Background[]
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- All That (1995) 1 episode
- Moesha (1997-99) 4 episodes
- The Parent 'Hood (1998) 2 episodes
- The Bold and the Beautiful (1998) 9 episodes
- The Faculty (1998)
- MADtv (1998-02) 2 episodes
- Top of the Pops (1998-04) 11 episodes
- She's All That (1999)
- Promised Land (1999) 1 episode
- Light It Up (1999)
- Geppetto (2000)
- The Famous Jett Jackson (2000) 1 episode
- Texas Rangers (2001)
- Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (2002) 1 episode
- The Twilight Zone (2002) 1 episode
- American Dreams (2002) 1 episode
- Usher: Evolution 8701: Live in Concert (2002)
- 7th Heaven (2002) 1 episode
- Dear Santa (2002)
- The Disco Ball (2003)
- Soul Food (2003) 1 episode
- Punk'd (2003) 1 episode
- Maxim Hot 100 (2004)
- Amplified Guide to New Orleans (2004)
- Retrosexual: The 80's (2004)
- Saturday Night Live (2004-12) 3 episodes
- In the Mix (2005)
- Usher's Project Restart (2005)
- Brain Fart (2005)
- Gerald Levert: A Celebration of Life (2006)
- Dancing with the Stars (2008) 1 episode
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
- Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future (2009)
- Michael Jackson NRJ 12 Tribute (2009)
- Michael Jackson Memorial (2009)
- Michael Jackson Forever (2009)
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2009) 1 episode
- American Idol (2010) 1 episode
- Killers (2010)
- Sesame Street (2010) 1 episode
- Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
- Nothing But the Beat (2011)
- A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation (2011)
- Usher OMG Tour Live at the O2 (2011)
- Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation (2012)
- Romeo Santos King Stays King Sold Out at Madison Square Garden (2012)
- Bad 25 (2012)
- We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston (2012)
- So So Def All-Star 20th Anniversary Concert (2013)
- Scary Movie 5 (2013)
- Justin Bieber's Believe (2013)
- ATL: The Untold Story of Atlanta's Rise in the Rap Game (2014)
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
- Hands of Stone (2016)
- One World: Together at Home (2020)
Trivia[]
- Is a co-owner of the NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers.
- At 12.1 seconds, he holds the record on Star Search (1983) for the longest note sung by a child.
- Has a road named after him, the Usher Raymond Parkway in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Celebrated his 26th birthday in the "Rainbow Room" in the Rockafella Center. Among the guests at the party were Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Patti LaBelle, Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump, Naomi Campbell, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Pharrell Williams and Mariah Carey.
- Voted #1 on BET's "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Men of the Past 25 Years" (2005).
- In 2006, he had to cancel all of his performances in the Broadway musical "Chicago" due to the flu, but finally took over the role of Billy Flynn on 22 August, receiving mixed reviews.
- Was originally cast as C.C. White in Dreamgirls (2006) but later quit as he was unable to dedicate six months to the project. Keith D. Robinson was cast instead.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 7, 2016.
- Chosen as one of Teen People magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21" (1999).
- Was considered for the role of Detective Barry Frost in Rizzoli & Isles (2010).
- Was ranked #47 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Quotes[]
- Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.
- The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
- I like a woman who takes care of herself, it says something about the way she'll care for me.
- As I've gone around in my life, I've kind of had to turn acquaintances into family. They start out as people who are working for you, but before you know it, you create real relationships with them.