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Elvis Presley

Actor, Producer, Writer, Composer, Additional Credits
Born January 8, 1935Died August 16, 1977 (42 years)
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.

Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll, though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African-Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of the White American youth.

In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Flaming Star
  • Charro!
  • Cover Your Ears
  • The Day the Rock Star Died

Known For

  • Jailhouse Rock
  • Viva Las Vegas
  • Blue Hawaii
  • King Creole
  • G.I. Blues
  • Flaming Star
  • Girls! Girls! Girls!
  • Roustabout
  • Clambake
  • It Happened at the World's Fair
  • Kid Galahad
  • Follow That Dream
  • Girl Happy
  • Speedway
  • Change of Habit
  • Loving You
  • Kissin' Cousins
  • Paradise, Hawaiian Style
  • Charro!
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • Spinout
  • Wild in the Country
  • Tickle Me
  • Live a Little, Love a Little

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert · as Self (archive Footage)
    2025
    Sunday Best · as Self (archive Footage)
    2025
    2025
    Elvis Presley: Shook Up · as Self (archive Footage)
    2024
    Beatles '64 · as Self - Singer
    2024
    2024
    2024
    2024
    2024
    Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple · as Self - Musician
    2024
    My Way · as Self (archive Footage)
    2024
    2023
    2023
    Christmas at Graceland · as Self (archive Footage)
    2023
    The Last Repair Shop · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2023
    Unstuffed · as Self - Musician
    2023
    Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback · as Self (archive Footage)
    2023
    Elvis & Priscilla: Conditional Love · as Self (archive Footage)
    2023
    Little Richard: I Am Everything · as Self (archive Footage)
    2023
    TMZ Investigates: Lisa Marie Presley: Unending Tragedy · as Self - Father Of Lisa Marie Presley
    2023
    2022
    2022
    Behind the beats, histoires de la pop music (TV Series) · as Self (voice)
    2022
    Dio: Dreamers Never Die · as Self - Musician
    2022
    2022
    Elvis · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2022
    2022
    2021
    King of Cool · as Self
    2021
    Elvis and the USS Arizona · as Self - Musician
    2021
    2021
    The Sparks Brothers · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2020
    Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf · as Self (archive Footage)
    2020
    2020
    Elvis: The Other Side · as Self (archive Footage)
    2020
    2020
    My Darling Vivian · as Self (archive Footage)
    2019
    Once Were Brothers · as Self (archive Footage)
    2019
    2019
    2019
    Elvis Unleashed · as Self (archive Footage)
    2019
    Elvis: The Men Who Knew Him Best · as Self (archive Footage)
    2019
    2019
    ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas · as Self (archive Footage)
    2019
    2019
    The Last 24 Hours: Elvis Presley · as Self (archive Footage)
    2019
    Elvis All-Star Tribute · as Self (archive Footage)
    2018
    Chuck Berry · as Self
    2018
    Bad Reputation · as Self
    2018
    2018
    2018
    2018
    Game Changers · as Self (archive Footage)
    2018
    Elvis Presley: The Searcher · as Self (archive Footage)
    2018
    Elvis Presley: The Searcher (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    2018
    2018
    Elvis & the Memphis Mafia · as Self (archive Footage)
    2017
    2017
    Rolling Elvis · as Self - Singer
    2017
    My Generation · as Self - Musician
    2017
    2017
    The Seven Ages of Elvis · as Self (archive Footage)
    2017
    Elvis und das Mädchen aus Wien · as Self (archive Footage)
    2017
    The King · as Self (archive Footage)
    2017
    2017
    Free to Rock · as Self (archive Footage)
    2016
    2016
    Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    2015
    2015
    Leif GW Persson: Min Klassresa (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    2015
    Dr. Feelgood (TV Series) · as Self
    2015
    2015
    2015
    2015
    Soaked in Bleach · as Self
    2015
    Provokation · as Self
    2013
    2012
    2012
    Propaganda · as Self (archive Footage)
    2012
    2012
    God Is the Bigger Elvis · as Self (archive Footage)
    2012
    2012
    2012
    Elvis Found Alive · as Self (archive Footage)
    2012
    2011
    2011
    Elvis: Summer of '56 · as Self (archive Footage)
    2010
    2010
    2010
    Elvis Presley: Gladiators · as Self (archive Footage)
    2009
    2009
    WWE: The Rise and Fall of WCW · as Self (archive Footage)
    2009
    Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    2009
    2008
    Cadillac Records · as Self
    2008
    2008
    Elvis: Return to Tupelo · as Self (archive Footage)
    2008
    2008
    2007
    Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll · as Self (archive Footage)
    2007
    2007
    Elvis: Viva Las Vegas · as Self (archive Footage)
    2007
    Elvis Through the Years · as Self (archive Footage)
    2007
    2007
    Elvis: Love Me Tender-The Love Songs · as Self (archive Footage)
    2007
    Elvis Presley: The Classic Broadcasts · as Self (archive Footage)
    2007
    2006
    Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows · as Self (archive Footage)
    2006
    2006
    2006
    2006
    I Love The 70s Volume 2 (TV Series) · as Self
    2005
    The World's Most Photographed (TV Series) · as Self
    2005
    Elvis by the Presleys · as Self (archive Footage)
    2005
    2005
    2005
    2005
    2005
    Elvis: The Last 24 Hours · as Self (archive Footage)
    2005
    2004
    2004
    Popular Music · as Self
    2004
    Elvis: The Birth of Rock N' Roll · as Self (archive Footage)
    2004
    2004
    Elvis: 200 Cadillacs · as Self (archive Footage)
    2004
    Elvis The Man The Music The Legend · as Self (archive Footage)
    2004
    2003
    2003
    2003
    King of Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage)
    2003
    2003
    2003
    DJ Hound Dog · as Self
    2003
    Elvis: The Journey · as Self (archive Footage)
    2003
    2003
    2002
    2002
    Elvis Lives · as Self
    2002
    Elvis: Rare Moments with the King · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    Elvis & June: A Love Story · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    Elvis: The Great Performances · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    Classic Albums: Elvis Presley · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    The Definitive Elvis: The Memphis Years · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    2002
    2002
    2001
    2001
    2001
    2000
    2000
    Hendrix · as Self (in Barbershop)
    2000
    2000
    1999
    Summer of Sam · as Self
    1999
    Life · as Self
    1999
    Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s · as Self (archive Footage)
    1997
    The Fifties (TV Series) · as Self
    1997
    Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    1996
    1996
    1995
    Sinatra: 80 Years My Way · as Self (archive Footage)
    1995
    1994
    Why Elvis? · as Self (archive Footage)
    1994
    1994
    Forrest Gump · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    1994
    1994
    The Elvis I Knew · as Self (archive Footage)
    1993
    Private Elvis · as Self (archive Footage)
    1993
    Elvis in Hollywood · as Self (archive Footage)
    1993
    Fame in the 20th Century (TV Series) · as Self
    1993
    Unauthorized Biographies With Peter Graves (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    1992
    1992
    Twist · as Self
    1992
    Elvis: The Lost Performances · as Self (archive Footage)
    1992
    Death Scenes 2 · as Self
    1991
    1991
    1990
    1990
    The Story of Elvis Presley · as Self (archive Footage)
    1990
    1990
    1990
    1989
    Heavy Petting · as Self
    1988
    1987
    1987
    Elvis '56 · as Self (archive Footage)
    1985
    Elvis: One Night with You · as Self - Singer, Player
    1985
    Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers · as Self (archive Footage)
    1984
    Mondo Elvis · as Self (archive Footage)
    1984
    1984
    1982
    The Compleat Beatles · as Self (in The Us Army)
    1982
    Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! · as Self (archive Footage)
    1981
    This Is Elvis · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    1978
    The 50th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute
    1977
    Elvis in Concert · as Self - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
    1973
    1973
    1972
    Elvis on Tour · as Self - Vocals
    1970
    1968
    1968
    The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive Footage)
    1964
    Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    1963
    1960
    1960
    1956
    The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self
    1952
    American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self - Telephone Interview
    1948
    The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self
    1948
    The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer

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