Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff

  • Birthday: 1948-04-01
  • Place of birth: Somerton district of St. James, Jamaica
  • Also know as: James Chambers

Biography

The Honourable Jimmy Cliff, OM (born James Chambers; 1 April 1948) is a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician, and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sitting in Limbo," "You Can Get It If You Really Want," and "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae across the world; and his covers of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. Outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Jimmy Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimmy Cliff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Harder They Come

1972

As Ivanhoe "Ivan" Martin

This Is Ska

1964

As Himself

Bongo Man

0000

As Self

A Reggae Session

1988

As Self

Club Paradise

1986

As Ernest Reed

Muscle Shoals

2013

As Self

Marley

2012

As Himself

Lennon or McCartney

2014

As Self

Music Genres. Voices of the World

2023

As Self (archive footage)

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

2021

As Self (archive footage)

Marked for Death

1990

As Himself

Production

The Harder They Come

1972

As Music

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