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Jon Batiste
Actor, Composer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn November 11, 1986 (38 years)
Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists including Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, and Mavis Staples. Batiste, with his band Stay Human, appeared nightly as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022.
Batiste also serves as the music director of The Atlantic and the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. In 2020, he co-composed the score for the Pixar animated film Soul, for which he received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and a BAFTA Film Award (all shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). Batiste has garnered 5 Grammy Awards from 14 nominations, including an Album of the Year win for his album We Are (2021).
In 2023, Batiste featured in the documentary film American Symphony which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony.
Batiste also serves as the music director of The Atlantic and the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. In 2020, he co-composed the score for the Pixar animated film Soul, for which he received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and a BAFTA Film Award (all shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). Batiste has garnered 5 Grammy Awards from 14 nominations, including an Album of the Year win for his album We Are (2021).
In 2023, Batiste featured in the documentary film American Symphony which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony.
Filmography
| 2025 | Super Bowl LIX · as Self - National Anthem Performer |
| 2024 | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self - Roundtable Talent |
| 2024 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 2024 | The 66th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2024 | 81st Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2023 | American Symphony · as Self |
| 2022 | Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes · as Self |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Ukraine: Answering the Call · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | The 64th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer & Winner |
| 2021 | The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2021 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2021 | Soul of a Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | 2021 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2020 | Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 · as Self - Musical Director |
| 2020 | Oscar Peterson: Black + White · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2020 | Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | America's Musical Journey · as Self |
| 2018 | American Tap · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | The 60th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter & Performer |
| 2017 | The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Harry (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2016 | Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Daily Blast Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Jon Batiste |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Treme (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | GPS Fareed Zakaria (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | America's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Director |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Musician & Bandleader, Late Show With Stephen Colbert (segment "showstoppers") |
| 1967 | ttt - titel, thesen, temperamente (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Grammy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |