Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including ten Grammy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Brit Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, the Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. According to Billboard, he is the best performing male soloist in the history of the Mainstream Top 40. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, as a child he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Timberlake won two Grammy Awards for his R&B-focused debut solo album Justified (2002) and its single "Cry Me a River". Another single from the album, "Rock Your Body", was also successful. His critically acclaimed second album FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), characterized by its diversity in music genres, debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200 and spawned the Hot 100 consecutive number-one singles with "SexyBack" (featuring Timbaland), "My Love" (featuring T.I.), and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". Established as a solo artist worldwide, his first two albums both exceeded sales of 10 million copies, as he continued producing records and collaborating with other artists. From 2008 through 2012, Timberlake focused on his acting career, effectively putting his music career on hiatus. He held starring roles in the films The Social Network, Bad Teacher, Friends with Benefits, and In Time. Timberlake resumed his music career in 2013 with his third and fourth albums The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2, exploring neo soul styles, partly inspired by the expansive song structures of 1960s and 1970s rock. The former became the best-selling album of the year and spawned the top three singles "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay-Z) and "Mirrors". Timberlake voiced Branch in DreamWorks Animation's Trolls (2016), whose soundtrack includes his fifth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single, "Can't Stop the Feeling!", which earned him an Academy Award nomination. His fifth studio album Man of the Woods (2018) became his fourth number-one album in the US. Supported by the two top ten singles, "Filthy" and "Say Something" (featuring Chris Stapleton), it concluded 2018 as the sixth best-selling album of the year.

Filmography

• 2024Piece by Piece — Justin Timberlake (voice)
• 2023Reptile — Will Grady
• 2023Trolls Band Together — Branch (voice), Songs
• Candy — Deputy Steve Deffibaugh (uncredited)
• 2021Palmer — Eddie Palmer
• 2021Trolls Holiday in Harmony — Branch (voice)
• 2020Trolls World Tour — Branch (voice), Songs, Executive Music Producer
• 2017The Book of Love — Original Music Composer, Songs
• 2017Trolls Holiday — Branch (voice)
• 2017Trolls: Trolla-Palooza Tour — Branch (voice)
• 2017Wonder Wheel — Mickey Rubin
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Tyrus Quash (uncredited)
• 2016Trolls — Branch (voice), Executive Music Producer, Songs
• 2013Inside Llewyn Davis — Jim, Songs
• 2013Runner Runner — Richie Furst
• 2012Trouble with the Curve — Johnny Flanagan
• 2011Bad Teacher — Scott Delacorte
• 2011Friends with Benefits — Dylan Harper
• 2011In Time — Will Salas
• 2010Next Big Thing — The Guy
• 2010The Social Network — Sean Parker
• 2010Yogi Bear — Boo-Boo Bear (voice)
• 2009Jerry — Jerry
• 2009SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas — (archive footage)
• The Cleveland Show
• 2009The Open Road — Carlton Garrett
• The Phone — Producer
• 2008The Love Guru — Jacques "Le Coq" Grandé
• 2007Shrek the Third — Prince Artie (voice)
• 2007Southland Tales — Private Pilot Abilene
• 2006Alpha Dog — Frankie Ballenbacher
• 2006Black Snake Moan — Ronnie Morgan
• 2005Edison — Pollack
• 2005Mickey Mouse Club: The Best Of Britney, Justin & Christina
• 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
• 2003MTV Reloaded — Justin Timberlake
• 2002The Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute — *NSYNC
• 2001Longshot — Valet
• 2001On the Line — Presto (uncredited)
• 2000Model Behavior — Jason
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Justin Timberlake
• MMC — Mouseketeer
• The Simpsons — Justin Timberlake (voice)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Host & Musical Guest, Self (uncredited), Self / Robin Gibb (uncredited), Janitor (uncredited), Irving Hillman (uncredited)
• Trolls 4 — Branch (voice)

Appearances as themselves (113)

• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self
• 2024Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular — Self
• 2024Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands — Self (archive footage)
• 2023E-Type: The way I wanna live — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Celebrating America — Self
• 2021Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson — Self (archive footage)
• This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage — Self (archive footage)
• 2020David Blaine: The Magic Way — Self
• 2020Dear Class of 2020 — Self
• Some Good News — Self
• 2020The A-Z of Eurovision — Self - Presenter (archive footage)
• 2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Self
• The Last Dance — Self
• The New York Times Presents — Self (archive footage)
• Det svenska popundret — Self
• Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2019The Man of the Woods Tour — Self
• Late Night Berlin — Self
• 2018Mickey's 90th Spectacular — Self
• Shut Up and Dribble — Self - Musician
• 2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville — Self
• 2017Justin Timberlake: Rock in Rio — Self
• The Defiant Ones — Self (archive footage)
• 10 самых... — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live — Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' — Self
• 2014Justin Timberlake: Suited Up — Self
• 2014Justin Timberlake: Yahoo! Live Nation Concerts - Live In Iceland — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013JT: Reflections — Self
• 2013Justin Timberlake: Live at iTunes Festival — Self
• 2013Justin Timberlake: [2013] Rock in Rio — Self
• Radio Disney Music Awards — Self
• 2012Lady Gaga: On the Edge — Self
• 2012Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars — Self
• 2011How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? — Self / Sean Parker
• BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010Hope for Haiti Now — Self
• 2010Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour — Self (segment "4 Minutes") (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• 2010Summit on the Summit — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2009Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Self (archive footage)
• NPR Tiny Desk Concerts — Self
• 2008USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland — Self
• 2007Duran Duran: The Making of Red Carpet Massacre — Self
• 2007Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow (Live from Madison Square Garden) — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
• 2006Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World — Self
• The Hills — Self
• 2005Live 8 — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self - Guest
• Trippin' — Self
• 2004Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• 2003Celine in Las Vegas... Opening Night Live! — Self - Host
• 2003E! Entertainment Special: Christina Aguilera — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Musical Guest
• 2003Justin Timberlake: Live From London — Self
• Punk'd — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003Toronto Rocks — Self
• VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown — Self (archive footage)
• 2002'N Sync: Most Requested Hit Videos — Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self
• 2002The Reel NSYNC — Self
• 2001'N Sync: Bigger Than Live — Self
• 2001*NSYNC: Making The Tour — Self
• 2001*NSYNC: Rock in Rio — Self
• 2001All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video — Self (archive footage)
• 2001MTV Icon: Janet Jackson — Self
• 2001Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 2001NSYNC: PopOdyssey Live — Self
• The Saturday Show — Self
• 2000'N Sync: Live from Madison Square Garden — Self
• 2000*N Sync: *Ntimate Holiday Special — Self
• 2000*NSYNC - Making The Video: Bye Bye Bye — Self
• Diary — Self
• 2000The Beatles Revolution — Self
• 2000The Power of One: The Pokémon 2000 Movie Special — Self
• 1999'N Sync 'N Concert — Self
• 1999*NSYNC: *N the Mix — Self
• TV total — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• 1999Walt Disney World Summer Jam Concert 1999 — Self
• 1999Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self
• 1998*NSYNC: Disney in Concert — Self
• 1998Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self
• Taff — self
• MADtv — Self
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Host
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Host
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• Billboard Music Awards — Self
• Kids' Choice Awards — Self, Self - Host
• Al TV — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• American Music Awards — Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys — Self
• Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Performer
• Bambi — Self