Paul Bruce Dickinson was born on the 7th August 1958, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, and is probably best known to the world as a singer and songwriter with the famous heavy metal band Iron Maiden, being an active member of the music scene since 1976. However, adding to his net worth and popularity, Bruce is also recognized as a pilot, serving as a captain with the UK Charter airline Astraeus.
Have you ever wondered how rich Bruce Dickinson is? According to sources it is estimated that Bruce Dickinson`s overall net worth is $115 million, the amount acquired through his career in music and as an airline pilot. Furthermore, Dickinson is also recognized as an author, since he has released two books so far: “The Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace”, which sold over 40,000 copies, and “The Missionary Position” released in 1992, adding to his overall net worth.
Bruce Dickinson Net Worth $115 Million
Bruce was raised by his grandparents, as his mother and father moved to Sheffield soon after he was born, to where he moved when he was six years old, however, he didn`t stay long with them as he was sent to boarding school in Northamptonshire when he was 13 years old. When he turned 18 years, Bruce returned to Sheffield and enrolled at the King Edward VII High School, where his interest in music intensified and soon he began to perform in the high school band entitled Paradox, later changed to Styx. However, the bands life span was rather short, splitting before the end of high school.
Acquiring A-levels in English, History and Economics, Bruce joined the Territorial Army for six months, but after he acknowledging that he couldn`t build a career in the army he at Queen Mary College, London, eventually managing to graduate with a degree in history..
Bruce`s professional career began in 1979 when he joined the band Samson as a lead singer, with whom he recorded three albums before joining Iron Maiden in 1981. As a member of the Iron Maiden, Bruce has become one of the greatest heavy metal vocalists in the history of the genre, winning numerous accolades and award with the band.
His first recording with the band was the No.1 charted album “The Number Of The Beast” released in 1982. The album spawned hit songs such as “Run To The Hills”, “Number Of The Beast” and Hallowed Be Thy Name”. Until his departure that lasted from 1993 until 1999, he already had released seven albums, all of them garnering positive critical reviews, debuting in top spots on the charts, and increasing his overall net worth. In 1992, the band released the album “Fear Of The Dark” which debuted at the top of the UK charts, and was certified gold in the UK. It spawned hit songs such as “Fear Of The Dark”, “Be Quick Or Be Dead” and “Wasting Love”.
In 1999, Bruce returned to his position as a lead singer, and since then, the group has released five more albums, increasing his own popularity and net worth. Some of the albums include “Dance Of Death” (2003), “The Final Frontier” (2010) and their latest release “The Book Of Souls” (2015).
Over the course of his career as a musician, Bruce has released a total of 12 albums with the band Iron Maiden, and has worked on his solo career, releasing six albums: some of them include “Tattooed Millionaire” (1990), “Tyranny Of Souls” (2005) and “Accident Of Birth” (1997) among others.
When it comes to his personal life, Bruce has been married to Paddy Bowden since 1990, with whom he has sons Austin and Griffin who are also in the music business, and daughter Kia. He was previously married to Jane from 1983 until 1987. The family now lives in London.
In 2015, Bruce was diagnosed with a tumor on the back of his tongue, but after chemotherapy and radiation therapy, Bruce is expected to recover completely. In May, a routine check showed no remaining signs of the disease.
Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Pilot, Actor, Singer, Disc jockey, Songwriter, Businessperson, Radio personality, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Tears Of The Dragon
Education
Queen Mary University of London, University of London, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Tears Of The Dragon
Spouse
Paddy Bowden, Jane Dickinson, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Tears Of The Dragon
Children
Austin Dickinson, Kia Michelle Dickinson, Griffin Dickinson, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Tears Of The Dragon
Parents
Bruce Dickinson, Sonia Dickinson, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Tears Of The Dragon
Iron Maiden, Samson, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Tears Of The Dragon
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, American Music Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Tears Of The Dragon
Movies
Chemical Wedding, Biceps of Steel, Iron Maiden: The Legacy of the Beast
TV Shows
Ponderosa
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Trademark
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Often says "Scream for Me" in concerts to the audience
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Various song-specific trademarks, such as holding a Union Jack and wearing a 19th century British cavalry uniform for "The Trooper".
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His high pitched singing voice which has given him the nickname "The Air Raid Siren"
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I still think that Clive Burr was the best drummer Maiden ever had. That's not taking anything away from Nicko. Technically, NIcko's far more competent than Clive. It's just that Clive had this incredible feel, and I regret that he wasn't given enough time to go and sort himself out.
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As long as there is Iron Maiden, there will be a concert in Chile.
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Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band.
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I'm not going to do any more solo touring.
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A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded.
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There are a lot of stuff on the record that I am thinking is generic but actually it is just as good as everybody else who is putting stuff out at the time.
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The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
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South Wales is a hub of aviation.
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Well, it's a nice quiet time for Iron Maiden, and I'll be releasing a new solo album next year, so this is a really good time for the managing out my solo career, which is quite well.
10
Life on the road can get a little one-dimensional. I didn't want to reach 40 and have to say all I'd done was look out the window of a tour bus and get drunk.
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A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.
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The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned.
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My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals... they're screaming-growling stuff... and he's got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet he practices really hard to get the screaming-growling thing without losing that voice every five minutes. So I'm, like, 'Hats off to you.'
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With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable.
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I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people.
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Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.
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Don't ask me to put up a shelf, but I love engineering.
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I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
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I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.
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Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.
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There are a lot of bands using self-abuse as a marketing gimmick.
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I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.
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Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things.
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If it all just happens like this for the rest of my life, it's going to be one endless Groundhog Day. I determined that I was not prepared to submit to this regime, so I thought I had to do something about it.
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I've had a bit of experience at lots and lots of different arenas as it were, some of them completely creative, some of them quite technical. The interesting thing is, is that I found that the technical arenas actually are also very creative or can be very creative.
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I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.
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In my teenage years I was put off the idea of a career in flying, because I'd convinced myself that you had to be a boffin with degrees in maths and physics, which were my weakest subjects.
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I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.
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I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close.
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One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.
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The celebrity thing, I mean, Lindsay Lohan - what's she for? I look at that and throw my hands up in despair.
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When you cut human beings down to size, we're really quite simple creatures; food, shelter, warmth, light, heat and you build it up from there really until you finally go Gucci shoes or whatever it is or whatever your consumer desires are. All those desires are ultimately, they're about gratification.
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Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.
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Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.
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Engineering stimulates the mind.
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My aim as a frontman is always to try and shrink the venue, if you can, to turn that football stadium into the world's smallest club. At least you have to try.
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I'm very good at daydreaming. Ask any of my schoolteachers.
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When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.
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Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.
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I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.
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If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.
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Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.
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Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things. When the schools can offer that, you'll have an engineer for life.
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Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.
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I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.
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If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.
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Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage.
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The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
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My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.'
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I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard.
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If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.
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Iron Maiden is an institution, and I'm delighted that I'm involved in it, but there was a time that I wasn't delighted so I quit.
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I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.
Scheduled to release his new solo album "Tyranny Of Souls" on May 23rd. [April 2005]
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On the worldwide "Somewhere Back In Time" Tour with Iron Maiden, visiting many new countries, and others the band haven't been in a while (i.e. Australia) [February 2008]
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With Iron Maiden, set to release their latest album, "A Matter of Life and Death". [August 2006]
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Iron Maiden are currently scheduling tour dates and preparing. Tour begins Summer 2005. [October 2004]
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Hosts "The Rock Show" on BBC 6 Music Radio at 23:00 London Time (6:00 Eastern). [August 2004]
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Currently on the "Dance of Death World Tour" with Iron Maiden (19/10/2003 - 12/12/2003). [June 2003]
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Before being the long time singer for Iron Maiden, Bruce was in the bands Speed, Shots and Heavy Metal band Samson. His first studio recording was a song called 'Dracula' for the band Shots.
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Has an estimated net worth of 20-30 $million.
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He has three children with his wife Paddy Bowden: Griffin Dickinson, Austin Dickinson and Kia Michelle Dickinson.
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Upgraded to Captain for Astraeus Airlines flying Boeing 757 series jets.
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Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter, the classic Maiden tune, was originally performed by Bruce as a solo artist.
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Released his first solo album, Tattooed Millionaire, in 1990.
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His employer, Astraeus Airlines, has acquired Boeing 757 jets and he now flies the jet on charter. On a recent flight AEU666, he flew to Iceland as co-pilot, with a jet full of Iron Maiden fans and did the Iron Maiden show, then flew back to London Gatwick.
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Currently a first officer for the UK-based charter airline Astraeus. He flies the Boeing 737-300 and slightly larger 737-700. [2004]
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Hosted "The Friday Night Rock Show" on BBC 6 Music Radio until May 28, 2010.
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Was asked to join the United Kingdom's Olympic fencing team. Dickinson turned it down since he was on tour with Iron Maiden.
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When Bon Jovi headlined at Donnington Park, Bruce, Dee Snider and Paul Stanley joined Bon Jovi onstage for the last song of the evening. Bruce was wearing Union Jack shorts and didn't know the words to the song being played so he had to run around stage reading the lyrics from a sheet of paper.
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Enjoys the hobby of professional fencing.
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He went to the wedding of Marillion frontman Fish in 1987.
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Iron Maiden's 1988 album "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" came 30th in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time. [March 2003]
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Before Iron Maiden, he was the lead singer for London-based Metal band Samson, led by Paul Samson.
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Joined Iron Maiden in 1981 after they fired their original singer Paul DiAnno. He auditioned by singing three songs over Paul DiAnno's original vocal tracks on the "Killers" album. There's actually a recording of this going around in the bootleg market. Bruce's first shows were in Italy from 10/26/81 to 10/31/81. His first album with Iron Maiden was "The Number Of The Beast" in 1982. Bruce recorded 10 Iron Maiden albums and left the band in 1993 to further his solo career. He recorded 7 solo albums including a "best of" with added bonus tracks. Bruce rejoined Iron Maiden in 1999 and has since then recorded four albums with Iron Maiden; "Brave New World", "Dance of Death", "A Matter of Life and Death" and "The Final Frontier", the last of which debuted at number one in the album charts of 27 different countries.
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Has written two novels "The Adventures of Lord Iffy-Boatrace" and "The Missionary Position".
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Lead singer for British heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1982.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Drugaí Marú II
Short writer: "The Evil That Men Do", "If Eternity Should Fail", "Empire of the Clouds" filming
Drugaí Marú
2015
Short writer: "Powerslave"
Metal Evolution
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2011
Old Number Seven
2009
Short writer: "Face in the sand"
Guitar Hero 5
2009
Video Game writer: "2 Minutes to Midnight"
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
2009
Documentary writer: "Moonchild", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Revelations", "Can I Play with Madness", "Powerslave"
Chemical Wedding
2008
performer: "Chemical Wedding", "Man of Sorrows" / writer: "Chemical Wedding", "Can I Play With Madness", "Wickerman" - as Dickinson / writer: "Man of Sorrows"
Idol
2002
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
2002
Video Game writer: "2 Minutes to Midnight"
Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
2001
Video documentary writer: "Hard Times Live"
Top of the Pops
2000
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bride of Chucky
1998
performer: "Trumpets of Jericho" / writer: "Trumpets of Jericho"
Bean
1997
performer: "Elected Mr. Bean And The Smear Campaign"
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1989
performer: "BRING YOUR DAUGHTER TO THE SLAUGHTER" / writer: "BRING YOUR DAUGHTER TO THE SLAUGHTER"
Miami Vice
1988
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Iron Maiden: Behind the Iron Curtain
1985
Video documentary performer: "Smoke On The Water Live" / writer: "Powerslave Live", "Revelations Live", "2 Minutes To Midnight Live" - as Iron Maiden
The Incubus
1982
writer: "Vice Versa" - as Bruce Bruce
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chemical Wedding
2008
Landlord / Blind Man
The Paradise Club
1990
TV Series
Jake Skinner
The Incubus
1982
Samson lead singer (uncredited)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chemical Wedding
2008
writer
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chemical Wedding
2008
The History of Iron Maiden: Part 1, The Early Days
2004
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chemical Wedding
2008
music producer
Heavy Metal
1981
musician - uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield
2013
Documentary creative consultant
Inside Spontaneous Human Combustion
2006
TV Movie documentary presenter
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2010
Documentary audio producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ice Pilots NWT
2013
TV Series documentary thanks - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Arena
1989
TV Series documentary
Himself
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 1
1989
Video
Himself
Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years
1987
Video documentary
Himself / Lead vocals
MTV's Heavy Metal Mania
1985
TV Series
Himself - Host
Iron Maiden: Live After Death
1985
Video documentary
Himself - Lead Singer
Iron Maiden: Behind the Iron Curtain
1985
Video documentary
Himself
Iron Maiden: Ello Texas
1983
Short
Himself
Celebrating Jon Lord
2014
Video
Himself
Made in Japan - The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
2014
TV Movie
Himself
Ice Pilots NWT
2013-2014
TV Series documentary
Himself
Iron Maiden: En Vivo!
2012
Video
Himself / Vocals
Metal Evolution
2011-2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
Iron Maiden: Behind the Beast
2012
Documentary
Himself (Vocal)
Safety in the Balance with Captain Bruce Dickinson
2011
Short
Himself
Maiden Heaven
2010
Documentary
Himself
Breakfast
2010
TV Series
Himself - Iron Maiden
Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2010
Documentary
Himself
Heavy Metal Britannia
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut
2009
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
2009
Documentary
Himself
Global Metal
2008
Documentary
Himself
History of Iron Maiden: Part 2
2008
Documentary
Himself
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Iron Maiden: Death on the Road
2006
Video documentary
Himself / Vocals
Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
2005
Documentary
Himself
Flying Heavy Metal
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
The History of Iron Maiden: Part 1, The Early Days
2004
Himself
Headbangers Ball
1988-2004
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Host
The Mullet Man Show
2003
TV Series
Himself
Top 40
2003
TV Series
Himself
Iron Maiden: Visions of the Beast
2003
Video documentary
Himself - Singer
Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio
2002
Video documentary
Himself - Lead Vocals
Killer Queen!
2002
Himself - Lead Singer, Iron Maiden
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996-2002
TV Series
Himself
Classic Albums: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
2001
Video documentary
Himself - Lead Vocals
Söndagsöppet
2001
TV Series
Himself
In Search of the Prisoner
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock
2000
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Member, Iron Maiden
VH-1 Where Are They Now?
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself - Iron Maiden
Sen kväll med Luuk
2000
TV Series
Himself
Space Cadets
1997
TV Series
Himself
Sepultura: Third World Chaos
1995
Video documentary
Himself - Interviewer
Lista Top 40
1994
TV Series
Himself
Iron Maiden: Raising Hell
1993
Video documentary
Himself / Lead vocals
Iron Maiden: Donington Live 1992
1993
Video documentary
Himself - Lead Vocals
Headbangers Ball
1992
TV Series
Himself - Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson: Dive, Dive, Dive
1991
Video documentary
Himself / Vocals
Dive! Dive! Live!
1991
Video
Himself
Rockstop!
1990
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 7
1990
Video documentary
Himself
Iron Maiden: Maiden England
1989
Video documentary
Himself - Vocals
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs
2008
TV Movie
Himself
Promised Land of Heavy Metal
2008
Documentary
Himself
Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself - Iron Maiden
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1997
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1990
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Original Song
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
Known for movies
Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio (2002) as Himself - Lead Vocals
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) as Himself
Iron Maiden: Maiden England (1989) as Himself - Vocals
Iron Maiden: Behind the Iron Curtain (1985) as Himself