Personal Info
Birthday
August 22, 1912
Place of Birth
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Known For
Acting
John Lee Hooker
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.
Acting Filmography (24)
0.0
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Movie2025
5.0
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
Movie2020
0.0
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Movie2019
0.0
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV Series2017
6.5
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Movie2014
7.9
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Movie2009
No Backdrop
7.5
Blues at the BBC
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
Rolling With the Blues
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
Movie2006
No Backdrop
6.8
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Movie2004
8.5
Feel Like Going Home
Movie2003
7.4
The Blues
TV Series2003
No Backdrop
0.0
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Movie2003
5.4
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
Movie2001
0.0
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
Movie1997
7.5
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
Movie1992
No Backdrop
0.0
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
Movie1991
No Backdrop
5.7
Van Morrison: The Concert
Movie1990
8.2
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
Movie1989
0.0
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
Movie1983
7.7
The Blues Brothers
Movie1980
6.6
Top of the Pops
TV Series1964