Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2017
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2026
The Mike Douglas Show
1976
Saturday Night Live
1977
Party of Five
1999
Later... with Jools Holland
1999
Duckman
1997
Austin City Limits
2014
Arthur
2003
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1996
The Flip Wilson Show
1973

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
53
Sound
11
2026
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Musical Guest
2024
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
as Self
2024
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
as Self
2024
Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine
as Himself
2023
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM
as Performer
2021
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
as Self
2020
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
as Self
2019
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
as Self
2019
David Holt's State of Music
as Self
2017
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
as Self
2017
American Epic
as Self
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Musical Guest
2016
Shake 'Em On Down
as Himself
2016
The American Epic Sessions
as Self
2014
All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
as Himself
2014
ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014
as Self
2014
This Ain't No Mouse Music!
as Self
2014
Austin City Limits
as Self
2013
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
as Self
2011
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
as Self
2009
The People Speak
as Self
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
2006
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
as Self
2004
Killer Diller
as J.R. Cox
2003
Santana: Special Edition EP
as Self
2003
Feel Like Going Home
as Self
2003
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along
2003
Arthur
2003
The Blues
as Self
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Swing Band Singer
2001
Songcatcher
as Dexter Speaks
1999
Party of Five
as Self
1999
Later... with Jools Holland
1998
Outside Ozona
as Dix Mayal
1998
Six Days Seven Nights
as Entertainer
1997
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
as Self
1997
Blind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film
1997
Duckman
1996
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Mr. Will
1996
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
as Self - Guitar
1996
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
as Ellis Robinson (voice)
1991
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Gatekeeper
1987
Taj Mahal and Friends
as Self
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Bones
1977
Scott Joplin
as Poor Alfred
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1976
Sounder, Part 2
as Ike
1976
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1973
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1973
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
Sounder
as Ike
Mr. Handy's Blues
as Himself
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
as Self