John Lee Hooker

Known for: Acting

Born: 1912-08-22 – 2001-06-21 (aged 88)

From: Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues.

Filmography (26)

MOVIE
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.0
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
2020
as Himself
MOVIE
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
2019
as Self
TV
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Blues at the BBC
2009
as Self
MOVIE
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008
as Self
MOVIE
Rolling With the Blues
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
2006
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.8
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Feel Like Going Home
2003
as Self
TV★ 7.4
The Blues
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
as Himself
MOVIE
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
2002
as himself
MOVIE★ 5.4
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
MOVIE
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
as Self
MOVIE
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992
MOVIE
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Van Morrison: The Concert
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
1989
as Self - Special Guest
MOVIE
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
1983
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Blues Brothers
1980
as Street Slim
TV★ 6.7
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
MOVIE
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960