Chris Cornell (I) (1964–2017)


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

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(age 52) in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

007: Casino Royale Soundtrack
(2006)
O Rebelde Salvador Soundtrack
(2011)
Os Vingadores Soundtrack
(2012)
Homem de Aço Soundtrack
(2013)

Filmography

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 2019 1994 (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.5 (2019) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun" - as Chris J. Cornell)
- Episode #1.1 (2019) ... (writer: "The Day I Tried to Live" - as Chris J. Cornell)
 2019 Tähdet, tähdet (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tribuutti (2019) ... (writer: "You Know My Name")
 2018 Escape at Dannemora (TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Part 6 (2018) ... (writer: "My Wave")
  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (writer - 6 episodes, 2014 - 2018) (performer - 2 episodes, 2015 - 2017)
- Alicia Vikander/Jim Sturgess/Kali Uchis feat. Tyler, the Creator (2018) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun" - uncredited)
- Gal Gadot/Barry Manilow (2017) ... (writer: "Spoonman" - uncredited)
- Chelsea Handler/Mo Rocca/Cheat Codes feat. Demi Lovato (2017) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun" - uncredited)
- Sienna Miller/Anthony Bourdain/Chris Cornell (2017) ... (performer: "The Promise") / (writer: "The Promise")
- Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting/Wesley Snipes/Chris Cornell (2015) ... (performer: "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart") / (writer: "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart")
 2017 Jogo da Alta-Roda (writer: "Say Hello 2 Heaven")
 2016 Westworld (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Original (2016) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun" - uncredited)
 2016/II A Promessa (performer: "The Promise") / (writer: "The Promise")
 2016 Preacher (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- See (2016) ... (writer: "Rusty Cage" - uncredited)
 2016 Vinyl (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Rock and Roll Queen (2016) ... (performer: "Stay With Me")
 2016 American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Duets Round 2 (2016) ... (writer: "Light On")
 2016 13 Horas: Os Soldados Secretos de Benghazi (performer: "'Til the Sun Comes Back Around") / (writer: "'Til the Sun Comes Back Around")
  Ossos (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves (2015) ... (performer: "Before We Disappear") / (writer: "Before We Disappear")
 2015 James Bond: The Story So Far (Video documentary short) (lyrics: "You Know my Name") / (performer: "You Know my Name")
  Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 1996)
- Chris Hemsworth/Zac Brown Band (2015) ... (performer: "Heavy Is the Head" - uncredited)
- Jim Carrey/Soundgarden (1996) ... (writer: "Pretty Noose", "Burden In My Hand")
 2014 Diários do Vampiro (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Black Hole Sun (2014) ... (writer: "Fell on Black Days" - uncredited)
 2014 O Caminho Entre o Bem e o Mal (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 2014 The Marty Stuart Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Me and J.R. (2014) ... (writer: "Rusty Cage")
 2013 Fino alla fine del mondo (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- One to TRI (2013) ... (writer: "Like a Stone" - uncredited)
 2013 One Hit Wonderland (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm (2013) ... (performer: "Billie Jean")
 2011-2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 21 October 2013 (2013) ... (performer: "Footsteps")
- Episode dated 10 May 2011 (2011) ... (performer: "Redemption Song")
 2013 Guardian of the City (Short) (writer: "Shadow on the Sun")
 2013 Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- High Adventure 2013 (2013) ... (writer: "Rusty Cage")
 2013 Homem de Aço (performer: "Seasons") / (writer: "Seasons")
 2013 Sound City (Documentary) (writer: "Rusty Cage")
  Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1999 - 2012) (performer - 2 episodes, 1999 - 2011)
- Episode #20.40 (2012) ... (writer: "Been Away Too Long")
- Episode #19.11 (2011) ... (performer: "The Keeper" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 15 November 1999 (1999) ... (performer: "Can't Change Me") / (writer: "Can't Change Me")
 2006-2012 Sobrenatural (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Southern Comfort (2012) ... (writer: "Fell on Black Days")
- Simon Said (2006) ... (writer: "Fell on Black Days")
 2012 Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Toad's Wild Ride (2012) ... (writer: "Been Away Too Long" - uncredited)
 2012 Os Vingadores (writer: "Live to Rise")
  Metal Evolution (TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- Grunge (2012) ... (lyrics: "Flower") / (writer: "Loud Love", "Blow Up the Outside World", "Beyond the Wheel")
  The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- Episode #20.66 (2012) ... (performer: "The Keeper") / (writer: "The Keeper")
 2011 Jovem Adulta (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 2011 Comprámos um Zoo! (writer: "Hunger Strike")
 2011 O Rebelde Salvador (performer: "The Keeper") / (writer: "The Keeper")
 2010 Conan (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Murder, She Tweeted (2010) ... (lyrics: "Black Rain" - uncredited)
 2010 X Factor (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 4. Live Show (2010) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 2010 Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Video Game) (writer: "Black Rain")
 2010 Cinematic Excrement (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Snakes on a Plane (2010) ... (lyrics: "Get on the Snake")
  20 to 1 (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Blockbuster Heroes (2010) ... (performer: "You Know My Name" - uncredited) / (writer: "You Know My Name" - uncredited)
 2010 WrestleMania XXVI (TV Special) (writer: "Be Yourself")
 2010 WWE Monday Night RAW (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #18.12 (2010) ... (writer: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
- Raw's WrestleMania Rewind (2010) ... (writer: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
- Episode #18.10 (2010) ... (writer: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
 2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Antonio Banderas/Bill Hader/Chris Cornell (2009) ... (performer: "Imagine")
 2003-2009 Rage (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Rage Wild Card Special III (2009) ... (writer: "Pretty Noose")
- Heaven and Hell Special (2003) ... (writer: "Jesus Christ Pose")
 2008 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (TV Movie) (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
  One Tree Hill (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2008) (writer - 3 episodes, 2006 - 2008)
- Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe (2008) ... (performer: "Watch Out" - uncredited)
- Messin' with the Kid (2008) ... (performer: "Long Gone" - uncredited) / (writer: "Long Gone" - uncredited)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (2008) ... (performer: "Scream" - uncredited)
- Some You Give Away (2006) ... (writer: "Revelations" - uncredited)
- Can't Stop This Thing We've Started (2006) ... (writer: "I Am The Highway" - uncredited)
  Life on Mars (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2008) (writer - 1 episode, 2008)
- Out Here in the Fields (2008) ... (performer: "Ground Zero" - uncredited) / (writer: "Ground Zero" - uncredited)
 2008 Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (Video Game) (lyrics: "Black Hole Sun") / (music: "Black Hole Sun")
 2008 CSI: Crime Sob Investigação (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Bull (2008) ... (writer: "Rusty Cage" - uncredited)
 2007 Rock Band (Video Game) (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 2007 Os Simpsons (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Midnight Towboy (2007) ... (writer: "Cochise" - uncredited)
 2007 World in Conflict (Video Game) (writer: "Shadow on the Sun")
 2007 SingStar Amped (Video Game) (writer: "Cochise")
 2007 Ha-Shminiya (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Castling (2007) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun" - uncredited)
 2006 Médicos e Estagiários (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- My Mirror Image (2006) ... (writer: "Be Yourself" - uncredited)
 2006 Casino Royale Royal World Premiere (TV Special short) (lyrics: "You Know my Name") / (performer: "You Know my Name")
 2006 007: Casino Royale (lyrics: "You Know my Name") / (performer: "You Know my Name")
 2006 Becoming Bond (TV Special documentary) (performer: "You Know My Name") / (producer: "You Know My Name") / (writer: "You Know My Name")
 2006 Mulatschag (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.23 (2006) ... (writer: "Original Fire")
 2006 Madden NFL 2007 (Video Game) (writer: "Revelations")
 2006 As Corridas Loucas de Ricky Bobby (writer: "Cochise" (2002))
 2006 Miami Vice (writer: "Shape of Things to Come", "Wide Awake")
 2006 Akoma anteho (Short) (writer: "Show Me How You Live")
 2006 Bug (performer: "Disappearing Act" (2006)) / (writer: "Disappearing Act" (2006))
 2005 Guitar Hero (Video Game) (writer: "Cochise")
 2005 Audioslave: Live in Cuba (Video documentary) (writer: "Set It Off", "Your Time has Come", "Like a Stone", "The Worm", "Gasoline", "Doesn't Remind Me", "Be Yourself", "Out of Exile", "Outshined", "I am the Highway", "Show Me How to Live", "Cochise")
 2005 The Work of Director Mark Romanek (Video documentary) (writer: "Cochise")
 2002-2005 Idol (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Top 35 #4 (2005) ... (writer: "Hunger Strike")
- Top 48 #5 (2002) ... (writer: "When I'm Down")
 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game) (writer: "Rusty Cage" - uncredited)
 2004 Colateral (writer: "Shadow On The Sun" - as Christopher Cornell)
 2004 Riding Giants (Documentary) (writer: "My Wave")
 2003 CSI: Miami (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Evidence of Things Unseen (2003) ... (writer: "Cochise" - uncredited)
 2001 Cercados (performer: "Right Turn")
 2000 Roswell (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Max to the Max (2000) ... (performer: "Wave Goodbye" - uncredited)
 1999 O Namorado Atómico (writer: "Drawing Flies")
 1998 The Man (writer: "4th of July")
 1998 Grandes Esperanças (performer: "Sunshower") / (producer: "Sunshower") / (writer: "Sunshower")
 1996 Hype! (Documentary) (writer: "Nothing to Say" - as Christopher J. Cornell) / (writer: "Searching With My Good Eye Closed")
 1995 Grito de Revolta (writer: "Blind Dogs" - as Christopher J. Cornell)
 1995 Bill Nye, the Science Guy (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pressure (1995) ... (writer: "Pressure")
 1993-1994 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Held Back (1994) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
- Way Down Mexico Way (1993) ... (writer: "Outshined")
 1994 Ódio Puro (performer: "Like Suicide" (Acoustic Version)) / (writer: "Jesus Christ Pose", "Like Suicide" (Acoustic Version))
 1994 Top of the Pops (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 18 August 1994 (1994) ... (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 1994 Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun (Video short) (writer: "Black Hole Sun")
 1993 Amor à Queima-Roupa (writer: "Outshined")
 1993 Benny & Joon (writer: "PUSHIN' FORWARD BACK" - as Christopher J. Cornell)
 1992 Soundgarden: Motorvision (Video) (lyrics: "Little Joe", "Jesus Christ Pose", "Slaves & Bulldozers") / (music: "Jesus Christ Pose", "Slaves & Bulldozers") / (writer: "Searching with My Good Eye Closed", "Rusty Cage", "Outshined", "Mind Riot")
 1992 Vida de Solteiro (performer: "Seasons", "Spoonman (demo version)") / (producer: "Seasons", "Spoonman (demo version)") / (writer: "Birth Ritual" - as Christopher J. Cornell) / (writer: "Seasons", "Spoonman", "Spoonman (demo version)")
 1992 Quanto Mais Idiota Melhor ("Loud Love", "All Night Thing")
 1990 O Inquilino Misterioso (writer: "HANDS ALL OVER" - as Christopher Cornell)
 1990 Soundgarden: Louder Than Live (Video) (lyrics: "Get on the Snake", "Hands All Over") / (writer: "Gun", "Big Dumb Sex", "Loud Love")
 1989 Rebeldes Sem Causa (writer: "Get on the Snake")
 1989 Não Digas Nada (writer: "Toy Box", "Flower")
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Alternate Names:

Audioslave

Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Personal Quote:

I remember a girl once came up to me after one of our shows, and she had a painting of Andy Wood on the back of her leather coat. She said, "I respect you so much for recording a tribute to Andy Wood, because he was so perfect,'' and then she walked away. Why would she walk away thinking that? Out of whatever songs he wrote and how he died, how did you get that? His lyrics basically said, line ... See more »

Trivia:

Was one of the artists (with Audioslave) in 2003's revival of Lollapalooza, started by Perry Ferrell of Jane's Addiction, a touring festival of music and other exhibits. Cornell played on Lollapalooza with Soundgarden in the 90's. See more »

Trademark:

Raw edged vocals See more »

Nickname:

Frisbee

Star Sign:

Cancer

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