John Lee Hooker
Actor
- Born
- August 22, 1912 · Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
- Died
- June 21, 2001 (age 88)
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.
Known for
The Blues Brothers
June 16, 1980
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
November 29, 2009
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
December 17, 1989
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
June 1, 2004
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
June 16, 2001
Van Morrison: The Concert
January 1, 1990
Feel Like Going Home
September 28, 2003
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
November 28, 2014
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
November 2, 1993
Blues at the BBC
May 1, 2009
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
January 1, 2020
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
September 5, 2025
Acting24
- 2025Newport and the Great Folk Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 2020John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990 as Himself
- 2019John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man as Self
- 2014Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall as Self
- 2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts as Self (archive footage)
- 2009Blues at the BBC as Self
- 2008Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges as Self
- 2007Rolling With the Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker as Himself