Acting
Buddy Guy
EN, IT, DE, FR cinema · 75 credits
Born
30 July 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
Lettsworth, Louisiana, USA
Also known as George Guy
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a session guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells. Guy has won eight Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honors. Guy was ranked 27th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn Right I've Got the Blues with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Guy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Sinners
as Old Sammie
Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights
as Self (archive footage)
The Torch
as Self
The Quiet One
as Self
Homicide McLeod
as Captain Oswald
Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl
as Self — Guitar
North Sea Jazz Highlights
as Self - Guitar
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self (archive footage)
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
as Self - Performer
Buddy Guy - Front and Center 2013
as Self - Guitar & Vocals
Buddy Guy Live From Red Rocks 2013
as vocals, guitar
Born In Chicago
as Self
In the Electric Mist
as Sam 'Hogman' Patin
Blues at the BBC
as Self
Shine a Light
as Self
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
as guitar, vocals
Buddy Guy Live The Real Deal
as Himself
Antone's: Home of the Blues
as Performer
Festival Express
as Self
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as House Band
Buddy Guy Listen to this Eric
as Self - Guitars, Vocals
Eric Clapton: 24 Nights
as Self - Guitar
Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge
as Self - Vocals, Guitar (Guest)
Supershow
as Himself
