Max Roach

Career Overview

Max Roach has 17 screen credits in a career dating back to 1960. Signature works include Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes, Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

17

Birth Date

1924-01-10

Birth Place

Newland, North Carolina, USA

Known For

• Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990
• 

  Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
• 

  Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival
• Dizzy's Dream Band
• 

  Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley
• 

  Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Frequent Collaborators

• Cecil Bridgewater (3 collaborations)
• Odean Pope (3 collaborations)
• Tyrone Brown (2 collaborations)
• Abbey Lincoln (2 collaborations)
• Dizzy Gillespie (2 collaborations)
• Diane Monroe (1 collaborations)
• Lesa Terry (1 collaborations)
• Eileen Folson (1 collaborations)
• Abdullah Ibrahim (1 collaborations)
• Questlove (1 collaborations)

Credits

• sound (4 credits)

  • Ford ever

    music

    sound
    2026
  • Death of a Prophet

    original music composer

    sound
    1981
  • Renovación

    music

    sound
    1969
  • Black Sun

    musician

    sound
    1964

• actors (13 credits)

  • Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Self (archival footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

    Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival

    Themself

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Umbria Jazz Story

    himself

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Cosby Show

    - Live and Learn (1990) ... Dr. Gordon Darton actor actors
    1984
  • Åke Hasselgård story

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Dizzy's Dream Band

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Great Performances

    - The Cotton Club Remenbered (1986) ... Self actor actors
    1971
  • Jazz on a Summer's Day

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1960