---
name: "Bilal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bilal"
fi1m_id: "bilal"
imdb_id: "nm0082090"
tmdb_id: 4240
wikidata_id: "Q860283"
roles: []
born: "23 August 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T20:55:49.666027+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bilal

## Identity

Bilal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bilal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bilal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0082090
- **TMDB ID:** 4240
- **Wikidata ID:** Q860283
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_(American_singer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4240

Actor. Born 23 August 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 August 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Also known as:** Bilal Sayeed Oliver, Bilal Oliver
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_(American_singer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4240

## Biography

Bilal, born Bilal Sayeed Oliver, is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He trained at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts and later at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York.

He is known for appearances in *Moonwalker* (1988) as a dancer in the "Badder" segment, *The Fighting Temptations* (2003) as a nightclub singer, and as himself in *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005). He has also contributed to soundtracks for films including *Smokin' Aces* (2006), *Detroit* (2017) and *Queen & Slim* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005), Fi1m 75, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/dave-chappelles-block-party.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Queen & Slim* (2019), as Songs
- *In God I Trust* (2018), as B
- *Letter to the Free* (2016), Actor
- *The Fighting Temptations* (2003), as Nightclub Singer
- *Moonwalker* (1988), as Dancer (segment "Badder")

## Gallery

- ![Bilal (right) and Black Thought (with The Roots) performing at the SummerStage in Central Park concert in New York City (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1281400/gallery-6983b765521e.jpg) Bilal (right) and Black Thought (with The Roots) performing at the SummerStage in Central Park concert in New York City (2015) — fuseboxradio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bilal_with_the_Roots.jpg/1280px-Bilal_with_the_Roots.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bilal performing at the SummerStage in Central Park concert in New York City (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1281400/gallery-ae709ec68772.jpg) Bilal performing at the SummerStage in Central Park concert in New York City (2015) — fuseboxradio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Bilal_with_the_Roots_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bilal_with_the_Roots_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bilal](https://film.one/media/person/1281400/gallery-d0455519e813.jpg) Bilal — Jalylah Burrell Brooklyn, NY USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bilal_%28singer%29.jpg/1280px-Bilal_%28singer%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![المعرض الوطني لفنون الدرامية (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/1281400/gallery-a25ce87603b3.jpg) المعرض الوطني لفنون الدرامية (2024) — Bilel Painz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bilal_Painz.jpg/1280px-Bilal_Painz.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance 2016: Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance (won), for *These Walls*
- Shortlist Music Prize 2001: Shortlist Music Prize (nominated), for *1st Born Second*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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