---
name: "Elon Musk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elon-musk"
fi1m_id: "elon-musk"
imdb_id: "nm1907769"
tmdb_id: 57563
wikidata_id: "Q317521"
roles: []
born: "28 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 57
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-12T20:20:22.599644+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."
---

# Elon Musk

## Identity

Elon Musk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elon-musk
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elon-musk
- **IMDb ID:** nm1907769
- **TMDB ID:** 57563
- **Wikidata ID:** Q317521
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317521, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1907769/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57563

Actor. Born 28 June 1971 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa [now Gauteng, South Africa].

## Details

- **Born:** 28 June 1971, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa [now Gauteng, South Africa]
- **Also known as:** Elon Reeve Musk
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 50 (2), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 57 to 56 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Documentary 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $727m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317521, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1907769/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57563

## Biography

Elon Musk is a South African-born entrepreneur and investor who has made numerous appearances in film and television, usually playing himself.

His credited roles include an uncredited appearance as Self in the HBO series *How To with John Wilson* (2020) and archive footage as Self in the 2026 documentary *Musk* directed by Alex Gibney.

He is also known for cameo appearances as himself or voice roles in *Iron Man 2* (2010), *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), *The Simpsons* (voice, 1989), *Rick and Morty* (voice, 2013), *Why Him?* (2016) and *Young Sheldon* (2017).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Iron Man 2* (2010), Fi1m 56, as Elon Musk — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-2.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Musk* (2026), Fi1m 70, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/musk.md)
- *Transcendence* (2014), Fi1m 45, as Elon Musk (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Transition to Night* (2025), as Elon Musk (Archive Footage)
- *This Is Not Financial Advice* (2023), Actor
- *The Wild and Wonderful World of Elon Musk* (2022), Actor
- *Rise of the Billionaires* (2022), series, as Elon Musk
- *From Tesla to SpaceX, the World According to Elon Musk* (2022), Actor
- *Jovanka Jolić: Black Nobility and Secret Knowledge* (2021), as Ilon Mask
- *Elon Musk: Aiming for the Stars* (2021), Actor
- *NASA & SpaceX: Journey to the Future* (2020), Actor
- *Men in Black: International* (2019), as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, as Elon Musk
- *Why Him?* (2016), as Elon Musk
- *Transcendence* (2014), as Elon Musk (uncredited) — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, as Elon Tusk (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *Machete Kills* (2013), as Elon Musk
- *Iron Man 2* (2010), as Elon Musk — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-2.md)
- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), series, as Elon Musk — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md)
- *Thank You for Smoking* (2005), as Valet (uncredited) · Executive Producer
- *Puzzled* (2001), Executive Producer
- *South Park* (1997), series, as Elon Musk (voice)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Elon Musk (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Gallery

- ![Elon Musk at the Memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-f4d1af6a57ea.jpg) Elon Musk at the Memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (2025) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Elon_Musk_%283x4_close_cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Elon_Musk_%283x4_close_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![with Lars at the Fremont factory, for the fnal Model S and X deliveries](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-3a0181b6c223.jpg) with Lars at the Fremont factory, for the fnal Model S and X deliveries — Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Elon_onstage_tonight_%2855284153690%29_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Elon_onstage_tonight_%2855284153690%29_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elon Musk at the Memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-cb744317c140.jpg) Elon Musk at the Memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (2025) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Elon_Musk_%2854816833852%29.jpg/1280px-Elon_Musk_%2854816833852%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elon Musk at the Memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-7adf88a4b1a3.jpg) Elon Musk at the Memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (2025) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Elon_Musk_%2854816836217%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/1280px-Elon_Musk_%2854816836217%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elon Musk](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-d3c08f8d2a8a.jpg) Elon Musk — Image via TMDB
- ![Elon Musk](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-08b99ba3dbf7.jpg) Elon Musk — Image via TMDB
- ![Elon Musk](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-043d7892dd7d.jpg) Elon Musk — Image via TMDB
- ![Elon Musks listens to members of the Cabinet as they give updates during a meeting, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cabinet Room. (Official White House Photo ](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-3cec01428925.jpg) Elon Musks listens to members of the Cabinet as they give updates during a meeting, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cabinet Room. (Official White House Photo  — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/DOGE_Elon_Musk_in_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud greet Elon Musk during a welcome ceremony at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi A (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1072654/gallery-1c32f2fedcac.jpg) President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud greet Elon Musk during a welcome ceremony at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi A (2025) — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Donald_Trump_state_visit_to_Saudi_Arabia%2C_2025-05-13_P20250513DT-0490.jpg/1280px-Donald_Trump_state_visit_to_Saudi_Arabia%2C_2025-05-13_P20250513DT-0490.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 20 won

- Order of Liberty 2026: Order of Liberty (won)
- Time 100 2025: Time 100 (won)
- Rusty Razor Award 2024: Rusty Razor Award (won)
- Member of the National Academy of Engineering 2022: Member of the National Academy of Engineering (won)
- Order of Defence Merit 2022: Order of Defence Merit (won)
- Financial Times Person of the Year 2021: Financial Times Person of the Year (won)
- John Fritz Medal 2021: John Fritz Medal (won)
- Time 100 2021: Time 100 (won)
- Time Person of the Year 2021: Time Person of the Year (won)
- Axel Springer Award 2020: Axel Springer Award (won)
- Stephen Hawking Medal For Science Communication 2019: Stephen Hawking Medal For Science Communication (won)
- Fellow of the Royal Society 2018: Fellow of the Royal Society (won)
- Time 100 2018: Time 100 (won)
- honorary doctor of Yale University 2015: honorary doctor of Yale University (won)
- Edison Awards 2014: Edison Awards (won)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 2012: Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (won)
- Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization 2011: Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization (won)
- Great Immigrants Award 2010: Great Immigrants Award (won)
- Living Legends of Aviation 2010: Living Legends of Aviation (won)
- NSS Wernher Von Braun Memorial Award 2009: NSS Wernher Von Braun Memorial Award (won)

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

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