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John Lennon
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, 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.
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.
Filmography
| 2024 | Livin’ Thing · as Himself |
| 2024 | Elton John: Never Too Late · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Beatles '64 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | No Hamburg No Beatles · as Self (voice) (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Jack Davidson 2025 · as Self |
| 2024 | Daytime Revolution · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | The Beach Boys · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Paul McCartney: Got Back · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | A Father's Promise · as Self |
| 2023 | 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) |
| 2023 | Wham! · as Self |
| 2023 | Restless: Being Paul Newman · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Stan Lee · as Self |
| 2023 | Cover Your Ears · as Self - Singer |
| 2023 | Little Richard: I Am Everything · as Self (archive Voice) |
| 2023 | Amanda Lear: 'Appelez-moi mademoiselle' · as Self |
| 2022 | The Lost Weekend: A Love Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | If These Walls Could Sing · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Mickey: The Story of a Mouse · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Roberta · as Self |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Ringo Starr: One of Them · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The Case for Heaven · as Self - Musician |
| 2022 | The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon · as Self |
| 2021 | The Beatles: Get Back (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | The Beatles and India · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Count Me In · as Self |
| 2021 | Under the Volcano · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | McCartney 3, 2, 1 (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | The One and Only Dick Gregory · as Self |
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | A Life in Ten Pictures (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | This Is Pop (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Zappa · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Lennon's Last Weekend · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · as Self |
| 2020 | Meeting the Beatles in India · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | One Night Only: The Beatles in Oz · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project · as Self |
| 2019 | Killing John Lennon · as Self |
| 2019 | David Crosby: Remember My Name · as Self |
| 2019 | The Beatles: In the Life · as Self |
| 2019 | Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Hitsville: The Making of Motown · as Self |
| 2019 | Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Eric Burdon: Rock'n'Roll Animal · as Self |
| 2019 | Elton John: Becoming Rocketman · as Self |
| 2019 | An Accidental Studio · as Self |
| 2019 | WBCN and the American Revolution · as Self |
| 2019 | The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon · as Self |
| 2018 | Chuck Berry · as Self |
| 2018 | John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Echo in the Canyon · as Self |
| 2018 | The Beatles: Made on Merseyside · as Self |
| 2018 | Looking for Lennon · as Self |
| 2018 | Elvis Presley: The Searcher · as Self |
| 2018 | Elvis Presley: The Searcher (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | 27: Gone Too Soon · as Self |
| 2018 | George Harrison: All Things Pass · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Take Your Pills · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Filmworker · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The Strange Name Movie · as Self |
| 2017 | Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars · as Self |
| 2017 | How the Beatles Changed the World · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | George Michael: Freedom · as Self |
| 2017 | My Generation · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Pavarotti, chanteur populaire · as Self |
| 2017 | The Seven Ages of Elvis · as Self |
| 2017 | Terreur et glamour: Montée et déclin du studio Hammer · as Self - Musician (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World · as Self - Musician |
| 2017 | The Defiant Ones (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Summer of Love · as Self |
| 2017 | Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution with Howard Goodall · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Free to Rock · as Self - The Beatles (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Hitler's Steel Beast · as Self - Musician |
| 2016 | Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | The Beatles: 1 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Joana Biarnés, una entre tots · as Self |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue · as Self |
| 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Pawn Sacrifice · as Self |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Super Duper Alice Cooper · as Self |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' · as Self - Musician (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed · as Self |
| 2013 | 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) |
| 2013 | Twenty Feet from Stardom · as Self |
| 2013 | The Battle of the Sexes · as Self |
| 2013 | Sound City · as Self |
| 2013 | Året var 1963 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Genius · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Genius · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | John Cage: Journeys in Sound · as Self |
| 2012 | Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969 - 1982 · as Self |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of Riley · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Last Shop Standing · as Self - The Beatles |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Frost on Interviews · as Self |
| 2012 | Elvis Found Alive · as Self |
| 2012 | Becoming the Beatles · as Self |
| 2011 | The Decade You Were Born: The 1970's · as Self - The Beatles |
| 2011 | The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD · as Self |
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Beatles Stories · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall · as Self |
| 2011 | I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Norman Mailer: The American · as Self |
| 2010 | The Day John Lennon Died · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962 - 1969 · as Self |
| 2010 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | LennoNYC · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 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) |
| 2009 | The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | The Beatles on Record · as Self |
| 2009 | All You Need Is Klaus · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2 · as Self |
| 2008 | Of Time and the City · as Self |
| 2008 | All Together Now · as Self |
| 2008 | Magical Mystery Tour Memories · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | The Unseen Beatles · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | John Lennon: In Performance · as Self |
| 2007 | Infamous Assassinations (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Pornorama · as Self |
| 2007 | 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) |
| 2007 | The Beatles: The Magical Mystery Tour · as Self |
| 2007 | The Beatles: In America · as Self |
| 2006 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | The 60s: The Beatles Decade (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle · as Self |
| 2005 | I Killed John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Beatles: Love Me Do · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | 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 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip · as Self |
| 2003 | Beatles: The Journey · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Beatles: Don't Let Me Down · as John Lennon |
| 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown · as Self |
| 2002 | 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 |
| 2002 | John Lennon: The Messenger · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | Death of a Beatle · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | The Old Grey Whistle Test at 30 · as Self |
| 2001 | Wingspan · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | The Beatles Revolution · as Self |
| 2000 | Hendrix · as Self |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | 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 |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Beatles: Celebration · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Self – The Beatles (archive Footage) |
| 1998 | A Hole in the Head · as Self |
| 1997 | The Fifties (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus · as Self - Lead Vocals |
| 1996 | The Beatles Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | Beatles Diary · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Beatles Down Under · as Self |
| 1995 | The Beatles Anthology (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1995 | The Beatles: Free as a Bird · as John Lennon |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1994 | The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | 100 Years at the Movies · as Self |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | Secrets · as Self |
| 1992 | Death Scenes 2 · as Self |
| 1991 | The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1989 | The Last Newsreel · as Self |
| 1988 | Imagine: John Lennon · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll · as Self |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as Self |
| 1987 | It Was 20 Years Ago Today · as Self |
| 1987 | The Return of Bruno · as Self |
| 1986 | Jimi Plays Monterey · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | John Lennon Live in New York City · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman · as Self |
| 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers · as Self |
| 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 | Mighty Good: The Beatles · as Self |
| 1977 | 25 Years · as Self |
| 1977 | All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala · as Self |
| 1977 | The Day the Music Died · as Self |
| 1975 | Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman · as Self |
| 1975 | John Lennon: Stand by Me · as John Lennon |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1973 | Little Richard: Keep on Rockin' · as Self |
| 1972 | Imagine · as Self |
| 1972 | Eat the Document · as Self |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | The Generation Game (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Dynamite Chicken · as Self |
| 1971 | John Lennon: Imagine · as John Lennon |
| 1970 | a.k.a. Cassius Clay · as Self |
| 1970 | NFL Monday Night Football (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Let It Be · as Self - The Beatles (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Beatles: The Long and Winding Road · as John Lennon |
| 1970 | The Beatles: Let It Be · as John Lennon |
| 1969 | Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? · as Self |
| 1969 | Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee · as Self |
| 1969 | The Music Scene (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Bed Peace · as Self |
| 1969 | The Beatles: Don't Let Me Down · as John Lennon |
| 1969 | The Beatles: Get Back · as John Lennon |
| 1969 | The Beatles: Something · as John Lennon |
| 1968 | Diaries Notes and Sketches · as Self |
| 1968 | The Beatles: Revolution · as John Lennon |
| 1968 | The Beatles: Hey Jude · as Self |
| 1968 | 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 Beatles: Eleanor Rigby · as John Lennon |
| 1968 | The Beatles: Yellow Submarine · as John Lennon |
| 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour · as Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician With Coffee / Narrator |
| 1967 | The Beatles: I Am the Walrus · as John Lennon |
| 1967 | The Beatles: Blue Jay Way · as John Lennon |
| 1967 | The Beatles: Hello, Goodbye · as John Lennon |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | All You Need Is Love · as Self |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever · as John Lennon |
| 1967 | The Beatles: Penny Lane · as John Lennon |
| 1967 | The Beatles: A Day in the Life · as John Lennon |
| 1967 | The Beatles: All You Need Is Love · as John Lennon |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1966 | The Beatles: Paperback Writer · as John Lennon |
| 1966 | The Beatles at Shea Stadium · as Self |
| 1966 | Reflections on Love · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1966 | The Beatles: Rain · as John Lennon |
| 1965 | The Music of Lennon & McCartney · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1965 | The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night · as John Lennon |
| 1965 | The Beatles (TV Series) · as Self (vocals Musical Segments) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Beat Club (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Beatles: Yesterday · as John Lennon |
| 1965 | Go Go Mania · as Self |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Not Only... But Also (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Beatles: We Can Work it Out · as John Lennon |
| 1965 | The Beatles: Help! - Version 1 · as John Lennon |
| 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 | Around the Beatles · as Self |
| 1964 | The Beatles: Can't Buy Me Love · as John Lennon |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | The Beatles: I Want to Hold Your Hand · as John Lennon |
| 1963 | The Beatles: She Loves You · as John Lennon |
| 1963 | The Beatles: Love Me Do · as John Lennon |
| 1963 | The Beatles: Twist and Shout · as John Lennon |
| 1963 | Ready Steady Go! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 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 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (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 |