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Herbie Hancock

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Recipient of a Jazz Masters Award from the USA's National Endowment for the Arts in 2004. See more trivia »

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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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2012 The X Factor (TV series)
– Live Show 2 (2012) (writer: "Back for Good/Groove Is in the Heart/Gangnam Style/Pump Up the Jam" - uncredited)
 
2011 2011 Soul Train Awards (TV special) (writer: "Rockit")
 
2011 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Episode #11.5 (2011) (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart" - uncredited)
 
2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #18.111 (2010) (performer: "Space Captain")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Michael Cera/Rachel Maddow/Herbie Hancock (2010) (performer: "Space Captain" - uncredited)
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.269 (2010) (performer: "Imagine")
 
2009 Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (video) (writer: "Footworkin'")
 
2009 American Casino (documentary) ("Everybody's Broke")
 
2008 Marley & Me (writer: "Cantaloop Flip Fantasia" / as Herbert Hancock)
 
2008 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
– Monkeys Take a Bath (2008) (writer: "Rockit" - uncredited / performer: "Rockit" - uncredited)
 
2008 Por Toda Minha Vida (TV series documentary)
– Mamonas Assassinas (2008) (writer: "Cantaloop")
 
2007 Hot Rod (writer: "Rockit" / performer: "Rockit")
 
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart")
 
2007 License to Wed (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart")
 
2007 Kickin It Old Skool (writer: "Rockit")
 
2007 Are We Done Yet? (writer: "Cantaloop Flip Fantasia")
 
2007 What Love Is (writer: "Groove is in the heart")
 
2007 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007 (TV movie) (performer: "Help Me")
 
2005 I Love the 80's 3-D (TV series documentary)
– 1983 (2005) (performer: "Rockit")
 
2005 Six Feet Under (TV series)
– Eat a Peach (2005) ("In Heaven There is No Beer - Rockit", "Rockit")
 
2005 Guess Who (writer: "Turtle Shoes" 1985)
 
2004 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
– Episode #6.12 (2004) (writer: "All Nite Don't Stop" - uncredited)
 
2004 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Janet Jackson (2004) (writer: "All Nite Don't Stop")
 
2003 Wildboyz (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Amplitude (Video Game) (writer: "Rockit 2.002" / performer: "Rockit 2.002")
 
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Video Game) (writer: "Rockit" / performer: "Rockit")
 
2002 Comedian (documentary) (writer: "Maiden Voyage" / performer: "Maiden Voyage")
 
2001 The Wash ("Everytime")
 
2001 Zoolander (performer: "Rockit" / "Rockit")
 
2001 Scratch (documentary) (writer: "Rockit" / performer: "Rockit 2.000", "Rockit")
 
2000 Charlie's Angels (writer: "Groove Is In The Heart")
 
2000 Down to You (writer: "Groove Is In The Heart")
 
1999/I Lost & Found (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart")
 
1999 Office Space (writer: "Get Dis Money" / performer: "Get Dis Money")
 
1998 Out of Sight (writer: "Watermelon Man")
 
1998 Can't Hardly Wait (writer: "Groove Is In The Heart" The Deee-Remix)
 
1998 Bulworth (writer: "100 Miles and Running" / as H. Hancock)
 
1997 Donnie Brasco (writer: "Just Around the Corner" 1980 / performer: "Just Around the Corner" 1980)
 
1996 The Pallbearer (writer: "Cantaloupe Island" / performer: "Cantaloupe Island")
 
1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (writer: "Playa Fo Real")
 
1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio (producer: "Baltimore Oriole", "That old black magic")
 
1995 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Danger! Death Ray (1995) (writer: "Watermelon Man")
 
1994 Baywatch (TV series)
– Someone to Baywatch Over You (1994) (writer: "Cantaloop Flip Fantasia" - uncredited)
 
1994 Jimmy Hollywood ("Cantaloop")
 
1993 Super Mario Bros. (writer: "CANTALOOP")
 
1993 Indecent Proposal (performer: "Nighttime")
 
1993 Hookers Hustlers Pimps and Their Johns (documentary) (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart")
 
1990-1992 Tohuwabohu (TV series)
– Kapitel 6 (1992) (performer: "Rockit" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.1 (1990) (writer: "Rockit" - uncredited / performer: "Rockit" - uncredited)
 
1991 Livin' Large! (music: "Livin' Large!" / performer: "Livin' Large!")
 
1988 Twins (writer: "TURTLE SHOES" / performer: "TURTLE SHOES")
 
1987 Back to the Beach (performer: "Wipe Out" / producer: "Wipe Out")
 
1986 'Round Midnight (writer: "Watermelon Man", "I Love A Party", "Chan's Song" "Never Said")
 
1985 Fast Forward (writer: "Hardrock")
 
1985 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Firestorm (1985) (performer: "Rockit")
 
1985 Street Hawk (TV series)
– Pilot (1985) (writer: "Rockit")
 
1981 American Pop (writer: "Cantaloupe Island" / performer: "Cantaloupe Island")
 
1979 The Bitch (performer: "I Thought It Was You")
 
1979 Sunburn (music: "You Bet Your Love")
 
1979 Love Is Not Enough (writer: "Maiden Voyage" - uncredited)
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #2.30 (1965) (writer: "Watermelon Man")
 
Show ShowComposer (19 titles)
2012 Occupy Los Angeles (documentary) (electronic music)
 
2011 On the Shoulders of Giants (documentary)
 
2007 Pioneers for Peace: American Kosen Rufu (documentary short)
 
2006 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (documentary)
 
1997 The Best of Latin Jazz (video short)
 
1994 Tomcat Alley (Video Game)
 
1991 Livin' Large!
 
1989 Harlem Nights
 
1988 Colors
 
1988 Action Jackson
 
1986 The George McKenna Story (TV movie)
 
1986 'Round Midnight
 
1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
 
1984 A Soldier's Story
 
1974 Death Wish
 
1973 The Spook Who Sat by the Door
 
1969 Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert (TV movie)
 
1966 Blow-Up (as Herbert Hancock)
 
1966 Herbie (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (7 titles)
2002 Hitters (music supervisor)
 
2000 Traffic (musician: electric piano)
 
2000 Finding Forrester (musician - uncredited)
 
1991 Livin' Large! (music arranger)
 
1986 'Round Midnight (conductor, music arranger)
 
1985 L'homme aux yeux d'argent (musician)
 
1974 Death Wish (music performer, orchestrator)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
2002 Hitters
District Attorney
 
1995 Invisible Universe (Video Game)
Poetry reader (voice)
 
1986 'Round Midnight
Eddie Wayne
 
1981 Concrete Cowboys (TV series)
Gideon
– The Wind Bags (1981) … Gideon
 
Show ShowSelf (92 titles)
2014 Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (documentary) (pre-production)
Himself
 
2014 Keep on Keepin' On (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 International Jazz Day (video)
Himself
 
2013 Power of Love: Quincy Jones & Sir Michael Caine's 80th Birthday Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Amazon Gold (documentary)
 
2012 Kulturzeit (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 June 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Girls in the Band (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Chaka Khan (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2010 Music (documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest Musician
– Episode #19.16 (2010) … Himself - Guest Musician
– Episode #18.111 (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.38 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #13.183 (2005) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2010 Stand Up to Cancer (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
1995-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Michael Cera/Rachel Maddow/Herbie Hancock (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 13 November 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
2010 The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: In Performance at the White House - Paul McCartney (TV special)
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.269 (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2005-2010 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 Video Killed the Radio Star (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Directors View: Kevin Godley (2010) … Himself
 
2010 On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 More to Live For (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
2009 Soundstage (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Josh Groban: An Evening in New York City (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Icons Among Us (documentary)
 
2009 Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (TV series)
Himself
– Herbie Hancock (2009) … Himself
 
2009 We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Breakfast (TV series)
– Episode dated 18 November 2008 (2008)
 
2008 Live from Abbey Road (TV series)
– Episode #2.9 (2008)
– Episode #2.7 (2008)
 
2008 The View (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The 50th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2008 Yes We Can (video short)
Himself
 
2008 An Evening with Quincy Jones (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.3 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 In Performance at the White House: Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (TV special)
Musician
 
2007 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Aretha Franklin (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 37th NAACP Image Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
– Herbie Hancock (2006) … Himself
 
2005 UK Music Hall of Fame: Biggest Selling Artists of the 21st Century (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The 32nd Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 Herbie Hancock Future2Future Live (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Miles Davis Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.7 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 A Celebration of America's Music (TV special)
Himself
 
1997 Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Lauren Hutton and... (TV series)
Himself
– Herbie Hancock (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute (video documentary)
Himself - Pianist
 
1986-1994 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself / Host
– Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve Records at 50 (1994) … Host
– Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis (1986) … Himself
 
1993 Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live at Montreux (video)
Himself
 
1993 Indecent Proposal
Himself
 
1993 The 35th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1992 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1992 Birdland (TV series)
Himself
 
1992 Miles Davis and Friends (TV documentary)
Himself - Keyboard
 
1992 The 19th Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 22nd NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 Celebrity Guide to Wine (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Grammy Living Legends (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 November 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987-1988 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 1988 (1988) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1988 The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 The 15th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
 
1987 The 14th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 Stand by Me: AIDS Day Benefit (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1986 Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (video documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Rockschool (TV series)
Host
 
1985 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
Himself
– Firestorm (1985) … Himself
 
1985 One Night with Blue Note (video)
Himself
 
1984 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Ringo Starr/Herbie Hancock (1984) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1984 Star Search (TV series)
Himself - Introducer
– Episode #2.9 (1984) … Himself - Introducer
 
1984 The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.27 (1979) … Himself
 
1975-1976 Rock Concert (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.11 (1976) … Himself
– Episode #3.8 (1975) … Himself
– Episode #3.11 (1975) … Himself
 
1976 The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV series)
Himself
– The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot and Heavy, Cool and Groovy All Star Jazz Show (1976) … Himself
 
1974 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Guest
– The Miracles/Herbie Hancock/Yvonne Fair (1974) … Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2001 Scratch (documentary)
Himself
 

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Album: "Crossings", 1972 (Warner Bros.) See more »

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2 Biographical Movies  | 5 Interviews  | 6 Articles  | See more »

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Personal Quote:

[on the influence of Clare Fischer] Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were. See more »

Trivia:

Recipient of a Jazz Masters Award from the USA's National Endowment for the Arts in 2004. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries