Portrait of Miles Davis

Acting

Miles Davis

Career

Active from 1958 to 2011, with a break from 1959 to 1984, busiest in 2011 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Gallows
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Miles Davis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    0.8, average 3.0
  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.0, average 3.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    25
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    2 titles
    Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
    Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969

    as Trumpet

    Five More Minutes
    Five More Minutes

    Music

    2020s

    1 title
    In a Silent Way
    In a Silent Way (2025)

    Music

    2010s

    7 titles · average score 65
    Miles Ahead
    Miles Ahead (2016)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Musician

    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 14 TH 1985
    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 14 TH 1985 (2011)

    as trumpet

    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Afternoon July 8 TH 1984
    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Afternoon July 8 TH 1984 (2011)

    as trumpet

    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 8 TH 1984
    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - Evening July 8 TH 1984 (2011)

    as trumpet

    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - July 14 TH 1985
    Miles Davis - The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux - July 14 TH 1985 (2011)

    as trumpet

    Miles Davis: The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991
    Miles Davis: The Definitive Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991 (2011)

    as trumpet

    Miles Davis: Around Midnight
    Miles Davis: Around Midnight (2011)

    as Trumpet

    2000s

    1 title
    Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound
    Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound (2005)

    as Miles Davis

    1990s

    2 titles · average score 65
    Dingo
    Dingo (1991)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as Billy Cross

    Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Friends in Paris 1991
    Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Friends in Paris 1991 (1991)

    as Trumpeter

    1980s

    7 titles · average score 69
    Miles in Paris 1989
    Miles in Paris 1989 (1989)

    as Trumpet

    Scrooged
    Scrooged (1988)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as Street Musician

    The last vermicelli
    The last vermicelli (1987)

    Music

    Miles Davis – Tutu
    Miles Davis – Tutu (1986)

    as Miles Davis

    El día que reventaron las lámparas de gas
    El día que reventaron las lámparas de gas (1986)

    Songs

    Miles Davis North Sea Jazz Festival
    Miles Davis North Sea Jazz Festival (1985)

    as trumpet, synthesizers

    Miami Vice
    Miami Vice (1984)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Ivory Jones

    1970s

    2 titles · average score 63
    The South Bank Show
    The South Bank Show (1978)
    GoodWatch score 63

    TV show

    Jack Johnson
    Jack Johnson (1970)

    Music

    1960s

    2 titles · average score 66
    Renovación
    Renovación (1969)

    Music

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Music

    1950s

    1 title · average score 87
    Elevator to the Gallows
    Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
    GoodWatch score 87

    Musician, Original Music Composer