Taj Mahal

Known for: Acting
Born: May 17, 1942, Harlem, New York, USA
Movies: 35

Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.

Upcoming Taj Mahal Movies

Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.1

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

6.3

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991

6.0

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

6.8

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads

2019

7.5

Sounder

1972

7.3

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

1996

6.2

Songcatcher

2001

6.7

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

2020

7.6

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

2017

5.2

Outside Ozona

1998

Filmography

2024	Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023	Self
2024	Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine	Himself
2024	Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf	Self
2023	Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM	Performer
2021	A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings	Self
2020	Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band	Self
2019	ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads	Self
2017	Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World	Self
2016	Shake 'Em On Down	Himself
2016	The American Epic Sessions	Self
2014	ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014	Self
2014	This Ain't No Mouse Music!	Self
2014	All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman	Himself
2013	Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013	Self
2011	Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center	Self
2009	The People Speak	Self
2006	Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life	Self
2004	Killer Diller	J.R. Cox
2003	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along
2003	Feel Like Going Home	Self
2003	Santana: Special Edition EP	Self
2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Swing Band Singer
2001	Songcatcher	Dexter Speaks
1998	Outside Ozona	Dix Mayal
1998	Six Days Seven Nights	Entertainer
1997	Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz	Self
1997	Blind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film
1996	The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus	Self - Guitar
1996	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Mr. Will
1991	Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey	Gatekeeper
1987	The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains	Bones
1987	Taj Mahal and Friends	Self
1977	Scott Joplin	Poor Alfred
1976	Sounder, Part 2	Ike
1972	Sounder	Ike

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