Cast & creator
Tony Bennett
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 - July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Afterwards, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his personal life then suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a remarkable comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and expanding his audience to the MTV Generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s. Bennett has won fifteen Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards, been named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. He has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Bennett is also a serious and accomplished painter, creating works under the name Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is also the founder of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens.
Also known as: Tony Bennet , Anthony Dominick Benedetto , Joe Bari
92
film credits
87
television credits
179
1948–2026 · acting roles
6.8
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (179)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest/Musical Guest
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
1962
The Simpsons
Tony Bennett (voice)
1989The Simpsons
Capital City Singer (voice)
1989
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
The View
Self
1997
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
Blue Bloods
Tony Bennett
2010
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self - Guest
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self (archive footage)
1979
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
30 Rock
Tony Bennett
2006
Entourage
Tony Bennett
2004
American Idol
Self
2002American Idol
Self - Guest Star
2002
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Le monde est à vous
Self
1987
Remington Steele
Tony Bennett (voice) (uncredited)
1982
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Doris Day Show
Tony Bennett
1968
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The X Factor
Self - Special Guest
2004
Parkinson
Self
1998
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
77 Sunset Strip
Maximillian
1958
Cybill
Tony Bennett (uncredited)
1995
The Celebrity Apprentice
Self
2004
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
1994
Today
Self
1952
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
2009
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
2004Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer
2004
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
TFI Friday
1996
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Bruce Almighty
Tony Bennett
2003
Evening Shade
Tony Lombardi
1990
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Suddenly Susan
Tony Bennett
1996
MTV Unplugged
Self
1989
Muppets Tonight
Self
1996
The Dick Clark Show
Self
1958
Shindig!
Self - Singer
1964
Mundo VIP
Self
1996
Cosby
Tony Bennett
1996
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
Rove
Self
1999
The Early Show
Self
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Twentieth Century
Self
1957
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963
Canadian Idol
Self - Mentor
2003Canadian Idol
Self - Guest
2003Wedden, dat..?
Self
1986
Analyze This
Tony Bennett
1999
Playboy After Dark
Self - Singer
1969
Muppets Most Wanted
Tony Bennett
2014
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self
2002
Larry King Live
Self
1985
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
1969The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971Treffpunkt New York
Self
1961
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Self
2017
Amy
Self
2015
Parabéns
Self
1992
King
Tony Bennett
1978
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
The Scout
Tony Bennett
1994Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
Self
1981
The Oscar
Hymie Kelly
1966
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2001
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968
Reclaiming Amy
Self (archive footage)
2021
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
2018
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Self
1999
The Lady and The Legend
Self
2026
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
2017
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1979
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2001
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Self
2022
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self
2010
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Performer
1995
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Let's Go Mets
Self
1986
George Michael: Freedom
Self
2017
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
2006
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self
2024
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Self
2017
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Self
2015
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
Self
2000Doris Day's Best Friends
1985
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Self
2016
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
Self (archive footage)
2004
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
Self
2006
Quincy
Self
2018
The World of Nat King Cole
Self
2004
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Self - Performer
2002
Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park
Self : Guest
2011Bruce's Guest Night
1992
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Self
2007
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self - Performer
2009
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
Self
1999
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
Self
2007
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
Self
2015
The Grammys
Self
1959
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Self
1988
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
Self
2008
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
2014
Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
Self
2010
Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged
Self
1994
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving
Self
2011
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
Self
1992
One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
Self
2021
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
Self - Special Guest Star
1986Bob Hope Comedy Special
1967
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Self
1979
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Self
2009
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
Self
2007
Tony Bennett's New York
Self
1996
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Zen of Bennett
Self
2012
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
Self - Musical Guest
2011
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Self
2014
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
Self
2012
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Self
1981
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live
Self
2014
Les Paul - Live in New York
Self
2010
The Casino
Self
2004
CMA Country Christmas 2018
Self
2018
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Self
2022
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self - Performer
2011
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self
2014
The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996
Self
1996
Tony Bennett - Wonderful World: Live In San Francisco
Self
2002
Amy Grant - A Christmas to Remember
Self - Guest
1999
Bill Evans Time Remembered
Self
2015
Billie
self
2020
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005The Tony Bennett Show
Self - Host
1956
Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For
Narrator (voice)
2000
Lady Gaga - Encore
Self
2020
The Making Of A Swingin' Christmas & Live In Concert
Self
2008
Tony Bennett: An American Classic About the Songs
Self
2007Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
Self - Cantante
2006
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
2019
Tony Bennett: The Legendary Tony Bennett In Concert
Self
2001
Tony Bennett: iTunes Festival 2014
Self - vocals
2014
Tony Bennet - Hits and More
2003
Lady Gaga at the BBC
Self
2021
Sinatra and Friends
Self - Singer
1977
Tony Bennett The Sound of Velvet
2005Tony Bennett: BBC Sessions
self
2008
Tony Bennett Sings...
Presenter
1979