Famous Ukulele Players

This is our ukulele hall of fame! Have fun watching these fantastic videos of famous ukulele players, and great people who we love to watch playing their ukuleles! Please let us know if we missed anyone!

Seriously… Have we missed anyone? We would love to see more photos or videos of great ukes, ukulele players (famous or just great and worth watching), to add into this hall of fame. They can be dead or alive. Drop us a line with a link!

Ryan Gosling, playing and singing ‘You Always Hurt the One You Love’ in the film Blue Valentine:

Here’s Jon Bon Jovi, duetting with one of America’s top philanthropists, Warren Buffet, at the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy.

 

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, playing ‘Ode To Joy’ at the BBC Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall.

James Hill, Ukulele Virtuoso, playing Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’

Jake Shimabukuro, Ukulele Virtuoso, playing ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’

Little Ukulele Boy (cute) playing ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’

Al Wood, author of Ukulele for Dummies and Ukulele Hunt, playing Bjork’s ‘It’s Oh So Quiet’.

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, playing Nancy Wilson’s ‘What Are You Doing New Years Eve’

Florence Welsh’s vocals with ukulele accompaniment, singing ‘I’m not calling you a liar’

Amy Winehouse, with Huey Morgan from the Fun Lovin’ Criminals, messing around with a ukulele at the BRITS.

Noah and the Whale, playing ’5 Years Time’

Eddie Vedder, playing ‘Longing to Belong’

UK punk band the King Blues, playing ‘I Got Love’

Neil Armstrong, US Astronaut and the first man on the moon, playing his ukulele.

Will Smith, rapping ‘Men in Black’ with ukulele accompaniment

George Clooney, ‘playing’

JJ from Channel 4 show Skins (massively helped by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain!), playing ‘True’

Brother Iz, playing ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’

Glee’s Will/Mr Schuester Matthew Morrison, playing ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’

Little Cute Ukulele Boy, playing Jason Mraz’s ‘I’m Yours’

Paul McCartney playing ‘Something’

Joe Brown played the traditional ukulele song ‘I’ll See you in My Dreams’

Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr playing the traditional ukulele song ‘Aint She Sweet’

Marilyn Monroe, playing ‘Running Wild’

George Formby, playing ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’

Peter Sellers, also playing ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’

Frank Skinner, playing ‘Oh Oh Oh Oh Osama Bin Laden’

Steve Martin, playing ‘Tonight You Belong To Me’ in the film The Jerk

Tom Hanks in Joe Versus the Volcano, playing ‘Cowboy Song’

Jason Robards in A Thousand Clowns, playing ‘That’s My Baby’

Benito Cabrera playing a Canarian Tiple - the Spanish equivalent of a ukulele, with 5 strings.

Julien Dore, playing ‘Kiss Me Forever’

French band Cocoon, playing their well known (in France) indie song Chupee.

French band Dionysos, playing ‘la flamme à lunettes’

French band The dø, playing ‘Stay’ (Just a little bit more)

5 People playing Gotye’s ‘Somebody that I used to know’ on ukulele

Kermit and Miss Piggy playing ‘Ukulele Lady’

Julia Nunes, playing ‘Build me up Buttercup’ - a heart warming rendition!

 
Hunter S. Thompson & Private Eye Cartoonist Ralph Steadman