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Willie Nelson


This versatile, eclectic, rather wanderlust country crossover star known for his classic ballads ("Always On My Mind"), autobiographical road songs ("On the Road Again") and catchy rhythms ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys") started out life as Willie Hugh Nelson on April 30, 1933... See full bio »

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2012/I Sparkle (writer: "Night Life")
 
2012 Lawless (writer: "Midnight Run Buddy Cannon Mix" / performer: "Midnight Run Buddy Cannon Mix", "Midnight Run")
 
2012 Twisted Metal (Video Game) (writer: "Crazy")
 
2011 Friends with Kids (writer: "The Party's Over" / performer: "The Party's Over")
 
2010-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #18.111 (2011) (performer: "Hallelujah I Love Her So" - uncredited)
Jack Hanna/Kerry Washington/Willie Nelson (2010) (performer: "Freight Train Boogie" - uncredited)
 
2011 Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary) (writer: "On the Road Again")
 
2011 Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years (TV movie) (writer: "Crazy")
 
2011 CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (TV movie) (performer: "Good Hearted Woman", "Always On My Mind")
 
2010 Hellcats (TV series)
Think Twice Before You Go (2010) (writer: "On the Road Again" - uncredited)
 
2010 First Dog (performer: "Day To Day Love")
 
2010 Detroit 1-8-7 (TV series)
Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop (2010) (writer: "Crazy" - uncredited)
 
2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #19.17 (2010) (writer: "Crazy")
 
2008-2010 Fringe (TV series)
The Box (2010) (writer: "Crazy" - uncredited)
The Arrival (2008) (writer: "Crazy" / performer: "Crazy")
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Episode #7.20 (2010) (performer: "Freight Train Boogie")
Episode #6.136 (2010) (performer: "Man with the Blues")
 
2010 The Crazies (performer: "Bring Me Sunshine")
 
2010 A Somewhat Gentle Man (writer: "Crazy")
 
2010/I Valentine's Day (performer: "On The Street Where You Live")
 
2009 Stan Helsing (writer: "Crazy")
 
2009 Zombieland (performer: "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain")
 
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
Episode dated 16 July 2009 (2009) (writer: "Night Life", "Crazy", "Hello Walls", "Funny How Time Slips Away" / performer: "Night Life", "Crazy", "Hello Walls", "Funny How Time Slips Away")
Episode dated 9 July 2009 (2009) (performer: "Good Hearted Woman", "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys")
 
2009 The Queens of Country (video) (writer: "Crazy", "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain")
 
2009 Southland (TV series)
Derailed (2009) (performer: "What Was It You Wanted" - uncredited)
 
2009 Flashpoint (TV series)
The Perfect Family (2009) (performer: "Amazing Grace" - uncredited)
 
2009 Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always - Live from Texas (video) (performer: "Wabash Cannonball")
 
2004-2009 Lost (TV series)
Because You Left (2009) ("Shotgun Willie" - uncredited)
House of the Rising Sun (2004) ("Are You Sure")
 
2009/I The Messenger (performer: "Home on the Range" 1904)
 
2009 Legion (writer: "Hello Walls" / performer: "Hello Walls")
 
2008 A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (TV movie) (performer: "Little Dealer Boy", " What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love And Understanding")
 
2008 Guitar Hero World Tour (Video Game) ("On The Road Again")
 
2008/I W. (performer: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys")
 
2008 The Watermelon ("Crazy")
 
2008 Generation Kill (TV mini-series)
A Burning Dog (2008) (writer: "On the Road Again")
 
2008 60/90 (TV series)
Los Picapiedra i Lady Di (2008) (writer: "Crazy")
 
2008 Swing Vote (performer: "Always on My Mind")
 
2008 Cold Case (TV series)
Slipping (2008) (writer: "Crazy")
 
2008/II Crazy (writer: "Crazy")
 
2008 It Takes Two (TV series)
Episode #3.3 (2008) (writer: "Crazy")
 
2008 Fields of Fuel (documentary) (writer: "On the Road Again" 1980 / performer: "On the Road Again" 1980)
 
2007 Opry Video Classics: The Hall of Fame (video) (performer: "Mr. Record Man")
 
2007 Opry Video Classics: Legends (video) (writer: "Crazy" / performer: "Medley: Hello Walls/Funny How Time Slips Away")
 
2007 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (TV movie) (writer: "Miles" / performer: "Miles")
 
2007 Dolly Parton & Friends (video) (writer: "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain")
 
2007 Family Guy (TV series)
Road to Rupert (2007) (writer: "On The Road Again" - uncredited / performer: "On The Road Again" - uncredited)
 
2007 For the Bible Tells Me So (documentary) (performer: "Family Bible")
 
2006 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV movie) (performer: "To All The Girls I've Loved Before")
 
2006 The Ultimate Gift (writer: "Crazy")
 
2006/II Catch and Release (performer: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" 1976)
 
2006 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
Van Hickey (2006) (performer: "Whiskey River" / "Whiskey River")
 
2006 Today's Country Music (video) (performer: "Will the Circle be Unbroken")
 
2006 Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (documentary) (writer: "On the Road Again" / performer: "Georgia on My Mind", "On the Road Again")
 
2006 Broken Bridges (performer: "Uncloudy Day" / "Uncloudy Day")
 
2006 The Hottest State (performer: "Always Seem To Get Things Wrong")
 
2006 Beerfest (writer: "I Gotta Get Drunk" / performer: "I Gotta Get Drunk")
 
2006 CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country (Video Game) ("Crazy", "On The Road Again")
 
2006 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2006 (TV movie) (performer: "Bird on a Wire")
 
2006 Come Early Morning (writer: "SOMEBODY PICK UP MY PIECES" / performer: "SOMEBODY PICK UP MY PIECES")
 
2005 Brokeback Mountain (performer: "He Was a Friend of Mine")
 
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard (performer: "Good Ol' Boys")
 
2005 C.R.A.Z.Y. (writer: "Crazy")
 
2005 The Wendell Baker Story (writer: "Me & Paul" / performer: "Me & Paul")
 
2005/I Man of the House (writer: "Funny How Time Slips Away" / performer: "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", "Old Five and Dimers Like Me", "Funny How Time Slips Away")
 
2004 Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (documentary) (performer: "Pancho & Lefty")
 
2004 Entourage (TV series)
The Script and the Sherpa (2004) ("Still Is Still Moving To Me" - uncredited)
 
2004 Ella Enchanted (writer: "Crazy")
 
2004 Dorian Blues (writer: "Crazy")
 
2003 Dolly Parton & Friends on the Country Train (video) (performer: "Wabash Cannon Ball")
 
2003 In the Cut (writer: "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye")
 
2003 Japanese Story (writer: "On the Road Again" 1980)
 
2003 Hope Springs (performer: "Am I Blue")
 
2002 Monk (TV series)
Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger (2002) (writer: "On The Road Again" - uncredited / performer: "On The Road Again" - uncredited, "Georgia On My Mind" - uncredited, "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" - uncredited)
 
2002 Ed (TV series)
The Road (2002) ("On The Road Again")
 
2002 Stevie (documentary) (performer: "The Maker")
 
2002 The Rookie (performer: "Nothing I Can Do About It Now")
 
2002 Uncle Frank (documentary) (writer: "Pretty Paper", "Good Hearted Woman" / performer: "Pretty Paper", "Good Hearted Woman")
 
2002 Lovers & Leavers (writer: "Crazy")
 
2001 South Park (TV series)
Kenny Dies (2001) (performer: "On The Road Again")
 
2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001) (writer: "Funny How Time Slips Away")
 
2001 Last Party 2000 (documentary) (performer: "Whiskey River" - uncredited)
 
2001 Shrek (writer: "On the Road Again" 1976)
 
2001 Korean War Stories (TV documentary) (writer: "Jimmy's Road" / performer: "Jimmy's Road")
 
2000 Grand Ole Opry 75th: A Celebration (TV special) (writer: "Wabash Cannonball/Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain/Night Train to Memphis/I Saw The Light" Medley)
 
2000 Space Cowboys (performer: "STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS")
 
2000 Postmark Paradise (writer: "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes" / performer: "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes")
 
2000/I Committed (writer: "Hello Walls")
 
1999 Earthly Possessions (TV movie) (performer: "They All Went to Mexico")
 
1999 Why Not Me? (writer: "Crazy")
 
1998 Bride of Chucky (writer: "Crazy")
 
1998 Primary Colors (writer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN" / performer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN")
 
1997 Wag the Dog (writer: "I GUARD THE CANADIAN BORDER" / performer: "I GUARD THE CANADIAN BORDER", "GOOD OLD SHOE")
 
1997/I The Ride (performer: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys")
 
1997 In & Out (writer: "Crazy")
 
1997 The Big One (documentary) (writer: "On The Road Again" 1963)
 
1997 Doing Time for Patsy Cline (writer: "Crazy")
 
1997 Gone Fishin' (performer: "Down In The Everglades")
 
1996 Michael (performer: "What a Wonderful World" 1967)
 
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt (writer: "Hello Walls")
 
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight (writer: "Funny How Time Slips Away")
 
1996 Some Mother's Son (writer: "Crazy")
 
1996 Edie & Pen (writer: "Crazy" / performer: "Moonlight Becomes You")
 
1996 Due South (TV series)
Starman (1996) (performer: "Have I told you lately that I love you")
 
1996 Carried Away (writer: "CRAZY", "TOUCH ME" / performer: "CRAZY", "TOUCH ME")
 
1995 The Big Green (writer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN" / performer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN")
 
1995 The Run of the Country (music: "Crazy" / lyrics: "Crazy")
 
1995 Women of the House (TV series)
Women in Film (1995) (performer: "You Always Hurt the One You Love")
 
1995 Tommy Boy ("Crazy")
 
1995 Great Performances (TV series)
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II (1995) (performer: "All the Things You Are")
 
1995 Cybill (TV series)
Look Who's Stalking (1995) (writer: "Crazy" - uncredited)
 
1994 Nell (writer: "CRAZY")
 
1994 Pontiac Moon (writer: "CRAZY")
 
1994 I Like It Like That (writer: "Crazy")
 
1994 Forrest Gump (writer: "On The Road Again" 1980 / performer: "On The Road Again" 1980)
 
1993 A Perfect World (writer: "Night Life", "Funny How Time Slips Away" / performer: "Funny How Time Slips Away")
 
1993 Flesh and Bone (performer: "Stardust")
 
1993 The Thing Called Love (writer: "CRAZY")
 
1977-1993 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Kevin Kline/Willie Nelson & Paul Simon (1993) (performer: "Graceland" - uncredited, "Still is Still Moving to Me" - uncredited)
Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson (1977) (performer: "Whiskey River" - uncredited, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" - uncredited, "Something to Brag About" - uncredited)
 
1992 Jennifer Eight (performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me")
 
1992 Delta (TV series)
First Time Again (1992) (writer: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" / performer: "Always On My Mind", "To All the Girls I've Loved Before")
Climb That Mountain (1992) (writer: "Crazy" - uncredited)
 
1992 Honeymoon in Vegas (performer: "BLUE HAWAII")
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) (performer: "Always on My Mind" 1972 - uncredited)
 
1992 My Cousin Vinny (writer: "FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY")
 
1991 Reasonable Doubts (TV series)
Pilot (1991) (writer: "Crazy" - uncredited)
 
1991 The Simpsons (TV series)
Stark Raving Dad (1991) (writer: "Crazy" - uncredited)
 
1991 Doc Hollywood (writer: "CRAZY")
 
1991 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Shine on Sparta Moon (1991) (writer: "Turn Out the Lights" - uncredited)
 
1990 White Palace (writer: "Good Hearted Woman")
 
1990 Texasville (writer: "Good Hearted Woman" / performer: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "September Song", "Stardust", "City Of New Orleans", "Good Hearted Woman")
 
1990 Falling Over Backwards (writer: "CRAZY")
 
1990 The Handmaid's Tale (writer: "Crazy")
 
1990 Big Bad John (performer: "Pancho and Lefty")
 
1989 Welcome Home (performer: "WELCOME HOME, WELCOME HOME" theme song)
 
1989 Field of Dreams (writer: "Crazy")
 
1989 Midnight Caller (TV series)
Promise to a Dead Man (1989) (performer: "Someone to Watch Over Me")
 
1989 Kenny, Dolly and Willie: Something Inside So Strong (TV movie) (writer: "On The Road Again" / performer: "9 to 5", "Coat of Many Colors", "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys", "Sweet Music Man", "Two Doors Down", "On The Road Again", "Real Love", " Something Inside So Strong")
 
1988 Full Moon in Blue Water (performer: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
 
1988 Murder One (writer: "CRAZY")
 
1988 Colors (writer: "BLOODY MARY MORNING" / performer: "BLOODY MARY MORNING")
 
1987 Into the Homeland (TV movie) (performer: "Living In The Promiseland")
 
1987 Dolly (TV series)
Episode #1.9 (1987) (performer: "Stardust", "Crazy/Funny How Time Slips Away/On The Road Again/Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain/Family Bible Medley", "Still is Still Moving", "To All The Girls I've Loved Before")
 
1987 Rock Odyssey (writer: "On the Road Again")
 
1986 Crimes of the Heart (performer: "Don't Fence Me In")
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)
Thanksgiving (1986) (writer: "Crazy")
 
1985 Edge of Darkness (TV mini-series)
 
1985 UFOria (writer: "Good Hearted Woman")
 
1985 Sweet Dreams (writer: "Crazy")
 
1985 Webster (TV series)
How the West Was Once: Part 2 (1985) (performer: "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys")
 
1985 The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (TV series)
To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before (1985) (writer: "To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before")
 
1985 The Winning Hand (TV movie) (writer: "I Never Cared For You", "To Make a Long Story Short, She's Gone", "You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago" / performer: "I Never Cared For You", "Everything's Beautiful In It's Own Way", "To Make a Long Story Short, She's Gone", "King of a Lonely Castle", "You're Gonna Love Yourself In The Morning", "Someone Waiting For You", "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby", "Me and Bobby McGee", "You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago", "Casey's Last Ride", "Don't Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Does")
 
1985 1918 (performer: "A Long, Long Trail", "Keep the Home Fires Burning")
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary) (writer: "On the Road Again" / performer: "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around", "On the Road Again")
 
1985 Porky's 3: Revenge (performer: "Love Me Tender")
 
1985 Moonlighting (TV series)
Moonlighting (Pilot) (1985) (writer: "Crazy")
 
1984 Best Defense ("ON THE ROAD AGAIN")
 
1983 Hells Angels Forever (documentary) (performer: "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground", "I Can Get Off on You")
 
1983 The Chipmunks (TV series)
 
1983 17th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV special) (performer: "To All The Girls I Loved Before")
 
1982 Knight Rider (TV series)
Inside Out (1982) (performer: "Always On My Mind")
No Big Thing (1982) (performer: "Always On My Mind")
 
1981 Rich and Famous (performer: "On The Sunny Side of the Street")
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "On the Road Again" / performer: "On the Road Again")
 
1981 The Facts of Life (TV series)
Free Spirit (1981) (writer: "On the Road Again")
 
1980 Ruckus (writer: "WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HIM NOW?", "ONE DAY AT A TIME")
 
1980 Honeysuckle Rose (writer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN", "PICK UP THE TEMPO", "HEAVEN OR HELL", "BLOODY MARY MORNING", "IF YOU WANT ME TO I WILL", "IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY", "ANGEL FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND", "I GUESS I'VE COME TO LIVE HERE IN YOUR EYES", "SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A COWBOY" / performer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN", "PICK UP THE TEMPO", "HEAVEN OR HELL", "BLUE EYES CRYIN' IN THE RAIN", "WHISKEY RIVER", "BLOODY MARY MORNING", "LOVING YOU IS EASIER THAN ANYTHING I'LL EVER DO AGAIN", "IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY", "YOU SHOW ME YOURS AND I'LL SHOW YOU MINE", "IF YOU COULD TOUCH HER AT ALL", "ANGEL FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND", "I GUESS I'VE COME TO LIVE HERE IN YOUR EYES", "ANGEL EYES", "A SONG FOR YOU", "UNCLOUDY DAY", "SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A COWBOY" / arranger: "UNCLOUDY DAY")
 
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter (writer: "Crazy")
 
1978 The Deer Hunter (writer: "Good Hearted Woman" 1972 - uncredited)
 
1978 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Heartaches of a Fool (1978) (writer: "Good Hearted Woman", "Heartaches of a Fool" / performer: "Good Hearted Woman", "Heartaches of a Fool")
 
1977 Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (TV movie) (writer: "Crazy")
 
1975 Mackintosh and T.J. (performer: "Stay All Night")
 
1975 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
Willie Nelson (1975) (performer: "Good Hearted Woman", "It's Not Supposed To Be That Way", "Phases And Stages", "Headed Home To Austin", "Ain't It Funny/Crazy", "Okie From Muskogee", "Redneck Mother", "Bloody Mary Morning", "Stay All Night", "Whiskey River", "Pick Up The Tempo", "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?", "When The Roll Is Called", "Mountain Dew", "Song For You", "Turn Out the Lights", "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms")
 
1974/II Puzzle (short) (writer: "Stay all night stay a little longer" / performer: "Stay all night stay a little longer")
 
1972 Elvis on Tour (documentary) (writer: "Funny How Time Slips Away")
 
Show ShowActor (39 titles)
2013 Cottonwood (rumored) (in production)
 
2011 Get a Job
Wedding Band Member
 
2008 Beer for My Horses
Charlie
 
2007 Fighting with Anger
Will
 
2002-2004 Monk (TV series)
Willie Nelson
Mr. Monk and the Blackout (2004) … Willie Nelson (uncredited)
Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger (2002) … Willie Nelson
 
2001 The Journeyman
Samuel Hancock
 
2000 Stardust
Doc
 
1999 The Long Kill (TV movie)
Lee Walker
 
1996-1998 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV series)
Marshall Elias Burch
Legend (1996) … Marshall Elias Burch
 
1997 Nash Bridges (TV series)
Earl Dobbs
Payback (1997) … Earl Dobbs
 
1996 Starlight
Grampa Lium
 
1994 Dust to Dust
Lawyer Neil Morris
 
1991 Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (TV movie)
Billy Roy Rodriguez
 
1990 Pair of Aces (TV movie)
Billy Roy Barker
 
1988 Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (TV movie)
Cross
 
1988 Once Upon a Texas Train (TV movie)
John Henry Lee
 
1986 Miami Vice (TV series)
Jake Pierson
El Viejo (1986) … Jake Pierson
 
1986 Stagecoach (TV movie)
Doc Holliday
 
1986 The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (TV movie)
Gen. Jo Shelby
 
1984 Pryor's Place (TV series)
The Showoff (1984)
 
1984 Songwriter
Doc Jenkins
 
1982 Coming Out of the Ice (TV movie)
Red Loon
 
1982 Barbarosa
Barbarosa
 
1981 Thief
Okla
 
1980 Honeysuckle Rose
Buck Bonham
 
1979 The Electric Horseman
Wendell
 
1978 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Charlie Strayhorn
Heartaches of a Fool (1978) … Charlie Strayhorn (singing voice) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
2012 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (composer: additional music - 1 episode)
Hell and Back Again (2012) (composer: additional music)
 
Spain... on the Road Again (TV series documentary) (composer: theme music - 8 episodes) (performer: theme song - 1 episode) (singer: theme song - 1 episode) (theme song - 1 episode, 2008) (theme song: "On the Road Again" - 1 episode, 2010)
Tilting Windmills in Castilla la Mancha (2010) (theme song: "On the Road Again")
Rockstar Surprise in Catalunya (2008) (theme song)
Basking in Basque Country (composer: theme music)
Castillian Hog Heaven (composer: theme music)
Coasting Along in Galicia (singer: theme song)
 
2006 Black Snake Moan (musician: The Sound of Memphis)
 
1979 The Electric Horseman (songs sung by)
 
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
2013 Cottonwood (co-producer) (in production)
 
2012 Legalize It (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2011 Still Is Still Moving: The Making of the Willie Nelson Statue (documentary short) (producer)
 
2007 Farm Aid 2007: A Homegrown Special (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2007 Fighting with Anger (executive producer)
 
1996 Farm Aid '96 (TV documentary) (executive producer: Farm Aid)
 
1994 Big Country (producer)
 
1986 Red Headed Stranger (producer)
 
1986 Stagecoach (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1984 Birdland (video short) (executive producer)
 
1984 Streetwise (documentary) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowComposer (5 titles)
2009 Willie Nelson: Hesitation Blues (video short)
 
2006 Trailer Court Justice (TV series)
 
1986 Stagecoach (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2011 Our Idiot Brother (special thanks)
 
2004 Los Lonely Boys: Texican Style - Live from Austin (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
2004 Monk (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
Mr. Monk and the Blackout (2004) (special thanks)
 
2001 Last Party 2000 (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1996 Carried Away (special thanks)
 
1989 Lonesome Dove (TV mini-series) (the producers wish to thank - 4 episodes)
Return (1989) (the producers wish to thank)
The Plains (1989) (the producers wish to thank)
On the Trail (1989) (the producers wish to thank)
Leaving (1989) (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (241 titles)
2012 Legalize It (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2008-2013 Democracy Now! (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 April 2013 (2013) … Himself
Episode dated 21 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2012 Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 26 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 20 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 19 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
1998-2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode #20.47 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #18.111 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
Jack Hanna/Kerry Washington/Willie Nelson (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #16.92 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
Episode dated 30 August 2007 (2007) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1990-2012 Today (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 20 November 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 9 April 1990 (1990) … Himself
Episode dated 6 April 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
2012 Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Adam Lambert/Pauly Shore/Swizz Beatz (2012) … Himself
Josh Peck/Key & Peele (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Ann Richards' Texas (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Billy Joe Shaver: Live at Billy Bob's Texas (video documentary)
Himself
 
2012 2012 CMT Music Awards (TV special)
Performer
 
2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.676 (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2012 Hank Cochran: Livin' for a Song (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Tony Bennett: Duets II (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Kokua for Japan (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 The King of Luck (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Toots and the Maytals Reggae Got Soul (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Marty Stuart Show (TV series)
Himself - Special Guest
Episode #3.1 (2011) … Himself - Special Guest
 
2010 Jessica Simpson: Happy Christmas (TV movie)
Himself - Special Guest
 
2010 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
Willie Nelson (2010) … Himself
Willie Nelson! (2010) … Himself
Music Icon Willie Nelson! (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Hempsters: Plant the Seed (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Ray Charles America (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Gardening Tips
Episode #7.20 (2010) … Himself
Episode #6.151 (2010) … Himself - Gardening Tips
Episode #6.140 (2010) … Himself
Episode #6.136 (2010) … Himself
 
2005-2010 CMT Insider (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 July 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 1 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 27 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 8 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 26 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2010 Glastonbury 2010 (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Country Singer / Songwriter
Episode dated 23 June 2010 (2010) … Himself - Country Singer/Songwriter
 
1997-2010 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 12 May 2010 (2010) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 13 July 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 10 September 1997 (1997) … Himself - Guest
 
2003-2010 Soundstage (TV series documentary)
Himself
Willie Nelson (2010) … Himself
Farm Aid 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2010 Wild Horses and Renegades (documentary)
Himself
 
1975-2009 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
Himself
Willie Nelson/Asleep at the Wheel (2009) … Himself
Celebration of Townes Van Zandt (1998) … Himself
 
2009 The Mark Twain Prize: Bill Cosby (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Farm Aid 2009 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Happiness Is (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 One Peace at a Time (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Willie Nelson: Hesitation Blues (video short)
Himself
 
2009 In the Hank Williams Tradition (video)
Himself
 
2009 Kokua 2008: 5 Years of Change (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 An Evening with Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson (TV movie)
Himself - Guitar, Vocals
 
2009 Detroit City Hoedown (documentary)
 
2009 Welcome to Eden (documentary)
 
2008/I Fuel (documentary)
Himself - Musician/Co-Founder, Farm Aid
 
2008 Wisdom (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Farm Aid 2008 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 The Early Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
1993-2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #16.118 (2008) … Himself
Episode #16.32 (2008) … Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #15.176 (2007) … Himself
Episode #13.200 (2005) … Himself
Episode #13.135 (2005) … Himself
 
2008 It's Easy Being Green (TV series)
Himself
 
2008 Swing Vote
Himself
 
2008 The King of Texas (documentary)
 
2008 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Fields of Fuel (documentary)
Himself - Musician/Farm Aid Co-Founder
 
2008 Willie and the Wheel (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Dreadlock Rock (documentary)
 
2008 Delta Rising: A Blues Documentary (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 I Ride (documentary)
 
1995-2007 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guitarist
Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival, Chicago (2007) … Himself - Guitarist
 
2007 Elvis: Viva Las Vegas (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Here Is What Is (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Last of the Breed: Live in Concert (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Modern Marvels (TV series documentary)
Himself
Truck Stops (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Kokua Festival 2006 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2007 Revolution Green (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Willie Nelson (2007) … Himself - Guest
 
2007 Now (TV series documentary)
Himself
Home Grown (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Farm Aid 2007: A Homegrown Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 The Unforeseen (documentary)
 
1994-2006 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Patsy Cline: Remembering Patsy (1994) … Himself
Willie Nelson: My Life (1994) … Himself
 
2006 American Revolutions: The Highwaymen (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 It's Happiness: A Polka Documentary (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Broken Bridges
Himself
 
2006 Beerfest
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 CMT Greatest Moments: Willie Nelson (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
Willie Nelson (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Too Hot Not to Handle (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2005 Diary (TV series documentary)
Himself
Johnny Knoxville (2005) … Himself
 
2005 39th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.18 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 CMT: 100 Greatest Duets Concert (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Reel Comedy (TV series)
Himself
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began (video)
Himself - Host
 
2005 Nick & Jessica's Tour of Duty (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 All We Are Saying (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of 'Walk the Line' (TV documentary short)
Himself - Musician/Friend
 
2005 CMT: Greatest Men 2005 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself - Musician (segment "Ray Charles")
A Deal with the Devil/Top 10%/Ray Charles (2004) … Himself - Musician (segment "Ray Charles")
 
2004 Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (documentary)
Himself - Musician
 
2004 What'd I Say?: A Tribute to Ray Charles (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Antone's: Home of the Blues (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Shock'n Y'all Super Bowl Party (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2004 Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Willie Nelson: Live at Billy Bob's Texas (video documentary)
Lead Vocals
 
2004 CMT Got Me in with the Band (TV series)
Himself
 
2003 Get Up, Stand Up (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
We Are the World (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
What's Going On (2003) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 2003 Radio Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 The Last Link (documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 Mr. Smith Goes to Pittsburgh (short)
Himself
 
2003 Ringo Rama (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 American Veteran Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001-2003 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
Baffler Meal (2003) … Himself
Kentucky Nightmare (2001) … Himself (as Nelson)
 
2002 Nobel Peace Prize Concert (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1992-2002 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving (2002) … Himself
Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul (1992) … Himself
 
2002 The Country Bears
Himself
 
2002 CMT Crossroads (TV series)
Himself - Performer
Sheryl Crow & Willie Nelson (2002) … Himself - Performer
 
2002 CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Waylon: Renegade. Outlaw. Legend. (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 KiHo Alu-Keola Beamer (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Last Party 2000 (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Crossover (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
2001 Willie Nelson, Live in Amsterdam (video)
Himself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Road to Rock 'n' Roll (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Roadie Chefs II (TV documentary)
Recording Artist
 
2001 Korean War Stories (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Live by Request: Willie Nelson (TV special)
Performer
 
2000 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
Behind the Laughter (2000) … Himself (voice)
 
2000 Immaculate Funk
Himself
 
2000 Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The 1999 Billboard Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Bill Bixby (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Woodstock '99 (TV special)
Himself
 
1999 The Awful Truth (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #1.10 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 CD Highway (TV series)
Himself
 
1999 Dill Scallion
Himself
 
1999 In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1999 The Story of Darrell Royal (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Merle Haggard: Live in Concert (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV documentary)
Himself - Honoree
 
1998 America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 11 July 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Roger Miller Remembered (TV special)
Himself
 
1998 Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
Willie Nelson (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Willie Nelson at the Teatro
Himself
 
1997 Farm Aid '97 (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Willie Nelson: Down Home (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Anthem (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 VH1 Storytellers (TV series documentary)
Himself
Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson (1997) … Himself
 
1997 King of the Hill (TV series)
Himself
Hank's Got the Willies (1997) … Himself (voice)
 
1997 CMT Presents: The King's Covers (TV documentary)
 
1996 Farm Aid '96 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 October 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 American Dreamers (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Lola da musica (TV series)
Himself
Willie Nelson 'A Living Legend' (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.2 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Motorworld (TV series documentary)
Himself
Texas (1996) … Himself
 
1996 The Beach Boys: Nashville Sounds (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Lost in Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
Out of Country (1995) … Himself (as The Highwaymen)
 
1995 Farm Aid: The Tenth Anniversary Concert (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 January 1995 (1995) … Himself
Episode dated 9 January 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Sinatra Duets (TV special)
Himself
 
1994 Coming and Going (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1994 Big Country
Himself
 
1993 A Day in the Life of Country Music (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1977-1993 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Host / Musical Guest / …
Kevin Kline/Willie Nelson & Paul Simon (1993) … Himself - Musical Guest
Willie Nelson (1987) … Himself - Host/Musical Guest/Various
Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson (1977) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1993 Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Academy of Country Music's Greatest Hits (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Howard Stern Interview (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1993) … Himself
 
1992 Delta (TV series)
Himself
First Time Again (1992) … Himself
 
1992 The 34th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1991 Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Wild Texas Wind (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 September 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 WrestleMania VII (video)
Himself
 
1991 Texas, Our Texas Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 An All Star Salute to Country Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Grammy Living Legends (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
1989 The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The 16th Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Sábado noche (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 April 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Willie Nelson, Texas Style (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Baja Oklahoma (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Walking After Midnight (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Farm Aid '87 (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 Heartbeat (video)
Himself
 
1986 Alabama... My Home's in Alabama (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Farm Aid '86 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Liberty Weekend (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Texas 150: A Celebration (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 November 1985 (1985) … Himself
Episode #16.20 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 The Winning Hand (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1985 We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1983 Hells Angels Forever (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The 10th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 17th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV special)
Himself/Performer
 
1982 Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 The Glen Campbell Music Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1982) … Himself
 
1982 The Barbara Walters Summer Special (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.2 (1982) … Himself
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1980 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 July 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 18 July 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 The Bee Gees Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1979 Willie Nelson at Lake Tahoe (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 Mickey's 50 (documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
Mickey's 50 (1978) … Himself
 
1974 A Poem Is a Naked Person (documentary)
Himself
 
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2011 The Joy of Country (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Country at the BBC (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006-2011 CMT Insider (TV series)
 
2009 WWE: The Rise and Fall of WCW (video)
Himself
 
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
 
2009 Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always - Live from Texas (video)
Himself - Performer
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2007 Opry Video Classics: The Hall of Fame (video)
Himself
 
2007 Opry Video Classics: Legends (video)
Himself
 
2006 Kenny Rogers: The Journey (video)
Himself
 
2006 CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Today's Country Music (video)
Himself
 
2006 CMT Crossroads (TV series)
 
2005 CMT: Class of 1975 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Grand Ole Opry's Vintage Classics (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 CMT: 100 Greatest Music Videos (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Singing Songwriters (video)
Himself
 
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (video)
Himself (segment "Man in the Mirror")
 
2003 CMT: 40 Greatest Fashion Statements (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Larry King Live (TV series)
 
2001 Country Legends (video)
Himself - Performer
 
1997 Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1961) Album: "Love & Pain" See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Print Biographies  | 5 Interviews  | 17 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

MySpace | Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

The Highwaymen | Nelson

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Waylon Jennings once said that if everybody got up in the morning and masturbated, there wouldn't be no wars. I am not in favor of that as much as I am of pot. They should start off every morning summit with a puff or maybe just pump a little into the air conditioner. In the future, I would like to be able to push a switch and have pot released into every household all over the world. See more »

Trivia:

When the IRS seized his possessions to sell at auction to try and collect money to pay his tax debt, many of Willie's fans bought his stuff and then gave it back to him. (It's been said that the fans did this as a way of saying thank you for all the free concerts Nelson performed in support of Farm Aid)... See more »

Trademark:

Texas Accent See more »

Nickname:

The Ambassador to Weedville See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus