Steve Vai is an American guitarist, composer, and producer widely recognized as one of the most technically accomplished virtuosos in rock music history. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has won three Grammy Awards, sold over 15 million records, and established himself as a definitive "guitar god" through his jaw-dropping speed, unique phrasing, and eccentric instrument designs.

Filmography

• 2025Beat - Neon Heat Disease - Live In Los Angeles
• 2022Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary — Self / Johnny Vai (voice) (as Reckless Fable), Co-Writer
• 2022Studio 666 — Dave's Shredding Guitar Hands (uncredited)
• 2021The Pedal Movie
• 2015Sepultura: Rock in Rio USA 2015 — Guitars
• 2015Steve Vai: Rock In Rio 2015 — Guitars
• 2014Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
• 2012G3: Live in Moscow
• 2009Live Music — Riff
• 2008Crazy — Hank Williams, Executive Producer
• 2005G3 - Live in Tokyo — Guitar, Producer
• 2005RUMBLE ROSES Original Soundtrack DVD — Original Music Composer
• 2004G3: Live in Denver — Himself, Music, Producer
• 2003Steve Vai: Live at the Astoria London — Self, Music, Producer
• 1994PCU — Original Music Composer
• 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey — Music
• 1986Crossroads — Jack Butler, Music, Songs
• Whitesnake: Slip Of The Tongue (30th Anniversary Remaster MMXIX)

Appearances as themselves (41)

• 2025BEAT: Neon Heat Disease - Live in Los Angeles — Himself (Lead Guitar)
• 2024Chicago & Friends in Concert — Self
• 2023Tribute to Jimi Hendrix — Self
• 2020Devin Townsend's Crappy Halloween Party — Himself
• 2020Zappa — Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
• 2019#NoJoke — Self
• 2018In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story — Himself
• 2017Hired Gun — Self
• 2016STEVE VAI Front And Center 2016 — self
• 2015Steve Vai: Stillness in Motion - Vai Live in L.A. — Himself
• 2015The Ritchie Blackmore Story — Self
• 2014Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily — Himself
• 2014Sharon Isbin: Troubadour — Self - interviewee
• 2012Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet — Self
• 2012Steve Vai: The Making of The Story of Light — Himself
• 2011Ozzy Osbourne: Thirty Years After The Blizzard — Self
• 2011Whitesnake: Live At Donington 1990 — Himself
• 2010Lemmy — Self
• 2009Rock Prophecies — Self
• 2009Steve Vai: Where The Wild Things Are — Himself
• 2008An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops — Self
• 2007Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation — Self
• 2007Steve Vai: Visual Sound Theories — Himself
• 2007Zappa Plays Zappa — Himself
• Hell's Kitchen — Self
• 2004Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival — Self
• 2004Rockthology 2 — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars' — Self
• 1999The Genius of Lenny Breau — Self
• Classic Albums — Self
• 1997G3: Live In Concert — Self
• 1995Steve Vai - Alien Love Secrets — Himself
• 1993A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa — Self
• 1993Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes — Himself
• 1991Guitar — Self
• 1991Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night — Self - Guitar
• 1991Zappa's Universe — Self
• 1990Hard 'N Heavy Volume 11 — Self
• 1989Hard 'N Heavy Volume 2 — Self
• 1987Video from Hell — Self
• 1982Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special! — Self