Marcus Miller

Born June 14, 1959 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., more commonly known as Marcus Miller, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, but is best known for playing the bass guitar. Born June 14, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in a family of musicians, specifically his father William Miller, a church organist, and his cousin, jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. Miller plays guitar, saxophone, bass, keyboards, clarinet, and the recorder. Starting in 1975, he performed as a session musician for 15 years, eventually playing the bass on over 500 recordings. He also currently records and tours as a bandleader.

Sound 26

2020s

2026
Misty Green
Original Music Composer
2023
Candy Cane Lane
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
52
2020
Safety
Original Music Composer
69

2010s

2017
Marshall
Original Music Composer
73
2014
About Last Night
Original Music Composer
62
2011
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
Original Music Composer
53

2000s

2009
Good Hair
Original Music Composer
74
2007
This Christmas
Original Music Composer
62
I Think I Love My Wife
Original Music Composer
53
2005
Everybody Hates Chris
Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
77
King's Ransom
Original Music Composer
29
2004
Breakin' All the Rules
Original Music Composer
50
2003
Head of State
Original Music Composer
47
Deliver Us from Eva
Original Music Composer
55
2002
Serving Sara
Original Music Composer
36
2001
Two Can Play That Game
Music
52
The Trumpet of the Swan
Original Music Composer
2000
The Ladies Man
Original Music Composer

1990s

1999
An American Love Story
Original Music Composer
1997
The 6th Man
Original Music Composer
47
1996
The Great White Hype
Original Music Composer
51
1994
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Original Music Composer
44
Above the Rim
Original Music Composer
63
1992
Boomerang
Original Music Composer
53
1990
House Party
Original Music Composer
73

1980s

1987
Siesta
Original Music Composer

Acted in 14

2020s

2025
Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
Movie

2010s

2019
Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019
bass
Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
Movie
2017
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
Movie
2013
Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013
basso, clarinetto basso

2000s

2009
SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
Movie
2008
Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
Movie
2005
Marcus Miller - Jazz à Juan Live
Movie
2004
Marcus Miller – Power Of Soul
Bass
2003
Marcus Miller - AVO Session
Movie
2001
Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter
Movie

1990s

1999
David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
Movie
1994
Marcus Miller – Live at Ohne Filter
Movie

1980s

1986
Miles Davis – Tutu
Movie

Other crew 4

1990s

1998
Lethal Weapon 4
Additional Music
58

1980s

1986
Miles Davis – Tutu
Compositor
1982
Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
Additional Music
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
Additional Music

Directed 1

1980s

1986
Miles Davis – Tutu
Director

Appearances17

2020s

2025
We Want the Funk!
Self
2022
'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary
Self
2021
Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage
Self

2010s

2019
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
Self
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician
Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 episode
69
Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz Festival
Himself
Marcus
Self
2012
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012
Self
Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012
Self
2011
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Himself
2010
Marcus Miller - Tutu Revisited
Self

2000s

2006
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Himself
2001
David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session
Self

1990s

1997
Legends – Live At Montreux
Self
1990
Jazz Under the Skies
Self