Wayne Shorter

Career Overview

Wayne Shorter has 44 screen credits in a career dating back to 1964. Signature works include Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac, Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet. 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

44

Birth Date

1933-08-25

Birth Place

Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

Known For

• 

  Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
• 

  Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
• 

  The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
• Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
• 

  Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
• 

  The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project

Frequent Collaborators

• Danilo Perez (2 collaborations)
• John Patitucci (2 collaborations)
• Brian Blade (2 collaborations)
• Herbie Hancock (2 collaborations)
• Don Was (1 collaborations)
• Lou Donaldson (1 collaborations)
• Norah Jones (1 collaborations)
• Robert Glasper (1 collaborations)
• Rudy Van Gelder (1 collaborations)
• Michael Cuscuna (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (42 credits)

  • Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969

    Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Michel Petrucciani Power of Three

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Weather Report - Live 1971 TV

    Themself

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Universe

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Self - Musician

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Chasing Trane

    Self - Musician

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • I Called Him Morgan

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Miles Ahead

    Live Concert Band

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Jaco

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Marcus

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    - Hillary Clinton, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Katharine McPhee, Sturgill Simpson, Wayne Shorter (2016) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2015
  • The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Miles Davis: Around Midnight

    Saxophone (Tenor)

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th

    himself

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Santana: In Concert

    Self - Saxophone

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Santana: Supernatural Live

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996

    Saxophone

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project

    Sax soprano

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The World According to John Coltrane

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Before Midnight

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Weather Report Live In Tokyo

    himself

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Weather Report: Live at Montreux

    Saxophones

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Weather Report: Live in Berlin

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Great Performances

    - Episode 3 (1993) ... Self actor actors
    1971
  • Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964

    actor

    actors
    1964

• sound (2 credits)

  • esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023

    original music composer

    sound
    2023
  • Universe

    music

    sound
    2020