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      Yo-Yo Ma

      Yo-Yo Ma

      Highest Rated: 85% The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble (2015)

      Lowest Rated: 60% How to Grow a Band (2011)

      Birthday: Oct 7, 1955

      Birthplace: Paris, France

      Yo-Yo Ma worked in a variety of genres and built up a diverse and reputable career. He appeared in a number of television specials, including "Liberty Weekend" (1985-86), "The Night of Music: A Global Celebration" (1986-87) and "Gian Carlo Menotti: The Musical Magician" (1986-87). He also appeared in "Ozawa" (1986-87). He also took on a few movie roles at the time, appearing in the drama "Heart of the Garden" (1985) with Morgen Leigh. Yo-Yo Ma won an Outstanding Individual Achievement - Classical Music/Dance Programming Primetime Emmy Award for "Tchaikovsky 150th Birthday Gala From Leningrad" in 1991. In the nineties, Yo-Yo Ma devoted his time to various credits, such as "Before Sunrise" with Ethan Hawke (1995), "Sarabande" (1997), "Six Gestures" (1997) and "The Tango Lesson" (1997) starring Sally Potter. In the early 2000s, Yo-Yo Ma lent his talents to projects like "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2003), "Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra" with Peter Oundjian (2005), "Knowledge is the Beginning" (2005), "Memoirs of a Geisha" (2005) starring Zhang Ziyi and "Blindsight" (2008). Yo-Yo Ma last provided music for the Domhnall Gleeson thriller "Ex Machina" (2015).

      Highest rated movies

      How to Grow a Band

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      The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Yo-Yo Ma, 12/26/2012, ©CBS The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Yo-Yo Ma, 09/08/2015, ©CBS The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Yo-Yo Ma, 09/08/2015, ©CBS The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Yo-Yo Ma (L), Michelle Obama (C), Barack Obama (R), 12/26/2012, ©CBS The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Yo-Yo Ma, 12/26/2012, ©CBS The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Yo-Yo Ma (L), Michelle Obama (R), 12/26/2012, ©CBS The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, from left: Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, 12/26/2012, ©CBS MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, composer John Williams, violinist Itzhak Perlman, koto player Ishigure Masayo, director Rob Marshall, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, 2005. ©Columbia Pictures The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Yo-Yo Ma, 12/26/2012, ©CBS The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Yo-Yo Ma (L), Misty Copeland (R), 09/08/2015, ©CBS

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      85% 85% The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble Self $1.2M 2015
      60% 72% How to Grow a Band Unknown (Character) $16.4K 2011

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Firing Line With Margaret Hoover Music Performer,
      Guest
      2021-2022
      No Score Yet 48% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Music Performer,
      Guest
      2015 2021
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2021
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond the CANVAS Guest 2020
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Music Performer 2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Poetry in America Guest 2018
      No Score Yet 82% Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Unknown (Guest Voice) 2016
      85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet New Tanglewood Tales: Backstage With Rising Artists Guest 2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Live From Lincoln Center Music Performer 2013
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2008 2011
      81% 95% The West Wing Himself (Guest Star) 2000
      95% 94% Frasier Tom (Guest Voice) 1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Music Performer,
      Guest
      1994 1998