Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily Entertainment GuideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsEmmysSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideBest Of 2025 So FarDisability Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Awards
IMDbPro

Leon Pendarvis

  • Music Department
  • Actor
  • Composer
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Leon Pendarvis
Leon Pendarvis is known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Pretty in Pink (1986) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998).
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys
      • 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer in Pretty in Pink (1986)
    Pretty in Pink
    6.7
    • Music Department(as L. Leon Pendarvis)
    • 1986
    Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, J. Evan Bonifant, Joe Morton, and Blues Brothers Band in Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
    Blues Brothers 2000
    4.9
    • Stripster Band
    • 1998
    Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon (1999)
    Man on the Moon
    7.4
    • SNL Band
    • 1999

    Credits

    Edit
    IMDbPro

    Music Department

    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • live band: conductor
      • musical director
      • live band ...
      • 1981–2025
    • A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day (2020)
      A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day
      6.5
      TV Special
      • musical director
      • 2020
    • The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018)
      The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards
      5.0
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2018
    • SNL Presents: Halloween (2017)
      SNL Presents: Halloween
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • music director
      • 2017
    • Steve Martin, Prince, and Fred Armisen in Goodnight, Sweet Prince (2016)
      Goodnight, Sweet Prince
      7.7
      TV Special
      • conductor: The Live Band
      • musical director
      • 2016
    • Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
      Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
      8.1
      TV Special
      • conductor: The Live Band
      • musical director
      • 2015
    • SNL Sports Spectacular (2014)
      SNL Sports Spectacular
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • musical director
      • 2014
    • Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season (2014)
      Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season
      4.9
      TV Special
      • conductor: The Live Band
      • musical director
      • 2014
    • Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2013)
      Saturday Night Live: Halloween
      6.8
      TV Special
      • musical director
      • 2013
    • Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)
      30 Rock
      8.3
      TV Series
      • conductor: The Live Band
      • 2010
    • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (2006)
      Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
      7.3
      TV Special
      • musical director
      • 2006
    • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special (2003)
      Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special
      5.5
      TV Special
      • conductor
      • musical director
      • 2003
    • Saturday Night Live 25 (1999)
      Saturday Night Live 25
      7.7
      TV Special
      • conductor: The Live Band
      • 1999
    • Michael Jackson in Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
      Michael Jackson: Bad
      7.8
      Music Video
      • music mixer: original dramatic music
      • music recordist: original dramatic music (as L. Leon Pendarvis)
      • 1987
    • Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer in Pretty in Pink (1986)
      Pretty in Pink
      6.7
      • orchestrator (as L. Leon Pendarvis)
      • 1986

    Actor

    • Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon (1999)
      Man on the Moon
      7.4
      • SNL Band
      • 1999
    • Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, J. Evan Bonifant, Joe Morton, and Blues Brothers Band in Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
      Blues Brothers 2000
      4.9
      • Stripster Band
      • 1998
    • Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)
      The Wiz
      5.6
      • The Wiz Singers Adult Choir (voice, uncredited)
      • 1978

    Composer

    • Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993)
      Aretha Franklin: Duets
      6.9
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 1993
    • Michael Jackson in Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
      Michael Jackson: Bad
      7.8
      Music Video
      • Composer (as L. Leon Pendarvis, original dramatic music)
      • 1987
    • America (1986)
      America
      4.3
      • Composer
      • 1986

    Personal details

    Edit
    • Alternative names
      • L. Leon Pendarvis
    • Other works
      The News (1985). Musical.

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.