Pharrell Williams

Acting•Born April 5, 1973 (age 53)•Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Biography

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. With close friend Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. He has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (one as a member of The Neptunes). He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee: in 2014 for Best Original Song, for "Happy" (from Despicable Me 2); and in 2017 for Best Picture, as a producer of Hidden Figures.

Known For

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Filmography

2025

Quincy Jones, Music Man

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2025

In Whose Name?

as Self

Movie

2025

Grace for the World

as Self

Movie

2025

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

as Self

Movie

2024

Piece by Piece

as Pharrell Williams (voice)

Movie

2024

Saint-Denis le pré-show

Movie

2024

Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2024 : Le concert événement

as Self - Guest

Movie

2024

Karl Lagerfeld : Révélation

as Self

2023

Movie Themes at the BBC

as Self

Movie

2023

Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2023 : Le concert événement

as Self - Guest

Movie

2022

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Sing 2

as Alfonso (voice)

Movie

2021

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

as Self

Movie

2021

A Man Named Scott

as Self

Movie

2021

Gwen Stefani: Not Just a Girl

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2021

From Cradle to Stage

as Self

2021

Woman in Motion

as Self

Movie

2021

Ezinma

as Self

Movie

2020

Voices of Fire

2020

Holy Calamavote – A Special Performance by Run The Jewels

as Self

Movie

2020

Colette, Mon Amour

as Self

Movie

2020

Black Is King

Movie

2020

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

as Self

Movie

2020

One World: Together at Home

as Self

Movie

2020

Hydration

as Self

Movie

2020

500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2019

Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift

as Self

Movie

2019

Activate: The Global Citizen Movement

as Self

2019

The Price of Protest

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2019

The Apollo

as Self

Movie

2019

HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé

as Self

Movie

2018

The Grinch

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2018

The Shop

as Self

2017

Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville

as Self

Movie

2017

The Defiant Ones

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Jeff Koons

as Self

Movie

2017

One Love Manchester

as Self

Movie

2017

Cherry Bomb: The Documentary

as Self

Movie

2016

Skepta: Greatness Only

Movie

2016

Hip Hop Evolution

as Self

2016

Discovering Fashion

as Self (archive footage)

2016

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

Movie

2016

North Sea Jazz Highlights

as Self - Cantante

Movie

2016

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

as Pharrell Williams

Movie

2016

Pharrell Williams: Happy Go Lucky

Movie

2016

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

as Self

Movie

2015

Taraji's White Hot Holidays

as Self

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

2015

Fresh Dressed

as Self

Movie

2015

Daft Punk Unchained

as Self

Movie

2015

Entourage

as Pharrell Williams

Movie

2015

Pitch Perfect 2

as The Voice Judge

Movie

2015

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

as Self

Movie

2015

Hot Ones

as Self

2015

Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute

as Self

Movie

2015

Les Fous du Funk

as Self

2014

Pharrell Williams: iTunes Festival

as Self

Movie

2014

The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2

as Self

Movie

2014

BEYONCÉ

as Self

Movie

2014

Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo

as self

Movie

2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

as Self

Movie

2014

Wolf: The Documentary

as Self

Movie

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

2014

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

as Self

Movie

2013

24 Hours of Happy

as self

Movie

2013

Radio Disney Music Awards

as Self

2013

Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators

as Self

2012

Finding Your Roots

as Self

2011

ITV Exposure

2011

Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call

as Self

Movie

2011

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

as Self

Movie

2011

The Voice

as Self - Coach

2010

Get Him to the Greek

as Self

Movie

2010

Where Is the Money George?

as A Cop

Movie

2009

C à vous

as Self - Guest

2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as N.E.R.D. - Musical Guest

2008

90210

as Pharrell

2007

Concert for Diana

as Self

Movie

2007

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2006

Team Ice Cream Vol. 1

as Self

Movie

2005

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

2005

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

as Self (segment "Through the Wire")

Movie

2005

The Friday Night Project

as Self

2004

Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative

as Self

Movie

2004

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

as Self

2004

The Ecology of Love

as Andre

Movie

2004

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

as Self

Movie

2004

Maxim: Hot Clips 2

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2004

SMACK: Platinum Edition

as Self

Movie

2004

Michael Jackson: The One

as Self

Movie

2003

Michael Jackson: Number Ones

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2003

Viva La Bam

as Self

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self - Musical Guest

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self - Guest/Musical Guest

2003

The Neptunes: The Eighth Planet

as Self

Movie

2003

Pepsi Smash

as Self

2003

Dude...We're Going to Rio

as Pharrell

Movie

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Musical Guest

2003

VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown

as Self

2001

Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged

as Self

Movie

1999

The Early Show

as Self

1996

The Daily Show

as Self

1994

MTV Europe Music Awards

as Self - Performer

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1989

The Simpsons

as Pharrell Williams (voice)

1984

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

1959

The Grammys

as Self

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Beat Makerz - The Documentary

as Pharrel Williams

Movie

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Oakenfold 24/7

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayApril 5, 1973

Place of BirthVirginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Popularity1.4