Name
John Doe
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1954-02-25 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Decatur, Illinois, USA
Biography
John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L.A. punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical compositions and performances span the rock, country and folk music genres. As an actor, he has dozens of television appearances and several movies to his credit, including the role of Jeff Parker in the television series Roswell.
In addition to X, Doe performs with the country-folk-punk band The Knitters and has released records as a solo artist. In the early 1980s, he performed on two albums by The Flesh Eaters.
In the 1989 biopic Great Balls of Fire!, Doe played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin-turned-father-in-law J. W. Brown. Doe starred in the 1992 film Roadside Prophets and in the 1998 short Lone Greasers. Other movie acting credits include Road House, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Boogie Nights, The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83 and Pure Country. As a musician with X, he has two feature-length concert films, several music videos, and an extended performance-and-interview sequence in The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris's seminal documentary about the early-1980s L.A. punk scene.
Along with co-writer Exene Cervenka, Doe composed most of the songs recorded by X. Wild Gift, an album from that band's heyday, was named "Record of the Year" by Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. With Dave Alvin, he co-wrote two of the songs on the Blasters' 1984 album Hard Line, "Just Another Sunday" and "Little Honey".
In the 1992 movie The Bodyguard (starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston), it was Doe's version of "I Will Always Love You" that plays on the jukebox when Costner and Houston's characters are dancing. It was released on audio cassette by Warner Bros. in September 1992, but is difficult to obtain (though bootleg copies can be downloaded from the Internet). No version is believed to have been released on CD.
"The Meanest Man in the World" by Doe was featured in Season 4 of the television series Friday Night Lights and included on the second soundtrack album.
John Doe released an album with Canadian indie rock band The Sadies called Country Club on April 14, 2009. The album features covers of country classics along with original songs.
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- 1989 Road House as Pat McGurn
- 1990 Without You I'm Nothing as John Doe
- 1999 The Rage: Carrie 2 as Boyd Wallace
- 1989 Great Balls of Fire! as J.W. Brown
- 2022 D.O.A. as Frank Bigelow
- 2001 Gypsy 83 as Ray Vale
- 2002 The Good Girl as Mr. Worther
- 1997 The Last Time I Committed Suicide as Lewis
- 1992 Roadside Prophets as Joe Mosley
- 2007 Ten Inch Hero as Trucker
- 1987 Border Radio as Dean
- 1997 Touch as Elwin Worrel
- 2005 Lucky 13 as Mr. Baker
- 1998 Black Cat Run as Martin James
- 2001 The Red Right Hand as Jake Stabler
- 2005 Celebrity Mix as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 Slam Dance as Det. John Gilbert
- 1995 Georgia as Bobby
- 2002 Media Whore as Self
- 1994 Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Lucky
- 1999 Sugar Town as Carl
- 2022 The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon as Self
- 2003 Wuthering Heights as Earnshaw
- 2006 Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club as Interviewee, X
- 2013 Zombex as Seamus O'Connor
- 1996 Scorpion Spring as Deputy
- 2013 Pleased to Meet Me as Pete Jones
- 2020 Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
- 2004 Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons as Self (vocals, acoustic guitar)
- 2013 Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday as Self
- 1992 Pure Country as Earl Blackstock
- 1997 The Price of Kissing as Mouse
- 1991 A Matter of Degrees as Peter Downs
- 1999 Brokedown Palace as Bill Marano
- 1981 The Decline of Western Civilization as Self
- 1982 Smithereens as Door Guy (uncredited)
- 1986 X: The Unheard Music as Self
- 1998 The Pass as Bus Station Clerk
- 2013 Ring of Fire as A.P. Carter
- 2004 Torque as Sheriff Barnes
- 2005 X: Live in Los Angeles as Himself
- 2012 Hated as Sam
- 2011 Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind as Self
- 1999 Forces of Nature as Carl
- 2019 All Creatures Here Below as Uncle Doug
- 1991 Liquid Dreams as Cab Driver
- 1997 Boogie Nights as Amber's Husband
- 2006 Live Freaky! Die Freaky! as Tex (voice)
- 1999 Drowning on Dry Land as Les
- 2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip as Self
- 1997 Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story as Joe Maphis
- 2012 Song 1 as Man
- 2018 You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
- 2019 My Little One as Matt
- 2001 25 Years of Punk as Self
- 2017 You're Gonna Miss Me as Jake Fillmore
- 1997 Black Circle Boys as Bonfiglio
- 2014 Electric Slide as Detective Bill Holiday
- 2023 Quantum Cowboys as John the Gunslinger/John the Bartender/John the Businessman
- 2000 The Specials as Eight
- 2008 Absent Father as Tony
- 1986 Salvador as Roberto, Restaurant Owner
- 2000 Wildflowers as Teacher
- 2002 Bug as Record Store Owner
- 2007 The Darwin Awards as Guy in Bar #2
- 2025 Highway 99: A Double Album as Self
- 1986 3:15 the Moment of Truth as Drunk at Club
- Soon Unplugged as Drake (voice)
- 2003 Carnivàle ( 2 episodes ) as Phineas Boffo
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Teddy Connor
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Brett Adams
- 2002 Fastlane ( 1 episode ) as Papa John
- 1999 Roswell ( 18 episodes ) as Jeff Parker
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2003 One Tree Hill ( 3 episodes ) as Mick Wolf
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Carter's Doctor
- 2008 Childrens Hospital ( 1 episode ) as X
- 2019 Punk ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Peacemakers ( 1 episode ) as Marshall Dan Parks
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Veronica's Closet ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy Walsh
- 1994 Party of Five ( 1 episode ) as Carter
- 1998 Martial Law ( 1 episode ) as Adam Pender
- 2025 The Lowdown ( 1 episode ) as Marlon
- 1994 Rebel Highway ( 1 episode ) as Lucky Mullins
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
