Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers

Acting • Born 1952-09-19

Acting0New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, record producer and composer. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, and the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom". Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977, including the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Everybody Dance". The 1978 album C'est Chic produced the hits "I Want Your Love" and "Le Freak", with the latter selling more than seven million singles worldwide. The song "Good Times" from the 1979 album Risqué was a number one single on the pop and soul charts, and became one of the most-sampled songs of all time, "ushering in" hip-hop via the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", inspiring Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", and anchoring the Daft Punk hit "Around the World". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nile Rodgers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

67 credits
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

Movie • 2023

Self

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

Movie • 2015

Live Aid

Live Aid

Movie • 1985

Self

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

Movie • 1999

Self

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

Movie • 2023

Self

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

Movie • 2014

Self

Disco: Spinning The Story

Disco: Spinning The Story

Movie • 2005

self

Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

Movie • 2019

Self

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

Movie • 2022

Self

What Difference Does It Make?

What Difference Does It Make?

Movie • 2014

Self

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Movie • 2023

Self

Breaking a Monster

Breaking a Monster

Movie • 2015

Self

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Movie • 2022

Self

Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic

Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic

Movie • 2014

Cerrone

Cerrone

Movie • 2015

Self

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Movie • 2009

Self

If These Walls Could Sing

If These Walls Could Sing

Movie • 2022

Self

Chic: Live at the Budokan

Chic: Live at the Budokan

Movie • 2009

Guitar

Daft Punk Unchained

Daft Punk Unchained

Movie • 2015

Self

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Movie • 2022

Self

ABBA: Against the Odds

ABBA: Against the Odds

Movie • 2024

Self

Avicii - I'm Tim

Avicii - I'm Tim

Movie • 2024

Self - Artist

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

Movie • 2023

David Bowie: Five Years

David Bowie: Five Years

Movie • 2013

Self

Coming Back for More

Coming Back for More

Movie • 2009

Chic: Le Freak - Live

Chic: Le Freak - Live

Movie • 2006

Guitar

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

Movie • 2013

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

Movie • 2015

Self

George Michael: Freedom

George Michael: Freedom

Movie • 2017

Self

Finding the Funk

Finding the Funk

Movie • 2014

Self

Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

Movie • 2000

Self

Avicii: True Stories

Avicii: True Stories

Movie • 2017

Self

A Diva's Christmas Carol

A Diva's Christmas Carol

Movie • 2000

CEO of Record Label

Studio 54

Studio 54

Movie • 2018

Self

Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

Movie • 2018

Self

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Movie • 2019

Self

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

Movie • 2018

Self

Live Aid

Live Aid

Movie • 2004

Self

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Movie • 2018

Self

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Movie • 2020

Self

Molly: The Real Thing

Molly: The Real Thing

Movie • 2016

Self

Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

Movie • 2013

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

Movie • 2002

Self

Curves Contours & Body Horns

Curves Contours & Body Horns

Movie • 1993

Self

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

Movie • 2011

Self

Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

Movie • 2017

Self

Disco’s Revenge

Disco’s Revenge

Movie • 2024

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

Movie • 2024

Self

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

Movie • 2025

Self

Cerrone - Supernature

Cerrone - Supernature

Movie • 2025

Guest

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

Movie • 2005

Sex: The Revolution

Sex: The Revolution

TV • 2008

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

TV • 2016

Self - Performer

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

TV • 1972

Self - Performer (Los Angeles)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV • 2021

Self - Panellist

I Was There When House Took Over the World

I Was There When House Took Over the World

TV • 2017

self

Goldene Kamera

Goldene Kamera

TV • 1984

Self

Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

TV • 2024

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV • 2009

Self - Guest

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

TV • 2008

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Camden

Camden

TV • 2024

Self

The Big Narstie Show

The Big Narstie Show

TV • 2018

Self

Amol Rajan Interviews

Amol Rajan Interviews

TV • 2021

Self - Interviewed Guest

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

TV • 2020

Self

Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators

Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators

TV • 2013

Himself

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

TV • 2025

Self