Dizzy Gillespie: movies and TV shows
Dizzy Gillespie has 72 credits in the archive: 61 films and 11 TV series, from 1946 to 2024. Highest rated: The Muppet Show (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1946 – 2024 · busiest year: 1989 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 106 |
| 2024 | A Supermarket in Californi | Film | — | 106 | |
| 2023 | Maurice Baquet, The Accorded | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 105 |
| 2022 | Charlie Parker: Bird Songs | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 104 |
| 2022 | Jazz Club 2 | Film | — | 104 | |
| 2022 | Jazz session: Dizzy Gillepsie en concert au studio 104 - 1970 | Self - trompettiste | Film | — | 104 |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 103 |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 102 |
| 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Self - Musician (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 101 |
| 2019 | Jazz: The Only Way of Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 101 |
| 2018 | Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 100 |
| 2018 | The Jazz Ambassadors | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 100 |
| 2014 | Jazz Legends in Their Own Words | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 2014 | Brownie Speaks | Self | Film | 10.0 | 96 |
| 2012 | The Music According to Tom Jobim | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 94 |
| 2011 | All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater | Self | Film | — | 93 |
| 2009 | The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best | Self | Film | — | 91 |
| 2008 | Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong | Self | Film | 8.5 | 90 |
| 2006 | Jazz Icons: Dizzy Gillespie Live in '58 & '70 | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2004 | The Harlem Renaissance | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 86 |
| 2004 | Improvisation | Self | Film | — | 86 |
| 2002 | Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal | Self | Film | 5.0 | 84 |
| 1998 | Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 1995 | Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar | Self | Film | 8.0 | 77 |
| 1994 | A Great Day in Harlem | Self | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 1992 | Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 1991 | El invierno en Lisboa | Bill Swann | Film | 4.7 | 73 |
| 1991 | El invierno en Lisboa | Film | 4.7 | 73 | |
| 1990 | Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs | Self | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1990 | Amazonia | (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1990 | To Bop or Not To Be: A Jazz Life | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 1989 | Slim Gaillard's Civilisation | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 1989 | Didn't We Ramble On | Narrator | Film | — | 71 |
| 1989 | A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba | Self - Trumpet | Film | 8.5 | 71 |
| 1989 | Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 1986 | The Cosmic Eye | The Musicians | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1986 | Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 1985 | Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985) | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Mr. Hampton | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1984 | Hello | Film | 6.8 | 66 | |
| 1983 | Bei Bio | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 1982 | Dizzy's Dream Band | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 1982 | A Family Circus Easter | Easter Bunny (voice) | Film | 8.5 | 64 |
| 1981 | The Beginnings of Bebop | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 1980 | Música para Sempre | Self | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1979 | The Last of the Blue Devils | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1977 | Second Chance: Sea | Film | 10.0 | 59 | |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1974 | Voyage to Next | Father Time (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1974 | Voyage to Next | Film | 5.3 | 56 | |
| 1974 | Dizzy Gillespie Quartet @ Berliner Jazztage 1974 | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1972 | Jazz Is Our Religion | Film | 10.0 | 54 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1967 | Duke Ellington: Love You Madly | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 1966 | Smith, James O. - Organist, USA. 1. Die Europa-Tournee des Jazz-Organisten Jimmy Smith | Self | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1964 | The Hat | The First Border Guard (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1964 | Dizzy Gillespie | Self | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1963 | Look at Life: Jazz All the Way | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1962 | The Hole | (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1961 | Jazz Casual | Self - Trumpet | TV | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1958 | A Smattering of Spots | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1956 | Date with Dizzy | Self | Film | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1956 | Date with Dizzy | Film | 4.8 | 38 | |
| 1953 | Things to Come | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1946 | Jivin' in Bebop | Self | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| Cool | Self | Film | — | — | |
| What's Happening | Self | TV | — | — |