- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- June 14, 1959
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Marcus Miller
William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., more commonly known as Marcus Miller, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, but is best known for playing the bass guitar. Born June 14, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in a family of musicians, specifically his father William Miller, a church organist, and his cousin, jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. Miller plays guitar, saxophone, bass, keyboards, clarinet, and the recorder. Starting in 1975, he performed as a session musician for 15 years, eventually playing the bass on over 500 recordings. He also currently records and tours as a bandleader.
Filmography
movieWe Want the Funk!
2025 · Self
movieMarcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
2025
movieCandy Cane Lane
2023 · Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
movie'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary
2022 · Himself
movieBeneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage
2021 · Self
movieSafety
2020 · Original Music Composer
movieQuincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
2019 · Self
movieMarcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019
2019 · bass
movieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Self - Musician
movieMontreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
2019 · Self
movieMarcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
2019
movieMarcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
2017
movieMarshall
2017 · Original Music Composer
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
movieMarcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
2015
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
movieMarcus Miller: North Sea Jazz Festival
2015 · Himself
movieMarcus
2015 · Self
movieAbout Last Night
2014 · Original Music Composer
movieMarcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013
2013 · basso, clarinetto basso
movieMarcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012
2012 · Self
movieMarcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012
2012 · Self
movieMardi Gras: Spring Break
2011 · Original Music Composer
Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
movieMarcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
2011
movieTribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011 · Himself
Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
movieMozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
2010
movieMarcus Miller - Tutu Revisited
2010 · Self
movieSMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
2009
movieGood Hair
2009 · Original Music Composer
Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"
movieClarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"
2009 · Himself
movieMarcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
2008
movieThis Christmas
2007 · Original Music Composer
movieI Think I Love My Wife
2007 · Original Music Composer
movieMarcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
2006 · Himself
tvEverybody Hates Chris
2005 · Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
movieMarcus Miller - Jazz à Juan Live
2005
movieKing's Ransom
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieMarcus Miller – Power Of Soul
2004 · Bass
movieBreakin' All the Rules
2004 · Original Music Composer
Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival
movieMarcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival
2003
movieHead of State
2003 · Original Music Composer
movieDeliver Us from Eva
2003 · Original Music Composer
movieMarcus Miller - AVO Session
2003
movieServing Sara
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieTwo Can Play That Game
2001 · Music
movieMarcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter
2001
movieThe Trumpet of the Swan
2001 · Original Music Composer
movieDavid Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session
2001 · Self
movieThe Ladies Man
2000 · Original Music Composer
tvAn American Love Story
1999 · Original Music Composer
movieDavid Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
1999
movieLethal Weapon 4
1998 · Additional Music
movieThe 6th Man
1997 · Original Music Composer
movieLegends – Live At Montreux
1997 · Self
movieThe Great White Hype
1996 · Original Music Composer
movieA Low Down Dirty Shame
1994 · Original Music Composer
movieMarcus Miller – Live at Ohne Filter
1994
movieAbove the Rim
1994 · Original Music Composer
movieBoomerang
1992 · Original Music Composer
movieJazz Under the Skies
1990 · Self
movieHouse Party
1990 · Original Music Composer
movieSiesta
1987 · Original Music Composer
movieMiles Davis – Tutu
1986 · , Compositor, Director
movieAny Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
1982 · Additional Music
movieThe Shady Hill Kidnapping
1982 · Additional Music