John Lee Hooker
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Top of the Pops
Self
The Blues Brothers
Street Slim
The Blues
Self (archive footage)
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self (archive footage)
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self (archive footage)
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Self
Feel Like Going Home
Self
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
Self - Special Guest
Filmography
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
as Self (archive footage)
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
2020
as Himself
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
2019
as Self
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
as Self
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Blues at the BBC
2009
as Self
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008
as Self
Rolling With the Blues
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
2006
as Himself
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
2004
as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
as Himself
Feel Like Going Home
2003
as Self
The Blues
2003
as Self (archive footage)
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
2002
as himself
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1997
as Self
John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues
1995
as Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
as Self
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991
as Self
Van Morrison: The Concert
1990
as Self
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
1989
as Self - Special Guest
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
1983
as Himself
The Blues Brothers
1980
as Street Slim
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960