Actor

John Lee Hooker

Birthday: August 22, 1912

Born in: Tutwiler, 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.

Movie Credits

Newport and the Great Folk Dream (2025) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 113
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live (2020) as Self - Special Guest
Age: 107
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990 (2020) as Himself
Age: 107
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man (2019) as Self
Age: 106
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall (2014) as Self
Age: 102
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 97
Blues at the BBC (2009) as Self
Age: 96
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges (2008) as Self
Age: 95
Rolling With the Blues (2007) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 94
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker (2006) as Himself
Age: 93
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me (2004) as Self
Age: 91
Feel Like Going Home (2003) as Self
Age: 91
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003) as Himself
Age: 90
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984 (2002) as himself
Age: 89
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story (2001)
Age: 88
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey (1997) as Self
Age: 85
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993) as Self
Age: 81
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992 (1992)
Age: 79
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover (1991) as Self
Age: 78
Van Morrison: The Concert (1990) as Self
Age: 77
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983 (1983) as Himself
Age: 70
The Blues Brothers (1980) as Street Slim
Age: 67
Muddy Waters at Newport (1960)
Age: 47