The Weeknd

Known for ActingBorn 1990-02-16 (age 36)Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is noted for his unconventional music production, artistic reinventions, and his signature use of the falsetto register. His accolades include 4 Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, 22 Juno Awards, 6 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Video Music Awards, a Latin Grammy Award, and nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Tesfaye earned critical and commercial success with his pop-leaning second album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), which reached number one in the US, contained the US Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills", and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. His trap-infused third album Starboy (2016) saw similar commercial success and included the US number-one single of the same name and "Die for You", and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Tesfaye explored new wave and dream pop with his critically-acclaimed fourth studio album After Hours (2020), which featured the chart record-setting single "Blinding Lights" and the US number-one singles "Heartless" and "Save Your Tears". Dance-pop inspired his fifth album Dawn FM (2022), which included the US top-ten single "Take My Breath". Tesfaye is a cinephile, and has made numerous movie references in his music videos and teasers. On August 30, 2019, during the Telluride Film Festival, he made his acting debut in the film Uncut Gems. On March 7, 2020, during his third appearance as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, he starred in the skit "On The Couch" with actors Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd. On May 4, he co-wrote and starred in an episode of American Dad!. In July, he voiced three characters during the 200th episode of Robot Chicken. On June 29, 2021, Tesfaye announced that he would be co-creating, co-writing, executive producing and starring in the HBO television drama series The Idol, alongside his producing partner Reza Fahim and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. On March 20, 2022, Tesfaye voiced two characters during an episode of The Simpsons. In 2023, it was announced that Tesfaye is co-writing a film with Trey Edward Shults, who is attached to direct; Tesfaye is also set to star in the film, alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Weeknd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

MTV Europe Music Awards

Billions Club Live with The Weeknd: A Concert Film

Quincy Jones, Music Man

The Weeknd - iHeartRadio Music Festival

Echoes of Silence

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

The Weeknd: Live at São Paulo

The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM

The Grammys

AWGE DVD: Volume 1

The Weeknd - Apple Music Festival: London 2015

The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium

American Music Awards

The Simpsons

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Weeknd - Double Fantasy

Robot Chicken

MTV Video Music Awards

Black Panther

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience

Uncut Gems

The Graham Norton Show

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

The Weeknd: Lollapalooza Brazil

American Dad!

Saturday Night Live

The Oscars

Fifty Shades of Grey

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Idol

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

Hurry Up Tomorrow

Canadian Hits at the BBC

Lemonade

The Weeknd - Red Terror

Remember To Enjoy The Light Before It’s Gone

Playboi Carti - Live at Rolling Loud California 2025

The Weeknd Reads GQ Until The Lights Go Out

The Show

iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2020

He Was Never There, Docupoem

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge