Isaac Hayes
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-08-20 (66 years old)
Deathday
2008-08-10
Place of Birth
Covington, Tennessee, USA
Also known As
Ike
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr.
The Black Moses
Isaac Hayes
Biography
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American songwriter, musician, singer, and occasionally an actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes, Porter, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper, and John Fogerty were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of notable songs for themselves, the duo "Sam & Dave", Carla Thomas, and others. The hit song "Soul Man" written by Hayes ...
Acting
1981
as The Duke of New York
2000
as Zock
1973
as Self
1994
as Angel Dupree
1974
as Truck
1998
as The Louisiana Gator Boys
1993
as Asneeze
1999
as Chef (voice)
1996
as Sgt. Jed Crowley
2008
as Charlie 'The Chef'
1993
as Cable
2008
as Coroner
1995
as Mad Face
2008
as Self
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1988
as Hammer
1999
as Bill Bennet
2002
as Self
1994
as Buster
2004
as Elegant Man
1996
as Buster
2004
as Yoshi
2002
as Self
1994
as Self
1974
as Lee
1973
1996
as George
2002
as Self
1975
as Moriarty
1991
as Aloysius
2003
as Jonah
2001
as Self
1973
as Self
2007
2007
1990
as Isaac Hayes
2001
2020
as Self (archive photo)
1987
as Jamal
1991
as Tompkins
1988
as Ballard
2005
as Self - Lead Vocalist, Keyboards
1998
as Jerome 'Chef' McElroy (voice) / Self
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1996
as Preacher Hurn
1996
as Chef Jerome McElroy
2004
as Self
2015
as Self (archive footage)
2001
1996
1999
as Self
1999
as TippyToe
2005
as Arnel
1995
as Vernon Holland
1992
as Lt. Herb Jefferson
1993
as Detective Stubbs
1971
1986
as Frank Moreno
1990
as Hammer
1993
as Moro
2004
as Self
2005
as Self
2000
as Mr. P (uncredited)
1996
as Sheriff Buck Cowan
2001
as Possum (voice)
2001
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
1972
as Self
1993
as Lt. Johanson
2009
as Self
1993
as Prophet
2017
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
1993
as Owner
2004
Production
2000
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
2005
as Director
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