Acting credits
39
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jon Batiste
Sound
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 23Series: 21Crew credits: 9
TMDB ID: 1513968
IMDb ID: nm4456022
Known for: Sound
Born: November 11, 1986
Age: 39
Place of birth: Kenner, Louisiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q6272528
Also known as
TK Hazelton • Jonathan Batiste • Jonathan Michael Batiste
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (4)Executive Producer (2)Music Director (1)Producer (1)Songs (1)
Biography
Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists including Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, and Mavis Staples. Batiste, with his band Stay Human, appeared nightly as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022. Batiste also serves as the music director of The Atlantic and the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. In 2020, he co-composed the score for the Pixar animated film Soul, for which he received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and a BAFTA Film Award (all shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). Batiste has garnered 5 Grammy Awards from 14 nominations, including an Album of the Year win for his album We Are (2021). In 2023, Batiste featured in the documentary film American Symphony which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jon Batiste.
If I Go Will They Miss Me
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
10.0
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025 Movie
Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025
as Self : Singer, Vocals & Piano
2025 Movie
Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto
2025 Movie
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September
as Self
2025 Movie
5.5
Diane Warren: Relentless
as Self (archival footage)
2025 Movie
5.8
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
as Self
2024 Movie
6.7
Saturday Night
as Billy Preston
2024 Movie
7.0
The Garfield Movie
Songs
2024 Movie
7.0
The Color Purple
as Grady
2023 Movie
6.7
American Symphony
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
as Self
2022 Movie
Ukraine: Answering the Call
as Self
2022 Movie
Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration
as Self
2022 Movie
6.6
The First Wave
Original Music Composer
2021 Movie
WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon Batiste
2021 Movie
8.1
Soul
Original Music Composer
2020 Movie
6.4
She Ball
Original Music Composer
2020 Movie
6.0
American Tap
as Self
2018 Movie
5.6
America's Musical Journey
as Self
2018 Movie
7.8
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
as Self
2018 Movie
5.2
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Self - Band Leader
2016 Movie
5.4
Red Hook Summer
as Da Organist Tk Hazelton
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jon Batiste.
Celebrity Substitute
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
3.1
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self - Roundtable Talent • 1 eps
2023 Series
5.7
The Piano
as Self - Judge • 7 eps
2023 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
10.0
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Musical Guest • 6 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.6
Treme
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.1
C à vous
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.0
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1997 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self • 3 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Austin City Limits
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.2
American Music Awards
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
8.6
The Grammys
as Self • 3 eps
1959 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series