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George Clinton (I)
George Clinton was born on July 22, 1941 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA. He has been married to Stephanie Lynn Goshorn since September 25, 1990.
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Soundtrack (171 credits)
Soundtrack (171 credits)
2014-2017
One Hit Wonderland
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 3 episodes)
- "Right Now" by SR-71
(2017)
... (writer: "Freak like Me")
- Word Up! By Cameo
(2015)
... (writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)")
- Just a Friend by Biz Markie
(2014)
... (writer: "Bring the Noise")
2017
Disneyland Resort: Guardians of the Galaxy, Mission Breakout!
(Video short) (writer: "Give Up the Funk")
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 7 episodes, 2014 - 2017) (performer - 1 episode, 2014)
- Aaron Paul/Keri Russell/2 Chainz feat. Gucci Mane
(2017)
... (writer: "American Way")
- Kristen Stewart/Dan Rather/Big Sean
(2017)
... (writer: "Flash Light")
- Martin Short & Steve Martin/Ruth Negga/Common
(2016)
... (writer: "Black America Again")
- Kristen Stewart/Chris Colfer/Shawn Mendes
(2016)
... (writer: "Funkentelechy" - uncredited)
- Bill O'Reilly/Snoop Dogg
(2015)
... (writer: "Who Am I? (What's My Name)" - uncredited)
2016
Good Girls Revolt
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Year-Ender
(2016)
... (writer: "I Wanna Testify" - uncredited)
2016
Roadies
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Friends and Family
(2016)
... (writer: "Maggot Brain")
2016
Everybody Wants Some!!
(writer: "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" - as George Clinton Jr.)
2015
Ash vs Evil Dead
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Brujo
(2015)
... (writer: "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow")
2015
Straight Outta Compton
(performer: "Atomic Dog", "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate", "No Vaseline") / (writer: "Atomic Dog", "(Not Just) Knee Deep", "We Want Eazy", "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate", "Flash Light", "Mothership Connection (Star Child)", "No Vaseline", "One Nation Under A Groove" - as George Clinton, Jr.)
2015
Lip Sync Battle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Abbi Jacobson vs. Ilana Glazer
(2015)
... (writer: "The Humpty Dance")
Glastonbury 2015
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- Day 2: Part 2
(2015)
... (writer: "Flash Light", "Give Up The Funk" (incorrectly named as "We Got the Funk"))
- Florence and the Machine
(2015)
... (performer: "Uptown Funk")
- Rudimental
(2015)
... (performer: "Go Far")
- Mark Ronson
(2015)
... (performer: "Uptown Funk")
2014
Gotham
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Balloonman
(2014)
... (writer: "You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks" - uncredited)
2014
Ray Donovan
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Walk This Way
(2014)
... (writer: "Flash Light" - uncredited)
2014
Think Like a Man Too
(performer: "Atomic Dog" - as George Clinton) / (writer: "Atomic Dog" - as George Clinton Jr.)
2013
Grand Theft Auto V
(Video Game) (as George Clinton Jr., "I'd Rather Be With You", "Mothership Connection", "Flashlight")
2013
Afternoon Delight
(writer: "Hit It and Quit It", "I Wanna Know If It's Good To You", "Biological Speculation" - as George Clinton, Jr.)
2012
The X Factor
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Live Show 4
(2012)
... (writer: "Freak like Me" - uncredited)
2011
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (writer - 7 episodes)
- Ben Stiller/Whitney Cummings/Godspell
(2011)
... (writer: "Testify" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.23
(2011)
... (writer: "Testify" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.18
(2011)
... (writer: "Testify" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.4
(2011)
... (writer: "Testify" - uncredited)
- Episode #18.149
(2011)
... (writer: "Testify" - uncredited)
2011
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #19.213
(2011)
... (writer: "One Nation Under a Groove" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.200
(2011)
... (writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" - uncredited)
2011
Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Top 10 Animated Dinosaur Documentaries
(2011)
... ("Walk The Dinosaur")
2010-2011
Treme
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Do Watcha Wanna
(2011)
... (writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear The Roof Off Sucker)" - uncredited)
- Meet De Boys on the Battlefront
(2010)
... (writer: "Up for the Down Stroke" - uncredited)
2010-2011
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.46
(2011)
... (writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.147
(2010)
... (writer: "The Humpty Dance" - uncredited)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Episode #7.98
(2011)
... (performer: "One Nation Under a Groove") / (writer: "One Nation Under a Groove")
2010
Glee
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Funk
(2010)
... (writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" - uncredited)
2009
Flashforward
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Black Swan
(2009)
... (writer: "Atomic Dog" - uncredited)
2008
Entourage
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Return to Queens Blvd
(2008)
... (writer: "Hit It and Quit It", "Can You Get to That" - uncredited)
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2005 - 2008) (performer - 1 episode, 2005)
- The Top Four Perform
(2008)
... (writer: " (Not Just) Knee Deep")
- Top 6
(2005)
... (performer: "Atomic Dog") / (writer: "Atomic Dog")
2008
So You Think You Can Dance Australia
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 20 Perform
(2008)
... (writer: "Flashlight")
2008
Cloverfield
(writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" - as George Clinton Jr.)
2007
100 Greatest Songs of the 90s
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(2007)
... (writer: "Mama Said Knock You Out")
Everybody Hates Chris
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2007) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)
- Everybody Hates Blackie
(2007)
... (performer: "Atomic Dog")
- Everybody Hates Father's Day
(2006)
... (writer: "Flash Light")
The Wire
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2006) (performer - 1 episode, 2004)
- That's Got His Own
(2006)
... (writer: "In the Cabin of My Uncle Jam")
- All Due Respect
(2004)
... (performer: "Atomic Dog" - uncredited) / (writer: "Atomic Dog" - uncredited)
2006
The Mighty Boosh Live
(Video) (writer: "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" - uncredited)
2006
Driver: Parallel Lines
(Video Game) (writer: "I'll Bet You" - as T. Clinton) / (writer: "Red Hot Mama")
2005
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
(Video Game) (writer: "Burn Hollywood Burn" - as George Clinton Jr.)
2005
Beauty Shop
(writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" (1976), "I'll Take Your Man" (1986) - as George Clinton, Jr.)
2005
Cold Case
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Yo, Adrian
(2005)
... (writer: "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)")
2004
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!
(Video) (writer: "Mama Said Knock You Out" - as George Clinton Jr.)
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
(Video Game) ("Loopzilla", uncredited) / (writer: "Loopzilla", "Guerillas in tha Mist" - uncredited)
2004
Breakin' All the Rules
(performer: "Atomic Dog") / (writer: "Atomic Dog" - as George Clinton, Jr.)
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2004) (writer - 1 episode, 2004)
- A Place of Our Own
(2004)
... (performer: "Flash Light") / (writer: "Flash Light")
2004
The Woodsman
(writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" (1975) - as George Clinton, Jr.)
2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
(performer: "Atomic Dog (Dogs of the World Unite Remix)") / (writer: "Atomic Dog (Dogs of the World Unite Remix)" - as George Clinton Jr.)
2002
Undercover Brother
(writer: "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)", "Undercova Funk (We Got The Funk)" - as George Clinton Jr.)
2001
Scratch
(Documentary) (performer: "Atomic Dog") / (writer: "Atomic Dog" - as George Clinton, Jr.)
2000
102 Dalmatians
(performer: "Digga Digga Dog") / (writer: "Digga Digga Dog" - as George Clinton Jr.)
1999
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Bremen Town Musicians
(1999)
... (performer: "Gonna Make It Big (In Bremen Town)")
1999
Muppets from Space
(performer: "Flash Light") / (writer: "Flash Light" - as George Clinton, Jr.)
1999
10 Things I Hate About You
(performer: "Atomic Dog") / (writer: "Atomic Dog" - as George Clinton Jr.)
1998
Slums of Beverly Hills
(writer: "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks", "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" - as George Clinton Jr.)
1997
How to Be a Player
(performer: "It' a Cold Day (The *** wit U Mix)") / (writer: "It' a Cold Day (The *** wit U Mix)")
1997
Good Burger
(as George Clinton III, George Clinton Jr., " (Not Just) Knee Deep", "Do Fries Go With That Shake? (Know What I'm Sayin' Remix)") / (performer: "Do Fries Go With That Shake? (Know What I'm Sayin' Remix)")
1996
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer: "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow")
1996
Original Gangstas
(as G. Clinton Jr., "How Does It Feel") / (writer: "How Does It Feel" - as G. Clinton Jr.)
1995
Murder Was the Case: The Movie
(Video short) ("Who Am I (What's My Name)") / (writer: "Who Am I (What's My Name)")
1994
Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock
(Documentary) (writer: "Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin' )" - as Clinton)
1994
PCU
(performer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)", "Erotic City", "Stomp") / (writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)", "Stomp")
1994
House Party 3
(performer: "Ah...The Name Is Bootsy Baby") / (writer: "Ah...The Name Is Bootsy Baby") / (writer: "Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" - as George Clinton Jr.)
1994
Lista Top 40
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1994)
... (writer: "What's My Name")
1993
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
(writer: "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" - as George Clinton Jr.)
1990
Midnight Caller
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Sale Away: Part 2
(1990)
... (writer: "The Humpty Dance")
1988
The Night Before
(writer: "Way Over There", "Honk It", "Baby Boy", "Who'd Have Ever Thought We'd Be Friends")
1986
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
(1986)
... (performer: "Let's Take it to the Stage", "Do Fries Go With That Shake" - uncredited)
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Actor (17 credits)
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Composer (6 credits)
Composer (6 credits)
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Music department (3 credits)
Music department (3 credits)
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Self (92 credits)
Self (92 credits)
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Archive footage (5 credits)
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A member of the "Artists United Against Apartheid" charity project in 1985.Alternate Names:
George Clinton Jr. | Mark Ronson & Special Guests | George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic | ParliamentHeight:
5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Before he went into music, he worked as a hairdresser. See more »Trademark:
He often wears outlandish, multi-colored clothes in concerts, frequently accompanied by platform shoes and rainbow streamers in his long hair.Nickname:
Dr. FunkensteinStar Sign:
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