Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-10-07 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

یو-یو ما

Yo-Yo Ma

Biography

Yo-Yo Ma is a French-born American cellist. He was born in Paris and spent his schooling years in New York City and was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half.

Known For

8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

7.1%

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Nov 23, 2022

7.7%

Frasier

Sep 16, 1993

7.9%

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Apr 27, 2014

8.0%

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Jun 29, 2018

8.3%

The West Wing

Sep 22, 1999

6.4%

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sep 8, 2015

6.8%

The Colbert Report

Oct 17, 2005

7.0%

Arthur

Oct 7, 1996

5.4%

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

May 25, 1992

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

8.0%

Music by John Williams

Nov 1, 2024

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Acting

2025		Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy as Narrator (voice)
2025		Half Moon

2024		Notre-Dame de Paris : La Réouverture - La Grande Soirée as Self
2024		Music by John Williams as Self - Cellist

2022

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Yo-Yo Ma

2020

Deeper Look from New York as Self

2019

Desus & Mero as Self

2018		Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood as Self - Cellist
2018		Won't You Be My Neighbor? as Self - Musician and Fred's Friend
2018		Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018		Mister Rogers: It's You I Like as Self

2017

The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2016

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble as Self

2015		Yo Yo Ma: The Bach Project– Six Cello Suites
2015		The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self

2014		Blue Gold: American Jeans
2014		Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Voice Over (voice)

2012

The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live as Self

2009

Chris Botti in Boston as Self

2005

The Colbert Report

2004

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone as Himself

2003

Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano as Self (cellist)

2000

Appalachian Journey Live In Concert as Self

1999

The West Wing as Yo-Yo Ma

1998		Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach
1998		Appointment With The Wise Old Dog as Self
1998		Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden as himself
1998		Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri as himself

1997		The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1 as Self
1997		Six Gestures as Self
1997		Sarabande as Himself
1997		Falling Down Stairs as Self
1997		Struggle for Hope