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Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright

Highest Rated: 88% Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2021)

Lowest Rated: 20% Days of Darkness (2007)

Birthday: Jul 22, 1973

Birthplace: Rhinebeck, New York, USA

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright's music provided him with a Hollywood career. Wainwright's early music mostly appeared in comedies like "The Myth of Fingerprints" (1997) and the Adam Sandler blockbuster "Big Daddy" (1999). In the early 2000s, Wainwright devoted his time to various credits, such as the Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett box office smash "The Aviator" (2004), "Heights" (2005) starring Elizabeth Banks and "Prime" (2005) starring Meryl Streep. He also worked on "The Baxter" with Michael Showalter (2005). Wainwright's music was most recently featured in "A Merry Friggin' Christmas" (2014). In the early 2000s, Wainwright lent his talents to projects like "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man" (2006) starring Leonard Cohen, "The History Boys" (2006) and "Days of Darkness" (2007). His credits also expanded to "Meet the Robinsons" with Angela Bassett (2007) and "Trade" with Kevin Kline (2007). Wainwright's husband was Jorn Weisbrodt.

Highest rated movies

63% Heights
50% Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
20% Days of Darkness

Photos

The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Rufus Wainwright, 12/26/2012, ©CBS The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Rufus Wainwright, 12/26/2012, ©CBS SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU: A CONCERT FOR KATE MCGARRIGLE, from left: Teddy Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Sloan Wainwright, 2012. SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU: A CONCERT FOR KATE MCGARRIGLE, from left: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, 2012. LEONARD COHEN I'M YOUR MAN, Rufus Wainwright, 2005, (c) Lions Gate SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU: A CONCERT FOR KATE MCGARRIGLE, Rufus Wainwright, 2012. SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU: A CONCERT FOR KATE MCGARRIGLE, from left: Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, 2012. JONI 75: A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, 2019. © TRAFALGAR RELEASING Rufus Wainwright at arrivals for BIG EYES Premiere, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY December 15, 2014. Photo By: Derek Storm/Everett Collection

Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% 91% Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song Self $1.1M 2021
50% 67% Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle Unknown (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2012
20% 66% Days of Darkness Le jeune prince / Le prince chantant (Character) - 2007
67% 74% Meet the Robinsons Original Music - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Triff die Robinsons 3D Original Music $97.8M 2007
70% 60% Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Self $1.0M 2005
63% 74% Heights Jeremy (Character) $1.2M 2005
No Score Yet 76% Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller Singer (Character) - 1988

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2016 2020 2023
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Music Performer 2018 2020-2022
No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Music Performer 2020-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Austin City Limits Music Performer 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Royalties Jacob Jewel (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Music Performer 2019
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Music Performer 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Artists Den Music Performer 2012 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Music Performer 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Unknown (Guest Star),
Music Performer
2007 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2009 2011
95% 94% Frasier Jeremy (Guest Voice) 2002