Riley B. King, known as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and fluid, complex guitar playing. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at #3 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Filmography

• 2025Mirror of Breath — Thanks
• 2022B.B. King: The King of the blues Stuttgart - 1997 — vocals guitar
• 2017Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
• 2014In Performance BB King & The Guitar Legends
• 2010B.B. King Standing Room Only
• 2006Buddy Guy Can't Quit The Blues
• 2004Antone's: Home of the Blues — Performer
• 2003B.B. King: Live By Request — Performer
• 2003BB King Live at The Apollo
• 2003Rockin' in the USA
• 2001B.B. King - The Blues Sounds of B.B. King — Singer
• 2001Johnny Winter: Pieces & Bits
• 1999Blues Masters
• A Place of Our Own
• 1998Blues Brothers 2000 — Malvern Gasperon
• TFI Friday
• 1995B.B. King: Blues Summit
• Baywatch Nights — B.B. King
• New York Undercover
• Touched by an Angel — B.B. King
• 1993Gary Moore: Live Blues — Guitar, Vocals
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Garfield Gets a Life — Vocals
• Teech — Uncle Isaac, Theme Song Performance
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Pappy
• Big World Cafe
• Booker
• 1989Legends of Rock 'n' Roll — B.B. King
• 1987Amazon Women on the Moon — B.B. King (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
• Married... with Children — Street Singer
• 1985Spies Like Us — Ace Tomato Agent
• The Cosby Show — Riley Jackson
• 1982B.B. King - Austin City Limits 1982 — Musician - guitar, vocals
• 1978Good Mornin’ Blues — Host
• Sanford and Son
• B.B. King: Live at the Woodlands

Appearances as themselves (92)

• 2021Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self (archive footage)
• 2018B.B. King: On the Road — Himself
• 2018Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars — Self (archive footage)
• Monochrome: Black, White & Blue — Self (archive footage)
• Soundbreaking — Self
• 2014John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly — Self
• 2014The Art of McCartney — Self
• 2013Born In Chicago — Self
• 2013Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 — Self
• 2012B.B. King - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011 — Self
• 2012B.B. King: The Life of Riley — Self
• 2012Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story — Self
• 2010Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 — Self
• 2009B.B. King | Live — Self
• 2009Blues at the BBC — Self
• 2009Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin' — Self
• 2009Soul Power — Self (archive footage)
• 2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self
• 2009V.A. North Sea Jazz — Self
• 2008B.B. King: Live — Self
• 2008Jazz Evolution — Self - Guitar
• 2008Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar — Self
• 2007Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 — Self
• 2007Rolling With the Blues — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The Five Keys to Mastery — Self
• 2004Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival — Self
• 2004Genius. A Night for Ray Charles — Self
• 2004Lightning in a Bottle — Self
• 2004Live Aid — Self
• 2004Ray Charles: Genius Loves Company — Self
• 2004The Story Of The Blues — Self
• 2003B.B. King: In Concert — Self
• 2003B.B. King: Live - Most Famous Hits — Self
• 2003Bluesy Entertainment: Live — Self
• 2003Johnny Winter: Live — Self
• 2003Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied — Self
• 2003Red, White and Blues — Self
• Soundstage — Self
• The Blues — Self
• 2003The Road to Memphis — Self (archive footage)
• 2002BB King Sweet 16 — Self
• 2002Sounds of Memphis — Self
• 2001All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! — Self
• 2001B.B. King Live at Nick's — Self
• 2000The Jazz Channel Presents B.B. King — Himself
• 2000The Ten Commandments of Creativity — Self
• 1999Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo — Self
• 1998B.B. King: Live In Africa '74 — Self
• Classic Albums — Self
• 1997Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey — Self
• 1996A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan — Self
• 1996When We Were Kings — Self
• 1995A Night to Die For — Self
• 1993B.B. King: Live At Montreux 1993 — Self
• 1993Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music — Self
• 1993Heart and Souls — Himself
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• 1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O — Self
• 1991Guitar — Self
• 1991Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Blues Night — Himself
• 1991Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 — Self
• 1990All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians — Self
• 1989Albert King & B.B. King: Japan Blues Carnival — Himself
• 1989U2: Lovetown — Self
• 1988U2: Rattle and Hum — Self
• 1987B.B. King & Friends — Self
• 1985B.B. King: Into the Night — Self
• 1985Live Aid — Self
• Christmas in Washington — Self
• America's Top 10 — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• 1975Give My Poor Heart Ease — Self
• 1974Sing Sing Thanksgiving — Self
• 1973George Carlin: The Real George Carlin — Self
• 1973The Blues Under the Skin — Self
• 1972Sing Sing Thanksgiving — Self
• The Midnight Special — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• 1971Medicine Ball Caravan — Self
• The Pearl Bailey Show — Self
• The Flip Wilson Show — Self
• 1969Black Woodstock — Self
• The Barbara McNair Show — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1968Wake at Generation — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self - Musical Guest
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• B.B. King & Raimundo Amador Live — Himself
• Untitled B.B. King Documentary — Self (archive footage)