John Lee Hooker
Acting1912Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
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.
Known For
The Blues Brothers
Street Slim
Top of the Pops
Self
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self (archive footage)
The Blues
Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
Self - Special Guest
Feel Like Going Home
Self
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Self
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
Acting History
2025
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
as Self - Special Guest
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
as Himself
2019
2014
NCIS: New Orleans
TVMain Title Theme Composer
2009
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
Blues at the BBC
as Self
2007
Rolling With the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
as Himself
2004
2003
Feel Like Going Home
as Self
The Blues
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
2002
1997
1993
1991
1990
Van Morrison: The Concert
as Self
1983
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
as Himself
1980
The Blues Brothers
as Street Slim
1964
Top of the Pops
TVas Self