
Acting
John Lee Hooker
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USABorn 1912
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.
21
Films
2
TV Shows
Known For
23 Credits
Top of the Pops
as Self
1964

The Blues Brothers
as Street Slim
1980

The Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2003

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
2009

Feel Like Going Home
as Self
2003

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self
1993

Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
as Self
2008

John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
as Self
2004

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
as Self
2014

Blues at the BBC
as Self
2009

The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
as Self - Special Guest
2020

John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992