Tony Bennett
Known for: Acting
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 - July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Afterwards, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his personal life then suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a remarkable comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and expanding his audience to the MTV Generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s. Bennett has won fifteen Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards, been named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. He has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Bennett is also a serious and accomplished painter, creating works under the name Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is also the founder of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens.
Filmography
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest/Musical Guest
2015
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
1962
Series
The Simpsons
Tony Bennett (voice)
1989
Series
The Simpsons
Capital City Singer (voice)
1989
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
Series
Blue Bloods
Tony Bennett
2010
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self - Guest
1995
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self (archive footage)
1979
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
30 Rock
Tony Bennett
2006
Series
Entourage
Tony Bennett
2004
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
American Idol
Self - Guest Star
2002
Series
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Series
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Series
Le monde est à vous
Self
1987
Series
Remington Steele
Tony Bennett (voice) (uncredited)
1982
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Doris Day Show
Tony Bennett
1968
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The X Factor
Self - Special Guest
2004
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Maximillian
1958
Series
Cybill
Tony Bennett (uncredited)
1995
Series
The Celebrity Apprentice
Self
2004
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
1994
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
2009
Series
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
2004
Series
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer
2004
Series
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
Series
TFI Friday
1996
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Film
Bruce Almighty
Tony Bennett
2003
Series
Evening Shade
Tony Lombardi
1990
Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Series
Suddenly Susan
Tony Bennett
1996
Series
MTV Unplugged
Self
1989
Series
Muppets Tonight
Self
1996
Series
The Dick Clark Show
Self
1958
Series
Shindig!
Self - Singer
1964
Series
Mundo VIP
Self
1996
Series
Cosby
Tony Bennett
1996
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
Series
Rove
Self
1999
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
The Twentieth Century
Self
1957
Series
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963
Series
Canadian Idol
Self - Mentor
2003
Series
Canadian Idol
Self - Guest
2003
Wedden, dat..?
Self
1986
Film
Analyze This
Tony Bennett
1999
Series
Playboy After Dark
Self - Singer
1969
Film
Muppets Most Wanted
Tony Bennett
2014
Series
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self
2002
Series
Larry King Live
Self
1985
Series
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
1969
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971
Treffpunkt New York
Self
1961
Film
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Self
2017
Film
Amy
Self
2015
Series
Parabéns
Self
1992
Series
King
Tony Bennett
1978
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
The Scout
Tony Bennett
1994
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
Self
1981
Film
The Oscar
Hymie Kelly
1966
Film
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Film
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968
Film
Reclaiming Amy
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Film
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
2018
Film
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Self
1999
Film
The Lady and The Legend
Self
2026
Film
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
2017
Film
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1979
Film
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Self
2022
Film
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self
2010
Film
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Performer
1995
Film
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Film
Let's Go Mets
Self
1986
Film
George Michael: Freedom
Self
2017
Film
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
2006
Film
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Self
2024
Film
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Self
2017
Film
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Self
2015
Film
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
Self
2000
Doris Day's Best Friends
1985
Film
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Self
2016
Film
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
Self
2006
Film
Quincy
Self
2018
Film
The World of Nat King Cole
Self
2004
Film
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Self - Performer
2002
Film
Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park
Self : Guest
2011
Bruce's Guest Night
1992
Film
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Self
2007
Film
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self - Performer
2009
Film
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
Self
1999
Film
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
Self
2007
Film
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
Self
2015
Series
The Grammys
Self
1959
Film
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Self
1988
Film
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
Self
2008
Film
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Self
2014
Film
Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
Self
2010
Film
Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged
Self
1994
Film
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving
Self
2011
Film
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
Self
1992
Film
One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
Self
2021
Film
Father Guido Sarducci's Vatican Inquirer: The Pope's Tour
Self - Special Guest Star
1986
Bob Hope Comedy Special
1967
Film
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Self
1979
Film
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Self
2009
Film
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
Self
2007
Film
Tony Bennett's New York
Self
1996
Film
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
The Zen of Bennett
Self
2012
Film
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
Self - Musical Guest
2011
Film
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Self
2014
Film
Tony Bennett: Duets II - The Great Performances
Self
2012
Film
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Self
1981
Film
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live
Self
2014
Film
Les Paul - Live in New York
Self
2010
Series
The Casino
Self
2004
Film
CMA Country Christmas 2018
Self
2018
Film
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Self
2022
Film
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self - Performer
2011
Film
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self
2014
Film
The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996
Self
1996
Film
Tony Bennett - Wonderful World: Live In San Francisco
Self
2002
Film
Amy Grant - A Christmas to Remember
Self - Guest
1999
Film
Bill Evans Time Remembered
Self
2015
Film
Billie
self
2020
Film
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Film
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
2005
The Tony Bennett Show
Self - Host
1956
Film
Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For
Narrator (voice)
2000
Film
Lady Gaga - Encore
Self
2020
Film
The Making Of A Swingin' Christmas & Live In Concert
Self
2008
Film
Tony Bennett: An American Classic About the Songs
Self
2007
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
Self - Cantante
2006
Film
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Tony Bennett: The Legendary Tony Bennett In Concert
Self
2001
Film
Tony Bennett: iTunes Festival 2014
Self - vocals
2014
Film
Tony Bennet - Hits and More
2003
Film
Lady Gaga at the BBC
Self
2021
Film
Sinatra and Friends
Self - Singer
1977
Film
Tony Bennett The Sound of Velvet
2005
Tony Bennett: BBC Sessions
self
2008
Series
Tony Bennett Sings...
Presenter
1979