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Chris Cornell was born Christopher John Boyle in Seattle, Washington on July 20th 1964. Chris is the second youngest of Karen and Ed Boyle's 6 children. His father was a pharmacist and his mother worked as an accountant. His parents divorced when Chris was in his early teens. After his parents marriage ended... See full bio »

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Christopher John Boyle
in Seattle, Washington, USA
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2013 Sound City (documentary) (writer: "Rusty Cage")
 
2011-2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #20.40 (2012) (writer: "Been Away Too Long")
– Episode #19.11 (2011) (performer: "The Keeper" - uncredited)
 
2012 Supernatural (TV series)
– Southern Comfort (2012) (writer: "Fell on Black Days" - uncredited)
 
2012 The Avengers (writer: "Live to Rise")
 
2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #20.66 (2012) (writer: "The Keeper" / performer: "The Keeper")
 
2011 Machine Gun Preacher (writer: "The Keeper" / performer: "The Keeper")
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.438 (2011) (performer: "Redemption Song")
 
2010 Conan (TV series)
– Murder, She Tweeted (2010) (lyrics: "Black Rain" - uncredited)
 
2010 WWF Raw (TV series)
– Episode dated 22 March 2010 (2010) (writer: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
– Raw's WrestleMania Rewind (2010) (writer: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
– Episode dated 8 March 2010 (2010) (writer: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
– Episode #1.64 (2009) (performer: "Imagine")
 
2008 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (TV movie) (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 
2008 Life on Mars (TV series)
– Out Here in the Fields (2008) (writer: "Ground Zero" - uncredited / performer: "Ground Zero" - uncredited)
 
2008 Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (Video Game) (music: "Black Hole Sun" / lyrics: "Black Hole Sun")
 
2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
– Bull (2008) (writer: "Rusty Cage" - uncredited)
 
2007 World in Conflict (Video Game) (writer: "Shadow on the Sun")
 
2007 The Eight (TV series)
– Castling (2007) (writer: "Black Hole Sun" - uncredited)
 
2006 Bug (writer: "Disappearing Act" 2006 / performer: "Disappearing Act" 2006)
 
2006 Scrubs (TV series)
– My Mirror Image (2006) (lyrics: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
 
2006 Casino Royale (writer: "You Know My Name" / performer: "You Know My Name" / producer: "You Know My Name")
 
2006 Becoming Bond (TV documentary) (writer: "You Know My Name" / performer: "You Know My Name" / producer: "You Know My Name")
 
2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (writer: "Cochise" 2002)
 
2006 Miami Vice (writer: "Shape of Things to Come", "Wide Awake")
 
2005 Guitar Hero (Video Game) (writer: "Cochise")
 
2005 Audioslave: Live in Cuba (video documentary) (writer: "Outshined" / lyrics: "Set It Off", "Your Time has Come", "Like a Stone", "The Worm", "Gasoline", "Doesn't Remind Me", "Be Yourself", "Out of Exile", "I am the Highway", "Show Me How to Live", "Cochise")
 
2004 Collateral (writer: "Shadow On The Sun" / as Christopher Cornell)
 
2004 Riding Giants (documentary) (writer: "My Wave")
 
2000 Roswell (TV series)
– Max to the Max (2000) (performer: "Wave Goodbye")
 
1999 Blast from the Past (writer: "Drawing Flies")
 
1998 Great Expectations (writer: "Sunshower" / performer: "Sunshower" / producer: "Sunshower")
 
1996 Hype! (documentary) (writer: "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" / writer: "Nothing to Say" / as Christopher J. Cornell)
 
1995 The Basketball Diaries (writer: "Blind Dogs" / as Christopher J. Cornell)
 
1994 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Held Back (1994) (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 
1994 S.F.W. (writer: "Jesus Christ Pose", "Like Suicide" Acoustic Version / performer: "Like Suicide" Acoustic Version)
 
1993 Benny & Joon (writer: "PUSHIN' FORWARD BACK" / as Christopher J. Cornell)
 
1992 Soundgarden: Motorvision (video) (writer: "Searching with My Good Eye Closed", "Rusty Cage", "Outshined", "Mind Riot" / music: "Jesus Christ Pose", "Slaves & Bulldozers" / lyrics: "Little Joe", "Jesus Christ Pose", "Slaves & Bulldozers")
 
1992 Singles (writer: "Birth Ritual", "Spoonman demo version" / as Christopher J. Cornell / writer: "Seasons", "Spoonman" / performer: "Spoonman demo version" / as Christopher J. Cornell / performer: "Seasons" / producer: "Spoonman demo version" / as Christopher J. Cornell / producer: "Seasons")
 
1992 Wayne's World ("LOUD LOVE", "ALL NIGHT THING")
 
1990 Pacific Heights (writer: "HANDS ALL OVER" / as Christopher Cornell)
 
1990 Soundgarden: Louder Than Live (video) (writer: "Gun", "Big Dumb Sex", "Loud Love" / lyrics: "Get on the Snake", "Hands All Over")
 
1989 Lost Angels (writer: "Get on the Snake")
 
1989 Say Anything... (writer: "Toy Box", "Flower")
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2011 Howard Stern on Demand (TV series)
– Chris Cornell, Songbook (2011)
 
1992 Singles
Chris
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1992 Singles (composer: additional music)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
????/I The Night Stalker (producer) (announced)
 
Show ShowSelf (35 titles)
2012 Ali 70 from Las Vegas (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #20.66 (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.139 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #15.102 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #14.209 (2006) … Himself
– Episode #8.10 (2000) … Himself
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 September 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
1999-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
– Episode #19.11 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.137 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 15 November 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
2011 Pearl Jam Twenty (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.438 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2009 The Jay Leno Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.43 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.64 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2009 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2007-2009 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.48 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #5.3 (2007) … Himself
 
2009 Zulu Awards '09 (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2008 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
2008 Fashion Rocks (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Howard Stern on Demand (TV series)
Himself
– Chris Cornell (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Walmart Soundcheck (TV series)
Himself
– Chris Cornell (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Henry Rollins Show (TV series)
Himself
– Wilson Brothers/Chris Cornell (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Chris Cornell: Live from the Fenix Underground (video)
Himself
 
2005 Audioslave: Live in Cuba (video documentary)
Himself - Vocals/Guitar (as Audioslave)
 
2005 Audioslave: Live@Much (TV movie)
Himself (as Audioslave)
 
2005 The Work of Director Mark Romanek (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Cochise") (as Audioslave)
 
2005 React Now: Music & Relief (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik (TV series documentary)
Himself - Audioslave
– Roskilde Festival (2005) … Himself - Audioslave
 
2005 Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story (documentary)
Himself
 
1994-2003 Rage (TV series)
Himself
– Audioslave guest program rage (2003) … Himself
– Chris Cornell from Soundgarden Guest Programs Rage (1994) … Himself
 
2003 Audioslave (video short)
Himself
 
2000 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Member, Soundgarden
 
2000 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1992 (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 October 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1997-1999 Power Vision - Pop Galerie (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Courtney Love (1999) … Himself
– Bruce Springsteen (1997) … Himself
 
1999 Making the Video (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Chris Cornell: Can't Change Me (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Johnny Cash: The Man in Black (1998) … Himself
 
1997 We're Outta Here! (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Hype! (documentary)
Himself - Soundgarden
 
1992 Soundgarden: Motorvision (video)
Himself (Vocals & Guitars)
 
1990 Soundgarden: Louder Than Live (video)
Himself (Vocals)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005-2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2002-2005 Rage (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

2) Fopp EP (Sub Pop, 1987) See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Interviews  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Audioslave

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be. See more »

Trivia:

Dropped out of school at age fifteen. See more »

Trademark:

Raw edged vocals See more »

Nickname:

Frisbee See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer