John Lee Hooker

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John Lee Hooker

Acting August 22, 1912

Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

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 b…

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The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

7.7 1980 Movie
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

6.6 1964 TV Show
NCIS: New Orleans

NCIS: New Orleans

7.3 2014 TV Show
The Blues

The Blues

7.5 2003 TV Show
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

7.9 2009 Movie
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

2017 TV Show
Feel Like Going Home

Feel Like Going Home

8.5 2003 Movie
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live

The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live

8.2 1989 Movie
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

6.5 2014 Movie
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

7.5 1993 Movie
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

5.4 2001 Movie
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me

John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me

7.4 2004 Movie

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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

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  1. 2025
    Newport and the Great Folk Dream

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2020
    John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990

    Movie Himself

  3. 2019
    John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man

    Movie Self

  4. 2017
    Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  5. 2014
    Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

    Movie Self

  6. 2014
    NCIS: New Orleans

    TV show Main Title Theme Composer

  7. 2009
    The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2009
    Blues at the BBC

    Movie Self

  9. 2008
    Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges

    Movie Self

  10. 2007
    Rolling With the Blues

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2006
    Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker

    Movie Himself

  12. 2004
    John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me

    Movie Self

  13. 2003
    The Blues

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  14. 2003
    Feel Like Going Home

    Movie Self

  15. 2003
    The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

    Movie Himself

  16. 2002
    John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984

    Movie himself

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  1. 2001
    John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

    Movie

  2. 1997
    Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey

    Movie Self

  3. 1995
    John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues

    Movie Self

  4. 1993
    Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

    Movie Self

  5. 1992
    John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992

    Movie

  6. 1991
    Van Morrison: One Irish Rover

    Movie Self

  7. 1990
    Van Morrison: The Concert

    Movie Self

  8. 1989
    The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live

    Movie Self - Special Guest

  9. 1983
    John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983

    Movie Himself

  10. 1980
    The Blues Brothers

    Movie Street Slim

  11. 1964
    Top of the Pops

    TV show Self

  12. 1960
    Muddy Waters at Newport

    Movie