Clive Davis

Career Overview

Clive Davis has 36 screen credits in a career dating back to 1952. Signature works include Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Diane Warren: Relentless, Always Whitney Houston. 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

36

Birth Date

1932-04-04

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
• 

  Diane Warren: Relentless
• 

  Always Whitney Houston
• 

  Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
• 

  Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
• 

  The Songpoet

Frequent Collaborators

• Jennifer Hudson (3 collaborations)
• David Foster (3 collaborations)
• Diane Warren (2 collaborations)
• Simon Cowell (1 collaborations)
• Jimmy Iovine (1 collaborations)
• Sean Combs (1 collaborations)
• Alicia Keys (1 collaborations)
• Paul Simon (1 collaborations)
• Art Garfunkel (1 collaborations)
• Babyface (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (33 credits)

  • Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Diane Warren: Relentless

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • George Michael: Freedom Uncut

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Whitney, a Look Back

    Self - Whitney's Mentor

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Songpoet

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music)

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • David Foster: Off the Record

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Self - Columbia Records President

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Whitney

    Self - Founder, Arista Records

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • George Michael: Freedom

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Whitney: Can I Be Me

    Self - Chairman and CEO, Arista Records (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Johnny Cash: American Rebel

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    - Michelle Pfeiffer, Lil Rel Howery, Clive Davis, Goose (2022) ... Self actor actors
    2014
  • Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Always Whitney Houston

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Am I Black Enough for You

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Coming Back for More

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Anderson Cooper 360°

    - June 25, 2009 (2009) ... actor actors
    2003
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    - Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Nelly Furtado (2007) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • American Idol

    - Top 3 perform live (2006) ... Self actor actors
    2002
  • The Beatles Revolution

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Motown 40: The Music Is Forever

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Today

    - Clive Davis, Chris Hansen (2007) ... Self actor actors
    1952

• production (3 credits)

  • Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

    producer

    production
    2022
  • Genius

    - No One Sleeps (2021) ... executive producer production

    - Chain of Fools (2021) ... executive producer production

    - Amazing Grace (2021) ... executive producer production

    - Young, Gifted and Black (2021) ... executive producer production

    - Unforgettable (2021) ... executive producer production
    2017
  • Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You

    producer

    production
    2012