Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jon Batiste
Sound
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 26Series: 22Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 1513968
IMDb ID: nm4456022
Known for: Sound
Born: November 11, 1986
Age: 39
Place of birth: Kenner, Louisiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.42
Wikidata: Q6272528
Also known as
TK Hazelton • Jonathan Batiste • Jonathan Michael Batiste
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (4)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Author (1)Music Director (1)Songs (1)
Biography
Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists including Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, and Mavis Staples. Batiste, with his band Stay Human, appeared nightly as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022. Batiste also serves as the music director of The Atlantic and the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. In 2020, he co-composed the score for the Pixar animated film Soul, for which he received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and a BAFTA Film Award (all shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). Batiste has garnered 5 Grammy Awards from 14 nominations, including an Album of the Year win for his album We Are (2021). In 2023, Batiste featured in the documentary film American Symphony which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jon Batiste.
Sep 11
Executive Producer
If I Go Will They Miss Me
2026 • Movie
as Self
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
2026 • Movie
as Jon Batiste
The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026 • Movie
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025 • Movie
as Self : Singer, Vocals & Piano
Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025
2025 • Movie
Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto
2025 • Movie
as Self
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September
2025 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025 • Movie
as Self
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024 • Movie
as Billy Preston
Saturday Night
2024 • Movie
Songs
The Garfield Movie
2024 • Movie
as Grady
The Color Purple
2023 • Movie
as Self
American Symphony
2023 • Movie
as Self : Guest
Jon Batiste @ Ground Control
2023 • Movie
as Self
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
2022 • Movie
as Self
Ukraine: Answering the Call
2022 • Movie
as Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration
2022 • Movie
Original Music Composer
The First Wave
2021 • Movie
WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon Batiste
2021 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Soul
2020 • Movie
Original Music Composer
She Ball
2020 • Movie
as Self
American Tap
2018 • Movie
as Self
America's Musical Journey
2018 • Movie
as Self
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
2018 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jon Batiste.
as Self • 1 eps
Celebrity Substitute
2024 • Series
as Self - Roundtable Talent • 1 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023 • Series
as Self - Judge • 7 eps
The Piano
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Sherri
2022 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 8 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Finding Your Roots
2012 • Series
as Jon Batiste • 1 eps
Treme
2010 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
C à vous
2009 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Austin City Limits
1975 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
American Music Awards
1974 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Great Performances
1971 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Grammys
1959 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Oscars
1953 • Series