---
name: "Louis Cato"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louis-cato"
fi1m_id: "louis-cato"
imdb_id: "nm6586539"
tmdb_id: 1152434
roles: []
born: "3 May 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:11:22.469449+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."
---

# Louis Cato

## Identity

Louis Cato

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louis-cato
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louis-cato
- **IMDb ID:** nm6586539
- **TMDB ID:** 1152434
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6586539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1152434

Actor. Born 3 May 1985 in Portugal.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 May 1985, Portugal
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6586539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1152434

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*American Symphony*](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Louis Cato is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and record producer. Born on 3 May 1985 in Lisbon, Portugal, he grew up in Albemarle, North Carolina, and studied for two semesters at Berklee College of Music.

Cato joined Stay Human as a musician when *The Late Show with Stephen Colbert* began in 2015 and became bandleader of the house band (later renamed the Late Show Band) in 2022. He has released solo albums and worked with artists including Marcus Miller, Snarky Puppy and Jon Batiste.

He appears as self (archive footage, uncredited) in the 2023 documentary *American Symphony*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American Symphony* (2023), Fi1m 73, as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015* (2015), Actor
- *Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013* (2013), as batteria
- *John Scofield Uberjam Band - Live At The Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2013* (2013), as drums

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