Herbie Hancock

ActorComposerWriterDirectorSound Apr 12 (age 85) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1959–2025 (66 year career)

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Biography

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences. His music embraces elements of funk…

Known For

Film

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Defence Minister

Film

Traffic

Musician

Film

Blow-Up

Original Music Composer

Film

Indecent Proposal

Himself

Film

Death Wish

Orchestrator

Film

Colors

Original Music Composer

Film

A Soldier's Story

Original Music Composer

Film

Harlem Nights

Original Music Composer

Filmography

Acting (99)

Movies (83)

Herbie

2025

as Self (Archives)

Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra

2024

as Self

Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song

2023

as Self

9.0

They All Came Out to Montreux

2023

as Self

8.5

Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022

2022

as Self

Hargrove

2022

as Self

7.0

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

2022

5.0

Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

2022

as Self

7.0

Buster Williams Bass to Infinity

2019

as Himself

That Click

2019

as Self

8.8

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

as Self - Musician

7.2

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

2019

as Self

6.9

International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019

2019

as Self

8.0

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

2018

as Self

7.0

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

2018

as Self

8.2

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017

as Defence Minister

6.6

Chick Corea: The Musician

2017

as Self

Miles Ahead

2016

as Live Concert Band

6.4

River of Gold

2016

as Narrator

Jazz at the White House

2016

as Self

More Than Jazz

2016

as Himself

Kareem: Minority of One

as Self

Marcus

as Self

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity

2014

as Piano

6.0

Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival

2014

as Self

Keep On Keepin' On

2014

as Self

7.1

Experience Montreux

2013

as Self

Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin

as Himself

A Man's Story

as Self

Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne

2011

as Himself

6.0

Miles Davis: Around Midnight

2011

as Piano

The Girls in the Band

2011

6.2

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

2011

as Self - Performer

5.6

All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

2011

as Self

On the Shoulders of Giants

2011

6.3

Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin

2011

DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live

2010

as Himself

8.0

Music

2010

as Self

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

2009

as Self

4.6

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

2008

as Self

3.8

Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux

2008

as Self

6.2

Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

2008

as Self

Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne

2008

as Piano

Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades

2006

as Self

4.2

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

2006

as Self

5.4

Larry presents: Best of The 80s

2004

as Self

Herbie Hancock Special

2004

One Night with Blue Note

2004

as Self

6.9

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

2004

as Self

7.5

Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux

2004

7.0

Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue

2004

as Self

6.0

Prachtig 80: Volume 2

2003

as Self

Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

2003

as Self

5.9

The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock

2002

as Himself

Hitters

2002

as District Attorney

2.8

Herbie Hancock Future2future Live

2002

as Himself

3.8

World of Rhythm - Live in Lugano

2002

as Self

8.0

Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel

2001

as Herbie Hancock

4.5

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

1997

as Self

7.2

Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996

1996

10.0

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

1995

as Self

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute

1995

as Self - Pianist

Indecent Proposal

1993

as Himself

6.4

Branford Marsalis: Steep

1991

as Self

Miles Davis - At La Villette

1991

as Himself

4.2

The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is

1991

8.5

Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert

1990

Celebrity Guide to Wine

1990

as Self

10.0

Jazz Under the Skies

1990

as Self

Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival)

1990

as Keyboards

Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva

1988

Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions

1987

as Himself

Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival

as Himself

'Round Midnight

as Eddie Wayne

Before Midnight

as Self (archive footage)

4.0

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

1986

as Self

The Making of Sun City

1985

as Self

9.0

I Love Quincy

1984

as Self

Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!

1984

as Self - Piano

PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters

1974

Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964

1964

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London

as Themself

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band

as Self

Television (16)

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

2020

as Self

3.3

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

as Self

Jay Leno's Garage

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Girl Meets World

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Classic Albums

as Self

Kulturzeit

as self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

ECHO-Verleihung

1992

as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Musical Guest

7.0

Rock Concert

1973

as Self

8.0

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Grammys

as Self

Crew (21)

Movies (21)

On the Shoulders of Giants

2011

Original Music Composer

6.3

Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos

2004

Musical

7.3

Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel

Director

Traffic

Musician

Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts

1991

Music

Livin' Large!

1991

Original Music Composer

5.6

The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is

1991

Music Director

8.5

Harlem Nights

1989

Original Music Composer

6.1

Colors

1988

Original Music Composer

6.5

Action Jackson

1988

Original Music Composer

5.5

The George McKenna Story

1988

Original Music Composer

'Round Midnight

Conductor

'Round Midnight

Original Music Composer

7.1

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986

Original Music Composer

6.3

A Soldier's Story

1984

Original Music Composer

Death Wish

Orchestrator

Death Wish

Original Music Composer

6.9

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

1973

Original Music Composer

6.3

Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert

1969

Original Music Composer

Blow-Up

1966

Original Music Composer

7.3

Herbie

1966

Music

6.6