John Lee Hooker
Acting • Born 1912-08-22 – Died 2001-06-21
Biography
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 credits
The Blues Brothers
Movie • 1980
Street Slim
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Muddy Waters at Newport
Movie • 1960
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Movie • 2004
Self
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
Movie • 2006
Himself
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
Movie • 2001
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
Movie • 2008
Self
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
Movie • 2002
himself
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
Movie • 1983
Himself
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
Movie • 2020
Himself
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
Movie • 1997
Self
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Movie • 2014
Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Movie • 1993
Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Movie • 2003
Himself
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Movie • 2019
Self
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
Movie • 1992
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
Movie • 1991
Self
Van Morrison: The Concert
Movie • 1990
Self
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
Movie • 2020
Self - Special Guest
Blues at the BBC
Movie • 2009
Self
Feel Like Going Home
Movie • 2003
Self
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Rolling With the Blues
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
The Blues
TV • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV • 2017
Self (Archival)