John Lee Hooker
Acting
88 years oldTutwiler, Mississippi, USABiography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (22)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2025
8.2
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
as Self - Special Guest
2020
5.0
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
as Himself
2020
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
as Self
2019
6.5
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
as Self
2014
7.9
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
2009
5.0
Blues at the BBC
as Self
2009
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
as Self
2008
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
as Himself
2006
5.7
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
as Self
2004
8.5
Feel Like Going Home
as Self
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Himself
2003
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
as himself
2002
4.5
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
as Self
1997
6.0
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self
1993
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
as Self
1991
4.0
Van Morrison: The Concert
as Self
1990
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
as Himself
1983
7.7
The Blues Brothers
as Street Slim
1980
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960
