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