Biography
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American songwriter, musician, singer, and occasionally an actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes, Porter, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper, and John Fogerty were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in rec...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020
as Self (archive photo)
The story of the triumphs and hurdles of brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, otherwise known as the Bee Gees. The iconic trio, who found early fa...

The Murder of George Floyd: A Nation Responds
2020
as Self
The murder of George Floyd in police custody ignited fury and mass protests around the world. Real questions are now being asked over the effectivenes...

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
The gripping story of legendary American actor John Travolta: his rise to stardom in the 1970s; his agonizing fall in disgrace in the 1980s; and his s...

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015
as Self (archive footage)
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things t...
Stand
2009
as Self
Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and other prominent African Americans to explore the con...

Soul Men
2008
as Self
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country togethe...

Return to Sleepaway Camp
2008
as Charlie 'The Chef'
It's summer camp as usual at Camp Manabe where the kids torment each other for fun while the underpaid camp staff provides as little supervision as po...

Kill Switch
2008
as Coroner
A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2007
2007
as Self
Seven Brazilian models grace the beaches of Brazil, four knockouts dance to Reggae in Jamaica, Oluchi and Tori get the blues in Memphis. The 2007 Spor...

Classic Soul at the BBC
2007
as Self (archive footage)
A collection of some of the greatest soul performances from the BBC's archive, featuring Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Dusty Springfield, Isaac Hayes, So...

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2007 TV Special
2007
as Self
The 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show takes you around the world to where music comes alive. Even body painting has a music theme with iconic conc...

Isaac Hayes: Live at Montreux
2005
as Self - Lead Vocalist, Keyboards
Isaac Hayes is a true soul legend with a career spanning five decades. He has graced the Montreux stage on several occasions but this performance from...

Isaac Hayes: Live at Montreux
2005
Director
Isaac Hayes is a true soul legend with a career spanning five decades. He has graced the Montreux stage on several occasions but this performance from...

Hustle & Flow
2005
as Arnel
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

The History Makers: Success
2005
as Self
Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success in the first ins...

Dream Warrior
2004
as Yoshi
In an apocalyptic future, a man with superhuman powers goes on the run.

Anonymous Rex
2004
as Elegant Man
The dinosaurs didn't go completely extinct when the asteroids hit 65 million years ago. Today, every ten thousandth person in the country is a dinosau...

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
as Self
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John Travolta.

The World of Nat King Cole
2004
as Self
Combining rare original archive footage, home movies and authored by 40 intimate interviews with friends and celebrity fans this feature length film c...

Michael Jackson: The One
2004
as Self
Documentary containing interviews with performers discussing the influence that Michael Jackson had on their career, combined with clips from Jackson'...

Barbershops Uncut: East Coast
2004
as Self
A raw and uncensored look at what really goes down in urban barbershops.

Michael Jackson: Number Ones
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Pop king Michael Jackson solidifies his title with this release of fifteen past number one hits. Songs include "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," "Thri...

Book of Days
2003
as Jonah
A grief-struck life insurance salesman rails at God for not stepping in to save his bride; but the tables are turned when a mysterious book is deliver...

BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than...

Sounds of Memphis
2002
as Self
A look into the birth of the soul music scene on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Chronicles the rise of soul music, the creation of many iconic so...

Only the Strong Survive
2002
as Self
A film featuring the veteran soul music artists and music of Stax Records. It tells the story of soul, a musical genre that was to have a major influe...

Dead Dog
2001
as Self
Tom and Perri are the happy ideal New York couple until Tom's beloved Golden Retriever is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Tom blames Perri for the acc...

Chelsea Walls
2001
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.

Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
as Possum (voice)
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...

David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session
2001
as Self
David Sanborn Band : David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Ricky Peterson, David Gilmore, Gene Lake, Don Alias // Special Guests : Lou Reed, Boz Scaggs, Joan ...

Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only
2001
as Self
On this unique DVD Tom Jones sings duets with some of the greatest stars of the music world, including Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Isaac Hayes, Ri...

Shaft
2000
as Mr. P (uncredited)
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...

Shaft
2000
Original Music Composer
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...

Reindeer Games
2000
as Zock
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999
as Chef (voice)
In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television ...

Goin' Down to South Park
1999
as Self
A mockumentary/documentary hybrid which covers the actual making of the show South Park but with a fictional spin, apparently spoofing similar such sh...

Six Ways to Sunday
1999
as Bill Bennet
Harry Odum is a henpecked 18-year-old momma's boy with a violent temper in Youngstown, Ohio. After impressing a local boss of the Jewish Mafia, he beg...
Ninth Street
1999
as TippyToe
The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of their...

Chef Aid: Behind The Menu
1998
as Jerome 'Chef' McElroy (voice) / Self
The fascinating life of South Park's musical cafeteria employee, Jerome "Chef" McElroy, is examined in this exclusive behind-the-scenes special. Chef'...

Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as The Louisiana Gator Boys
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospit...

South Park: The Unaired Pilot
1996
as Chef Jerome McElroy
A short film that is the before product of the episode Cartman Gets an Anal Probe. The episode that was to become the pilot for the critically-acclaim...

Uncle Sam
1996
as Sgt. Jed Crowley
It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.

Illtown
1996
as George
Two young lovers are torn between their part-time criminal activity and the enticement of family and home.

Flipper
1996
as Sheriff Buck Cowan
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes ever...

Oblivion 2: Backlash
1996
as Buster
In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to arrest the seductive outlaw Lash on multiple charge...

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996
as Self
An introduction and overview to Scientology.

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
as Preacher Hurn
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

Magic Island
1995
as Mad Face
Jack Carlisle is a disillusioned 13-year old boy. His mother is always away at work since his father left. He decides to run away, as his mom won't mi...

Soul Survivors
1995
as Vernon Holland
Otis Cooke is a DJ with a late-night American soul music programme in Liverpool. His favorite band, The Tallahassees, disbanded years ago, but their b...

It Could Happen to You
1994
as Angel Dupree
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winni...

Oblivion
1994
as Buster
On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder hi...

The Soul of Stax
1994
as Self
"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim Stewa...
Hallelujah
1993
as Prophet
Christmas at the Messiah Church in Washington D.C. A young preacher and, later in the day, a mysterious pregnant girl arrive at the church doors looki...

Deadly Exposure
1993
as Lt. Johanson
A man endangers his own life when he uncovers an assassination plot while investigating his father's death

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
as Asneeze
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules Englan...

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993
as Self
Hosted by Cary Elwes. It's a promotional piece that was intended to get the word out about the film while it was in production, but some of the behind...

Acting on Impulse
1993
as Detective Stubbs
An erotic thriller actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a B-movie producer, leading her to hide out and engage in sexual thrills with a ...

Posse
1993
as Cable
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for...

CB4
1993
as Owner
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these th...

Code... Death: Frontera Sur
1993
as Moro
Two American soldiers travel through the woods to stop the sinister colonel.

Final Judgement
1992
as Lt. Herb Jefferson
A priest is suspected in the brutal murder of a young stripper. To prove his innocence, he descends into the world of strip clubs and pornography, hop...

Prime Target
1991
as Tompkins
Maverick Cop John Bloodstone is taken off suspension to ferry a Mob Boss into custody. But all is not what it seems.....

Guilty As Charged
1991
as Aloysius
A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by the plant's unhinged vigilante owner and his rever...

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990
as Hammer
After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.

Fire, Ice & Dynamite
1990
as Isaac Hayes
Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearan...

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Hammer
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimel...

Counterforce
1988
as Ballard
A team of specialists is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator who has designs on his country.

Dead Aim
1987
as Jamal
Ed Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter what the cost. While investigating the mysterious suic...

Betrayed by Innocence
1986
as Frank Moreno
A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.

Escape from New York
1981
as The Duke of New York
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US pre...

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1975
as Moriarty
Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few h...

Truck Turner
1974
as Truck
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

Truck Turner
1974
Original Music Composer
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

Three Tough Guys
1974
as Lee
Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After L...

Three Tough Guys
1974
Original Music Composer
Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After L...

Issac Hayes: The Black Moses of Soul
1973
as Self
Isaac Hayes with his band, The Movement, recorded live in concert in Atlanta, Georgia, during their 1973 tour.

Save the Children
1973
as Self
A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.

Wattstax
1973
as Self
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage ...

Nationtime
1972
as Self
A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the politi...

Shaft
1971
Original Music Composer
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location
1971
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the filming of the movie Shaft (1971). The movie's director, Gordon Parks is seen directing a couple of fight scenes which...