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  • BIRTH 16/02/1990
  • Country Canada
  • SHOWS 5
  • MOVIES 16
  • SHOWRUNNER 1
  • SCRIPT 3
  • PRODUCTION 2

The Weeknd

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.

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The Weeknd

Shows (5)

The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Orion Hughes / Darius Hughes (voice)
The Idol (2023)
The Idol (2023)
Tedros
American Dad!
American Dad!
The Weeknd (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Himself / Self

Movies (16)

Uncut Gems
Uncut Gems
The Weeknd
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self
Lemonade
Lemonade
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Echoes of Silence
Echoes of Silence
Singer
The Weeknd - Live at Coachella 2023
The Weeknd - Live at Coachella 2023
Self
The Weeknd - Apple Music Festival: London 2015
The Weeknd - Apple Music Festival: London…
Self
The Weeknd - Live at Nilton Santos (Engenhão)
The Weeknd - Live at Nilton Santos…
the weeknd
The Weeknd: Lollapalooza Brazil
The Weeknd: Lollapalooza Brazil
Singer
The Weeknd Reads GQ Until The Lights Go Out
The Weeknd Reads GQ Until The Lights Go Out
The Weeknd
The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
Self
The Weeknd - iHeartRadio Music Festival
The Weeknd - iHeartRadio Music Festival
Singer
The Weeknd: After Hours
The Weeknd: After Hours
Self
The Weeknd - Belong To The World
The Weeknd - Belong To The World
The Weeknd
The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
Self
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off…
Self
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
Self

Showrunner

The Idol (2023)
The Idol (2023)

Script (3)

American Dad!
American Dad!
(1 episode)
The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
The Weeknd - Live at Nilton Santos (Engenhão)
The Weeknd - Live at Nilton Santos…

Production (2)

The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium