Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers

Acting

September 19, 1952New York City, New York, USA

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, record producer and composer. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, and the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom". Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977, including the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Everybody Dance". The 1978 album C'est Chic produced the hits "I Want Your Love" and "Le Freak", with the latter selling more than seven million singles worldwide. The song "Good Times" from the 1979 album Risqué was a number one single on the pop and soul charts, and became one of the most-sampled songs of all time, "ushering in" hip-hop via the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", inspiring Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", and anchoring the Daft Punk hit "Around the World". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nile Rodgers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Coming to America

Coming to America

1988

Coming 2 America

Coming 2 America

2021

Beverly Hills Cop III

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy

1988

Avicii: True Stories

Avicii: True Stories

2017

Opus

Opus

2025

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994

Daft Punk Unchained

Daft Punk Unchained

2015

Acting72

Disco Never Dies! - Musikladen-Hits für die Ewigkeit

Disco Never Dies! - Musikladen-Hits für die Ewigkeit

2026

Self (archive)

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

2026

Self

Billy Idol Should Be Dead

Billy Idol Should Be Dead

2026

Self

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

2025

Self

Cerrone - Supernature

Cerrone - Supernature

2025

Guest

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

2025

Self

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

2024

Self

Avicii - I'm Tim

Avicii - I'm Tim

2024

Self - Artist

Camden

Camden

2024

Self

Disco's Revenge

Disco's Revenge

2024

Self

Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

2024

Self

ABBA: Against the Odds

ABBA: Against the Odds

2024

Self

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

2023

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

2023

Self

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: I Am Everything

2023

Self

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

2023

Self

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

2022

Self

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

2022

Self

If These Walls Could Sing

If These Walls Could Sing

2022

Self

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

2022

Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

2021

Self - Panellist

Amol Rajan Interviews

Amol Rajan Interviews

2021

Self - Interviewed Guest

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

2020

Self

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

2020

Self

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2019

Self

Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

2019

Self

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

2018

Self

Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

2018

Self

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

2018

Self

The Big Narstie Show

The Big Narstie Show

2018

Self

Studio 54

Studio 54

2018

Self

Avicii: True Stories

Avicii: True Stories

2017

Self

George Michael: Freedom

George Michael: Freedom

2017

Self

Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

2017

Self

I Was There When House Took Over the World

I Was There When House Took Over the World

2017

self

Soundbreaking

Soundbreaking

2016

Self

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

2016

Self - Performer

Molly: The Real Thing

Molly: The Real Thing

2016

Self

Daft Punk Unchained

Daft Punk Unchained

2015

Self

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

2015

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

2015

Self

Breaking a Monster

Breaking a Monster

2015

Self

Cerrone

Cerrone

2015

Self

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

2014

Self

Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic

Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic

2014

What Difference Does It Make?

What Difference Does It Make?

2014

Self

Finding the Funk

Finding the Funk

2014

Self

David Bowie: Five Years

David Bowie: Five Years

2013

Self

Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators

Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators

2013

Himself

Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

2013

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

2013

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

2011

Self

Chic: Live at the Budokan

Chic: Live at the Budokan

2009

Guitar

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Self - Guest

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009

Self

Coming Back for More

Coming Back for More

2009

Sex: The Revolution

Sex: The Revolution

2008

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

2008

Self

Chic: Le Freak - Live

Chic: Le Freak - Live

2006

Guitar

Disco: Spinning The Story

Disco: Spinning The Story

2005

self

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

2005

Live Aid

Live Aid

2004

Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Self - Musical Guest

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

2002

Self

A Diva's Christmas Carol

A Diva's Christmas Carol

2000

CEO of Record Label

Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

2000

Self

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

1999

Self

Curves Contours & Body Horns

Curves Contours & Body Horns

1993

Self

What is House? An Insider's Look at Dance Music

What is House? An Insider's Look at Dance Music

1991

Live Aid

Live Aid

1985

Self

Goldene Kamera

1984

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Sound11

Opus

Opus

2025

Songs

Coming 2 America

Coming 2 America

2021

Songs

Eventual Wife

2000

Original Music Composer

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

1999

Original Music Composer

Beverly Hills Cop III

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994

Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance, Music Producer

Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994

Original Music Composer

White Hot

White Hot

1989

Original Music Composer

Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy

1988

Original Music Composer

Coming to America

Coming to America

1988

Original Music Composer

Alphabet City

Alphabet City

1984

Original Music Composer

Soup for One

Soup for One

1982

Original Music Composer

Production2

Opus

Opus

2025

Executive Producer

Disco's Revenge

Disco's Revenge

2024

Executive Producer