Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. In the mid sixties, Clapton left the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand", and graffiti in London declared "Clapton is God." Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, the power trio, Cream, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the seventies, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped gain reggae a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998 Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Clapton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later — Guitar / Vocals, Executive Producer
• 2024The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words
• 2023Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Rock — Self - Vocals, Guitar, Writer
• 2021Eric Clapton: The Lady in the Balcony - Lockdown Sessions — Self - Guitars and Vocals, Writer
• 2017Eric Clapton - Live in San Diego — Self, Producer
• 2017Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
• 2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street — Music
• 2015Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 - Live at The Royal Albert Hall — Lead Vocal, Guitars
• 2015The Beatles 1+
• 2015Three Days in Auschwitz — Producer, Music
• 201312-12-12
• 2013Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength: The 74-75 Recordings
• 2013Eric Clapton - Live At Baloise Session 2013 — Self - Guitar, Vocals
• 2013Eric Clapton - Live on Basel — Self - Vocals, Guitar
• 2011Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center — Self, Producer
• 2010Eric Clapton: Wonderful Tonight - Live in Japan 2009 — Self - Vocals, Guitar
• 2010Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies — archive footage
• 2009Joe Bonamassa: Live from the Royal Albert Hall — Guest Guitarist
• 2009Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Feelin' Alright
• 2008Jeff Beck: Performing This Week... Live At Ronnie Scott's — Guest Guitarist
• 2006Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues
• 2006Eric Clapton: After Midnight Live — Himself - Vocals, Lead Guitar
• 2005Cream: Royal Albert Hall — Himself - Guitar, Vocals
• 2004Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J — Self, Producer
• 2003Concert for George — Self, Production Director
• 2001Eric Clapton - Live in Hyde Park — Himself - Guitar, Vocals
• 2001Eric Clapton Live at Budokan, Tokyo — Himself - Vocals, Guitar
• 2001Eric Clapton: One More Car One More Rider — Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
• 2001Eric Clapton: This Song for George
• 2001John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
• 1999David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
• 1999The Story of Us — Original Music Composer
• 1998Blues Brothers 2000 — The Louisiana Gator Boys
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Original Music Composer
• 1997Nil by Mouth — Original Music Composer
• 1996The Van — Original Music Composer
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1992Lethal Weapon 3 — Original Music Composer
• 1991George Harrison: Live in Japan
• 1991Rush — Original Music Composer
• 1990Eric Clapton: The Master At Work — Himself, Writer
• 1989Communion — Original Music Composer
• 1989Lethal Weapon 2 — Original Music Composer
• 1988Dire Straits with Eric Clapton - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — guitar
• 1988Eric Clapton: Philadelphia 1988 — lead vocals, guitar
• 1988Homeboy — Original Music Composer
• 1987Lethal Weapon — Original Music Composer
• 1986SpaceCamp — Songs
• Edge of Darkness — Original Music Composer
• 1985Eric Clapton: Live Now
• Miami Vice — Songs
• 1984The Hit — Music
• 20/20
• The South Bank Show
• 1976Circasia — Clown
• 1975Tommy — The Preacher
• 1973Slipstream — Music
• 1970Cucumber Castle — Eric Clapton
• 1969Trouble in Molopolis — Producer
• Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale — Eric Clapton
• Warner Music Group Does DVD Volume 2

Appearances as themselves (150)

• 2026Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It — Self
• 2025Pino — Self
• 2024Eric Clapton: To Save A Child - An Intimate Live Concert — Self
• 2024Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 — Self
• 2023Eric Clapton - The Definitive 24 Nights - Blues — Himself
• 2023Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Eric Clapton: The Definitive 24 Nights - Orchestral — Himself
• 2023Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues — Self
• 2023Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues — Self
• 2021Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away — Self
• 2021Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The Dancing Man of L.A. — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man — Self
• 2020Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 — Self
• Laurel Canyon — Self
• 2020Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band — Self
• 2020The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — Self
• 2019Echo in the Canyon — Self
• 2019ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads — Self
• 2019The Quiet One — Self
• 2018Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars — Self
• 2018Jeff Beck: Still on the Run — Self
• Monochrome: Black, White & Blue — Self
• 2016Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album — Self (archive footage)
• Soundbreaking — Self
• 2014Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969 — Self
• 2014Eric Clapton - Planes, Trains and Eric — Self
• 2014John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly — Self
• 2014Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall — Self
• 2013Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 — Self
• 201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief — Self
• 2012B.B. King: The Life of Riley — Self
• 2012Beware of Mr. Baker — Self
• 2012Close Up — Self (archive footage)
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World — Self
• 2011The Love We Make — Self
• 2010A Concert by the Lake — Self
• 2010Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 — Self
• 2010Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up — Self
• 2010The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth — Self
• 2009Allman Brothers Band - With Eric Clapton at the Beacon Theatre, NYC — Himself
• 2009Blues at the BBC — Self
• 2009Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden — Self
• 2009Eric Clapton: Live at Budokan — Self (guitar / vocals)
• 2009Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Light My Fire — Himself
• 2009Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin' — Self
• 2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self (archive footage)
• 2009The Beatles: Parting Ways — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• 2008Eric Clapton: Masterpieces — Self
• 2008Icons: 15 Classic Tracks from the Gods of Rock — Himself
• 2008Pavarotti The Duets — Self
• 2008The Story of the Yardbirds — Self
• 2007Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built — Self
• 2007Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 — Self
• Seven Ages of Rock — Self
• 2006Before the Music Dies — Self - Musician
• 2006Blind Faith: London Hyde Park 1969 — Himself
• 2006CREAM - Sunshine of your love — self
• 2006Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears — Self
• 2006Eric Clapton - Live at Montreux 1986 — Self
• 2006J. J. Cale: To Tulsa And Back (On Tour with J. J. Cale) — Himself
• 2006Otis Rush & Friends - Live At Montreux 1986 — Himself
• 2006The Passing Show: The Life and Music of Ronnie Lane — Himself
• 2005Classic Artists: Cream – Their Fully Authorized Story — Himself
• 2005Eric Clapton - Back Home — Himself
• 2005George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited — Self
• 2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today — Self
• 2005Scotty Moore & Friends: A Tribute to the King — Self
• 2004Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival — Self
• 2004Live Aid — Self
• 2004Tom Dowd & The Language of Music — Self
• 2004Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall — Self
• 2003Eric Clapton and Friends — Self
• 2003John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert — Self
• 2003Red, White and Blues — Self
• 2003Ringo Rama — Himself
• 2003Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' — Self
• 2002Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace — Self - Performer
• Top Gear — Self
• 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
• 2000MTV Unplugged: Classic Moments — Self
• 1999Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton — Self
• 1999Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert — Self
• 1999Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads — Self
• 1998Brian Wilson’s Imagination — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• 1997Babyface: MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 — Self - Vocals
• Classic Albums — Self
• 1997Legends – Live At Montreux — Self
• 1997Music for Montserrat — Self
• 1996A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan — Self
• 1996Pavarotti & Friends 4 - For War Child — Self
• 1996The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus — Self - Guitar
• 1995Robbie Robertson: Going Home — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• 1994Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame — Self
• 1993Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration — Self
• 1993Curves Contours & Body Horns — Self
• 1992Eric Clapton: MTV Unplugged — Self — Lead vocals / Guitar
• 1992Yardbirds — Himself
• 1991Cream: Strange Brew — Himself
• 1991Eric Clapton: 24 Nights — Self
• 1991My Sweet Lord in the Far East — Self
• 1991Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin — Self - Guest
• 1990Eric Clapton: The Man & His Music — Himself
• 1990Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park — Self
• 1990The Best of All Star Band: Live in Concert — Self
• 1990The Cream of Eric Clapton — Self
• 1990The Prince's Trust Rock Gala — Self (archive footage)
• MTV Unplugged — Self
• 1989Prince: Musical Portrait — Self
• 1989The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live — Self - Special Guest
• 1988Eric Clapton at Tokyo Dome — Self
• 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self
• 1988Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3 — Self
• 1988The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert — Self
• 1987B.B. King & Friends — Self
• 1987Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll — Self
• 1987Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2 — Self
• 1986All Star Concert — Self
• 1986Eric Clapton and Friends: Live 1986 — Self
• 1986Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1 — Self
• 1986Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties — Self
• 1985An Audience with Billy Connolly — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
• 1985Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session — Self
• 1985Live Aid — Self
• 1985Water — Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• 1984Superstars in Concert — Self
• 1983The A.R.M.S. Benefit Concert from London — Self
• 1982Chas & Dave’s Christmas Knees-Up — Himself
• 1982The Secret Policeman's Other Ball — Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• 1978Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel — Self
• 1978The Last Waltz — Self
• The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• 1973Jimi Hendrix — Self
• 1972The Concert for Bangladesh — Self
• 1971Sweet Toronto — Self
• 1969Cream: Farewell Concert — Himself
• 1969Supershow — Himself
• 1968All My Loving — Self
• Omnibus — Self
• Hör hin, schau zu! — Self
• Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - South Bank Session — Himself
• Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson — Self