Sonny Rollins
Acting
September 7, 1930
Died May 25, 2026 (95 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
18
Acting Credits
Biography
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 - May 25, 2026) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus". Rollins was born ...
Known For
Filmography
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
as Self
Hargrove
2022
as Self
7
Jazz Club 2
2022
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
2022
as Self
7
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018
as Self
8.1
Chasing Trane
2017
as Self - Musician
7.3
Brownie Speaks
2014
as Self
10
Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes
2012
as Self
Sonny Rollins '74: Rescued!
2010
as Self
The Jazz Baroness
2009
as Self
Jazz Icons: Sonny Rollins Live in '65 & '68
2008
as Self
John Coltrane Four Tenors
2002
as Himself
6.5
A Great Day in Harlem
1994
as Self
6.6
The Simpsons
1989
as Sonny Rollins (voice)
8
Saxophone Colossus
1986
as Self
7.7
Sonny Rollins - Salle Wagram, Paris
1981
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
8
Who Is Sonny Rollins?
1968
as Self
6