Acting credits
9
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Jan Hammer
Sound
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 27Series: 6Crew credits: 25
TMDB ID: 45528
IMDb ID: nm0006122
Known for: Sound
Born: April 17, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2020
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q366671
Also known as
Jan Hammer ml. • Jan Hamr ml.
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (14)Music (10)Theme Song Performance (1)
Biography
Jan Hammer (born April 17, 1948 as Jan Hamr) is a Czech-American musician, keyboardist, and songwriter who composed the background score music for the first four seasons of Miami Vice (although he was joined by John Petersen for much of season 4). As the show's original composer, he composed the famous "Miami Vice Theme" that was featured in all 111 episodes of the series.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jan Hammer.
Viva video, video viva
Original Music Composer
2020 Movie
7.1
Jeff Beck: Still on the Run
as Self
2018 Movie
8.5
Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl
2017 Movie
Moogfest 2006: Live
2007 Movie
7.3
Cocaine Cowboys
Music
2006 Movie
2.2
The Corporate Ladder
Music
1997 Movie
5.0
A Modern Affair
Original Music Composer
1996 Movie
4.0
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
Music
1996 Movie
5.7
The Babysitter's Seduction
Original Music Composer
1996 Movie
2.7
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
Music
1995 Movie
7.5
Beyond the Mind's Eye
Original Music Composer
1992 Movie
3.9
Sunset Heat
Music
1992 Movie
3.8
Wet and Wild Summer
Music
1992 Movie
5.2
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Music
1991 Movie
5.4
Knight Rider 2000
Original Music Composer
1991 Movie
3.7
Flames of Royal Love
Original Music Composer
1991 Movie
4.8
Curiosity Kills
Original Music Composer
1990 Movie
4.5
K-9000
Music
1990 Movie
6.0
Dark Angel
Original Music Composer
1990 Movie
3.4
Clinton and Nadine
Original Music Composer
1988 Movie
6.7
Secret Admirer
Original Music Composer
1985 Movie
5.0
Two Fathers' Justice
Music
1985 Movie
7.8
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
Original Music Composer
1984 Movie
4.5
A Night In Heaven
Original Music Composer
1983 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jan Hammer.
Příběhy českého jazzu
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.8
Squidbillies
Theme Song Performance • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
Music • 2 eps
1989 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
as Himself (uncredited) • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.0
BBC In Concert
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series