Duke Ellington
Actor
Biography
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Filmography
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Musician (archive footage) 2019
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage) 2024
Cabin in the Sky
as Duke Ellington (uncredited) 1943
Black and Tan
as Duke Ellington 1929
Jam Session
as Self - Piano 1942
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage) 2019
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Self 1935
Murder at the Vanities
as Duke Ellington 1934
Belle of the Nineties
as Piano Player 1934
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage) 1941
Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage) 2003
A Bundle of Blues
as Self 1933
Check and Double Check
as Orchestra Leader 1930
Reveille with Beverly
as Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited) 1943
Hot Chocolate
as Self (uncredited) 1941
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
as Self (archive footage) 2022