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

Saturday Night Live
1981
Great Performances
1986
Sacrée soirée
1990
The South Bank Show
1982
Miami Vice
1985
Crime Story
1986
Scrooged
1988
Jazz
2001
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Miles Ahead
2016
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
72
Directing
1
Writing
2
Sound
11
2026
Miles
as himself
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2023
They All Came Out to Montreux
as Self (archive footage)
2022
A History of the World According to Getty Images
as Self (Archive Footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2020
Universe
2020
Miles Davis - Live in Montreal
2020
Prince: Live At Paisley Park - December 31, 1987
as Self
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2017
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2015
Hôtel La Louisiane
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991
as Himself
2013
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
as himself
2013
Jingle Bell Rocks!
as Self (voice)
2011
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
as Trumpet
2011
Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Afternoon July 8 TH 1984
as trumpet
2011
Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 8 TH 1984
as trumpet
2011
Miles Davis: The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991
as trumpet
2011
Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 14 TH 1985
as trumpet
2011
Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - July 14 TH 1985
as trumpet
2010
Miles Davis & Keith Jarrett - The 1971 Berlin Concert
2010
Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2009
Miles Davis: Stadthalle, Vienna 1973
as himself
2009
That's What Happened - Live in Germany 1987
as self
2008
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008
Jazz Evolution
as Self - Trumpet
2007
John Coltrane - Impressions Of Coltrane
as Himself
2005
Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound
as Miles Davis
2004
Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Jazz
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
as Self
1997
Happy Birthday to John
as Self
1996
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
as Self
1993
Miles Davis Live at Montreux (1973-1985)
as Self
1991
Dingo
as Billy Cross
1991
Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Friends in Paris 1991
as Trumpeter
1991
Miles Davis - At La Villette
as Himself
1990
Miles In Paris
1990
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
as Self
1990
Miles Davis: Live at Montreux 1990
as Self
1990
Sacrée soirée
as Self
1989
Miles Davis: Live in Montreal
as Self - Trumpeter
1989
Prince: Musical Portrait
as Self
1989
Miles Davis - Montreux Jazz Festival
1989
Miles in Paris 1989
as Trumpet
1988
Scrooged
as Street Musician
1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Miles Davis – Tutu
as Miles Davis
1986
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
as Self
1986
Crime Story
as Self
1986
Great Performances
as Self
1985
The Making of Sun City
as Self
1985
Miles Davis North Sea Jazz Festival
as trumpet, synthesizers
1985
Miami Vice
as Ivory Jones
1982
The South Bank Show
1981
The Beginnings of Bebop
as Self
1981
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1973
Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973
as Himself
1973
Miles Davis - Newport Festival - Live in Paris
1971
Miles Davis Septet - Oslo 1971
as Self - trumpet
1970
Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970
as Himself
1970
Call It Anything
1969
Miles Davis Live in Paris 1969
1964
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1959
The Sound of Miles Davis
as Himself
Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
as Self
Cool
as Self
Miles Davis: Live in Germany 1988
Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane
Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
as Trumpet