Jimmy Cliff

Known for ActingBorn 1944-07-30Died 2025-11-24Somerton district of St. James, Jamaica

The Honourable Jimmy Cliff, OM (30 July 1944 – 24 November 2025), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and actor. At the time of his death, he was the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements in the arts and sciences. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sitting in Limbo," "You Can Get It If You Really Want," and "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae across the world; and his covers of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. Outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Jimmy Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimmy Cliff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia

Jimmy Cliff - Rockpalast 84

Bongo Man

Rockpalast

One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute

Ôrí

Partido Alto

Toots and the Maytals Reggae Got Soul

Rock Concert

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Marley

Roots Rock Reggae: Inside The Jamaican Music Scene

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Muscle Shoals

Miami Vice

Engine

Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff

TOTP2

Squidbillies

A Reggae Session

Saturday Night Live

Champs-Elysées

The Harder They Come

Acústico MTV: Titãs

Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa

Marked for Death

Sacrée soirée

Lennon or McCartney

Club Paradise

Rude Boy: The Jamaican Don

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

Formel Eins - Die Kultvideos Vol. 2

Jimmy Cliff - Moving On

Le monde est à vous

Grandes Nomes

Spotlight

4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet

This Is Ska