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Name
John Lee Hooker

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1912-08-22

Deathday
2001-06-21 (89 years old)

Place of Birth
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

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

Movies

Tv Shows

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

1964 Top of the Pops ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 The Blues ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2017 Monochrome: Black, White & Blue ( 3 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)

Name John Lee Hooker

Known For Acting

Birthday 1912-08-22

Deathday 2001-06-21 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA