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Chris Cornell is a rock icon who thrives on contradictions. An innovator who resists genre labels, he was nonetheless the chief architect of the 90s grunge movement. Frequently ranked as one of the best voices in music history, he has successfully maintained his own unique identity over more than two decades as a multi-Grammy award winning musician and universally acclaimed singer... See full bio »

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Christopher John Boyle
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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")
 
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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)
 
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2005-2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2002-2005 Rage (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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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:

November 19th 2002: release of Audioslave's debut album. See more »

Trademark:

Raw edged vocals See more »

Nickname:

Frisbee See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer