Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. With close friend Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has produced songs for various recording artists. He has won 13 Grammy Awards, including three for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (one as a member of The Neptunes). He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee: in 2014 for Best Original Song, for "Happy" (from Despicable Me 2); and in 2017 for Best Picture, as a producer of Hidden Figures.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 5, 1973 (53)
- Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
- Actor, producer and composer
- 25 on MovieCove · 46 credits in all
What are Pharrell Williams' films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
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 18
Light 14 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 6
A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
Steady 13 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1
Casual 12 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 16 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy14
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous1
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 Pharrell Williams' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Pharrell Williams' 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
46 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 86 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Grace for the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Piece by Piece(2024)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
All Day I Dream About Sport (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Saint-Denis le pré-show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Despicable Me 4(2024)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Harlem(2021)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Sing 2(2021)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
North Hollywood(2021)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Voices of Fire(2020)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Black Is King(2020)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all filmsHydration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
True: Rainbow Rescue(2020)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Grinch(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Brainchild(2018)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
True: Magical Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
True and the Rainbow Kingdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Despicable Me 3(2017)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Roxanne Roxanne(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Skepta: Greatness Only (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Hidden Figures(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Pharrell Williams: Happy Go Lucky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Dope(2015)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Entourage(2015)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Pitch Perfect 2(2015)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Les Bosquets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Despicable Me 2(2013)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
ITV Exposure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Despicable Me(2010)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Where Is the Money George? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Limelight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
90210(2008)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Team Ice Cream Vol. 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Wild 'N Out(2005)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
The Ecology of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Dude...We're Going to Rio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Dr. Dolittle 2(2001)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all showsBeat Makerz - The Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Golden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Juneteenth Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles, 42 of them dated from 1989 to 2025; peak year 2024.
Biggest box office
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Highest rated
One Love Manchester (2017)
Most popular right now
Despicable Me (2010)
Film career
Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.
- 2018Screen debut· The Grinch
- 2024First top-billed film· Piece by Piece
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
14 major awards from 51 major nominations, 2003–2026.
- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Music Film
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- Grammy Award, won · Best Pop Vocal Album
- Grammy Award, won · Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Music Video
- Grammy Award, nominated · Song of the Year
- Grammy Award, won · Best Music Video
- Grammy Award, won · Best Pop Solo Performance
- Grammy Award, won · Best Urban Contemporary Album
- Grammy Award, nominated ×3 · Album of the Year
Show 8 earlier yearsShow fewer
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
+2 other major bodies · 4 wins and 4 nominations
- Grammy Award, won · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, won · Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Grammy Award, won · Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Grammy Award, won · Record of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Record of the Year
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Dance Recording
- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Album
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Grammy Award, nominated · Record of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Urban/Alternative Performance
- Grammy Award, won · Best Pop Vocal Album
- Grammy Award, won · Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated ×2 · Best Rap Song
- Grammy Award, nominated ×2 · Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
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 Pharrell Williams' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 19; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 52. 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 Pharrell Williams' work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs lighter than most films.
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 Pharrell Williams work with?
People who share at least 2 of Pharrell Williams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mimi Valdes shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Pierre CoffinShared titles: Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Pierre Coffin
- Chris RenaudShared titles: The Grinch (2018), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Chris Renaud
Writers
- Cinco PaulShared titles: Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Cinco Paul
- Ken DaurioShared titles: Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Ken Daurio
Actors
- Miranda CosgroveShared titles: North Hollywood (2021), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Miranda Cosgrove
- Dana Gaier EllisShared titles: Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Dana Gaier Ellis
- Kristen WiigShared titles: Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Kristen Wiig
- Steve CarellShared titles: Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Steve Carell
Composers and editors
- Heitor PereiraShared titles: Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Heitor Pereira
- Hans ZimmerShared titles: Hidden Figures (2016), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Hans Zimmer
- Gregory PerlerShared titles: Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Gregory Perler
Producers
- Mimi ValdesShared titles: Piece by Piece (2024), North Hollywood (2021), True: Rainbow Rescue (2020), Voices of Fire (2020), Brainchild (2018), Roxanne Roxanne (2017), Dope (2015)See all 7 shared titles with Mimi Valdes
- Christopher MeledandriShared titles: The Grinch (2018), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Christopher Meledandri
- Janet HealyShared titles: The Grinch (2018), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Janet Healy
- Robert TaylorShared titles: The Grinch (2018), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Robert Taylor
