Cast & creator
Carlos Santana
Best known for Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Carlos Santana (born as Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán; 20 July 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México) is a Mexican rock guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards. Santana has was an avenue named after him as well as a statue of a guitar in the city where he was born (born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México) to honour him. The family moved from there to Tijuana In La Calonia Libertad, the city on Mexico's border with California, and then San Francisco, USA. Carlos stayed in Tijuana but joined his family in San Francisco later and graduated from James Lick Middle School and Mission High School there. Most of his musical career has been spent with Santana, the band he formed in San Francisco in 1967. His music underwent large changes in 1973 when he was introduced to the spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy, by fellow guitarist "Mahavishnu" John McLaughlin. After this he adopted the title "Devadip" which he still uses. In 1998 he formed the Milagro Foundation along with his wife Deborah, which supports disadvantaged children. Later Carlos and Deborah divorced, but the Milagro Foundation is still alive and well. Other huge influences of Carlos Santana are both Miles Davis (with whom he maintained a big personal connection), and John Coltrane, who unfortunately passed away in 1967.
Also known as: Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán, Carlos Augusto Alves Santana , Santana
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film credits
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television credits
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1953–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (116)
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Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
The South Bank Show
1978
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
The Oscars
Self
1953
PBS News Weekend
Self
2013
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Self - Musical Guest
1963
American Music Awards
Self - Musical Guest
1974
Star Academy
Self
2001ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Rockpalast
1974
Soundbreaking
Self
2016
Latin Grammy Awards
Self
2000
La Bamba
Original Music Composer
1987
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self
2017
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2000
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician
2019
Johnson and Knopfler's Music Legends
Self
2024
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Producer
2023
Born In Chicago
Self
2013
Live Aid
Self
1985
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Self
2017
Chasing Trane
Self - Musician
2017
The Torch
Self
2022
Last Days at the Fillmore
Self - Performers(as Santana)
1972A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Self
2025Ultimate Albums
2002
Santana Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 15th, 1976
guitar, percussion, backing vocals
1977
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Self
2008
Santana - Montreux Jazz Festival 2015
2015
Rockpolitik
Self
2005
Woodstock
Self
1970
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
2021
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Self
2024
Live Eighties
Self
2004They All Came Out to Montreux
Self
2023
Bobby Parker: Live at Montreux 2004
2004
McEnroe
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Santana: East Berlin 1987
Himself
1987Santana: East Berlin 1987
Director
1987Rock Prophecies
Self
2009
Santana: Greatest Hits - Live at Montreux 2011
self
2011Santana: Greatest Hits - Live at Montreux 2011
Executive Producer
2011
The World of Nat King Cole
Self
2004
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
Self
2004
Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
Self
2013
Beware of Mr. Baker
Self
2012
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Self
2019
Santana
1974
Santana - Live in Tokyo Supernatural Tour
himself
2000
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Self
2012
Fandango at the Wall
Executive Producer
2020Korla
self
2015
The Grammys
Self
1959
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
Self
2004
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Self
2021
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Self
2006
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Self
2021
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Santana
Guitar / Vocals
2003
Prachtig 80: Volume 1
Self
2003
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Self
1997
Santana Live at Montreux 2011
Self : Guitar
2012Santana Live at Montreux 2011
Author
2012Santana Live at Montreux 2011
Original Music Composer
2012Santana Live at Montreux 2011
Compositor
2012
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
Self
2014
Ricky Martin: One Night Only
Self
2000
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Self
2014
Carlos
Self
2023
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
2008
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Self
2021
Santana & McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination - Live at Montreux
himself
2011
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
2019
Santana - Live at Tanglewood 1970
guitar, vocals
1970
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Self
2004
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
Self
2001
Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar
Self
2022
Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue
Self
2004
Salif Keita: World Music Portrait
Self
2004
Trey Anastasio: Live at the Warfield
Self - guitar, vocals
2004
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
1970
Clarence Gatemouth Brown: Live At Montreux 2004
2008
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
Self
2008
Santana: In Concert
Self - Guitar, Vocals
2005
Stamping Ground
Self - Santana
1971
Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana & Steve Lukather Live In Japan
Peter Green: Man of the World
himself
2009
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One
Self
2001Santana Live at New Orleans Jazz Festival 2014
himself
2014
The Santana Story: Angels and Demons
Self
2011Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival
1969
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1976
Self
1976
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties
2005
Santana: Down Under - Live in Australia
Himself
2016
Santana - Viva Santana!
Himself
2009
Santana - Sacred Fire
Himself
1995
Santana: Supernatural Live
Self
2000The Five Keys to Mastery
Self
2005
Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004
Himself
2004Santana - Live Watsonville, CA.
himself
1989Santana - Rock in Rio
himself
1991
Heart & Santana - Concert for the Americas
Himself
1982
Soul to Soul
Self
1971
Santana IV - Live At The House of Blues, Las Vegas
Himself
2016
Woodstock Diary
Self
1994
Santana: Special Edition EP
Self
2003
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Himself
1988
Woodstock: Untold Stories
2009
Tramaine Hawkins Live
Dolores
Executive Producer
2017
A Reggae Session
Self
1988