---
name: "Maceo Parker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maceo-parker"
fi1m_id: "maceo-parker"
imdb_id: "nm0662469"
tmdb_id: 974178
wikidata_id: "Q455018"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 February 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T18:18:35.750175+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."
---

# Maceo Parker

## Identity

Maceo Parker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maceo-parker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maceo-parker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0662469
- **TMDB ID:** 974178
- **Wikidata ID:** Q455018
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/974178

Composer. Born 14 February 1943 in Kinston, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 February 1943, Kinston, North Carolina, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/974178

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Head-On*](https://film.one/film/head-on.md) (72)

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## Biography

Maceo Parker is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Born in Kinston, North Carolina, he is best known for his work as a soloist with James Brown in the 1960s and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s.

He has contributed music to films including *Head-On* (2004), on which he is credited as composer and musician, as well as soundtrack performances on *Snatch* (2000) and *Space Cowboys* (2000). Parker has also appeared in music videos and documentaries such as *Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Head-On* (2004), Fi1m 72, as Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Maceo Parker - Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2016* (2016), Actor
- *Prince : Musicology Live 2004ever (Live in Los Angeles)* (2004), as Saxophone
- *Head-On* (2004), as Musician · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)
- *Prince: Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas* (2003), as Saxophone
- *Prince: Rave Un2 the Year 2000* (1999), Actor

## Gallery

- ![WDR Big Band feat Maceo Parker - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017](https://film.one/media/person/3934185/gallery-88a75590f23d.jpg) WDR Big Band feat Maceo Parker - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017 — Foto: Andreas Lawen, Fotandi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/WDR_Big_Band_feat_Maceo_Parker_-_Leverkusener_Jazztage_2017-2009.jpg/1280px-WDR_Big_Band_feat_Maceo_Parker_-_Leverkusener_Jazztage_2017-2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![WDR Big Band feat Maceo Parker - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017](https://film.one/media/person/3934185/gallery-ff64bb031b35.jpg) WDR Big Band feat Maceo Parker - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017 — Foto: Andreas Lawen, Fotandi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/WDR_Big_Band_feat_Maceo_Parker_-_Leverkusener_Jazztage_2017-7611.jpg/1280px-WDR_Big_Band_feat_Maceo_Parker_-_Leverkusener_Jazztage_2017-7611.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maceo Parker Band @ Liri Blues 2009](https://film.one/media/person/3934185/gallery-0ed2c6dec72b.jpg) Maceo Parker Band @ Liri Blues 2009 — Simone Quattrociocchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Maceo_Parker_Band_Liri_Blues_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hamburg/Germany 2000 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/3934185/gallery-6c9ed8cb4a46.jpg) Hamburg/Germany 2000 (2018) — MikaV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Maceo_Parker-02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maceo Parker](https://film.one/media/person/3934185/gallery-f41e4ace491e.jpg) Maceo Parker — Image via TMDB
- ![Wash D.C. convention center black caucus Sept. 14, 1997 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/3934185/gallery-33fcc2154c26.jpg) Wash D.C. convention center black caucus Sept. 14, 1997 (2019) — 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/6/69/Maceo_Parker_1997.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maceo Parker](https://film.one/media/person/3934185/gallery-b87d1f3b2b39.jpg) Maceo Parker — xflickrx, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Maceo_Parker_2002.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Icon Award 2012: Icon Award (won)

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

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