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Lenny Kravitz

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Lenny Kravitz at an event for Entourage (2004)
A couple's extravagant destination wedding is hijacked by criminals. In the process of saving their families, they rediscover why they fell in love in the first place.
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Four time Grammy Award-winner Leonard Albert Kravitz was born on May 26, 1964 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, the only child of actress Roxie Roker and Hollywood producer Sy Kravitz. The family moved to California when Lenny was ten. His father was Jewish and his mother was of African-American and Afro-Bahamian ancestry.

He started playing the drums and guitar at the age of five, influenced by his parents' love of R&B, jazz, classical, opera and blues. In Los Angeles, his mother encouraged him to join the California Boys Choir and Metropolitan Choir. He attended Beverly Hills High School, where he was a contemporary of Slash from Guns N' Roses, graduating in 1982.

In the late 1980s he returned to New York to pursue his musical career. Here he met and married Lisa Bonet, who played Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show (1984). They had one child together, a daughter Zoe, but would divorce in 1993.

Kravitz signed to Virgin in 1989, releasing his debut album "Let Love Rule" that same year. Just like one of his major early influences, Prince, Kravitz played nearly all the instruments on the album. "Let Love Rule" met mixed critical reviews; his second album, "Mama Said", released two years later, provided him with his major breakthrough. It reached the top 40 of the Billboard album chart, while the single "It Ain't Over Til It's Over" (influenced by his break up with Bonet) reached #2 in the singles charts.

His third album "Are You Gonna Go My Way", released in 1994, earned a BRIT award for best international male artist. Following the release of "5" in 1998 and the single "Fly Away", Kravitz won the first of four Grammys for Best Male Vocal Rock Performance.

He has also co-written and produced material for various artists such as Madonna, Vanessa Paradis, and Steven Tyler as well as performing on tracks for Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Jay-Z.

While probably best known for his musical career, Kravitz has appeared in a number of movies, most notably his screen debut Precious (2009) and most recently The Hunger Games (2012), in which he played the role of Cinna, the soft-spoken designer who turns Katniss Everdeen Jennifer Lawrence into a star.

Kravitz had a supporting role in Precious (2009) director Lee Daniels' film, The Butler (2013), and reprised his role as Cinna in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
BornMay 26, 1964
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Cheech Marin and Lenny Kravitz in Shotgun Wedding (2022)
Lenny Kravitz, Amber Stevens West, and Randall Park in The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Lenny Kravitz and Seth Meyers in Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Cuba Gooding Jr., Forest Whitaker, and Lenny Kravitz in The Butler (2013)
Lenny Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games (2012)
Lenny Kravitz and Ryan Destiny in Star (2016)
Lenny Kravitz in Star (2016)
David Duchovny, Lenny Kravitz, and Pamela Adlon in Better Things (2016)
Lenny Kravitz and Pamela Adlon in Better Things (2016)
Lenny Kravitz in Better Things (2016)
Lenny Kravitz in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Lenny Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Known for

Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hunger Games
7.2
  • Cinna
  • 2012
Precious (2009)
Precious
7.3
  • Nurse John
  • 2009
Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.5
  • Cinna
  • 2013
Forest Whitaker in The Butler (2013)
The Butler
7.2
  • James Holloway
  • 2013

Credits

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Actor

  • The Trainer
    • Post-production
  • Shotgun Wedding (2022)
    Shotgun Wedding
  • Lenny Kravitz: Raise Vibration
  • Lenny Kravitz: Ride
  • CNBC's Trailblazers
  • Lenny Kravitz: Here to Love (2019)
    Lenny Kravitz: Here to Love
    • (voice)
  • SAINt JHN Feat. Lenny Kravitz: Borders (2019)
    SAINt JHN Feat. Lenny Kravitz: Borders
  • Lenny Kravitz: 5 More Days 'Til Summer
  • Sandy Holcomb Sinkler in Shark Week Aftermath: Landshark Attacks Up 4000% (2018)
    Shark Week Aftermath: Landshark Attacks Up 4000%
  • Lenny Kravitz: Johnny Cash (Studio Version)
  • Lenny Kravitz: Low (Studio Version) (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: Low (Studio Version)
  • Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 2) (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 2)
  • Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 1) (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 1)
    • (voice)
  • Lenny Kravitz: It's Enough (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: It's Enough
    • (voice)
  • Queen Latifah, Ryan Destiny, Jude Demorest, and Brittany O'Grady in Star (2016)
    Star
  • Pamela Adlon in Better Things (2016)
    Better Things

Composer

  • Spider-Man Rocks!
    • In Production
  • Lenny Kravitz: Ride
  • Lenny Kravitz: Here to Love (2019)
    Lenny Kravitz: Here to Love
  • Steve'n'Seagulls - Are You Gonna Go My Way
  • Lenny Kravitz: 5 More Days 'Til Summer
  • Lenny Kravitz: Johnny Cash (Studio Version)
  • Lenny Kravitz: Low (Studio Version) (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: Low (Studio Version)
  • Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 2) (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 2)
  • Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 1) (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: Low (Version 1)
  • Lenny Kravitz: It's Enough (2018)
    Lenny Kravitz: It's Enough
  • Lenny Kravitz: The Pleasure and the Pain (2015)
    Lenny Kravitz: The Pleasure and the Pain
  • Lenny Kravitz: Sex (2015)
    Lenny Kravitz: Sex
  • Avicii vs. Lenny Kravitz: Superlove
  • Lenny Kravitz: Dream (2011)
    Lenny Kravitz: Dream
  • Lenny Kravitz: Push (2011)
    Lenny Kravitz: Push
  • Lenny Kravitz: Stand (2011)
    Lenny Kravitz: Stand

Music Department

  • Looking Back on Love: Making Black and White America (2013)
    Looking Back on Love: Making Black and White America
  • The Chris Rock Show (1997)
    The Chris Rock Show
  • Madonna in Madonna: Justify My Love (1990)
    Madonna: Justify My Love

Videos10

IMDb Asks Lenny Kravitz and Woody Harrelson About Their First Movie
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IMDb Asks Lenny Kravitz and Woody Harrelson About Their First Movie
"Here to Help"
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"Here to Help"
Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson
Interview 3:25
Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson
Official Trailer
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Official Trailer
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Trailer 1:01
Trailer #2
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire -- Trailer #2
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire -- Trailer #2
Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire -- Trailer #1
Trailer 2:31
Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire -- Trailer #1
The Butler
Trailer 2:32
The Butler
Shotgun Wedding
Trailer 1:31
Shotgun Wedding
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Exclusive Featurette

Personal details

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    • May 26, 1964
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • Lisa BonetNovember 16, 1987 - April 12, 1993 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Zoë Kravitz
    • Sy Kravitz
    • Ted Kravitz(Cousin)
  • Other works
    TV commercial: Marx Toys
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    • 7 Interviews
    • 12 Articles
    • 6 Pictorials
    • 9 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Named after his father's younger brother, Pfc. Leonard Kravitz, who was killed in action in Korea on 7 March 1951 while suppressing a Chinese attack and saving most of his platoon. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Lenny has joined the fight to get his uncle the Medal of Honor. Supporters believe the Medal of Honor was denied to Private Karvitz because he was Jewish.
  • Quotes
    [on the wearing of fur] My great-grandmother was a Cherokee. With the Indians, it wasn't slaughter. I have some vintage fur. I don't buy new stuff.
    • Often uses Gibson Flying V guitars

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