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Taj Mahal

Born May 17, 1942 in Harlem, New York, USA11 films

Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.

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Sounder posterFirst watchSounder19727.5as IkeThe oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.View film

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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey poster6.3Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991Six Days Seven Nights poster6.1Six Days Seven Nights1998Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood poster6.0Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood2002

Filmography

11 films as actor
  1. 2004Killer DillerJ.R. Cox
  2. 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodSwing Band Singer
  3. 2001SongcatcherDexter Speaks
  4. 1998Outside OzonaDix Mayal
  5. 1998Six Days Seven NightsEntertainer
  6. 1996Once Upon a Time... When We Were ColoredMr. Will
  7. 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyGatekeeper
  8. 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 ChainsBones
  9. 1977Scott JoplinPoor Alfred
  10. 1976Sounder, Part 2Ike
  11. 1972SounderIke