Miles Davis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-05-26
Day of Death
1991-09-28 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Alton, Illinois, USA
Miles Davis
Biography
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Known For
Acting
Cool
as Self
(2025)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
(2022)
A History of the World According to Getty Images
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(2019)
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(2017)
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(2015)
Hôtel La Louisiane
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Jingle Bell Rocks!
as Self (voice)
(2013)
(2013)
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
as himself
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
as Trumpet
(2011)
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
(2009)
Miles Davis: Stadthalle, Vienna 1973
as himself
(2008)
Jazz Evolution
as Self - Trumpet
(2008)
(2007)
John Coltrane - Impressions Of Coltrane
as Himself
(2005)
Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound
as Miles Davis
(2004)
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Happy Birthday to John
as Self
(1996)
(1991)
Dingo
as Billy Cross
(1991)
(1991)
Miles Davis - At La Villette
as Himself
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
Prince: Musical Portrait
as Self
(1989)
Miles Davis: Live in Montreal
as Self - Trumpeter
(1988)
Scrooged
as Street Musician
(1987)
(1986)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
(1986)
Miles Davis – Tutu
as Miles Davis
(1985)
The Making of Sun City
as Self
(1981)
The Beginnings of Bebop
as Self
(1973)
Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973
as Himself
(1970)
Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970
as Himself
(1970)
(1969)
(1964)
(1959)
The Sound of Miles Davis
as Himself
Crew
Five More Minutes
Music
(2025)
(2016)
Miles Ahead
Musician
(1991)
Dingo
Original Music Composer
(1991)
(1987)
Siesta
Music
(1987)
(1986)
(1986)
Miles Davis – Tutu
Writer
(1970)
Jack Johnson
Music
(1968)
(1958)
Elevator to the Gallows
Original Music Composer, Musician