Name
Steve Vai
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-06-06 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Long Island, New York, USA
Biography
Steve Vai is an American guitarist, composer, and producer widely recognized as one of the most technically accomplished virtuosos in rock music history. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has won three Grammy Awards, sold over 15 million records, and established himself as a definitive "guitar god" through his jaw-dropping speed, unique phrasing, and eccentric instrument designs.
Known For
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A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert John...
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Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and ro...
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Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De No...
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostroph...
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The Ritchie Blackmore Story traces the long and winding road of the guitar legend — from...
- 2009 Steve Vai: Where The Wild Things Are as Himself
- 1982 Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special! as Self
- 2008 An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops as Self
- 1987 Video from Hell as Self
- 2007 Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation as Self
- 2020 Zappa as Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982
- 2007 Steve Vai: Visual Sound Theories as Himself
- 1986 Crossroads as Jack Butler
- 2020 Devin Townsend's Crappy Halloween Party as Himself
- 1993 A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa as Self
- 2003 Steve Vai: Live at the Astoria London as Self
- 2010 Lemmy as Self
- 2009 Live Music as Riff
- 1995 Steve Vai - Alien Love Secrets as Himself
- 1991 Zappa's Universe as Self
- 2004 Rockthology 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night as Self - Guitar
- 2012 Steve Vai: The Making of The Story of Light as Himself
- 1993 Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes as Himself
- 2022 Studio 666 as Dave's Shredding Guitar Hands (uncredited)
- 2022 Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary as Self / Johnny Vai (voice) (as Reckless Fable)
- 2009 Rock Prophecies as Self
- 2014 Remaking the Legend: Halo 2 Anniversary
- 2004 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival as Self
- 1991 Guitar as Self
- 2011 Ozzy Osbourne: Thirty Years After The Blizzard as Self
- 2015 Steve Vai: Stillness in Motion - Vai Live in L.A. as Himself
- 2024 Chicago & Friends in Concert as Self
- 2015 Steve Vai: Rock In Rio 2015 as Guitars
- 2023 Tribute to Jimi Hendrix as Self
- 2017 Hired Gun as Self
- 2015 Sepultura: Rock in Rio USA 2015 as Guitars
- 2016 STEVE VAI Front And Center 2016 as self
- 2008 Crazy as Hank Williams
- 1989 Hard 'N Heavy Volume 2 as Self
- 1990 Hard 'N Heavy Volume 11 as Self
- 2014 Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily as Himself
- 2012 G3: Live in Moscow
- 2019 #NoJoke as Self
- 2018 In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story as Himself
- 2005 G3 - Live in Tokyo as Guitar
- 2021 The Pedal Movie
- 2011 Whitesnake: Live At Donington 1990 as Himself
- 1997 G3: Live In Concert as Self
- 2004 G3: Live in Denver as Himself
- 2007 Zappa Plays Zappa as Himself
- 2012 Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet as Self
- 1999 The Genius of Lenny Breau as Self
- 2015 The Ritchie Blackmore Story as Self
- 2025 BEAT: Neon Heat Disease - Live in Los Angeles as Himself (Lead Guitar)
- Soon Whitesnake: Slip Of The Tongue (30th Anniversary Remaster MMXIX)
- 2025 Beat - Neon Heat Disease - Live In Los Angeles
- 2001 Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars' as Self
- 2005 Hell's Kitchen ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self
