberg: Volle Fahrt voraus - Begegnungen auf dem Lindischen Ozean
Self
2019
Udo Lindenberg - MTV Unplugged 2 - Live vom Atlantik
Self
2018
Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll
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2018
Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Self
2018
Hollywood Vampires Live at Hellfest 2018
Self
2018
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
King Herod
2018
The Top Ten Revealed
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Alice Cooper: A Paranormal Evening at the Olympia Paris
Self
2017
Alice Cooper: Rock In Rio 2017
Self - Vocals
2017
Glam Rock at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2017
Alice Cooper : Wacken 2017
Self - Vocals
2017
Hired Gun
Self
2017
Cum On Feel The Noize
Self
2017
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
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2015
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
Self
2015
Hollywood Vampires - Rock in Rio 2015
Self - Vocals
2015
Danny Says
Self
2015
Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip
Self
2014
Alice Cooper: Raise the Dead (Live from Wacken)
Self - Vocals
2014
The Art of McCartney
Self
2014
Wacken
Self
2014
An Honest Liar
Self
2014
Super Duper Alice Cooper
Self (voice)
2014
Alice Cooper: Montreal 1972
Self
2014
Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11
Self
2013
Skum Rocks!
Self / Narrator (voice)
2013
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
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2013
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Self
2013
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Self
2013
A Band Called Death
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2013
Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film
Self
2013
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
Self
2013
Alice Cooper: Live at Wacken Open Air 2013
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2013
Alice Cooper: Old School: 1964-1974
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2012
Alice Cooper - AVO Session
Self
2012
Bigfoot
Alice Cooper
2012
Counting Cars
Self - Host · (3 episodes)
2012
Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story
Self
2012
Alice Cooper: Bonnaroo 2012
Self
2012
Dark Shadows
Alice Cooper
2012
Sunset Strip
Self
2012
From Straight to Bizarre
Self
2012
Alice Cooper: Halloween Night of Fear
Self
2011
The Story of Rock 'n' Roll Comics
Self
2011
Bubble Guppies
Windy Pete (voice) · (1 episode)
2011
Alice Cooper: Live at The Enmore Theatre
Self
2011
Alice Cooper: Theatre of Death
Self - Vocals
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
2010
Lemmy
Self
2010
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments
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2009
100 Most Shocking Music Moments
Self · (5 episodes)
2009
When Woodstock Was Young
Self
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Suck
Bartender
2009
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
Self (archive footage)
2009
The Story of the Yardbirds
Self
2008
Promised Land of Heavy Metal
Self (archive footage)
2008
Alice Cooper: Special Edition Ep
Self - Vocals
2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1979
Self
2007
The One Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005
Lead Vocal
2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
2006
40 Years of Star Trek
Self
2006
The Perfect Scary Movie
Self
2005
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Self
2005
Spooks & Creeps
Pirate Jack ("Freakshow")
2004
Rockthology 2
2004
Rockthology Presents: Hard 'N' Heavy, Volume 8
Self
2004
Live Eighties
Self
2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
2004
Back To The 80's - Live In Concert
Self (archive footage)
2004
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
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2004
Let it Rock: Volume 1
Self
2003
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
Self
2003
Alice Cooper - The Ultimate Clip Collection
Self
2003
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
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2003
Die ultimative Chartshow
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
2003
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car · (1 episode)
2002
Monk
Alice Cooper · (1 episode)
2002
I Love Muppets
Self
2002
When Rock Ruled the World
Self
2002
The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One
Self
2001
25 Years of Punk
Self
2001
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Self
2001
The Attic Expeditions
Samuel Leventhal
2001
Alice Cooper: Brutally Live
Self - Vocals
2000
The Filth and the Fury
Self (archive footage)
2000
Trigger Happy TV
(1 episode)
2000
Rove
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Where Are They Now?
Self · (1 episode)
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self · (2 episodes)
1999
Freakshow
Pirate Jack (voice)
1999
That '70s Show
Alice Cooper · (1 episode)
1998
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Classic Albums
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Self
1997
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1996
The Frank Skinner Show
Self · (1 episode)
1995
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
1995
A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who
Self
1994
Room 101
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Wayne's World
Alice Cooper
1992
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 15
Self
1992
Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story
Self
1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Mr. Underwood
1991
Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts
Self
1991
Alice Cooper: Trashes The World
Self - Vocals
1990
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 7
Self
1990
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 1
Self
1989
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
Self
1989
This Morning
Self · (2 episodes)
1988
The Freddy Krueger Special
Self
1988
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Self
1988
Prince of Darkness
Street Schizo
1987
WWE WrestleMania III
Self
1987
WrestleMania III
Self
1987
Alice Cooper: The Nightmare Returns
Self - Vocals
1987
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Self · (1 episode)
1986
Monster Dog
Victor Raven
1984
Alice Cooper à Paris
Self
1982
This Is America Part 2
Self (archive footage)
1980
Roadie
Alice Cooper
1980
Pink Lady
Alice Cooper · (1 episode)
1980
Alice Cooper: The Strange Case of Alice Cooper
Self
1979
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Father Sun
1978
Grease Day USA
Self
1978
Sextette
Waiter
1978
Alice Cooper and Friends
Self
1978
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Steven / Alice
1976
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · (1 episode)
1976
Alice Cooper: The Nightmare
Steven
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper
Self - Vocals
1974
The Snoop Sisters
Prince · (1 episode)
1973
Rock-a-bye
Self
1973
Medicine Ball Caravan
Self
1971
Disco
Self · (3 episodes)
1971
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Alice Cooper
1970
Midsummer Rock: The Cincinnati Pop Festival 1970
Self
1970
Alice Cooper
Self
1970
Top of the Pops
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1961