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Rick Springfield was born on August 23, 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rick Springfield is listed as a musician, singer-songwriter and singer. That works out to 77 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Ashwood High School and Mckinnon Secondary College. Listed accolades include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
My Take
Rick Springfield is one of those guys who never quite gets the credit he deserves — people remember "Jessie's Girl" (and okay, fair, it's an absolute earworm that hit number one in 1981 and won him a Grammy) but they forget he's a legit singer-songwriter who wrote his own material, played his own instruments, and kept putting out records decade after decade while plenty of his New Wave contemporaries faded away. The fact that this Sydney kid crossed the Pacific, cracked the American market wide open, and eventually earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame says everything about the grind behind the charm. Add in a sideline acting career — most memorably as Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital — and you've got a guy who refused to be pigeonholed. He's cheesy in the best possible way, and I mean that as genuine praise.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rick Springfield
- Name (Japanese)
- リック・スプリングフィールド
- Reading
- りっく・すぷりんぐふぃーるど
- Born
- August 23, 1949 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation
- musician / singer-songwriter / singer / composer / film actor
2. Background
- High school
- Ashwood High School
- University
- Mckinnon Secondary College
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.rickspringfield.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rickspringfield/
- Xhttps://x.com/rickspringfield
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Springfield
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707446
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Rick Springfield born?
Born August 23, 1949 (age 77).
Where is Rick Springfield from?
Rick Springfield is from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
What does Rick Springfield do?
Rick Springfield works as musician, singer-songwriter, singer, composer, film actor.
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