---
name: "Stephen Bruton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-bruton"
fi1m_id: "stephen-bruton"
imdb_id: "nm0116775"
tmdb_id: 1325915
wikidata_id: "Q2108971"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "7 November 1948"
died: "9 May 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:39:54.843633+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."
---

# Stephen Bruton

## Identity

Stephen Bruton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-bruton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-bruton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0116775
- **TMDB ID:** 1325915
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2108971
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Bruton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2108971, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0116775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1325915

Composer. Born 7 November 1948 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Died 9 May 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 7 November 1948, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- **Died:** 9 May 2009
- **Active:** 1980–2009
- **Also known as:** Turner Stephen Bruton, Turner S. Bruton
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (1), 2000s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Bruton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2108971, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0116775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1325915

## Biography

Stephen Bruton (born Turner Stephen Bruton) was an American musician, songwriter and actor. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1948, he moved with his family to Texas as a child and graduated from Texas Christian University. He joined Kris Kristofferson’s band shortly after university and remained a collaborator and band member for nearly forty years.

Bruton worked extensively as a session guitarist, songwriter and producer with artists including T Bone Burnett, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson and others. He released several solo albums and appeared in films and television, with roles including the Bartender in *Miss Congeniality* (2000), John Cortland in *Man of the House* (2005) and parts in *Convoy* (1978), *Heaven’s Gate* (1980) and *The Alamo* (2004). He co-wrote and supervised much of the music for *Crazy Heart* (2009) with T Bone Burnett; the film was dedicated to him.

Bruton died of throat cancer in Los Angeles on 9 May 2009, aged 60.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, michaelcorcoran.net, tshaonline.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Fi1m 79, as Heaven's Gate Band — [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Crazy Heart* (2009), Fi1m 71, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Crazy Heart* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-heart.md)
- *Man of the House* (2005), as John Cortland
- *The Alamo* (2004), as Captain Almeron Dickinson
- *Miss Congeniality* (2000), as Bartender
- *Michael* (1996), as Musician in Bar (uncredited)
- *Picture This* (1991), as Narrator
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Jury Foreman, Douglas Harding
- *Songwriter* (1984), as Sam / Roarers Band
- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), as Heaven's Gate Band — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)
- *Convoy* (1978), as Jesus Freak
- *A Star Is Born* (1976), as The Speedway

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