Miles Davis

Known for: Acting
Born: May 26, 1926, Alton, Illinois, USA
Died: September 28, 1991
Movies: 63

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.

Upcoming Miles Davis Movies

Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane

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Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969

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Best-Known Movies

6.8

Scrooged

1988

7.1

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

7.3

Chasing Trane

2017

6.6

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

7.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

7.5

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

2000

6.7

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

2019

6.8

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

1996

5.9

Dingo

1991

8.4

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986

Filmography

2026	Miles	himself
2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self (archive footage)
2023	They All Came Out to Montreux	Self (archive footage)
2022	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues	Self (voice) (archive sound)
2022	A History of the World According to Getty Images	Self (Archive Footage)
2020	Prince: Live At Paisley Park - December 31, 1987	Self
2020	Universe
2020	Miles Davis - Live in Montreal
2019	Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool	Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019	Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes	Self (archive footage)
2018	Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit	Self - Musician (archive footage)
2017	Chasing Trane	Self - Musician (archive footage)
2015	Hôtel La Louisiane	Self (archive footage)
2013	Jingle Bell Rocks!	Self (voice)
2013	Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991	Himself
2013	Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969	himself
2011	Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Afternoon July 8 TH 1984	trumpet
2011	Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 8 TH 1984	trumpet
2011	Miles Davis: The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991	trumpet
2011	Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 14 TH 1985	trumpet
2011	Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - July 14 TH 1985	trumpet
2011	Miles Davis: Around Midnight	Trumpet
2010	Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett - The 1971 Berlin Concert
2010	Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2009	Miles Davis: Stadthalle, Vienna 1973	himself
2009	That's What Happened - Live in Germany 1987	self
2008	Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008	Jazz Evolution	Self - Trumpet
2007	John Coltrane - Impressions Of Coltrane	Himself
2005	Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound	Miles Davis
2004	Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue	Self (archive footage)
2000	Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album	Self
1997	Happy Birthday to John	Self
1996	Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival	Self
1993	Miles Davis Live at Montreux (1973-1985)	Self
1991	Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Friends in Paris 1991	Trumpeter
1991	Miles Davis - At La Villette	Himself
1991	Dingo	Billy Cross
1990	Miles In Paris
1990	Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones	Self
1990	Miles Davis: Live at Montreux 1990	Self
1989	Miles in Paris 1989	Trumpet
1989	Miles Davis: Live in Montreal	Self - Trumpeter
1989	Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
1989	Prince: Musical Portrait	Self
1988	Scrooged	Street Musician
1986	Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis	Self
1986	He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life	Self (archive footage)
1986	Miles Davis – Tutu	Miles Davis
1985	Miles Davis North Sea Jazz Festival	trumpet, synthesizers
1985	The Making of Sun City	Self
1981	The Beginnings of Bebop	Self
1973	Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973	Himself
1973	Miles Davis - Newport Festival - Live in Paris
1971	Miles Davis Septet - Oslo 1971	Self - trumpet
1970	Call It Anything
1970	Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970	Himself
1969	Miles Davis Live in Paris 1969
1964	Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1959	The Sound of Miles Davis	Himself

Directing, Writing & Producing

1991	Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Friends in Paris 1991	Director
1989	Miles in Paris 1989	Writer
1986	Miles Davis – Tutu	Writer

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