Clarence Clemons

Biography

Known as The Big Man, Clarence Clemons was an American saxophonist who played with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band from 1972 until 2011. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he began playing saxophone at nine and later switched to tenor. Outside the band he released solo albums and in 1985 scored a hit duet with Jackson Browne, You're a Friend of Mine, while also playing saxophone on Aretha Franklin's Freeway of Love. He first acted in Martin Scorsese's musical New York, New York (1977), playing a trumpet player, and later appeared in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, with television work on Diff'rent Strokes, The Simpsons, and The Wire. He published Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales in 2009. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame posthumously inducted him with the E Street Band in 2014, and a 2019 documentary, Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am?, looked at his life.

69years old at death

Born January 11, 1942Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Died June 18, 2011West Palm Beach
Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. (birth name)Also credited as Big Man and Clarence Clemons Jr.

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 42 years1977 to 2019

Every film, newest first

2019Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am?IMDb rating 6.0
1993Fatal InstinctIMDb rating 5.8
1977New York, New YorkIMDb rating 6.6

Genres

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First role
Clemons made his screen debut in Martin Scorsese's 1977 musical film New York, New York, where he appeared as a trumpet player. He also appeared in several other movies and on television.
Behind the camera
Clemons put out Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales in 2009, a semi-fictional autobiography written with Don Reo, his friend. It is told in the third person.