---
name: "Marcus Miller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcus-miller"
fi1m_id: "marcus-miller"
imdb_id: "nm0588883"
tmdb_id: 63976
wikidata_id: "Q323467"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 June 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:50:35.392553+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."
---

# Marcus Miller

## Identity

Marcus Miller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcus-miller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcus-miller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0588883
- **TMDB ID:** 63976
- **Wikidata ID:** Q323467
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588883/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63976

Composer. Born 14 June 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 June 1959, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Miller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588883/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63976

## Coming up

- *Misty Green* (2026-10-09), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Everybody Hates Chris*](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md) (80)

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## Biography

Marcus Miller is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. Born William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. on 14 June 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, he is best known for his work as a bassist but has more than 200 film and television credits as a composer and musician.

His television work includes composing theme music and additional music for the series *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005–2009). Film scores include *Marshall* (2017). He has received two Grammy Awards, for Best Rhythm & Blues Song (1991) and Best Contemporary Jazz Album (2001).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Misty Green* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025* (2025), Actor
- *Candy Cane Lane* (2023), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Safety* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019* (2019), as bass
- *Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano* (2019), Actor
- *Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017* (2017), Actor
- *Marshall* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015* (2015), Actor
- *About Last Night* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013* (2013), as basso, clarinetto basso
- *Mardi Gras: Spring Break* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts* (2011), Actor
- *Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)* (2010), Actor
- *SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009* (2009), Actor
- *Good Hair* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz* (2008), Actor
- *This Christmas* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *I Think I Love My Wife* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), series, Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)
- *Marcus Miller - Jazz à Juan Live* (2005), Actor
- *King's Ransom* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller – Power Of Soul* (2004), as Bass
- *Breakin' All the Rules* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival* (2003), Actor
- *Head of State* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Deliver Us from Eva* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller - AVO Session* (2003), Actor
- *Serving Sara* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Two Can Play That Game* (2001), Music
- *Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter* (2001), Actor
- *The Trumpet of the Swan* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Ladies Man* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *An American Love Story* (1999), series, Original Music Composer
- *David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II* (1999), Actor
- *Lethal Weapon 4* (1998), Additional Music
- *The 6th Man* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Great White Hype* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *A Low Down Dirty Shame* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Miller – Live at Ohne Filter* (1994), Actor
- *Above the Rim* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Boomerang* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *House Party* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Siesta* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Miles Davis – Tutu* (1986), Director, Compositor
- *Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine* (1982), Additional Music
- *The Shady Hill Kidnapping* (1982), Additional Music

## Gallery

- ![Marcus Miller](https://film.one/media/person/3350297/gallery-6d4059a13a88.jpg) Marcus Miller — Quejaytee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Marcus_Miller%2C_2026_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Marcus_Miller%2C_2026_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marcus Miller on stage at Jazz in the Park 2019](https://film.one/media/person/3350297/gallery-8463c9b9a692.jpg) Marcus Miller on stage at Jazz in the Park 2019 — Andivanca, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/2019_-_Marcus_Miller_CROWD_-_KMT_8149.jpg/1280px-2019_-_Marcus_Miller_CROWD_-_KMT_8149.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grammy Award Winner, Marcus Miller with the V7 Vintage model. (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/3350297/gallery-652a7a96cede.jpg) Grammy Award Winner, Marcus Miller with the V7 Vintage model. (2021) — Wendyoceans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Danny_Kok_-_DB-1086.jpg/1280px-Danny_Kok_-_DB-1086.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Grace Kelly on The Smooth Jazz Cruise, March 7, 2015](https://film.one/media/person/3350297/gallery-e1ab290b3936.jpg) David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Grace Kelly on The Smooth Jazz Cruise, March 7, 2015 — Robert Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/David_Sanborn%2C_Grace_Kelly_and_Marcus_Miller.JPG/1280px-David_Sanborn%2C_Grace_Kelly_and_Marcus_Miller.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass autographed by Marcus Miller. Serial no. Q074671 Made in Japan Features: Natural finish (clear lacquer) Maple fingerboard with wh (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3350297/gallery-ba099bd85a21.jpg) Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass autographed by Marcus Miller. Serial no. Q074671 Made in Japan Features: Natural finish (clear lacquer) Maple fingerboard with wh (2013) — Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Fender_Marcus_Miller_Jazz_Bass_%28Japan%29_autographed_by_Marcus_Miller_-_autograph_under_pickguard.jpg/1280px-Fender_Marcus_Miller_Jazz_Bass_%28Japan%29_autographed_by_Marcus_Miller_-_autograph_under_pickguard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass autographed by Marcus Miller. Serial no. Q074671 Made in Japan Features: Natural finish (clear lacquer) Maple fingerboard with wh (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3350297/gallery-deca5fe2bd38.jpg) Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass autographed by Marcus Miller. Serial no. Q074671 Made in Japan Features: Natural finish (clear lacquer) Maple fingerboard with wh (2013) — Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Fender_Marcus_Miller_Jazz_Bass_%28Japan%29_autographed_by_Marcus_Miller_-_autograph_under_pickguard_-_from_side.jpg/1280px-Fender_Marcus_Miller_Jazz_Bass_%28Japan%29_autographed_by_Marcus_Miller_-_autograph_under_pickguard_-_from_side.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit 2018: Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit (won)
- Icon Award 2013: Icon Award (won)

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

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