Acting
Pharrell Williams
Born April 5, 1973 · Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Biography
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. With close friend Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. He has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (one as a member of The Neptunes). He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee: in 2014 for Best Original Song, for "Happy" (from Despicable Me 2); and in 2017 for Best Picture, as a producer of Hidden Figures.
Known for
7.3 TMDB
Despicable Me
Original Music Composer, Songs, Main Title Theme Composer
6.6 TMDB
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Original Music Composer, Songs
7.4
Despicable Me 2
Songs
8.0 TMDB
The Simpsons
Pharrell Williams (voice)
8.1 TMDB
Hidden Figures
Producer, Original Music Composer, Songs
6.5 TMDB
Despicable Me 3
Songs
6.8 TMDB
Pitch Perfect 2
Self/The Voice Judge
7.8 TMDB
Sing 2
Alfonso (voice)
6.9 TMDB
The Grinch
Narrator (voice)
7.0 TMDB
Despicable Me 4
Songs
6.1 TMDB
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Songs
6.0 TMDB
Get Him to the Greek
Self
5.3 TMDB
Dr. Dolittle 2
Songs
7.0 TMDB
Dope
Executive Producer
6.6 TMDB
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Pharrell Williams
6.2 TMDB
Entourage
Pharrell Williams
6.4 TMDB
The Daily Show
Self
6.9 TMDB
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)
5.8 TMDB
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self, Self - Guest
6.1 TMDB
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Filmography
- 2025Quincy Jones, Music ManSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2025In Whose Name?SelfMovie
- 2025Government CheeseMain Title Theme ComposerSeries
- 2025Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the DesertSelfMovie
- 2024Piece by PiecePharrell Williams (voice), Producer, SongsMovie
- 2024All Day I Dream About SportDirector, Music ProducerMovie
- 2024Saint-Denis le pré-showMovie
- 2024Despicable Me 4SongsMovie
- 2024Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2024 : Le concert événementSelf - GuestMovie
- 2023Movie Themes at the BBCSelfMovie
- 2023Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2023 : Le concert événementSelf - GuestMovie
- 2022jeen-yuhs: A Kanye TrilogySelf (archive footage)Series
- 2021HarlemExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2021Sing 2Alfonso (voice)Movie
- 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelfMovie
- 2021A Man Named ScottSelfMovie
- 2021Gwen Stefani: Not Just a GirlSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2021From Cradle to StageSelfSeries
- 2021North HollywoodProducerMovie
- 2021Woman in MotionSelfMovie
- 2021EzinmaSelfMovie
- 2020Voices of FireSeries
- 2020Holy Calamavote – A Special Performance by Run The JewelsSelfMovie
- 2020Colette, Mon AmourSelfMovie
- 2020Black Is KingMovie
- 2020Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020SelfMovie
- 2020One World: Together at HomeSelfMovie
- 2020500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)Self (archive footage)Movie
- 2019Beyoncé Presents: Making The GiftSelfMovie
- 2019The Price of ProtestSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2019The ApolloSelfMovie
- 2019HOMECOMING: A film by BeyoncéSelfMovie
- 2018Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman DiariesSelfSeries
- 2018The GrinchNarrator (voice)Movie
- 2018BrainchildExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2018The ShopSelfSeries
- 2018True: Magical FriendsExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for CharlottesvilleSelfMovie
- 2017True and the Rainbow KingdomExecutive ProducerSeries
- 2017The Defiant OnesSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2017Despicable Me 3SongsMovie
- 2017Jeff KoonsSelfMovie
- 2017One Love ManchesterSelfMovie
- 2017Cherry Bomb: The DocumentarySelfMovie
- 2017Roxanne RoxanneProducerMovie
- 2016Skepta: Greatness OnlyMovie
- 2016Hidden FiguresProducer, Original Music Composer, SongsMovie
- 2016Hip Hop EvolutionSelfSeries
- 2016North Sea Jazz HighlightsSelf - CantanteMovie
- 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingPharrell WilliamsMovie
- 2016Pharrell Williams: Happy Go LuckyMovie
- 2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the WallSelfMovie
- 2015Taraji's White Hot HolidaysSelfSeries
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelfSeries
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelfSeries
- 2015Fresh DressedSelfMovie
- 2015Daft Punk UnchainedSelfMovie
- 2015DopeExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2015EntouragePharrell WilliamsMovie
- 2015Pitch Perfect 2Self/The Voice JudgeMovie
- 2015Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a HitmakerSelfMovie
- 2015Les BosquetsExecutive Producer, Original Music ComposerMovie
- 2015Hot OnesSelfSeries
- 2015Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy SaluteSelfMovie
- 2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterSongsMovie
- 2015Les Fous du FunkSelfSeries
- 2014Pharrell Williams: iTunes FestivalSelfMovie
- 2014The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2SelfMovie
- 2014BEYONCÉSelfMovie
- 2014Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the ApolloselfMovie
- 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2Original Music Composer, SongsMovie
- 2014Nas: Time Is IllmaticSelfMovie
- 2014Wolf: The DocumentarySelfMovie
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - GuestSeries
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf, Self - GuestSeries
- 2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the BeatlesSelfMovie
- 201324 Hours of HappyselfMovie
- 2013Despicable Me 2SongsMovie
- 2013Radio Disney Music AwardsSelfSeries
- 2012Finding Your RootsSelfSeries
- 2011ITV ExposureSeries
- 2011Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The CallSelfMovie
- 2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called QuestSelfMovie
- 2011The VoiceSelf - CoachSeries
- 2010Despicable MeOriginal Music Composer, Songs, Main Title Theme ComposerMovie
- 2010Get Him to the GreekSelfMovie
- 2010Where Is the Money George?A CopMovie
- 2009C à vousSelf - GuestSeries
- 2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf - Musical GuestSeries
- 200890210PharrellSeries
- 2007Concert for DianaSelfMovie
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelfSeries
- 2006Team Ice Cream Vol. 1Self, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2005Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N OutSeries
- 2005SeamlessSelfMovie
- 2005Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]Self (segment "Through the Wire")Movie
- 2005The Friday Night ProjectSelfSeries
- 2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My PrerogativeSelfMovie
- 2004The Ecology of LoveAndreMovie
- 2004Maxim: Hot Clips 2Self (archive footage)Movie
- 2004Michael Jackson: The OneSelfMovie
- 2003Michael Jackson: Number OnesSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2003Viva La BamSelfSeries
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest/Musical GuestSeries
- 2003The Neptunes: The Eighth PlanetSelfMovie
- 2003Pepsi SmashSelfSeries
- 2003Dude...We're Going to RioPharrell, WriterMovie
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self, Self - Guest, Self - Musical GuestSeries
- 2003VH1 Top 20 Video CountdownSelfSeries
- 2001Jay-Z: MTV UnpluggedSelfMovie
- 2001Dr. Dolittle 2SongsMovie
- 1999The Early ShowSelfSeries
- 1996The Daily ShowSelfSeries
- 1994MTV Europe Music AwardsSelf - PerformerSeries
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
- 1989The SimpsonsPharrell Williams (voice)Series
- 1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelfSeries
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)Series
- 1959The GrammysSelfSeries
- —Beat Makerz - The DocumentaryPharrel WilliamsMovie