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