Nile Rodgers

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, record producer and composer. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, and the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom". Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977, including the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Everybody Dance". The 1978 album C'est Chic produced the hits "I Want Your Love" and "Le Freak", with the latter selling more than seven million singles worldwide. The song "Good Times" from the 1979 album Risqué was a number one single on the pop and soul charts, and became one of the most-sampled songs of all time, "ushering in" hip-hop via the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", inspiring Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", and anchoring the Daft Punk hit "Around the World". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nile Rodgers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Nile Rodgers is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 34 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025), Avicii - I'm Tim (2024), Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023), If These Walls Could Sing (2022), Amol Rajan Interviews (2021), Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020), Studio 54 (2018), Avicii: True Stories (2017). The recorded credits span 1975 to 2026, including 18 movies and 16 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.