John Lee Hooker
Known for ActingBorn 1912-08-22 — died 2001-06-21Tutwiler, 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.
Known for
The Blues Brothers
1980 · as Street Slim
Feel Like Going Home
2003 · as Self
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009 · as Self (archive footage)
Rolling With the Blues
2007 · as Self (archive footage)
Blues at the BBC
2009 · as Self
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991 · as Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 · as Self
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
1989 · as Self - Special Guest
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014 · as Self
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008 · as Self
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1997 · as Self
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
2004 · as Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003 · as Himself
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025 · as Self (archive footage)
Van Morrison: The Concert
1990 · as Self