Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960), is an English-born Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. He has resided in County Dublin, Ireland since his family moved to Malahide in 1965. And he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where he met schoolmates with whom he co-founded U2 in 1976.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 13, 1960 (66)
- Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
- Actor and composer
- 8 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Known for
What are Adam Clayton's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Adam Clayton's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Adam Clayton's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 81 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Street of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Ballroom Boom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
U2:UV Live from Vegas, 2023/11/03 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Francis Bacon: The Outsider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
U2 - Vancouver, Canada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
U2 – Live At Johannesburg Stadium, South Africa, 1998 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Brothers(2009)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Linear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Gangs of New York(2002)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
U2: Elevation 2001 - Live from Boston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Entropy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
U2: A Year in Pop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Mission: Impossible(1996)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Ghost in the Shell(1995)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Beyond the Clouds(1995)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
U2: Lovetown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
U2: Rattle and Hum(1988)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Rockpalast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
World in Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Career shape
Star power in the 6th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 1963 to 2026.
Biggest box office
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
Highest rated
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
Most popular right now
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
Film career
- 1999Screen debut· Entropy
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Adam Clayton's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 4 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser4
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Adam Clayton work with?
People who share at least 2 of Adam Clayton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bono shares the most, 6.
Actors
- BonoShared titles: Kiss the Future (2023), U2: Innocence + Experience, Live in Paris (2015), From the Sky Down (2011), U2: War (2007), Beyond the Clouds (1995), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)See all 6 shared titles with Bono
- The EdgeShared titles: Kiss the Future (2023), U2: Innocence + Experience, Live in Paris (2015), From the Sky Down (2011), U2: War (2007), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)See all 5 shared titles with The Edge
- Larry Mullen Jr.Shared titles: U2: Innocence + Experience, Live in Paris (2015), From the Sky Down (2011), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Larry Mullen Jr.
Producers
- Paul McGuinnessShared titles: From the Sky Down (2011), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Paul McGuinness
