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.
Biography from TMDB.
- May 17, 1942 (84)
- Harlem, New York, USA
- Actor and composer
- 14 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Taj Mahal's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 3 · Dark 4
Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Ike in Sounder (1972)
- Heraldas Dix Mayal in Outside Ozona (1998)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Taj Mahal's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Taj Mahal's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 35 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Killer Diller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Songcatcher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Outside Ozona(1998)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Six Days Seven Nights(1998)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Scrapple(1998)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all filmsBlind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Arthur(1996)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters(1994)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Duckman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Zebrahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Later... with Jools Holland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Follow the Drinking Gourd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Brothers(1977)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Scott Joplin(1977)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Sounder, Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Almos' a Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Fighting for Our Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Sounder(1972)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 69th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 1972 to 2023; peak year 1972.
Film career
Peak 1972 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1972Screen debut· Sounder
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Taj Mahal's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Taj Mahal work with?
People who share at least 2 of Taj Mahal's MovieCove titles; Eric Clapton shares the most, 2.
- Eric ClaptonShared titles: Once Were Brothers (2019), ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Clapton
- Bernie CaseyShared titles: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995), Brothers (1977)See all 2 shared titles with Bernie Casey
