Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, record producer and composer. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, and the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom". Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977, including the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Everybody Dance". The 1978 album C'est Chic produced the hits "I Want Your Love" and "Le Freak", with the latter selling more than seven million singles worldwide. The song "Good Times" from the 1979 album Risqué was a number one single on the pop and soul charts, and became one of the most-sampled songs of all time, "ushering in" hip-hop via the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", inspiring Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", and anchoring the Daft Punk hit "Around the World". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nile Rodgers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 19, 1952 (74)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, composer and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
What are Nile Rodgers' films like?
Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
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 2 · Earnest 16
Light 8 · Serious 8 · Dark 2
Grounded 13 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3
Gentle 7 · Charged 10 · Intense 1
Steady 13 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 4
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0
Casual 11 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 11 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 15 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical2
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 Nile Rodgers' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Nile Rodgers' 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
24 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 59 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Cerrone - Supernature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Opus(2025)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Disco's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Coming 2 America(2021)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Chic: Live at the Budokan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Coming Back for More (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Chic: Le Freak - Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
A Diva's Christmas Carol(2000)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all filmsEventual Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Beverly Hills Cop III(1994)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Blue Chips(1994)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
What is House? An Insider's Look at Dance Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
White Hot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Earth Girls Are Easy(1988)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Coming to America(1988)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Alphabet City(1984)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Soup for One(1982)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 24 titles from 1982 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Coming to America (1988)
Highest rated
Avicii - I'm Tim (2024)
Most popular right now
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
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.
Awards
4 major awards from 9 major nominations, 1979–2023.
- Grammy Award, won · Best R&B Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, won · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, won · Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Grammy Award, won · Record of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rhythm & Blues Song
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Nile Rodgers' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 50/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 77, 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.
Is Nile Rodgers' work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Nile Rodgers work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nile Rodgers' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cindy Crawford shares the most, 3.
Directors
- David AustinShared titles: Freedom Uncut (2022), George Michael: Freedom (2017)See all 2 shared titles with David Austin
- George MichaelShared titles: Freedom Uncut (2022), George Michael: Freedom (2017)See all 2 shared titles with George Michael
- John LandisShared titles: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Coming to America (1988)See all 2 shared titles with John Landis
Actors
- Cindy CrawfordShared titles: Freedom Uncut (2022), Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know (2018), George Michael: Freedom (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Cindy Crawford
- Elton JohnShared titles: Freedom Uncut (2022), If These Walls Could Sing (2022), George Michael: Freedom (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Elton John
- Boy GeorgeShared titles: Camden (2024), Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Boy George
- Chris MartinShared titles: Avicii - I'm Tim (2024), Camden (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Martin
Cinematographers
- Graham SmithShared titles: If These Walls Could Sing (2022), George Michael: Freedom (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Graham Smith
- Tim CraggShared titles: If These Walls Could Sing (2022), George Michael: Freedom (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Cragg
Producers
- John BattsekShared titles: If These Walls Could Sing (2022), Studio 54 (2018)See all 2 shared titles with John Battsek
- Liz StirlingShared titles: Freedom Uncut (2022), George Michael: Freedom (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Liz Stirling
- Catherine MeyersShared titles: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Blue Chips (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Catherine Meyers
Mixed roles
- QuestloveShared titles: Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025), Camden (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Questlove
