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There is nothing you can say about Nile Rodgers that hasn't already been heard by billions of people, in millions of cities, via thousands of radio airwaves, in hundreds of countries. The career of Nile Rodgers is one of the most enduring and prolific in music. Nile's signature is scrawled across an amazing array of music - from Madonna to Diana Ross, from David Bowie to Eric Clapton... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 Guitar Man (documentary) (performer: "Thank You") (post-production)
 
2013 The Voice UK (TV series)
Blind Auditions 2 (2013) (writer: "I'm Coming Out" - uncredited)
 
2013 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Justin Timberlake (2013) (writer: "Le Freak" - uncredited)
 
2012 Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (TV movie) (writer: "Good Times")
 
2010-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #20.177 (2012) (writer: "I'm Coming Out" - uncredited)
Episode #20.66 (2012) (writer: "I'm Coming Out" - uncredited)
Episode #19.152 (2011) (writer: "I'm Coming Out" - uncredited)
Episode #19.5 (2010) (writer: "Le Freak" - uncredited)
 
2012 When Disco Ruled the World (TV documentary) (writer: "Le Freak")
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
Festa i ball (2012) (writer: "Le Freak")
Cançó de l'estiu (2012) (writer: "Rapper's Delight")
 
2012/I Barbara (writer: "At Last I Am Free")
 
2011 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (writer: "Le Freak")
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #19.20 (2011) (writer: "Good Times" - uncredited)
 
2011 Shame (writer: "I Want Your Love")
 
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (writer: "We Are Family")
 
2011 Super 8 (writer: "Le Freak")
 
2011 I Heart You Pare (TV series)
Episode #1.50 (2011) (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Episode #1.319 (2010) (writer: "Rapper's Delight" - uncredited)
 
2010 You Again (writer: "We Are Family" 1979 / performer: "We Are Family" 1979)
 
2010 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
Episode #5.1 (2010) (writer: "Soldados del amor")
Episode #4.27 (2010) (writer: "Soldados del amor")
 
2010 Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2010 Toy Story 3 (writer: "Le Freak")
 
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (writer: "LE FREAK")
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
Sporty, Rich & Sexy (2010) (writer: "We Are Family" - uncredited)
 
2010 50 años de (TV series)
La primera vez (2010) (writer: "Soldados del amor")
 
2010 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Episode #5.8 (2010) (writer: "Le Freak" / performer: "Le Freak")
Episode #5.7 (2010) (writer: "He's the Greatest Dancer")
 
2009 ¡Feliz 2010! Cuéntame (TV movie) (writer: "Soldados del amor")
 
2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (writer: "WE ARE FAMILY")
 
2009 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
Episode #1.36 (2009) (writer: "Lady Hear Me Tonight")
 
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (performer: "Good Times")
 
2009 Glee (TV series)
Showmance (2009) (writer: "Le Freak" - uncredited)
 
2009/I Up in the Air (writer: "Good Times" 1979)
 
2009 Dance Flick (writer: "Be Faithful")
 
2008 Nobel Peace Prize Concert (TV special documentary) (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2008 The X Factor (TV series)
Episode #5.1 (2008) (writer: "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" - uncredited)
 
2008 Semi-Pro (writer: "Love Me Sexy" / producer: "Love Me Sexy")
 
2007 Premios Principales 2007 (TV movie) (writer: "Gettin' Jiggy with It")
 
2007 Bling: A Planet Rock (documentary) (writer: "Rappers Delight")
 
2007 One Tree Hill (TV series)
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (2007) (writer: "Rapper's Delight" - uncredited)
 
2007 Prince-ipal Photography: The Coming Together of America (video documentary short) (writer: "Coming To America" / producer: "Coming To America")
 
2007 Kickin It Old Skool (writer: "Rapper's Delight" / as Gregory Nile Rogers)
 
2006 Air Buddies (video) (writer: "We Are Family")
 
2006 Mission: Impossible III ("We Are Family")
 
2006 Crumbs (TV series)
And It All Came Crumbling Down (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (TV movie) (writer: "Le Freak")
 
2005 Roll Bounce (writer: "Le Freak", "He's the Greatest Dancer")
 
2005 The Comeback (TV series)
Valerie Triumphs at the Upfronts (2005) (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2005 Fever Pitch (writer: "Dance, Dance, Dance Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah" 1977)
 
2005 Son of the Mask (writer: "Le Freak")
 
2004 After the Sunset (writer: "I Got It")
 
2004 Halo 2 (Video Game) (producer: "Follow")
 
2004/I Taxi (writer: "Pass the Courvoisier Part II")
 
2004 Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Video Game) (writer: "We Are Family")
 
2004 Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (Video Game) ("We Are Family")
 
2004 Shrek 2 (writer: "Le Freak" 1978)
 
2004 Tooth (writer: "We Are Family")
 
2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing (writer: "Pass the Courvoisier Part 2")
 
2003 Karaoke Revolution (Video Game) ("I'm Coming Out")
 
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star ("Le Freak")
 
2003/I The In-Laws (writer: "Good Times")
 
2003 View from the Top (writer: "We Are Royalty/We Are Family")
 
2003 The Disco Ball (TV special) (writer: "Le Freak")
 
2003 Kangaroo Jack (writer: "Rappers Delight")
 
2002 Maid in Manhattan (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2002 The Hot Chick (writer: "He's the Greatest Dancer")
 
2002 Boat Trip (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2002 Drumline (writer: "King's Motorcade")
 
2002 Juwanna Mann (writer: "I'm Coming Out")
 
2002 The Wire (TV series)
The Detail (2002) (writer: "Good Times")
 
2002 Snow Dogs (producer: "As")
 
2002 The Simpsons (TV series)
Brawl in the Family (2002) (writer: "We Are Family")
 
2002 My Own Private Oshawa (TV movie) (writer: "We Are Family")
 
2002 The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (documentary) (writer: "We Are Family", "Le Freak")
 
2001 Rush Hour 2 (writer: "Let's Bounce")
 
2001 Scratch (documentary) (writer: "Rapper's Delight")
 
2001 Save the Last Dance ("Be Faithful")
 
1999 Skate and Destroy (Video Game) (performer: "Rapper's Delight")
 
1999 Mad Cows (writer: "He's the Greatest Dancer", "Good Times")
 
1999 Superstar ("Gettin' Jiggy wit It")
 
1999 The Attack of the Giant Mousaka (writer: "Good Times")
 
1999 Mickey Blue Eyes (writer: "We Are Family")
 
1999 Mystery Men (writer: "Le Freak")
 
1999 Summer of Sam (writer: "Everybody Dance" 1977 / as Nile Gregory Rodgers)
 
1998 54 (writer: "Dance, Dance, Dance Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah")
 
1998 Soul Music Festival: Part IV (TV movie) (writer: "Rapper's Delight" - uncredited)
 
1998 The Last Days of Disco (writer: "He's the Greatest Dancer", "Le Freak", "Everybody Dance", "I'm Coming Out", "Good Times")
 
1998 Bulworth (writer: "Freak Out" / as N. Rodgers / "Freak Out")
 
1998 Woo (writer: "J-A-N-E Meets N.O.R.E." / writer: / as N. Rodgers)
 
1998 Ride (writer: "Mo Money, Mo Problems")
 
1998 The Wedding Singer (writer: "Rapper's Delight")
 
1998 Falco - Hoch wie nie (video) (writer: "Le Freak")
 
1997 The Full Monty (writer: "We Are Family" 1969)
 
1997 Good Burger ("Keep On")
 
1997 Warriors of Virtue (producer: "Tennessee Plates")
 
1997 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
The Undead (1997) (writer: "We Are Family" - uncredited)
 
1996 Space Jam (writer: "Upside Down Round-N-Round")
 
1996 Muppets Tonight (TV series)
Episode #2.4 (1996) (writer: "Le Freak")
 
1996 The Birdcage (writer: "WE ARE FAMILY")
 
1996 A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (TV documentary) (writer: "Tick Tock")
 
1996 Bat Yam - New York (TV series)
Kum Hitnaera (1996) (arranger: "Material Girl" - uncredited)
 
1995 Heavy Weights (writer: "LE FREAK")
 
1994 It's Pat (writer: "Le Freak")
 
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III (performer: "Axel F" / producer: "The Wonderworld Song", "Axel F")
 
1994 Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go to the Circus (video short) (lyrics: "Upside Down" / as Nile Rogers)
 
1994 Trevor (short) (writer: "I'm Coming Out" / as N. Rogers)
 
1993 CB4 (writer: "Good Times", "Rapper's Delight")
 
1992 Cool World (producer: "REAL COOL WORLD")
 
1991 Ricochet (music: "Chic Mystique" / lyrics: "Chic Mystique")
 
1991 Thelma & Louise (producer: "Tennessee Plates", "Badlands")
 
1991 Love, Lies and Murder (TV movie) ("We Are Family")
 
1990 Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (short) (writer: "Everybody Dance")
 
1989 White Hot (writer: "DO IT UP", "DO IT" / performer: "DO IT UP" / producer: "DO IT UP", "DO IT")
 
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy (writer: "BODY TO BODY" / performer: "EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY" / producer: "COSMIC THING", "BRAND NEW GIRL", "THE APPLIANCE SYMPHONY", "THE GROUND YOU WALK ON", "BODY TO BODY", "EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY", "LOVE TRAIN")
 
1988 Coming to America (writer: "Coming To America", "I Got It" / producer: "Coming To America", "I Got It", "Livin' The Good Life", "Mbube Wimoweh" / "Livin' The Good Life")
 
1987 Born in East L.A. (writer: "Le Freak")
 
1986 The Fly (writer: "Help Me")
 
1986 Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (documentary) (producer: "Language Is A Virus")
 
1985 White Nights (writer: "People Have Got to Move", "This is Your Day" / performer: "This is Your Day" / producer: "People Have Got to Move", "This is Your Day")
 
1985 D.A.R.Y.L. (producer: "Somewhere I Belong")
 
1985 Arena (video) (producer: "The Wild Boys" / as Nile Rogers / "The Reflex" / as Nile Rogers)
 
1984 Gremlins (producer: "OUT OUT")
 
1984 Alphabet City (writer: "Lady Luck", "Ready To Break", "When All The Kids Start Dancing")
 
1983 Wild Style (documentary) (writer: "Good Times")
 
1982 Soup for One (writer: "RIDING", "I WORK FOR A LIVING", "SOUP FOR ONE", "DREAM GIRL", "OPEN UP", "TAVERN ON THE GREEN", "I WANT YOUR LOVE", "LET'S GO ON VACATION" / performer: "TAVERN ON THE GREEN")
 
1979-1981 The Jeffersons (TV series)
The Separation: Part 1 (1981) (writer: "Le Freak")
Every Night Fever (1979) (writer: "Le Freak")
 
1980 Private Benjamin ("We Are Family" - uncredited)
 
1979 Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (TV movie) (writer: "We Are Family" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (11 titles)
2005 Roll Bounce
 
2000 Eventual Wife (short)
 
1999 Public Enemy (documentary)
 
1996 Chic: Live in Japan (video)
 
1994 Blue Chips
 
1989 White Hot
 
1984 Alphabet City
 
1982 Soup for One
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
2005 Perfect Dark Zero (Video Game) (music producer)
 
1990 Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (video) (music production)
 
1989 White Hot (composer: additional music)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2000 A Diva's Christmas Carol (TV movie)
CEO of Record Label
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1990 Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (short) (thanks)
 
1981 New York Beat Movie (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (60 titles)
2013 Night of the Proms (TV movie) (post-production)
Himself
 
2012 Guitar Man (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Phonograph Conversations
Himself
 
2013 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
Disco Parts 1 and 2 (2013) … Himself
 
2012 Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 When Disco Ruled the World (TV documentary)
Himself - Chic
 
2012 God Save the Queens (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The Joy of Disco (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012/II We Are Family (documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.529 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 October 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 The Making of Olympia (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 Profiles in Philanthropy (TV series documentary)
Himself
Charity Beach Events (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Dance to the Music (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Sex: The Revolution (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Tainted Love (2008) … Himself
Save It for Marriage (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Dr. Drew's Celebrity Addiction Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Queens of Disco (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Impact: Songs That Changed the World - The Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Impact: Songs That Changed the World - Madonna: Like a Virgin (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 2006 Women's World Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Be My Baby: The Girl Group Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Breaking the Rules (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Joe Does the Oscars (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Disco: Spinning the Story (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 When Disco Ruled the World (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 TV Party (video documentary)
 
2005 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Liquid Assets (TV series documentary)
Himself
Duran Duran's Millions (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself (as Chic)
 
2003 I Love the '70s (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2003 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Diana Ross (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The Disco Ball (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 I Love the '80s (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Essential Michael Jackson (TV documentary)
Himself - Record Producer
 
2002 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 February 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
Himself
Pure Pop (2001) … Himself
 
2001 100 Greatest Number One Singles (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Member, Chic
 
2000 100 Greatest Dance Songs of Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2000 I Love 1970's (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
I Love 1977 (2000) … Himself - Interviewee
I Love 1976 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross (TV special)
Himself
 
1999 Public Enemy (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
Disco (1998) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1998 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
Studio 54 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Madonna Rising (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Chic: Live in Japan (video)
Himself
 
1994 Last Dance (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 October 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1985 MTV Video Music Awards 1985 (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 Live Aid (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Eddie Murphy/Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers (1984) … Himself - Musical Guest (as The Honeydrippers)
 
1980 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself
Chic/High Inergy/Dick Gregory (1980) … Himself (as Chic)
 
1979 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 January 1979 (1979) … Himself (as Chic)
 
1978 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself
Episode #21.32 (1978) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2013) Music video for Daft Punk: "Get Lucky"

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Chic | The Honeydrippers
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Peter Gabriel] I've worked on three or four projects with him. We've never had a hit. Every time I say, "God, I let Peter Gabriel down". He would say, "What are you talking about? It's not your fault. I never wrote a song good enough". See more »

Trivia:

Highly successful musician and music producer. He has produced music for such artists as Duran Duran and Steve Winwood. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo