Clive Davis was a legendary American record executive, A&R executive, record producer and lawyer. He worked for Columbia Records as an attorney, general manager and president. Davis was responsible for the record division of Columbia Pictures, and founded the music labels Arista and J.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2022
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2007
Anderson Cooper 360°
2009
American Idol
2006
Genius
2021
Today
2007
Entertainment Tonight
2016
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
Soundbreaking
2016
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
Whitney
2018
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
37
Producing
3
2026
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
as Self
2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
as Self
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
2022
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
as Self
2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
as Self
2022
Whitney, a Look Back
as Self - Whitney's Mentor
2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2021
The Songpoet
2021
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
as Self
2019
David Foster: Off the Record
as Self
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Columbia Records President
2019
Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music)
as Self
2019
Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time
2018
Whitney
as Self - Founder, Arista Records
2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
2017
George Michael: Freedom
as Self
2017
Whitney: Can I Be Me
as Self - Chairman and CEO, Arista Records (archive footage)
2017
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
as Self
2016
Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago
as Self
2016
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
2016
Soundbreaking
as Self
2015
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
as Self
2012
Always Whitney Houston
as Self
2012
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
as Self
2009
Coming Back for More
2009
Am I Black Enough for You
2009
Anderson Cooper 360°
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2007
Today
as Self
2006
American Idol
as Self
2003
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
as Himself
2000
The Beatles Revolution
as Self
1998
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
as Self
1995
The Music Biz
as Self