Cast & creator
Taj Mahal
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Mike Douglas Show
Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.
Also known as: Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
47
film credits
17
television credits
53
1961–2024 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (64)
Showing 64 of 64 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Musical Guest
2019
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Party of Five
Self
1994
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Duckman
1994
Arthur
1996
Austin City Limits
Self
1975
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
2009
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Ellis Robinson (voice)
1994
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
Peep and the Big Wide World
Theme Song Performance
2004
Six Days Seven Nights
Entertainer
1998
The Blues
Self
2003
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Gatekeeper
1991
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Swing Band Singer
2002
American Epic
Self
2017
David Holt's State of Music
Self
2016
The People Speak
Self
2009
Sounder
Ike
1972Sounder
Original Music Composer
1972
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Self
2019
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Self - Guitar
1996
Scott Joplin
Poor Alfred
1977
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Self
2024
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
Self
2020
Feel Like Going Home
Self
2003
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Bones
1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Songs
1987
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Self
2017
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Mr. Will
1996
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Self
2013
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Self
Outside Ozona
Dix Mayal
1998Outside Ozona
Original Music Composer
1998
This Ain't No Mouse Music!
Self
2014
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
Self
2024
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Self
2021
Shake 'Em On Down
Himself
2016
The American Epic Sessions
Self
2016
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Self
1997
Killer Diller
J.R. Cox
2004
Zebrahead
Original Music Composer
1992
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Music
1990
All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Himself
2014
Songcatcher
Dexter Speaks
2001
Sounder, Part 2
Ike
1976Sounder, Part 2
Music
1976
ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014
Self
2014Taj Mahal and Friends
Self
1987
Fighting for Our Lives
Music
1975
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along
2003
Almos' a Man
Music
1976
Scrapple
Original Music Composer
1998
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
Self
2011
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM
Performer
2023
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
Self
2006
Brothers
Original Music Composer
1977Blind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film
1997
Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine
Himself
2024
Santana: Special Edition EP
Self
2003Mr. Handy's Blues
Himself