John Lennon
Known for: Acting
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release. Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement. As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Filmography
Series
Top of the Pops
1964
Series
Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Huffman
1968
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Mentiras verdaderas
Self (archive footage)
2011
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
Classic Albums
Self
1997
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Timewatch
Self (archive footage)
1982
Series
Behind the Music
Self (archive footage)
1997
Series
Morecambe & Wise
Self
1961
Series
The Old Grey Whistle Test
1971
Series
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Sweet Toronto
Self
1971
First Tuesday
1983
Series
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021
Series
The Beatles Anthology
Self (archive footage)
1995
Series
The Beatles: Get Back
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
A Hard Day's Night
John
1964
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Self (archive footage)
2016
Series
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
Self (archive footage)
2023
Series
The Defiant Ones
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Man on the Run
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
Yellow Submarine
John (uncredited)
1968
Series
The Beatles
Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
1965
Film
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
Film
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
2018
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
1999
Film
Grass
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage) (voice)
2010
Film
Help!
John
1965
Frost on Sunday
Self (as The Beatles)
1968
Film
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
My Generation
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
How the Beatles Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Beatles '64
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
A Life in Ten Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2021
Series
David Frost Vs
self (archive footage)
2025
Film
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Self (Archive Footage)
2016
Film
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
2016
Film
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Kyoko
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon
2021
Film
Elton John: Never Too Late
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Population Boom
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Let It Be
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
1970
Series
In Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
Infamous Assassinations
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Evolver 62
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Film
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Summer of Love
2017
Film
Genius
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Self (archive footage)
1978
Film
Imagine
Self
1972
Film
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
How I Won the War
Gripweed
1967
Film
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
Self - The Beatles
1966
Film
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Film
Magical Mystery Tour
Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator
1967
Not Only... But Also
Self
1964
Film
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self (archive footage)
2015
Series
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The King
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
(Archive footage)
2013
Film
Salinger
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2013
Film
Beatles: Big Beat Box
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Pop Gear
Self
1965
Film
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Self (archive voice)
2023
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2013
Film
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
If These Walls Could Sing
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
Series
20th Century Greats
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Imagine: John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
1988
John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song
Self
2006
Film
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Meeting the Beatles in India
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
1968
Film
Jimi Plays Monterey
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Doctor Who: The Chase
Self (archive footage)
1965
Film
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Dynamite Chicken
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971
Film
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
John Lennon: The Last Interview
2026
Film
Vain Glory
John Lennon
1986
Naked and Free - The History of Free Body Culture
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
Self
2026
Film
Imagine Imagine
Self
2003
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self (archive footage)
1992
Film
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
I Killed John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
This Is Elvis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Film
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2017
Film
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
THE BEATLES in HELP!
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Looking for Lennon
Self (Archive footage)
2018
Film
Self-Portrait
Self
1969
Film
365 Day Project
Self
2007
Film
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Film
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
John & Yoko Bed-In
Self
2006
Imagine Lennon
archives footages
2010
Film
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Self
1993
Film
The One to One Concert
Self
1972
Film
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Self - Lead Vocals
1996
The Shadows At Sixty
Self (Archive Footage)
2020
Film
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
The Beatles and India
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Bed Peace
Self
1969
Film
The Bannfoot Ferry
Self (archive footage)
2024
Discovering Lennon
2010
Film
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Up Your Legs Forever
Self - Last Legs/Self - credit narrator(uncredited)
1971
Film
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Take Your Pills
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Free to Rock
Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Self (archive footage)
1965
Film
The Beatles 1+
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Two Virgins
1968
Film
Palme
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Wingspan
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Under the Volcano
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Monday Night Mayhem
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
No Hamburg, No Beatles
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2024
Film
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
1986
Hanratty: The Whole Truth
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Self (archive footage)
1991
As Aventuras de Will e Mike no jardim do Éden
2025
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
Self
1992
Film
Eat the Document
Self
1972
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
Self
2025
Film
The Beatles In America
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Good Ol' Freda
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Elvis: King of Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Beatles
Film
The John Lennon Video Collection
1992
Film
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Self (Archival Footage)
1992
Film
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Self (archive footage)
1979
Film
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
Self
1975
Film
Beatles Stories
Self (archive footage)
2011
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
Film
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
1969
Film
The Killing of America
Self (archive footage)
1981
Film
The Compleat Beatles
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Self (archive footage)
2018
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
Film
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
The Real Buddy Holly Story
Self (archive footage)
1985
The John Lennon Sketchbook
Self
1986
Film
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Self
1974
Film
Oh Yoko!
Himself (voice)
1973
Film
Hinckley
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
TWST / Things We Said Today
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
Self
1969
Film
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Mighty Good: The Beatles
Self
1977
Film
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
The Beatles Explosion
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
Self
1968
Film
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Self
2008
Film
I Met the Walrus
Self
2007
British Rock: The First Wave
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
Our World
Self
1967
Film
John Lennon: The Messenger
2002
Film
Lennon's Last Weekend
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
Self
2000
Film
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
2019
Film
The Beatles Phenomenon
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
The Beatles: Abbey Road
Self - Vocals, Guitar
1969
Film
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self
1995
Film
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
1972
Film
Apotheosis
1970
Film
Året var 1963
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Becoming the Beatles
Self
2012
Film
The Beatles 1
Self (archive footage)
2015
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
1974
Film
Doctor Who: Origins
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Self - The Beatles Member
1964
Film
El Rey en Londres
Self (archive footage)
1966
Film
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Self
1977
Film
Daytime Revolution
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
A Love Letter to the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
The World's Greatest Gigs
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
Self
1966
Film
Building the Beatles
Self (Archive Footage)
Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Beatles: The Complete Story
Self (Archive Footage)
2010
Film
Beatles: The Journey
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Warhol and Maciunas
Self
2006
Film
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Self
1977
Film
Paul McCartney: Got Back
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
The Beatles: Live in Paris
Self
1965
Film
Året var 1967
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Beatles: Around the World
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Beatles Story
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
Self
1971
Film
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Beatles: A Celebration
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon
2022
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
LennoNYC
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
The Beatles: Parting Ways
Self
2009
Film
Film No. 5
Self
1968
Film
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
Self
1971
Film
The Beatles in Australia
Self
1964
Film
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
Self (archive footage)
1969
Film
Monument
Self (archive footage)
1967
Film
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
Self
2009
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
The Beatles Sing for Shell
Self
1964
Film
The Beatles and the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
Self
1964
Film
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
self
2008
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Things They Said Today
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
When the Music's Over
Self (archive footage)
1983
Film
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
The Beatles - Trilogy
Self
2003
Film
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
Self
2022
Film
The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Self (archive footage)
1964
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
The Day John Lennon Died
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
John Lennon: Hard to Imagine
2017
Film
Understanding McCartney
Self
2020
Film
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Self (archive)
1988
Film
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Self (archive footage)
Yoko and John Party
Self
1971
Film
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
Self
1964
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Beatles: Revolution
Self
1968
Film
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2005
Film
Around the Beatles
Self
1964
Film
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Fun with the Fab Four
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
To John With Love
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Beatles: Love
Self
2006
Film
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
Self (archive footage)
1984
Film
The Beatles: Something
Self
1969
Film
The Day the Music Died
Self
1977
Film
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
Self (archive footage)
1969
Film
Ringo Starr: One of Them
Self (archive footage)
2022
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon
Self
2019
Film
The Ballad of AJ Weberman
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
The Beatles on Record
Self
2009
Film
Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
2018
Film
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
Self
1993
Film
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
1966
Film
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
John Lennon - Imagine
1972
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
The Beatles Unauthorized
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
Self (archive)
2005
Film
The Beatles Come to Town
Self
1963
Film
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Happy Birthday to John
Self
1997
Film
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Self
1966
Film
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
Self
2012
Film
WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)
Self
2016
Film
Meet the Beatles
Self (Archival footage)
2005
Film
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
The Winged Beetle
Self
2012
Film
The Mersey Sound
Self
1963
Film
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
Self
1967
Film
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
Self (uncredited)
2005
Film
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
Self
2020
Film
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Brazil in Cannes
1971
Film
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
Self
2018
All You Need Is Love
Self
1967
Film
Reflections on Love
Self (archive footage)
1966
Film
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Beatles på Sverigeturné
Self (archive footage)
2014
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
Self (archive footage)
1969
Film
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
Self (Archive Footage)
2008
Film
Beatles Electroniques
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
Film
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Self
2022
Film
Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol
1976
Film
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
Self
2012
Film
The Last Lennon Interview
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
Film
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
Self
2017
Film
John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Here Today
Self (Music)
2024
Film
Fire in the Water
1977
The Real John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
Self (Archive Footage)
2009
Film
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Louder Than Rock
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
1971
Film
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
Self
1963
Film
Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980
Self (Archive Footage)
2011