John Lee Hooker

Actor

Born: August 22, 1912
Died: June 21, 2001 (age 88)
From: Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

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 (23)

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