Paul Simon
About
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Also Known As
Jerry Landis,
Paul Frederic Simon,
Paul Kane,
True Taylor
Birth Place
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Born
October 13, 1941
Filmography
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Henry & Me
(2014)
Voice
Under African Skies
(2012)
Himself
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
(2006)
Himself
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
(2003)
Himself
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
(2000)
Die Hard with a Vengeance
(1995)
Family & Companions
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Peggy Simon
Wife
Divorced; mother of Harper Simon.
Carrie Fisher
Wife
Actor, writer. Married August 16, 1983 for less than a year after a five year relationship.
Edie Brickell
Wife
Singer. Married May 1992; mother of Simon's two younger children.
Bibliography
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"Simon and Garfunkel: The Biography"
Victoria Kingston, Fromm International (1998)
"At the Zoo"
Paul Simon, Doubleday (1991)
Notes
Simon along with Art Garfunkle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Henry & Me
(2014)
Voice
Under African Skies
(2012)
Himself
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
(2006)
Himself
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
(2003)
Himself
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
(2000)
Die Hard with a Vengeance
(1995)
Nine Months
(1995)
Car Salesman
Why Havel?
(1991)
Himself
One-Trick Pony
(1980)
Annie Hall
(1977)
Tony Lacey
Writer (Feature Film)
One-Trick Pony
(1980)
Screenplay
Producer (Feature Film)
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!
(1981)
Producer
Music (Feature Film)
Long Shot
(2019)
Song
The Hustle
(2019)
Song
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
(2018)
Song Performer
I Feel Pretty
(2018)
Song
Second Act
(2018)
Song
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
(2018)
Song
A Dog's Purpose
(2017)
Song
Baby Driver
(2017)
Song
Being Charlie
(2016)
Song Performer
Being Charlie
(2016)
Song
Trolls
(2016)
Song
Wish I Was Here
(2014)
Song Performer
Wild
(2014)
Song
Wish I Was Here
(2014)
Song
Obvious Child
(2014)
Song Performer
The Wolf of Wall Street
(2013)
Song
This Is 40
(2012)
Song Performer
One Day on Earth
(2012)
Music
This Is 40
(2012)
Song
The Watch
(2012)
Song
The Muppets
(2011)
Song
The Music Never Stopped
(2011)
Song
Jumping the Broom
(2011)
Song
The Muppets
(2011)
Song Performer
Like Crazy
(2010)
Song
Like Crazy
(2010)
Song Performer
Watchmen
(2009)
Song
(500) Days of Summer
(2009)
Song
Taking Woodstock
(2009)
Song
My Mom's New Boyfriend
(2008)
Song
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
(2006)
Song
Bobby
(2006)
Song
John Tucker Must Die
(2006)
Song
The Pursuit of Happyness
(2006)
Song
Zathura
(2005)
Song Performer
Zathura
(2005)
Song
Rumor Has It...
(2005)
Song
Garden State
(2004)
Song
A Home at the End of the World
(2004)
Song Performer
Raising Helen
(2004)
Song
Raising Helen
(2004)
Song Performer
A Home at the End of the World
(2004)
Song
Lost in Translation
(2003)
Composer
Intolerable Cruelty
(2003)
Song Performer
Intolerable Cruelty
(2003)
Song
Old School
(2003)
Song
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
(2002)
Song Performer
Maid in Manhattan
(2002)
Song Performer ("Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard")
Maid in Manhattan
(2002)
Song ("Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard"), Song ("Kathy'S Song")
40 Days and 40 Nights
(2002)
Song ("Loves Me Like A Rock")
Tadpole
(2002)
Song
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
(2002)
Song
American Pie 2
(2001)
Song
Almost Famous
(2000)
Composer
Loser
(2000)
Song
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
(2000)
Song
The Other Sister
(1999)
Song
The Portrait
(1999)
Song; Song Producer & Performer ("Kodachrome")
Orfeu
(1999)
Music
American Pie
(1999)
Song
Kitchen
(1997)
Song ("Scarborough Fair")
Mother
(1996)
Song
Cops And Robbersons
(1994)
Song Performer
Forrest Gump
(1994)
Song
Cops And Robbersons
(1994)
Song
Coneheads
(1993)
Song Performer
Coneheads
(1993)
Song
Wayne's World 2
(1993)
Song
Used People
(1992)
Song
Less Than Zero
(1987)
Song
Ishtar
(1987)
Song
Better Off Dead
(1985)
Song
Baby, It's You
(1983)
Song
One-Trick Pony
(1980)
Music
One-Trick Pony
(1980)
Song Performer
One-Trick Pony
(1980)
Song
More American Graffiti
(1979)
Song
Coming Home
(1978)
Song
Shampoo
(1975)
Music
Elvis--That's the Way It Is
(1970)
Composer
Monterey Pop
(1969)
Composer
High School
(1969)
Composer
The Graduate
(1967)
Composer
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Under African Skies
(2012)
Other
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
(2006)
Other
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
(2003)
Other
Why Havel?
(1991)
Other
Cast (Special)
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards
(2003)
Performer
The 25th Anniversary Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
(2002)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: 16th Annual Induction Ceremony
(2001)
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards
(2001)
Performer
An All Star Tribute to Brian Wilson
(2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes
(2001)
Paul Simon: You're the One -- In Concert From Paris
(2000)
Performer
Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A-Z
(2000)
Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards
(1999)
Performer
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special
(1999)
Willie Nelson The Big Six-O: An All-Star Birthday Celebration
(1993)
Rhythm and Jam
(1993)
Farm Aid VI
(1993)
Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time
(1993)
Farm Aid V
(1992)
1992 Grammy Awards
(1992)
Performer
Hurricane Relief
(1992)
Racism: Points of View
(1991)
Paul Simon Live in Central Park: Born at the Right Time Tour: One Night Only
(1991)
Living in America
(1991)
American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia
(1990)
Late Night With David Letterman Eighth Anniversary Special
(1990)
Paul Simon: Solo
(1990)
Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary
(1989)
Sesame Street, Special
(1988)
Coca-Cola Presents Live: The Hard Rock
(1988)
1987 Power Hits New Year's Eve Countdown
(1987)
The 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards
(1987)
Performer
The 29th Annual Grammy Awards
(1987)
Performer
A Gospel Session: Everybody Say Yeah!
(1987)
Graceland: The African Concert
(1987)
The 28th Annual Grammy Awards
(1986)
Performer
Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park
(1983)
100 Years of America's Popular Music
(1981)
Music Central
(1981)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
(1978)
Himself
The Paul Simon Special
(1977)
Host
Writer (Special)
The Paul Simon Special
(1977)
Writer
Music (Special)
Coma
(2007)
Song
Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin'
(2003)
Song Performer
The 75th Annual Academy Awards
(2003)
Song Performer
Muhammad Ali's 60th Birthday Celebration
(2002)
Song Performer ("Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes")
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards
(2001)
Song Performer
An All Star Tribute to Brian Wilson
(2001)
Song Performer
Paul Simon: You're the One -- In Concert From Paris
(2000)
Song
Paul Simon: You're the One -- In Concert From Paris
(2000)
Song Performer
Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards
(1999)
Song Performer
Grammy's Greatest Performances
(1999)
Song Performer ("Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes")
Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
(1997)
Song
"We Are the World": A 10th Anniversary Tribute
(1995)
Song Performer
Paul Simon Live in Central Park: Born at the Right Time Tour: One Night Only
(1991)
Song Performer
The House I Live In
(1990)
Song
Paul Simon: Solo
(1990)
Song Performer ("Graceland" "Slip Sliding Away" Still Crazy After All These Years" "American Tune" "Homeward Bound" "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" "Loves Me Like A Rock" "The Late Great Johnny Ace" "Sounds Of Silence" "Loves Me Like A Rock" "Girl For Me" "Hearts And Bones" "One And One-Half Wandering Jews" "Kodachrome" "Hey School Girl" "Sound About The Moon" "Rene And Georgette" "Mother And Child Reunion" "Me And Julio Down By The School Yard" "You Can Call Me Al")
Top of the Pops: A Very Special Christmas
(1987)
Song ("Hazy Shade Of Winter")
The 29th Annual Grammy Awards
(1987)
Song Performer
Graceland: The African Concert
(1987)
Song Performer
A Gospel Session: Everybody Say Yeah!
(1987)
Song
A Gospel Session: Everybody Say Yeah!
(1987)
Song Performer
The Statue of Liberty
(1985)
Music
Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park
(1983)
Song
Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park
(1983)
Song Performer
Special Thanks (Special)
The Paul Simon Special
(1977)
Writer
Misc. Crew (Special)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
(1978)
Other
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
(1990)
Life Events
1953
Discovered that he and fellow Forest Hills, NYC sixth-grader Art Garfunkel could harmonize
1957
Together with Garfunkel recorded Simon's song "Hey, Schoolgirl"; agent present at session signed them to contract with Big Records; billed as Tom and Jerry, had Top Fifty hit with single and appeared on "American Bandstand"
1964
Reunited with Garfunkel; Columbia Records signed duo; released LP "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."; initially ignored
1965
"The Sounds of Silence", a single from the "Wednesday Morning 3 A.M." album became Number 1 in USA; producer Tom Wilson had added electric guitars, bass and drums to the original track boasting only Simon's accoustic guitar
1966
Simon and Garfunkel singles "Homeward Bound", "I Am a Rock" and "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" reached the Top Five
1967
Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" featured a soundtrack of Simon's songs performed by the duo
1970
Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" released; LP sold nine million copies; title song was the biggest seller of their career
1972
Put out solo album "Paul Simon"
1972
Reunited with Garfunkel for benefit concert at Madison Square Garden for McGovern campaign
1975
Released LP "Still Crazy After All These Years"
1977
Made screen acting debut in Woody Allen's "Annie Hall"
1980
Wrote screenplay, composed music and starred in film "One-Trick Pony"
1981
Simon and Garfunkel gave free concert in Central Park, attended by about 500,000
1986
Issued "Graceland" album featuring African music and musicians (i.e., Ladysmith Black Mambazo on "Homeless")
1992
Appeared on "MTV Unplugged"
1992
Was first major international performer to appear in South Africa after the lifting of the UN's 11-year cultural boycott of the country
1994
Co-produced wife Edie Brickel's album "Picture Perfect Morning"; provided some arrangements and instrumentals
1998
Seven years in preparation, Simon's "The Capeman" opened on Broadway (January 8)
Videos
Movie Clip
Trailer
Family
Louis Simon
Father
Musician; professor. Died January 17, 1995 at the age of 79.
Belle Simon
Mother
Eddie Simon
Brother
Radio station owner. Co-owns a radio station in the Hamptons with Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels.
Harper Simon
Son
Musician. Born c. 1972; mother, Peggy Simon played with father on Carl Perkins' "Go Cat Go" CD (1996); made acting debut in "Bring on the Dead" (1999).
Adrian Edward Simon
Son
Born on December 28, 1992; mother, Edie Brickell.
Lulu Simon
Daughter
Born in March 1995; mother, Edie Brickell.
Companions
Peggy Simon
Wife
Divorced; mother of Harper Simon.
Carrie Fisher
Wife
Actor, writer. Married August 16, 1983 for less than a year after a five year relationship.
Edie Brickell
Wife
Singer. Married May 1992; mother of Simon's two younger children.
Bibliography
"Simon and Garfunkel: The Biography"
Victoria Kingston, Fromm International (1998)
"At the Zoo"
Paul Simon, Doubleday (1991)
Notes
Simon along with Art Garfunkle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
