John Doe
Acting • Born 1954-02-25
Biography
John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L.A. punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical compositions and performances span the rock, country and folk music genres. As an actor, he has dozens of television appearances and several movies to his credit, including the role of Jeff Parker in the television series Roswell. In addition to X, Doe performs with the country-folk-punk band The Knitters and has released records as a solo artist. In the early 1980s, he performed on two albums by The Flesh Eaters. In the 1989 biopic Great Balls of Fire!, Doe played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin-turned-father-in-law J. W. Brown. Doe starred in the 1992 film Roadside Prophets and in the 1998 short Lone Greasers. Other movie acting credits include Road House, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Boogie Nights, The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83 and Pure Country. As a musician with X, he has two feature-length concert films, several music videos, and an extended performance-and-interview sequence in The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris's seminal documentary about the early-1980s L.A. punk scene. Along with co-writer Exene Cervenka, Doe composed most of the songs recorded by X. Wild Gift, an album from that band's heyday, was named "Record of the Year" by Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. With Dave Alvin, he co-wrote two of the songs on the Blasters' 1984 album Hard Line, "Just Another Sunday" and "Little Honey". In the 1992 movie The Bodyguard (starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston), it was Doe's version of "I Will Always Love You" that plays on the jukebox when Costner and Houston's characters are dancing. It was released on audio cassette by Warner Bros. in September 1992, but is difficult to obtain (though bootleg copies can be downloaded from the Internet). No version is believed to have been released on CD. "The Meanest Man in the World" by Doe was featured in Season 4 of the television series Friday Night Lights and included on the second soundtrack album. John Doe released an album with Canadian indie rock band The Sadies called Country Club on April 14, 2009. The album features covers of country classics along with original songs. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Doe (musician), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
85 credits
Road House
Movie • 1989
Pat McGurn
Without You I'm Nothing
Movie • 1990
John Doe
The Rage: Carrie 2
Movie • 1999
Boyd Wallace
Great Balls of Fire!
Movie • 1989
J.W. Brown
D.O.A.
Movie • 2022
Frank Bigelow
Gypsy 83
Movie • 2001
Ray Vale
The Good Girl
Movie • 2002
Mr. Worther
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
Movie • 1997
Lewis
Roadside Prophets
Movie • 1992
Joe Mosley
Ten Inch Hero
Movie • 2007
Trucker
Border Radio
Movie • 1987
Dean
Touch
Movie • 1997
Elwin Worrel
Lucky 13
Movie • 2005
Mr. Baker
Black Cat Run
Movie • 1998
Martin James
The Red Right Hand
Movie • 2001
Jake Stabler
Celebrity Mix
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Slam Dance
Movie • 1987
Det. John Gilbert
Georgia
Movie • 1995
Bobby
Media Whore
Movie • 2002
Self
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Movie • 1994
Lucky
Sugar Town
Movie • 1999
Carl
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon
Movie • 2022
Self
Wuthering Heights
Movie • 2003
Earnshaw
Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club
Movie • 2006
Interviewee, X
Zombex
Movie • 2013
Seamus O'Connor
Scorpion Spring
Movie • 1996
Deputy
Pleased to Meet Me
Movie • 2013
Pete Jones
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie • 2020
Self
Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
Movie • 2004
Self (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
Movie • 2013
Self
Pure Country
Movie • 1992
Earl Blackstock
The Price of Kissing
Movie • 1997
Mouse
A Matter of Degrees
Movie • 1991
Peter Downs
Brokedown Palace
Movie • 1999
Bill Marano
The Decline of Western Civilization
Movie • 1981
Self
Smithereens
Movie • 1982
Door Guy (uncredited)
X: The Unheard Music
Movie • 1986
Self
The Pass
Movie • 1998
Bus Station Clerk
Torque
Movie • 2004
Sheriff Barnes
Ring of Fire
Movie • 2013
A.P. Carter
X: Live in Los Angeles
Movie • 2005
Himself
Hated
Movie • 2012
Sam
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
Movie • 2011
Self
Forces of Nature
Movie • 1999
Carl
All Creatures Here Below
Movie • 2019
Uncle Doug
Liquid Dreams
Movie • 1991
Cab Driver
Boogie Nights
Movie • 1997
Amber's Husband
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
Movie • 2006
Tex (voice)
Drowning on Dry Land
Movie • 1999
Les
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Movie • 2003
Self
Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story
Movie • 1997
Joe Maphis
Song 1
Movie • 2012
Man
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Movie • 2018
My Little One
Movie • 2019
Matt
25 Years of Punk
Movie • 2001
Self
You're Gonna Miss Me
Movie • 2017
Jake Fillmore
Black Circle Boys
Movie • 1997
Bonfiglio
Electric Slide
Movie • 2014
Detective Bill Holiday
Quantum Cowboys
Movie • 2023
John the Gunslinger/John the Bartender/John the Businessman
The Specials
Movie • 2000
Eight
Absent Father
Movie • 2008
Tony
Salvador
Movie • 1986
Roberto, Restaurant Owner
Wildflowers
Movie • 2000
Teacher
Bug
Movie • 2002
Record Store Owner
The Darwin Awards
Movie • 2007
Guy in Bar #2
Highway 99: A Double Album
Movie • 2025
Self
3:15 the Moment of Truth
Movie • 1986
Drunk at Club
Unplugged
Movie
Drake (voice)
Carnivàle
TV • 2003
Phineas Boffo
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Teddy Connor
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Brett Adams
Fastlane
TV • 2002
Papa John
Roswell
TV • 1999
Jeff Parker
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
One Tree Hill
TV • 2003
Mick Wolf
ER
TV • 1994
Carter's Doctor
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
X
Punk
TV • 2019
Self
Peacemakers
TV • 2003
Marshall Dan Parks
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Veronica's Closet
TV • 1997
Jimmy Walsh
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Carter
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Adam Pender
The Lowdown
TV • 2025
Marlon
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Lucky Mullins