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name: "Pharrell Williams"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 April 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T08:25:45.748068+00:00"
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# Pharrell Williams

Composer. Born 5 April 1973 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 April 1973, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** The Magnificent Six, Pharrell Lanscilo Williams, Pharrell
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1214289/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558267

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hidden Figures*](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md) (80)

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## Biography

Pharrell Williams is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor. Born on 5 April 1973 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, he formed the production duo The Neptunes with Chad Hugo in the early 1990s.

Williams has contributed original music to films including the soundtrack and score for *Hidden Figures* (2016). As an actor he has voiced characters in *Sing 2* (2021) and *The Grinch* (2018), and appeared as himself in *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping* (2016) and other productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Despicable Me 4* (2024), Fi1m 55, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-4.md)
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music, Songs, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)

## Also known for

- *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), The Voice Judge
- *Sing 2* (2021), Alfonso (voice)
- *The Grinch* (2018), Narrator (voice)
- *Get Him to the Greek* (2010), Self
- *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping* (2016), Pharrell Williams
- *Entourage* (2015), Pharrell Williams
- *HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé* (2019), Self
- *90210* (2008), Pharrell

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