---
name: "will.i.am"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-i-am"
fi1m_id: "will-i-am"
imdb_id: "nm1443238"
tmdb_id: 82092
wikidata_id: "Q185610"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:57:45.494009+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."
---

# will.i.am

## Identity

will.i.am

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-i-am
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-i-am
- **IMDb ID:** nm1443238
- **TMDB ID:** 82092
- **Wikidata ID:** Q185610
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185610, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443238/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82092

Actor. Born 15 March 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** William James Adams Jr., The Black Eyed Peas, Will Adams, Zuper Blahq
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will.i.am, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185610, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443238/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82092

## Coming up

- *Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk* (2027-02-26), as Pierre (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rio*](https://film.one/film/rio.md) (70)

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

## Biography

will.i.am, born William James Adams Jr. on 15 March 1975 in Los Angeles, California, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer and actor. He came to prominence in the 1990s as a founding member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.

As an actor he has appeared in live-action and provided voice performances in several films. He voiced Pedro, a red-crested cardinal, in the animated features *Rio* (2011) and *Rio 2* (2014). Other credits include Moto Moto in *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), John Wraith in *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009) and a role in *Be Cool* (2005).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rio* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Pedro (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk* (2027), as Pierre (voice)
- *Black Eyed Peas - Live at Brännbollsyran 2026* (2026), as Singer
- *The Groove Under the Groove* (2026), Actor
- *Black Eyed Peas - Live at Expo 2020 Dubai* (2022), as Singer
- *Black Eyed Peas - Live at Bayfront Miami* (2021), as Singer
- *Black Eyed Peas: Live at Rock in Rio 2019* (2019), as Singer
- *20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas* (2018), Actor
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Will.i.am
- *Black Eyed Peas Presents: MASTERS OF THE SUN* (2018), Director
- *Rio 2* (2014), as Pedro (voice)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), as Songs
- *Hotel Transylvania* (2012), as Songs
- *Black Eyed Peas - Live at SWU Festival* (2011), as Singer
- *Black Eyed Peas - Live at Central Park 2011* (2011), as Singer
- *Rio* (2011), as Pedro (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)
- *Date Night* (2010), as Will.I.Am
- *The Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D. World Tour* (2010), as Singer
- *Black Eyed Peas Mini Concert 3D* (2010), as Himsellf
- *Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard* (2009), as Snow (voice)
- *The Cleveland Show* (2009), series, Actor
- *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009), as John Wraith
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), as Moto Moto (voice), Songs
- *Black Eyed Peas Live Earth* (2007), as Singer
- *Freedom Writers* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Black Eyed Peas: Live from Sydney to Vegas* (2006), as Singer
- *Be Cool* (2005), as Will.i.am
- *Black Eyed Peas - Rock in Rio* (2004), Actor
- *Black Eyed Peas Behind the Bridge to Elephunk* (2004), Actor
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Three Card Monte Guy God
- *Samurai Jack* (2001), series, as Theme Song Performance · Main Title Theme Composer
- *Beat Makerz - The Documentary*, as Will i Am
- *Nico and Pedro*, as Pedro (voice)
- *On the Road With will.i.am*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![will.i.am](https://film.one/media/person/3374632/gallery-da80d8f3342d.jpg) will.i.am — Aubrey Gemignani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Will.i.am_in_2018.jpg/1280px-Will.i.am_in_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Intel's Director of Creative Innovation willi.i.am will play his latest world-first interactive music and light collaboration on the facade of the refurbished M (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3374632/gallery-2241e0260ab5.jpg) Intel's Director of Creative Innovation willi.i.am will play his latest world-first interactive music and light collaboration on the facade of the refurbished M (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Andrew_Stoner%2C_Will-i-am_%287347939722%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![President Barack Obama talks with will.i.am, following an event The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete S](https://film.one/media/person/3374632/gallery-266ad9155761.jpg) President Barack Obama talks with will.i.am, following an event The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete S — The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Barack_Obama_talks_with_will.i.am%2C_2012.jpg/1280px-Barack_Obama_talks_with_will.i.am%2C_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carolyn Giardina and Will.i.am at CES 2025 in Las Vegas (Jan 8, 2025) (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/3374632/gallery-bc605c31857c.jpg) Carolyn Giardina and Will.i.am at CES 2025 in Las Vegas (Jan 8, 2025) (2000) — Xuthoria, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/CES_2025_-_Carolyn_Giardina_and_william_i_am_01.jpg/1280px-CES_2025_-_Carolyn_Giardina_and_william_i_am_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![will.i.am at Nvidia section of 2026 CES Foundry at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas](https://film.one/media/person/3374632/gallery-9e7177314844.jpg) will.i.am at Nvidia section of 2026 CES Foundry at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas — Xuthoria, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/CES_2026_-_will.i.am_01.jpg/1280px-CES_2026_-_will.i.am_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![will.i.am at Nvidia section of 2026 CES Foundry at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas](https://film.one/media/person/3374632/gallery-f99dc36bba4d.jpg) will.i.am at Nvidia section of 2026 CES Foundry at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas — Xuthoria, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/CES_2026_-_will.i.am_02.jpg/1280px-CES_2026_-_will.i.am_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Global Citizen Awards 2019: Global Citizen Awards (won)
- Crystal Award 2016: Crystal Award (won)
- NAACP Image Awards 2009: NAACP Image Awards (won)
- Daytime Emmy Award 2008: Daytime Emmy Award (won)

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

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