Acting
John Lee Hooker
Birth Date
August 22, 1912
Death Date
June 21, 2001
(passed away at 88)
Place of Birth
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Popularity
trending_up1
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.
Photos
star6.6
TV Show
Top of the Pops
Self
1964 • 1 episode
star5.6
TV Show
The South Bank Show
1978 • 1 episode
star7.7
Movie
The Blues Brothers
Street Slim
1980
star7.5
TV Show
The Blues
Self (archive footage)
2003 • 1 episode
TV Show
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self (archive footage)
2017 • 3 episodes
star7.9
Movie
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self (archive footage)
2009
star6.5
Movie
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Self
2014
star8.5
Movie
Feel Like Going Home
Self
2003
Movie
Rolling With the Blues
Self (archive footage)
2007
Movie
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
Self
1997
star5.4
Movie
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Movie
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Himself
2003
star7.5
Movie
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self
1993
star8.2
Movie
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
Self - Special Guest
1989
star7.4
Movie
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Self
2004
star7.5
Movie
Blues at the BBC
Self
2009
star9.0
Movie
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Self (archive footage)
2025
Movie
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Self
2019
Movie
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
Self
1991
Movie
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992