Gary Kemp was born in Islington, London in October 1959. On his 10th birthday, he got his first guitar from his parents. In the 70s, he and his younger brother, Martin Kemp, went to learn drama at Anna Scher's acting school. Then, in 1978, Gary Kemp formed "The Makers". After Richard Miller left, his brother replaced him on bass. That's when Gary changed the name to Spandau Ballet. Spandau's break came in March 1980 when they were filmed for a documentary on ITV. When the documentary was broadcast, the record companies were bursting out of their ears. They chose to sign to Chrysalis, as they were offered the most money. For 10 years, they had hits like "To Cut a Long Story Short" (1980), "Chant No. 1 (I don't need this pressure on)" (1981), "True" (1983), "Gold" (1983), "Only When You Leave" (1984) and "Through the Barricades" (1986). After Spandau Ballet completed a tour in 1987, Gary and Martin decided to go into acting once again. They auditioned for the part in The Krays (1990) and, in 1989, they played "Ronald" and "Reggie". Soon afterwards this, Spandau Ballet would split. During the '90s, Gary continued to act, most notably playing a part in The Bodyguard (1992). In 1999, Gary was involved in a court battle over £1,000,000 royalties against John Keeble, Steve Norman and Tony Hadley, his 3 other bandmates. Gary won the case. However, in March 2009, all 5 members of Spandau Ballet called a truce, and they announced on the HMS Belfast in London that they would be reuniting for a world tour later in the year.

Gary Kemp, né le 16 octobre 1959 à Smithfield, Londres, est un musicien et acteur anglais. Il est principalement connu pour avoir été le guitariste du groupe Spandau Ballet. Son frère Martin Kemp jouait de la guitare basse dans le même groupe.

Dans les années 1980, lui et son frère eurent beaucoup de succès avec le groupe de style Nouveaux Romantiques, Spandau Ballet, avec notamment le tube planétaire True tiré de l'album du même nom paru en 1982. Le groupe sortit aussi Gold et Only When You Leave en 1984. Ils participèrent au concert Live Aid en 1985. Après la dissolution du groupe il se lança comme son frère dans une carrière d'acteur.

Il enregistra aussi un album solo en 1995 Little Bruises, mais il ne rencontra pas le succès. Il a aussi écrit, notamment avec Guy Pratt, des comédies musicales (Bedbug, A Terrible Beauty).

Il a été marié à l'actrice Sadie Frost de 1987 à 1990, ils eurent un fils Finlay Munro (né en 1990). Le couple divorça en 1997, après qu'elle l'eut quitté pour Jude Law. Gary Kemp est maintenant marié à une costumière, Lauren Barber, avec qui il a eu un autre fils, Milo Wolf.

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