Jimi Hendrix
Acting • Born 1942-11-27 – Died 1970-09-18
Biography
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires. Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he had formed his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell), and achieved three UK top ten hits: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most commercially successful release and his only number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27. Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimi Hendrix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
96 credits
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock
Movie • 1970
Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
Movie • 2004
Self
The Day the Music Died
Movie • 1977
Self (archive footage)
Monterey Pop
Movie • 1968
Self
When the Music's Over
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage)
Zappa
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Plays Berkeley
Movie • 2003
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Louder Than Rock
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Participation
Movie • 1971
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Movie • 2008
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
Movie • 1999
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
Movie • 2010
Self
At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
Movie • 2018
Self
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
Movie • 1996
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Rainbow Bridge
Movie • 1972
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Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
Movie • 1996
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Zakk Wylde: House of Guitars 1993
Movie • 1993
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Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
Movie • 2010
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
Movie • 2007
Self - Guitar
Jimi Hendrix: Experience
Movie • 1968
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Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
Movie • 1969
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Isle of Wight: Gegengesellschaft Oder Festival-Ramsch?
Movie • 1970
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Beat Club: The 40th Anniversary Edition
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Movie • 2018
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Jimi Hendrix - On the Road - Ultimate Experience Live!
Movie • 1994
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Video from Hell
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Rockthology 2
Movie • 2004
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Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
Movie • 2005
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All My Loving
Movie • 1968
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Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
Movie • 2004
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Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Movie • 2013
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
Movie • 1970
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Jimi Hendrix
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Movie • 2014
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Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
Movie • 2014
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John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Movie • 2014
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Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
Movie • 2020
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Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
Movie • 1999
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Superstars in Concert
Movie • 1984
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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
Movie • 2015
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Psych-Out
Movie • 1968
Jimi Hendrix
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Movie • 2014
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Lick Library Quick Licks Jimi Hendrix
Movie
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Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
Movie • 1970
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Sweden
Movie • 1969
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Royal Albert Hall
Movie • 1969
Self (Guitar and Vocals)
Jimi Hendrix: Room Full of Hendrix
Movie • 1969
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Jimi Hendrix: Metropolis ARTE
Movie • 2010
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27: Gone Too Soon
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Commercial Entertainment Product
Movie • 1992
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dusty
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Movie • 2000
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Popcorn
Movie • 1969
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Sound of the City: London 1964-73
Movie • 1973
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It's Black Entertainment
Movie • 2002
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Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
Movie • 2007
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Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
Movie • 2008
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The Last 24 Hours: Jimi Hendrix
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
Movie • 2002
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
Movie • 2020
Self (archival footage)
Woodstock Diary
Movie • 1994
Self
Jimi Hendrix Live in Stockholm 1969
Movie • 1969
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Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
Movie • 2015
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Jimi
Movie
Self (archive footage)
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
Movie • 2001
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Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
Movie • 2019
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Wake at Generation
Movie • 1968
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Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection
Movie • 2005
Self - Guitar / Self - Vocals
The Beach Boys
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Dynamite Chicken
Movie • 1971
Self (archive footage)
Are You Experienced
Movie • 2010
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Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock Directors cut
Movie • 1994
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
Movie • 2022
The Abyss
Movie • 1977
Self (archive footage)
Beat-Club
TV • 1965
70 Years of Youth Revolt
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Ready Steady Go!
TV • 1963
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The Top Ten Revealed
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
It Must Be Dusty
TV • 1968
Dee Time
TV • 1967
This Is Pop
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Omnibus
TV • 1967
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Dim Dam Dom
TV • 1965
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McCartney 3, 2, 1
TV • 2021
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Classic Albums
TV • 1997
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The UnXplained
TV • 2019
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The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Seven Ages of Rock
TV • 2007
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TOTP2
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)