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Boris Gardiner

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Boris Gardiner was born on 13 January 1943 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is an actor and composer, known for Moonlight (2016), Finding Your Feet (2017) and Hittimittari (1984).
BornJanuary 13, 1943
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    • Known for

    Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Moonlight
    7.4
    • Soundtrack
    • 2016
    Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Hayman, Celia Imrie, and Joanna Lumley in Finding Your Feet (2017)
    Finding Your Feet
    6.8
    • Soundtrack
    • 2017
    Mikko Alatalo in Hittimittari (1984)
    Hittimittari
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack
    Every Nigger Is a Star (1974)
    Every Nigger Is a Star
    7.6
    • Composer
    • 1974

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Boris Gardiner in Boris Gardiner: I Want to Wake Up with You (1986)
      Boris Gardiner: I Want to Wake Up with You
      Music Video
      • Boris Gardiner
      • 1986

    Composer

    • Every Nigger Is a Star (1974)
      Every Nigger Is a Star
      7.6
      • Composer
      • 1974

    Soundtrack

    • John David Washington and Madeleine Yuna Voyles in The Creator (2023)
      The Creator
      6.7
      • performer: "Lover's Lane"
      • writer: "Lover's Lane"
      • 2023
    • Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Hayman, Celia Imrie, and Joanna Lumley in Finding Your Feet (2017)
      Finding Your Feet
      6.8
      • performer: "I Want to Wake Up with You"
      • 2017
    • Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
      Moonlight
      7.4
      • performer: "Every Nigger Is a Star"
      • writer: "Every Nigger Is a Star"
      • 2016
    • Love Songs at the BBC (2011)
      Love Songs at the BBC
      TV Mini Series
      • performer: "I Want to Wake Up With You"
      • 2011
    • Jan Fedder and Marcus Grüsser in Inseln unter dem Wind (1995)
      Inseln unter dem Wind
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Want To Wake Up With You" (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • Top of the Pops (1964)
      Top of the Pops
      6.9
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Want To Wake Up With You"
      • 1986
    • Mikko Alatalo in Hittimittari (1984)
      Hittimittari
      5.8
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Wanna Wake Up with You"
      • 1986
    • Every Nigger Is a Star (1974)
      Every Nigger Is a Star
      7.6
      • performer: "Every Nigger Is A Star", "Rough & Tough In The Ghetto", "Home Again", "Rats In The Ghetto", "Every Nigger Is A Star" (Acoustic Version)
      • writer: "Every Nigger Is A Star", "Home Again", "Every Nigger Is A Star" (Acoustic Version)
      • 1974

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Boris Gardiner and The Dragonaires
    • Born
      • January 13, 1943
      • Kingston, Jamaica

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      One of his most notable credits is bass on the influential reggae song "Real Rock.".

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