Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including ten Grammy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Brit Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, the Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. According to Billboard, he is the best performing male soloist in the history of the Mainstream Top 40.
Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, as a child he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Timberlake won two Grammy Awards for his R&B-focused debut solo album Justified (2002) and its single "Cry Me a River". Another single from the album, "Rock Your Body", was also successful.
His critically acclaimed second album FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), characterized by its diversity in music genres, debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200 and spawned the Hot 100 consecutive number-one singles with "SexyBack" (featuring Timbaland), "My Love" (featuring T.I.), and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". Established as a solo artist worldwide, his first two albums both exceeded sales of 10 million copies, as he continued producing records and collaborating with other artists.
From 2008 through 2012, Timberlake focused on his acting career, effectively putting his music career on hiatus. He held starring roles in the films The Social Network, Bad Teacher, Friends with Benefits, and In Time.
Timberlake resumed his music career in 2013 with his third and fourth albums The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2, exploring neo soul styles, partly inspired by the expansive song structures of 1960s and 1970s rock. The former became the best-selling album of the year and spawned the top three singles "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay-Z) and "Mirrors". Timberlake voiced Branch in DreamWorks Animation's Trolls (2016), whose soundtrack includes his fifth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single, "Can't Stop the Feeling!", which earned him an Academy Award nomination. His fifth studio album Man of the Woods (2018) became his fourth number-one album in the US. Supported by the two top ten singles, "Filthy" and "Say Something" (featuring Chris Stapleton), it concluded 2018 as the sixth best-selling album of the year.
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Primarily2025 Justin Timberlake: Lollapalooza Brasil 2025 as Self
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024 Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular as Self
2024 Boybands Forever as Self (archive footage)
2024 Piece by Piece as Justin Timberlake (voice)
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine Songs
2023 Trolls Band Together as Branch (voice)
2023 Reptile as Will Grady
2021 Trolls Holiday in Harmony as Branch (voice)
2021 Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson as Self (archive footage)
2021 Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage as Self (archive footage)
2021 Palmer as Eddie Palmer
2021 Celebrating America as Self
2020 The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart as Self
2020 Dear Class of 2020 as Self
2020 The A-Z of Eurovision as Self - Presenter (archive footage)
2020 David Blaine: The Magic Way as Self
2020 Trolls World Tour as Branch (voice) Songs, Executive Music Producer
2019 The Man of the Woods Tour as Self
2018 Mickey’s 90th Spectacular as Self
2018 Ryan Gosling: Hollywood's Demigod as Self (archive footage)
2017 Wonder Wheel as Mickey Rubin
2017 Trolls: Trolla-Palooza Tour as Branch (voice)
2017 Trolls Holiday as Branch (voice)
2017 Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville as Self
2017 Justin Timberlake: Rock in Rio as Self
2017 The Book of Love Original Music Composer
2016 Trolls as Branch (voice) Executive Music Producer
2016 Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids as Self
2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as Tyrus Quash (uncredited)
2015 Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self
2014 Justin Timberlake: Yahoo! Live Nation Concerts - Live In Iceland as Self
2014 Justin Timberlake: Suited Up as Self
2014 Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' as Self
2013 JT: Reflections as Self
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis as Jim
2013 Justin Timberlake: Live at iTunes Festival as Self
2013 Runner Runner as Richie Furst
2013 Justin Timberlake: [2013] Rock in Rio as Self
2012 Lady Gaga: On the Edge as Self
2012 Trouble with the Curve as Johnny Flanagan
2011 In Time as Will Salas
2011 Friends with Benefits as Dylan Harper
2011 Bad Teacher as Scott Delacorte
2011 How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? as Self / Sean Parker
2010 Yogi Bear as Boo-Boo Bear (voice)
2010 The Social Network as Sean Parker
2010 Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour as Self (segment "4 Minutes") (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010 Summit on the Summit as Self
2010 Hope for Haiti Now as Self
2009 SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009 Jerry as Jerry
2009 Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 as Self (archive footage)
2009 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Self (archive footage)
2009 The Open Road as Carlton Garrett
2008 The Love Guru as Jacques "Le Coq" Grandé
2008 USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland as Self
2007 Southland Tales as Private Pilot Abilene
2007 Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow (Live from Madison Square Garden) as Self
2007 Shrek the Third as Prince Artie (voice)
2006 Black Snake Moan as Ronnie Morgan
2006 Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World as Self
2006 Alpha Dog as Frankie Ballenbacher
2005 Live 8 as Self
2005 Edison as Pollack
2005 Mickey Mouse Club: The Best Of Britney, Justin & Christina
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
2004 Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden as Self
2003 Toronto Rocks as Self
2003 MTV Reloaded as Justin Timberlake
2003 Celine in Las Vegas... Opening Night Live! as Self - Host
2003 Justin Timberlake: Live From London as Self
2003 E! Entertainment Special: Christina Aguilera as Self
2002 'N Sync: Most Requested Hit Videos as Self
2002 The Reel NSYNC as Self
2001 NSYNC: PopOdyssey Live as Self
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration as Self
2001 On the Line as Make-Up Artist
2001 Longshot as Valet
2001 MTV Icon: Janet Jackson as Self
2001 'N Sync: Bigger Than Live as Self
2001 All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video as Self (archive footage)
2001 *NSYNC: Making The Tour as Self
2001 *NSYNC: Rock in Rio as Self
2000 *N Sync: *Ntimate Holiday Special as Self
2000 The Beatles Revolution as Self
2000 'N Sync: Live from Madison Square Garden as Self
2000 The Power of One: The Pokémon 2000 Movie Special as Self
2000 Model Behavior as Jason
2000 *NSYNC - Making The Video: Bye Bye Bye as Self
1999 *NSYNC: *N the Mix as Self
1999 'N Sync 'N Concert as Self
1998 *NSYNC: Disney in Concert as Self