Acting
Stevie Wonder
HU, EN, DE, FR cinema · 136 credits
Born
13 May 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Also known as Stevland Hardaway Judkins · Stevland Hardaway Morris
Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of contemporary R&B. He also helped drive such genres into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive and consistent, in addition to socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's single "Fingertips" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, when he was 13, making him the youngest solo artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. Wonder began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; he achieved his biggest hits and highest level of fame, had increased album sales, charity participation, high-profile collaborations (including with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes. Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of more than 100 million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a male solo artist) and one Academy Award (Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also noted for his political activism, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and in 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was conferred Ghanaian citizenship in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stevie Wonder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
People Like Us: The Centre of Family Love Story
as Self (archive)
American Symphony
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Black Note
as Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
as Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive)
Stevie Wonder at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
as Self (archival footage)
537 Votes
as Self (archive footage)
The Changin' Times of Ike White
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
The Price of Protest
as Self (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder : Visionnaire et prophète
as Self (archive footage)
1989
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quincy
as Self
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
as Self - Performer
Sing
Songs
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self (archive footage)
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
as Self - Performer
Bad 25
as Self
Stevie Wonder live at Rock in Rio 2011
as Self - Vocals, Piano, Keyboards
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
as Self - Performer
Stevie Wonder: Live at Last
as Self - Lead Vocals, Piano, Harmonica
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
as Self (archive footage)
Live 8
as Self
Fahrenheit 9/11
as Self (archive footage)
Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas from Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Best Of Beat
as Self (archive footage)
America: A Tribute to Heroes
as Self - Performer
Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life
as Self, Co-Producer
Babyface: MTV Unplugged NYC 1997
as Self - Vocals
Ready Steady Go! The Sounds of Motown
1995
Ready Steady Go! The Sounds of Motown
as Self
Jungle Fever
Original Music Composer
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self - Host, Producer
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret Life of Plants
Original Music Composer
Stevie Wonder Live Musikladen
as Self - Vocals, Songs, Author, Compositor
Cocksucker Blues
as Self
Black Woodstock
as Self
Muscle Beach Party
as Little Stevie Wonder
Bikini Beach
as Little Stevie Wonder