The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2001
2001 Hosted the VH1 series "Strange Frequency"
1999 Played recurring role of a burnt-out alcoholic rock star in the Showtime series "Rude Awakening"
1999 Appeared in the NBC miniseries "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns"
1998 Toured USA with a 60-piece orchestra performing hits by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and other rock bands
1998 Had small role as an aging gay music executive in "Like It Is"
1998 Played Scrooge in the annual NYC production of "A Christmas Carol"
1997 Portrayed William Dampier--The Pirate Storyteller--in TNT special "Pirate Tales"
1996 Played Vlad to Talisa Soto's title character "Vampirella" (Showtime)
1995 Joined star-studded cast as the Tin Man in TNT's "The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True"
1995 Seen with The Who in "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus", recorded in 1968 but not released for 27 years
1994 Appeared in "Lightning Jack", starring Paul Hogan
1993 Acted in "Forever Ambergris", an episode of HBO's "Tales From the Crypt"
1992 Provided the voice of Barnaby the Stableboy for HBO's animated special "Happy Birthday to You"
1991 Starred as Terry Clark in "Buddy's Song"
1991 Played Blade in "If Looks Could Kill"
1991 Acted the role of an English priest who ingratiates himself to the inhabitants of a rough Chicago neighborhood in "Cold Justice"
1990 Appeared in the TNT TV-movie "Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files"
1989 Reunited with The Who for an American tour, restaging "Tommy" in full (in celebration of its 20th anniversary as well as the 25th anniversary of the band); Fox broadcast tape of August performance in
1989 Returned to the familiar themes of "The Beggar's Opera", playing the Street Singer in "Mack the Knife", Menahem Golan's feature adaptation of "The Threepenny Opera", which Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weil
1986 Appeared on "The Noel Edmunds Show", a British import shown in the USA for a week on ABC
1984 Critically acclaimed for his turn as the Dromio twins in "The Comedy of Errors" part of the BBC/PBS Shakespeare series
1983 Portrayed the highwayman MacHeath in Jonathan Miller's production of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" for BBC-TV
1982 Proclaimed an "open-ended" sabbatical from The Who
1980 Starred as England's Public Enemy Number 1 John McVicar in "McVicar"
1979 Executive producer for feature "Quadrophenia"; also music director
1979 Acted in Richard Marquand's "The Legacy"
1979 The Who's new lineup's reception marred when 11 concertgoers were killed--trampled to death or asphyxiated--in a rush for "festival seating" at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum in December
1978 The Who's original drummer Keith Moon died of an overdose of the seditive Heminevrin, prescribed to curb his alcoholism
1975 Starred in rock opera film, "Tommy" (composed by The Who member, Pete Townshend), directed by Ken Russell
1975 Reteamed with Russell, portraying piano legend Franz Liszt in "Lisztomania"
1973 Released first solo album, "Daltrey"
1968 Appeared with The Who in "Monterey Pop"
Grew up in the London working-class area of Shepherd's Bush
Played lead guitar for the Detours, switching to lead vocals when the original singer left, allowing rhythm guitarist Pete Townsend's power chords to serve as both rhythm and lead guitar
The Detours became the High Numbers and finally The Who, establishing themselves with violent stage shows that often ended with them destroying their equipment
