John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and producer. He was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978 in Springfield, Ohio. As of 2017, he has won ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Academy Award. He is married to model Chrissy Teigen, and they have a daughter - Luna Simone Stephens - born in 2016. The couple's second child is due in 2018.

Filmography

• 2025Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge
• 20231000% Me: Growing Up Mixed — Executive Producer
• 2023Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School — Executive Producer
• 2023The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World — Self, Executive Producer
• 2023We Dare to Dream — Executive Producer
• 2022Loudmouth — Executive Producer
• 2022Racist Trees — Executive Producer
• 2021A Crime on the Bayou — Executive Producer
• 2021Citizen Ashe — Executive Producer
• 2021Coming 2 America — John Legend, Songs
• 2021Monster — Executive Producer
• 2021Space Jam: A New Legacy — Songs
• 2021The Legend of the Underground — Executive Producer
• 2021The Mitchells vs. the Machines — Jim Posey (voice)
• 2020ACM Presents: Our Country
• Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children — Executive Producer
• 2020Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read — Charles Jefferson
• 2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey — Producer
• Whose Vote Counts, Explained — Narrator (voice)
• 2020With Drawn Arms — Executive Producer
• 2019Between Two Ferns: The Movie — John Legend
• Rhythm + Flow — Self, Executive Producer
• Sherman's Showcase — John Legend / Duke Ellington
• 2019The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! — Musical, Songs
• 2018A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy — Self, Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
• 2018Crow: The Legend — Crow (voice), Executive Producer
• 2018Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert — Jesus Christ, Executive Producer
• 2017Beauty and the Beast — Songs
• 2017Fifty Shades Darker — Songs
• 2017Neal Brennan: 3 Mics — Executive Producer
• Ask the Storybots
• 2016La La Land — Keith, Executive Producer
• 2016Southside with You — Executive Music Producer, Executive Producer, Songs
• This Is Us — John Legend
• Underground — Executive Producer
• 2015Breaking Through — Executive Producer
• Master of None — John Legend
• 2015Southern Rites — Executive Producer
• 2014Selma — Songs
• 201312 Years a Slave — Songs
• 2012The House I Live In — Executive Producer
• 2012The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America — Duke Ellington (voice)
• 2010Just Wright — John Legend (uncredited)
• Royal Pains
• 2008Soul Men — Marcus Hooks
• 2005Loverboy — Memphis Parking Lot Donor
• 2004Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos — Musical
• Las Vegas — John Legend
• VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
• American Dreams — Stevie Wonder
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — John Legend
• Later... with Jools Holland
• The Simpsons — John Legend (voice)
• Phantom — Producer
• The Road Home — Harry Belafonte

Appearances as themselves (134)

• 2025A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl — Self
• 2025Grace for the World — Self
• Hitmakers — Self
• 2025Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement — Self - Guest
• Reading Rainbow — Self
• Words + Music — Self
• 202492nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center — Self
• 2024Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — Self
• 2024The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular — Self - Performer
• 2023A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys — Self
• 2023Christmas at Graceland — Self - Performer
• 2023Red Bull Symphonic Orchestra: Anthony Parnther feat. Metro Boomin — Self - Vocals
• 2022Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior — Self
• 2022If These Walls Could Sing — Self (archive footage)
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy — Self (archive footage)
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• CBS Mornings — Self - Interviewee
• 2021Jonas Brothers Family Roast — Self
• 2021Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy — Self
• 2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days — Self - Guest
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• Chrissy's Court — Self - Witness
• Defining Moments with OZY — Self
• 2020John Legend and Family: Bigger Love Father's Day — Self
• 2020Justice Now: A BET News Special — Self
• 2020Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince — Self
• 2020My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• 2020Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort — Self - Performer
• 2020The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II — Self
• VERZUZ — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• 2019Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul — Self
• Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest
• 2019Elvis All-Star Tribute — Self - Performer
• 2019Hitsville: The Making of Motown — Self
• How Do You Play? — Self (video appearance)
• 2019Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration — Self
• Songland — Self
• Surviving R. Kelly — Self
• 2019Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact — Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2019The Price of Protest — Self (archive footage)
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2018Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar — Self
• 2018Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute — Self
• 2018NBC’s New Year’s Eve — Self - Performance
• 2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones — Self
• 2018Quincy — Self
• 2018Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• 2017John Legend: Live at Round Chapel — Self
• 2017La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc — Self
• 2017Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees — Self - Performer
• Kocktails With Khloé — Self
• 2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self, Self - Contestant
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber — Self
• 2015John Legend - Montreux Jazz Festival — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• 2015Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2015Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert — Self
• 2015Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute — Self
• 2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful — Self
• 2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• 2013John Legend - Splash! Festival 2013 — Self
• 2013John Legend: iTunes Festival — Self
• SINGER — Self
• 2013The Women Concert for Change — Self
• Duets — Self - Mentor
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• The Voice — Self - Coach
• America: The Story of Us — Self
• 2010Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 — Self
• Conan — Self - Musical Guest
• 2010Music — Self
• 2010The Black List: Volume Three — Self
• 2010The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear — Self
• 2009John Legend: MTV Live in Rome, Italy — Self
• 2009Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 — Self (archive footage)
• 2009The People Speak — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial — Self
• 2008A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! — Self
• 2008John Legend: Live from Philadelphia — Self
• Inas Nacht — Self
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2007Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 2006Tony Bennett: An American Classic — Self
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Musical Guest
• 2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party — Self
• 2005John Legend - Live at the House of Blues — Self
• 2005Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] — Self (segment "The New Workout Plan")
• The Colbert Report — Self
• The Tyra Banks Show — Self
• Miley's New Year's Eve Party — Self - Musical Guest
• Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer
• Project Runway — Self - Guest Judge
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest/Musical Guest, Self - Guest Host, Self - Musical Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• American Idol — Self
• CMT Crossroads — Self
• Live from E! — Self
• Star Academy — Self
• Mark Twain Prize — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• This Morning — Self - Performer
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Performer
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• American Music Awards — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Presenter
• Sesame Street — Self
• The Grammys — Self, Self - Performer
• Miss Universe — Self - Entertainment
• Today — Self