Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Lee Hooker
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
Low visibility
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Movies: 21Series: 4Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 7207
IMDb ID: nm0393631
Known for: Acting
Born: August 22, 1912
Died: June 21, 2001
Age: 88
Place of birth: Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2025
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 7.26
Other jobs
Main Title Theme Composer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Lee Hooker.
as Self (archive footage)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025 • Movie
as Himself
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
2020 • Movie
as Self
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
2019 • Movie
as Self
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009 • Movie
as Self
Blues at the BBC
2009 • Movie
as Self
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Rolling With the Blues
2007 • Movie
as Himself
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
2006 • Movie
as Self
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
2004 • Movie
as Self
Feel Like Going Home
2003 • Movie
as Himself
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003 • Movie
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001 • Movie
as Self
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1997 • Movie
as Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 • Movie
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992 • Movie
as Self
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991 • Movie
as Self
Van Morrison: The Concert
1990 • Movie
as Self - Special Guest
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
1989 • Movie
as Himself
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
1983 • Movie
as Street Slim
The Blues Brothers
1980 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Lee Hooker.
