David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name The Edge (or just Edge), is an Irish musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 14 studio albums with the band and one solo record. As a guitarist, the Edge has crafted a minimalistic and textural style of playing. His use of a rhythmic delay effect yields a distinctive sound that has become a signature of U2's music. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Edge licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 8, 1961 (65)
- Barking, London, England, UK
- Actor, composer and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
Known for
What are The Edge's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 2
Grounded 11 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 0
Steady 9 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet6
- 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 The Edge's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for The Edge'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
30 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 99 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Street of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
U2:UV Live from Vegas, 2023/11/03 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Sing 2(2021)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Sing Street(2016)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
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
Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Linear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Off The Record (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
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)
TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Ghost in the Shell(1995)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
GoldenEye(1995)
Midcredits score: 87th 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)
Top of the Pops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
World in Action (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Career shape
Star power in the 7th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 30 titles from 1963 to 2026.
Biggest box office
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
Highest rated
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014)
Most popular right now
Kiss the Future (2023)
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 The Edge's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 11 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved6
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser3
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 The Edge work with?
People who share at least 2 of The Edge's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bono shares the most, 7.
Actors
- BonoShared titles: Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (2023), Kiss the Future (2023), Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (2017), U2: Innocence + Experience, Live in Paris (2015), From the Sky Down (2011), U2: War (2007), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)See all 7 shared titles with Bono
- Adam ClaytonShared 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 Adam Clayton
- 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.
- Bill ClintonShared titles: Kiss the Future (2023), Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Clinton
Producers
- Jeffrey PollackShared titles: Satan & Adam (2018), Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jeffrey Pollack
- Paul McGuinnessShared titles: From the Sky Down (2011), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Paul McGuinness
