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Sylvester(1947-1988)

  • Actor
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Sylvester
Sylvester was born on 6 September 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Hit and Run (2012), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) and Trading Places (1983). He died on 16 December 1988 in San Francisco, California, USA.
BornSeptember 6, 1947
DiedDecember 16, 1988(41)
BornSeptember 6, 1947
DiedDecember 16, 1988(41)
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Known for

Tom Arnold, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Bradley Cooper, and Dax Shepard in Hit and Run (2012)
Hit and Run
6.1
  • Soundtrack("Do You Wanna Funk")
  • 2012
Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Rodrigo Santoro, Ben Falcone, Matthew Morrison, Chace Crawford, and Brooklyn Decker in What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
5.7
  • Soundtrack("Dance (Disco Heat)")
  • 2012
Trading Places (1983)
Trading Places
7.5
  • Soundtrack("Do You Wanna Funk")
  • 1983
Milk (2008)
Milk
7.5
  • Soundtrack("You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)")
  • 2008

Credits

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Actor

  • Sylvester: Someone Like You
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1986
  • Sylvester: Living for the City
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1986
  • Castro: The Video
    Short
    • 1985
  • Modern Rocketry: Homosexuality
    Video
    • 1985
  • Jolo: Last Call
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1984
  • Sylvester: Rock the Box
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1984
  • Sylvester: Do You Wanna Funk (1982)
    Sylvester: Do You Wanna Funk
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1982
  • Sylvester: Hard Up
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1982
  • Sylvester: Be with You
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1982
  • Patrick Cowley feat. Sylvester: Do Ya Wanna Funk
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1982
  • Sylvester: Don't Stop
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1982
  • Sylvester: Can't Stop Dancing
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1979
  • Sylvester: I (Who Have Nothing)
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1979
  • Bette Midler in The Rose (1979)
    The Rose
    6.9
    • Female Impersonator
    • 1979
  • Sylvester in Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (1978)
    Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
    6.8
    Music Video
    • Sylvester
    • 1978

Music Department

  • Just Dance 2022 (2021)
    Just Dance 2022
    7.3
    Video Game
    • "You Make Me Feel"
    • 2021
  • Jimmy Somerville: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
    6.1
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 1989

Soundtrack

  • Ken Leung, Kit Harington, and Harry Lawtey in Industry (2020)
    Industry
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • 2024
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Catherine O'Hara, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, John Cena, Chip, Ariana DeBose, and Dua Lipa in Argylle (2024)
    Argylle
    5.6
    • performer: "Do You Wanna Funk"
    • writer: "Do You Wanna Funk"
    • 2024
  • Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer in Fellow Travelers (2023)
    Fellow Travelers
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • performer: "Loving Grows Up Slow"
    • 2023
  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)
    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
    8.5
    TV Series
    • performer: "Do Ya Wanna Funk?"
    • 2023
  • Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch in Monsters (2022)
    Monsters
    7.8
    TV Series
    • performer: "Menergy" (uncredited)
    • 2022
  • Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star (2019)
    Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
    7.0
    TV Series
    • performer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Uly Schlesinger, Haley Sanchez, Chase Sui Wonders, Chloe East, Justice Smith, Nathanya Alexander, Lukita Maxwell, and Sydney Mae Diaz in Generation (2021)
    Generation
    7.2
    TV Series
    • performer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • 2021
  • Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé in Happily (2021)
    Happily
    5.3
    • performer: "Do Ya Wanna Funk (Remix)"
    • writer: "Do Ya Wanna Funk (Remix)"
    • 2021
  • Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester
    Short
    • performer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", "God Bless the Child", "Dance (Disco Heat)", "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Live)"
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Live)"
    • 2020
  • Valérie Lemercier in Aline (2020)
    Aline
    6.3
    • performer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • 2020
  • Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, and Katherine Parkinson in Hitmen (2020)
    Hitmen
    5.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Zoë Kravitz in High Fidelity (2020)
    High Fidelity
    7.7
    TV Series
    • performer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • 2020
  • Jaye Davidson, Hilary Swank, Lady Chablis, Christine Jorgensen, Laverne Cox, Eddie Redmayne, Amy Scholder, Sam Feder, Mya Taylor, and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in Disclosure (2020)
    Disclosure
    8.2
    • performer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • writer: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    • 2020
  • Ian Levine, Dwayne Holt, and Bobby Viteritti in High energy: Le disco survolté des années 80 (2019)
    High energy: Le disco survolté des années 80
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Do You Wanna Funk"
    • 2019
  • James Franco, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce (2017)
    The Deuce
    8.1
    TV Series
    • performer: "Fever"
    • performer: "Down, Down, Down"
    • writer: "Down, Down, Down"
    • 2018–2019

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Last.fm
    • SoundCloud
  • Alternative name
    • Sylvester James
  • Born
    • September 6, 1947
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • December 16, 1988
    • San Francisco, California, USA(complications from AIDS)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    From 1977 to 1981, his main backup vocalists were Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes-Armstead, who were billed as Two Tons o' Fun. They would later find solo success as The Weather Girls with their 1982 hit "It's Raining Men".

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