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John Lennon

Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born October 9, 1940Died December 8, 1980 (40 years)
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.

Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release.

Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.

As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • John Lennon: Hard to Imagine

Known For

  • A Hard Day's Night
  • Yellow Submarine
  • Let It Be
  • Help!
  • Magical Mystery Tour
  • How I Won the War
  • Imagine
  • John Lennon Live in New York City
  • Oh! Calcutta!
  • Harder Than the Rock
  • Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
  • The Best of... What's Left of... Not Only... But Also

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Sunday Best · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade · as Self (archive Footage)
    2024
    One to One: John & Yoko · as Self (archive Footage)
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    TWST: Things We Said Today · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Elton John: Never Too Late · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Beatles '64 · as Self (archive Footage)
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    No Hamburg No Beatles · as Self (voice) (archive Footage)
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    Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Daytime Revolution · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beach Boys · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Paul McCartney: Got Back · as Self (archive Footage)
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    John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    2023
    The Stones and Brian Jones · as Self - The Beatles
    2023
    Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song · as Self (archive Footage)
    2023
    Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Wham! · as Self
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    Restless: Being Paul Newman · as Self (archive Footage)
    2023
    Stan Lee · as Self
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    Cover Your Ears · as Self - Singer
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    Little Richard: I Am Everything · as Self (archive Voice)
    2022
    The Lost Weekend: A Love Story · as Self (archive Footage)
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    If These Walls Could Sing · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Mickey: The Story of a Mouse · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Roberta · as Self
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    Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Ringo Starr: One of Them · as Self (archive Footage)
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    George Carlin's American Dream (TV Series) · as Self
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    The Case for Heaven · as Self - Musician
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    The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beatles: Get Back (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beatles and India · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Count Me In · as Self
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    Under the Volcano · as Self (archive Footage)
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    McCartney 3, 2, 1 (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Sparks Brothers · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
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    1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    A Life in Ten Pictures (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    This Is Pop (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Zappa · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Lennon's Last Weekend · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Meeting the Beatles in India · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind · as Self (archive Footage)
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    2018
    Chuck Berry · as Self
    2018
    John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Looking for Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Elvis Presley: The Searcher (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    George Harrison: All Things Pass · as Self (archive Footage)
    2018
    Take Your Pills · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Filmworker · as Self
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    How the Beatles Changed the World · as Self (archive Footage)
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    My Generation · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Terreur et glamour: Montée et déclin du studio Hammer · as Self - Musician (archive Footage)
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    The Defiant Ones (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The King · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Free to Rock · as Self - The Beatles (archive Footage)
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    Kyoko · as Self (archive Footage)
    2016
    Hitler's Steel Beast · as Self - Musician
    2016
    Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album · as Self (archive Footage)
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    2015
    The Beatles: 1 · as Self (archive Footage)
    2015
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    Steve Jobs · as Self
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    Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead · as Self (archive Footage)
    2015
    In Their Own Words (2015) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    2014
    Pawn Sacrifice · as Self
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    Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' · as Self - Musician (archive Footage)
    2013
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    Population Boom · as Self (archive Footage)
    2013
    Supermensch · as Self
    2013
    Good Ol' Freda · as Self (archive Footage)
    2013
    Salinger · as Self - Musician (archive Footage)
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    Sound City · as Self
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    Året var 1963 · as Self (archive Footage)
    2012
    Genius · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Genius · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Last Shop Standing · as Self - The Beatles
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    2011
    The Decade You Were Born: The 1970's · as Self - The Beatles
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    George Harrison: Living in the Material World (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    2011
    Beatles Stories · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Day John Lennon Died · as Self (archive Footage)
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    LennoNYC · as Self (archive Footage)
    2010
    Jimi Hendrix: The Guitar Hero · as Self - The Beatles
    2010
    2010
    John Lennon: Love Is All You Need · as Self (archive Footage)
    2010
    Lennon Naked · as Self
    2010
    The Beatles: The Complete Story · as Self (archive Footage)
    2009
    WWE: The Rise and Fall of WCW · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere · as Self (archive Footage)
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    All Together Now · as Self
    2008
    Magical Mystery Tour Memories · as Self (archive Footage)
    2008
    The Unseen Beatles · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Infamous Assassinations (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Pornorama · as Self
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    I Met the Walrus · as Self
    2007
    Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · as Self (archive Footage)
    2007
    The Beatles Explosion · as Self (archive Footage)
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    The U.S. vs. John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
    2006
    The 60s: The Beatles Decade (TV Series) · as Self
    2006
    Doctor Who: Origins · as Self (archive Footage)
    2005
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    I Killed John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
    2005
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    The Beatles: Love Me Do · as Self (archive Footage)
    2005
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    Broadway: The American Musical (TV Series) · as Self
    2004
    The Beatles: Watching Rainbows · as Self (archive Footage)
    2004
    Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle · as Self (archive Footage)
    2003
    Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles · as Self (archive Footage)
    2003
    Inside John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
    2003
    Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
    2003
    Michael Jackson: Number Ones · as Self (segment "man In The Mirror)
    2003
    King of Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage)
    2003
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    Beatles: The Journey · as Self (archive Footage)
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    Elvis Lives · as Self
    2002
    Back in the U.S. · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
    Naqoyqatsi · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2002
    Monday Night Mayhem · as Self (archive Footage)
    2002
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    Wingspan · as Self (archive Footage)
    2000
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    Hendrix · as Self
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    John & Yoko's Year of Peace · as Self (archive Footage)
    1999
    Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales · as Self - The Beatles (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    1999
    Grass · as Self (archive Footage)
    1999
    1999
    The Beatles: Celebration · as Self (archive Footage)
    1999
    Television: The First Fifty Years · as Self – The Beatles (archive Footage)
    1998
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    The Fifties (TV Series) · as Self
    1997
    Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    1997
    Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self
    1996
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    The Beatles Story · as Self (archive Footage)
    1996
    Beatles Diary · as Self (archive Footage)
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    1995
    The Beatles Anthology (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    1994
    Forrest Gump · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    1994
    The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary · as Self (archive Footage)
    1994
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    Secrets · as Self
    1992
    Death Scenes 2 · as Self
    1991
    The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit · as Self (archive Footage)
    1989
    1988
    Imagine: John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage)
    1987
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    1986
    Jimi Plays Monterey · as Self (archive Footage)
    1986
    1986
    John Lennon Live in New York City · as Self (archive Footage)
    1985
    1985
    1982
    The Compleat Beatles · as Self (archive Footage)
    1982
    Timewatch (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
    1982
    Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! · as Self (archive Footage)
    1981
    The Killing of America · as Self (archive Footage)
    1981
    This Is Elvis · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    1978
    Newsfront · as Self
    1978
    20/20 (TV Series) · as Self
    1978
    I Wanna Hold Your Hand · as Self (archive Footage)
    1977
    1977
    25 Years · as Self
    1977
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    1975
    1974
    1973
    Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (TV Series) · as Self
    1973
    AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member
    1973
    1972
    Imagine · as Self
    1972
    Eat the Document · as Self
    1971
    1971
    The Generation Game (TV Series) · as Self
    1971
    Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self
    1971
    Dynamite Chicken · as Self (archive Footage)
    1970
    1970
    ESPN Monday Night Football (TV Series) · as Self
    1970
    1970
    Let It Be · as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
    1969
    1969
    The Music Scene (TV Series) · as Self
    1969
    Bed Peace · as Self
    1968
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    The Morecambe and Wise Show (TV Series) · as Self
    1968
    Frost on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
    1968
    The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
    1968
    The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive Footage)
    1967
    Magical Mystery Tour · as Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician With Coffee / Narrator
    1967
    Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self
    1967
    1967
    NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Self
    1966
    The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self - Musician
    1966
    1966
    Reflections on Love · as Self (archive Footage)
    1965
    The Music of Lennon & McCartney · as Self (archive Footage)
    1965
    The Beatles (TV Series) · as Self (vocals Musical Segments) (uncredited)
    1965
    Beat Club (TV Series) · as Self
    1965
    Doctor Who: The Chase · as Self (archive Footage)
    1965
    Go Go Mania · as Self
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    Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Self
    1965
    Not Only... But Also (TV Series) · as Self
    1964
    What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. · as Self - The Beatles Member
    1964
    Shindig (TV Series) · as Self - As The Beatles
    1964
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    Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self
    1963
    Ready Steady Go! (TV Series) · as Self
    1962
    1962
    The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self
    1961
    The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host
    1959
    Juke Box Jury (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist
    1958
    Grandstand (TV Series) · as Self
    1955
    Tonight at the London Palladium (TV Series) · as Self
    1953
    World News Tonight (TV Series) · as Self (segment 'march Of Dimes Walkathon')
    1952
    American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self - On Film
    1948
    The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self

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