Isaac Hayes
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1942-08-20
Deathday 2008-08-10 (65 years old)
Place of Birth Covington, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As Ike, Isaac Lee Hayes Jr., The Black Moses
Isaac Hayes
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 recognition of writing scores of notable songs for themselves, the duo "Sam & Dave", Carla Thomas, and others. The hit song "Soul Man" written by Hayes and Porter, and first performed by "Sam & Dave" has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame. This song was also honored by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by Rolling Stone magazine, and by the RIAA as the Songs of the Century. During the late 1960s, Hayes also became a recording musician, and he recorded several successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971). In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes worked as composer of musical scores for motion pictures. Hayes is well known for his musical score for the film Shaft (1971). For his composition of the "Theme from Shaft", Hayes was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972. Hayes became the third African-American, after Sidney Poitier and Hattie McDaniel, to win an Academy Award in any competitive field whatsoever covered by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hayes also won two Grammy Awards for that same year. Later, he was given his third Grammy Award for his music album Black Moses. During 1992, in recognition of his humanitarian work there, Hayes was crowned as the honorary king of the Ada, Ghana region. Hayes also acted in motion pictures and television, such as in the movie, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, and as Gandolf "Gandy" Fitch in the TV series The Rockford Files (1974 – 80). Then from 1997 to 2005, he lent his distinctive, deep voice to the character "Chef" on the animated TV series South Park. On August 5, 2003, Isaac Hayes was honored as a BMI Icon at the 203 BMI Urban Awards for his enduring influence on generations of music makers.Throughout his songwriting career, Hayes received five BMI R&B Awards, two BMI Pop Awards, two BMI Urban Awards and six Million-Air citations. As of 2008, his songs generated more than 12 million performances. Description above from the Wikipedia Isaac Hayes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive photo)
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Himself
as Charlie "The Chef"
as Coroner
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Lead Vocalist, Keyboards
as Arnel
as Self
as Yoshi
as Elegant Man
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Jonah
as Self
as Himself
as Himself
as Detective Marcus
as Self
as Self
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
as Possum (voice)
as Himself
as Isaac Hayes
as Mr. P (uncredited)
as Zock
as Chef (voice)
as Self
as Bill Bennet
as TippyToe
as Self
as Jerome 'Chef' McElroy (voice) / Self
as The Louisiana Gator Boys
as Isaac Hayes
as Isaac Hayes
as Chef (voice)
as Tolok
as Chef Jerome McElroy
as Sgt. Jed Crowley
as George
as Sheriff Buck Cowan
as Buster
as Preacher Hurn
as Mad Face
as Vernon Holland
as The Prime Oracle
as Angel Dupree
as Buster
as Prophet
as Lt. Johanson
as Asneeze
as Detective Stubbs
as Cable
as Owner
as Moro
as Self - Guest
as Self - Musical Guest
as Lt. Herb Jefferson
as Tompkins
as Aloysius
as Hammer
as Isaac Hayes
as Minister
as Samuel
as Hammer
as Ballard
as Jamal
as Frank Moreno
as Jerome 'Typhoon' Thompson
as C.J. Mack
as The Duke of New York
as Self
as Moriarty
as Truck
as Lee
as Gandolph Fitch
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
Sound
as Original Music Composer
as Original Music Composer
as Original Music Composer
as Original Music Composer