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Jimmy Cliff


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Jamaican reggae musician. See more trivia »
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2012 The Voice (TV series)
Live Final (Results) (2012) (writer: "Many Rivers to Cross")
 
2012 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
2011 EastEnders (TV series)
Episode dated 11 July 2011 (2011) (performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" - uncredited)
 
2011 Falling Skies (TV series)
Silent Kill (2011) (writer: "Many Rivers To Cross" - uncredited / performer: "Many Rivers To Cross" - uncredited)
 
2011 Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta (TV documentary) (performer: "The Harder They Come")
 
2011 The Snows of Kilimanjaro (writer: "Many Rivers to Cross")
 
2010 This Is England '86 (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (2010) (writer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" - uncredited / performer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" - uncredited)
 
2010 Made in Dagenham (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" / as Cliff)
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Kyra Sedgwick/Bret Michaels/Jimmy Cliff/Dave's Mom (2010) (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" - uncredited / performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" - uncredited)
 
2010 Animal Kingdom (writer: "Sitting in Limbo" / performer: "Sitting in Limbo")
 
2009 Der Mann auf der Brücke (TV movie) (writer: "You can get it")
 
2008/I Fool's Gold (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
2007 Secret Diary of a Call Girl (TV series)
Episode #1.7 (2007) (performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
2006 This Is England (writer: "Let's Dance")
 
2006 Griffin & Phoenix (performer: "I Can See Clearly Now")
 
2006 Big Love (TV series)
Where There's a Will (2006) ("I Can See Clearly Now")
 
2006 Mission: Impossible III (writer: "Come into My Life" / performer: "Come into My Life")
 
2005 Into the Blue (writer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" / performer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People")
 
2005 In Her Shoes (writer: "Sitting in Limbo" 1970 / performer: "Sitting in Limbo" 1970)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary) (writer: "The Harder They Come" / performer: "The Harder They Come")
 
2005 Runt (writer: "Sitting in Limbo", "The Harder They Come", "Bongo Man", "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" / performer: "Sitting in Limbo", "The Harder They Come", "Bongo Man", "Wonderful World, Beautiful People")
 
2005/I Hitch (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" 1970 / performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" 1970)
 
2004 Blackpool (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (2004) ("You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
2004 Peace One Day (documentary) (writer: "Peace One Day" / performer: "Peace One Day", "I Can See Clearly Now")
 
2003 Something's Gotta Give (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" / performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
2003 One Tree Hill (TV series)
All That You Can't Leave Behind (2003) (writer: "Many Rivers To Cross" - uncredited / performer: "Many Rivers To Cross" - uncredited)
 
2000 Love, Honor and Obey (writer: "The Harder They Come")
 
1999 The Muse (writer: "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" / performer: "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah")
 
1999 The Match (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
1999 East Is East (writer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" 1970 / performer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" 1970)
 
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control (performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
1997 Acústico MTV: Titãs (TV movie) (writer: "Querem Meu Sangue" / performer: "Querem Meu Sangue")
 
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight (writer: "Many Rivers To Cross" / performer: "Many Rivers To Cross")
 
1996 Children of the Revolution (writer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" / performer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People")
 
1995 Nothing Personal (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" / performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
1995 Roommates (writer: "MANY RIVERS TO CROSS")
 
1994 Jason's Lyric (writer: "Many Rivers to Cross")
 
1993 Cool Runnings (performer: "I Can See Clearly Now")
 
1991 Cool as Ice (writer: "Sitting in Limbo" / as Cliff)
 
1990 Marked for Death (writer: "No Justice", "John Crow", "Rebel In Me" / performer: "No Justice", "John Crow", "Rebel In Me")
 
1989 Lost Angels (writer: "Many Rivers to Cross")
 
1989 Scandal (writer: "Miss Jamaica" - uncredited)
 
1988 Cocktail (writer: "Shelter Of Your Love" / performer: "Shelter Of Your Love" / producer: "Shelter Of Your Love")
 
1986 Something Wild (performer: "You Don't Have to Cry")
 
1986 Club Paradise (writer: "Club Paradise", "American Plan, "Brightest Star", "The Lion Awakes", "Third World People", "You Cant Keep A Good Man Down", "Seven-Day Weekend" / performer: "Club Paradise", "American Plan, "Brightest Star", "The Lion Awakes", "Third World People", "You Cant Keep A Good Man Down", "Seven-Day Weekend", "Island In The Sun")
 
1985-1986 Miami Vice (TV series)
Yankee Dollar (1986) (writer: "The Harder They Come" - uncredited / performer: "The Harder They Come" - uncredited)
The Prodigal Son (1985) (writer: "Many Rivers to Cross" - uncredited)
 
1984 DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues (video) (performer: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People", "You Can Get It If You Really Want")
 
1983 D.C. Cab (performer: "Vietnam")
 
1974 If Mother Could See Me Now (writer: "Sitting Here in Limbo" - uncredited, "You Can Get It If You Really Want" - uncredited, "The Harder They Come" - uncredited, "Many Rivers to Cross" - uncredited / performer: "Sitting Here in Limbo" - uncredited, "You Can Get It If You Really Want" - uncredited, "The Harder They Come" - uncredited, "Many Rivers to Cross" - uncredited)
 
1972 The Harder They Come (writer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Many Rivers To Cross", "The Harder They Come", "Sitting Here In Limbo" / performer: "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Many Rivers To Cross", "The Harder They Come", "Sitting Here In Limbo")
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
2005 Rebel Salute (video)
 
2003 Rude Boy: The Jamaican Don
Wise Man
 
1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
Episode #3.292 (1995) … Musical Guest
 
1986 Club Paradise
Ernest Reed
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1982 Bongo Man (documentary)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (40 titles)
1993-2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #19.147 (2012) … Himself
Kyra Sedgwick/Bret Michaels/Jimmy Cliff/Dave's Mom (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
Episode dated 3 November 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
2012 Marley (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.560 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Glastonbury 2011 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Toots and the Maytals Reggae Got Soul (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Musical Guest
Jimmy Cliff (2010) … Himself - Guest/Musical Guest
 
2008 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
Episode #32.8 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Seitenblicke (TV series documentary)
 
2007 ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremonies (TV movie)
Performer
 
2006 Roots of Reggae: The Ernest Ranglin Story (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Top of the Pops 2 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 October 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (TV series)
Himself
Episode #11.4 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 MOBO Awards 2002 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself
Caribbean (2000) … Himself
 
1999 One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1997 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
Speck (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Acústico MTV: Titãs (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Rock in Rio (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.1 (1991) … Himself
 
1990 Marked for Death
Himself
 
1988 The Day of Five Billion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 A Reggae Session (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Àngel Casas show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.34 (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (video documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 February 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1982 Bongo Man (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Caribbean Nights: The Bob Marley Story (documentary)
Himself
 
1976-1981 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Sally Kellerman/Jimmy Cliff (1981) … Himself - Musical Guest
Dick Cavett/Jimmy Cliff (1976) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1978 Paul (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1978) … Himself
 
1977 Beats of the Heart: Roots Rock Reggae (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Roots Rock Reggae (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Rock Concert (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.15 (1975) … Himself
 
1971 Disco (TV series)
Episode #1.8 (1971)
 
1969-1970 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 August 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 30 October 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Lift Off (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #1.4 (1969) … Himself - Guest
 
1967 Beat-Club (TV series)
Episode #1.22 (1967)
Episode #1.19 (1967)
 
1965 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Himself
Millie in Jamaica (1965) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)

Related Videos

The Harder They Come -- Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff stars as Ivan Martin, an aspiring young singer who leaves his rural village for the city of Kingston, hoping to make a name for himself. One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute -- Clip: Lauryn Hill "Turn Your Lights Down Low" Marley -- A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

A member of the "Artists United Against Apartheid" charity project in 1985. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | See more »

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

My records were becoming hits in South Africa, they were songs they were using to fight the Apartheid system. I didn't have clear knowledge of the embargo but if I had I still would have gone because it was what my singing was about. I was not going to Sun City to earn money, I was going to Soweto to sing to the people who had been using my music for freedom... See more »

Trivia:

Jamaican reggae musician. See more »

Star Sign:

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