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

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

Escape from New York

as The Duke of New York

2000

1973

Wattstax

as Self

1994

It Could Happen to You

as Angel Dupree

1974

Truck Turner

as Truck

1998

Blues Brothers 2000

as The Louisiana Gator Boys

1996

Uncle Sam

as Sgt. Jed Crowley

2008

Return to Sleepaway Camp

as Charlie 'The Chef'

1993

Posse

as Cable

2008

Kill Switch

as Coroner

1995

Magic Island

as Mad Face

2008

Soul Men

as Self

2007

Classic Soul at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Six Ways to Sunday

as Bill Bennet

1994

Oblivion

as Buster

2004

Anonymous Rex

as Elegant Man

2004

1994

1996

Illtown

as George

1991

2003

Book of Days

as Jonah

2001

Dead Dog

as Self

1990

Fire, Ice & Dynamite

as Isaac Hayes

1987

Dead Aim

as Jamal

1991

Prime Target

as Tompkins

1988

Counterforce

as Ballard

2005

Isaac Hayes: Live at Montreux

as Self - Lead Vocalist, Keyboards

1998

Chef Aid: Behind The Menu

as Jerome 'Chef' McElroy (voice) / Self

2003

Michael Jackson: Number Ones

as Self (archive footage)

1996

South Park: The Unaired Pilot

as Chef Jerome McElroy

1999

Ninth Street

as TippyToe

2005

1995

Soul Survivors

as Vernon Holland

1992

Final Judgement

as Lt. Herb Jefferson

1993

Acting on Impulse

as Detective Stubbs

1986

Betrayed by Innocence

as Frank Moreno

2000

Shaft

as Mr. P (uncredited)

1996

Flipper

as Sheriff Buck Cowan

2001

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Possum (voice)

2001

Chelsea Walls

as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

1972

Nationtime

as Self

1993

Deadly Exposure

as Lt. Johanson

2009

Stand

as Self

1993

Hallelujah

as Prophet

2017

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

as Self - Singer (archive footage)

1993

CB4

as Owner

Production

2000

Shaft

as Original Music Composer

1971

Shaft

as Original Music Composer

1974

Three Tough Guys

as Original Music Composer

1974

Truck Turner

as Original Music Composer

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