Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. Sandoval, while still in Cuba, was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie, finally meeting Gillespie later in 1977. Gillespie became a mentor and colleague, playing with Sandoval in concerts in Europe and Cuba and later featuring him in the United Nations Orchestra. Sandoval defected while touring with Gillespie in 1990, and he became a naturalized citizen in 1998. His life was the subject of the film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), starring Andy García. Sandoval has won ten Grammy Awards and been nominated nineteen times; he has also received six Billboard Awards and one Emmy Award. On August 8, 2013, President Barack Obama announced that Sandoval would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 6, 1949 (76)
- Artemisa, Cuba
- Composer and actor
- 16 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Arturo Sandoval's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Arturo Sandoval's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Arturo Sandoval's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Diamond(2026)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Neon Highway(2024)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Plantados(2021)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Richard Jewell(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Mule(2018)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Ride Along 2(2016)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Underdog Kids(2015)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Dr John . feat.Arturo Sandoval & Sarah Morrow -Live At Avio Session Basel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
At Middleton(2013)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Lone Ranger(2013)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Rango(2011)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Big Trouble(2002)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Perez Family(1995)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 1995 to 2024.
Biggest box office
The Mule (2018)
Highest rated
Richard Jewell (2019)
Most popular right now
The Mule (2018)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Arturo Sandoval's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 16; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the sound and music 56/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Arturo Sandoval's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Arturo Sandoval work with?
People who share at least 2 of Arturo Sandoval's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andy Garcia shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Clint EastwoodShared titles: Richard Jewell (2019), The Mule (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Clint Eastwood
Actors
- Andy GarciaShared titles: Diamond (2026), The Mule (2018), At Middleton (2013), For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)See all 4 shared titles with Andy Garcia
- Beau BridgesShared titles: The Neon Highway (2024), 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Beau Bridges
- Taissa FarmigaShared titles: The Mule (2018), At Middleton (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Taissa Farmiga
Cinematographers and editors
- Joel CoxShared titles: Richard Jewell (2019), The Mule (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Joel Cox
- Yves BélangerShared titles: Richard Jewell (2019), The Mule (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Yves Bélanger
Producers
- Joe DragoShared titles: Diamond (2026), At Middleton (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Drago
- Tim MooreShared titles: Richard Jewell (2019), The Mule (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Moore