Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. With close friend Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. He has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (one as a member of The Neptunes). He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee: in 2014 for Best Original Song, for "Happy" (from Despicable Me 2); and in 2017 for Best Picture, as a producer of Hidden Figures.

Filmography

• Government Cheese — Main Title Theme Composer
• 2025Grace for the World — Self, Production Director, Executive Producer
• 2024All Day I Dream About Sport — Director, Music Producer
• 2024Despicable Me 4 — Songs
• 2024Piece by Piece — Pharrell Williams (voice), Producer, Songs
• 2024Saint-Denis le pré-show
• Harlem — Executive Producer
• 2021North Hollywood — Producer
• 2021Sing 2 — Alfonso (voice)
• 2020Black Is King
• 2020Hydration — Self, Producer
• Voices of Fire — Executive Producer
• Brainchild — Executive Producer
• 2018The Grinch — Narrator (voice)
• True: Magical Friends — Executive Producer
• 2017Despicable Me 3 — Songs
• 2017Roxanne Roxanne — Producer
• True and the Rainbow Kingdom — Executive Producer
• 2016Hidden Figures — Producer, Original Music Composer, Songs
• 2016Pharrell Williams: Happy Go Lucky
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Pharrell Williams
• 2016Skepta: Greatness Only
• 2016VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
• 2015Dope — Executive Producer
• 2015Entourage — Pharrell Williams
• 2015Les Bosquets — Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
• 2015Pitch Perfect 2 — The Voice Judge
• 2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water — Songs
• 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2 — Original Music Composer, Songs
• 2013Despicable Me 2 — Songs
• ITV Exposure
• 2010Despicable Me — Original Music Composer, Songs
• 2010Where Is the Money George? — A Cop
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — N.E.R.D. - Musical Guest
• 2009Limelight — Consulting Producer
• 90210 — Pharrell
• 2008Playboy: Celebrity Photographers 2
• 2006Team Ice Cream Vol. 1 — Self, Executive Producer
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
• 2004The Ecology of Love — Andre
• 2003Dude...We're Going to Rio — Pharrell, Writer
• 2001Dr. Dolittle 2 — Songs
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Simpsons — Pharrell Williams (voice)
• Beat Makerz - The Documentary — Pharrel Williams
• Golden — Producer
• Untitled Juneteenth Project — Producer

Appearances as themselves (87)

• 2025Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert — Self
• 2025In Whose Name? — Self
• 2025Quincy Jones, Music Man — Self (archive footage)
• Karl Lagerfeld : Révélation — Self
• 2024Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2024 : Le concert événement — Self - Guest
• 2023Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2023 : Le concert événement — Self - Guest
• 2023Movie Themes at the BBC — Self
• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy — Self (archive footage)
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021A Man Named Scott — Self
• 2021Ezinma — Self
• From Cradle to Stage — Self
• 2021Gwen Stefani: Not Just a Girl — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Woman in Motion — Self
• 2020500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary) — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Colette, Mon Amour — Self
• 2020Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 — Self
• 2020Holy Calamavote – A Special Performance by Run The Jewels — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• Activate: The Global Citizen Movement — Self
• 2019Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift — Self
• 2019HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé — Self
• 2019The Apollo — Self
• 2019The Price of Protest — Self (archive footage)
• Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman Diaries — Self
• The Shop — Self
• 2017Cherry Bomb: The Documentary — Self
• 2017Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville — Self
• 2017Jeff Koons — Self
• 2017One Love Manchester — Self
• The Defiant Ones — Self (archive footage)
• Discovering Fashion — Self (archive footage)
• Hip Hop Evolution — Self
• 2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Self
• 2016North Sea Jazz Highlights — Self - Cantante
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Daft Punk Unchained — Self
• 2015Fresh Dressed — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• Les Fous du Funk — Self
• 2015Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker — Self
• 2015Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute — Self
• Taraji's White Hot Holidays — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2014Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo — self
• 2014BEYONCÉ — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Nas: Time Is Illmatic — Self
• 2014Pharrell Williams: iTunes Festival — Self
• 2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• 2014The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 — Self
• 2014Wolf: The Documentary — Self
• 201324 Hours of Happy — self
• Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators — Self
• Radio Disney Music Awards — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest — Self
• 2011Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call — Self
• The Voice — Self - Coach
• 2010Get Him to the Greek — Self
• C à vous — Self - Guest
• 2007Concert for Diana — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2005Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] — Self (segment "Through the Wire")
• 2005Seamless — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self
• And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop — Self
• 2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative — Self
• 2004Maxim: Hot Clips 2 — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Michael Jackson: The One — Self
• 2004SMACK: Platinum Edition — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
• 2003Michael Jackson: Number Ones — Self (archive footage)
• Pepsi Smash — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest/Musical Guest
• 2003The Neptunes: The Eighth Planet — Self
• VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown — Self
• Viva La Bam — Self
• 2001Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Performer
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)
• The Grammys — Self
• Oakenfold 24/7 — Self