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