---
name: "Emilio Estefan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emilio-estefan-jr"
fi1m_id: "emilio-estefan-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0261555"
tmdb_id: 26656
wikidata_id: "Q838508"
roles: []
born: "4 March 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:44:30.291071+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."
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# Emilio Estefan

## Identity

Emilio Estefan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emilio-estefan-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emilio-estefan-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0261555
- **TMDB ID:** 26656
- **Wikidata ID:** Q838508
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Estefan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838508, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261555/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26656

Actor. Born 4 March 1953 in Havana.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 March 1953, Havana
- **Also known as:** Emilio Estefan Jr.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Estefan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838508, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261555/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26656

## Biography

Emilio Estefan Jr., also known as Emilio Estefan, is a Cuban-American musician, producer and occasional actor. He appeared as the pianoplayer in the 1994 film *The Specialist* and as himself in the television series *Jane the Virgin* (2014).

Estefan is best known for his work in music. He co-founded the Miami Sound Machine and has produced albums for artists including Shakira, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez. He has won 19 Grammy Awards and, with his wife Gloria Estefan, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Specialist* (1994), Fi1m 45, as Pianoplayer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Bezos* (2023), as Miguel Bezos · Executive Producer
- *Critical Thinking* (2020), Executive Producer
- *A Change of Heart* (2017), Producer
- *Chasing Papi* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Specialist* (1994), as Pianoplayer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)

## Gallery

- ![From Hispanic awards Wash D.C. August 25, 2001](https://film.one/media/person/5563360/gallery-63927f027429.jpg) From Hispanic awards Wash D.C. August 25, 2001 — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Gloria_Estefan_Cristina_Saralegui_Emilio_Estefan_%2848591893171%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival presentation of "An Unbreakable bond" Photo by: World Red Eye](https://film.one/media/person/5563360/gallery-259976249dae.jpg) Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival presentation of "An Unbreakable bond" Photo by: World Red Eye — MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gloria_Estefan_and_Emilio_Estefan_at_2014_MIFF.jpg/1280px-Gloria_Estefan_and_Emilio_Estefan_at_2014_MIFF.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival presentation of "An Unbreakable bond" Photo by: World Red Eye](https://film.one/media/person/5563360/gallery-bad115d281f9.jpg) Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival presentation of "An Unbreakable bond" Photo by: World Red Eye — MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Gloria_Estefan_and_Emilio_Estefan_at_2014_MIFF_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Emilio Estefan](https://film.one/media/person/5563360/gallery-cec8d6c32020.jpg) Emilio Estefan — MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Gloria_Estefan_and_Emilio_Estefan_at_2014_MIFF_edited.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Emilio stefan my friend (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/5563360/gallery-7ab02266ee04.jpg) Emilio stefan my friend (2012) — Pitoloco, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Robert-O_record_011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 9 won

- Gershwin Prize 2019: Gershwin Prize (won)
- Lo Nuestro Excellence Award 2018: Lo Nuestro Excellence Award (won)
- Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame 2015: Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2015: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami 2001: honorary doctor of the University of Miami (won)
- Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year 2000: Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year (won)
- Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year 2000: Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year (won)
- Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award 1994: Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Lo Nuestro Excellence Award 1994: Lo Nuestro Excellence Award (won)

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

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