Jimmy Cliff
The Honourable Jimmy Cliff, OM (born James Chambers; 1 April 1948) is a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician, and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sitting in Limbo," "You Can Get It If You Really Want," and "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae across the world; and his covers of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. Outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Jimmy Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimmy Cliff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2021 · Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes as Self
- 2018 · ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff as Himself
- 2016 · Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia as Self
- 2014 · Lennon or McCartney as Self
- 2013 · Muscle Shoals as Self
- 2012 · Marley as Self
- 2011 · Toots and the Maytals Reggae Got Soul as Himself
- 2006 · Jimmy Cliff - Moving On as Singer
- 2003 · Rude Boy: The Jamaican Don as Wise Man
- 1999 · One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute as Self - Perfomer
- 1997 · Acústico MTV: Titãs as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1994 · TOTP2 as Self
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as
- 1990 · Marked for Death as Himself
- 1988 · A Reggae Session as Self
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1986 · Club Paradise as Ernest Reed
- 1984 · Jimmy Cliff - Rockpalast 84 as
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1980 · Grandes Nomes as Self
- 1977 · Beats of the Heart: Roots Rock Reggae as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- 1973 · Rock Concert as Self
- 1972 · The Harder They Come as Ivanhoe "Ivan" Martin
- 1968 · Spotlight as self
- 1966 · 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet as Self
- 1964 · This Is Ska as Himself
- Future · Bongo Man as Self