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 (28)
MOVIE★ 9.0Newport and the Great Folk Dream2025as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.0John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 19902020as Himself
MOVIEJohn Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man2019as Self
TVMonochrome: Black, White & Blue2017as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall2014as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts2009as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5Blues at the BBC2009as Self
MOVIEMotor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges2008as Self
MOVIERolling With the Blues2007as Self (archive footage)
MOVIEBits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker2006as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.4John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me2004as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5Feel Like Going Home2003as Self
TV★ 7.5The Blues2003as Self (archive footage)
MOVIEThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 12003as Himself- MOVIEJohn Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-19842002as himself
MOVIE★ 5.4John Lee Hooker - That's My Story2001
MOVIEWired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey1997as Self- MOVIE★ 6.5John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues1995as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music1993as Self
MOVIEJohn Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-19921992
MOVIEVan Morrison: One Irish Rover1991as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2Van Morrison: The Concert1990as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live1989as Self - Special Guest
MOVIEJohn Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 19831983as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.7The Blues Brothers1980as Street Slim
TV★ 5.6The South Bank Show1978
TV★ 6.6Top of the Pops1964as Self- MOVIEMuddy Waters at Newport1960