John Lennon
Known for Acting · 333 credits
- Born
- 1940-10-09
- Died
- 1980-12-08
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Also known as
- John Winston Ono Lennon · The Beatles · ザ・ビートルズ
Biography
John Beatle 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.
Known For
TV Shows (30)
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Huffman
Mentiras verdaderas
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Behind the Music
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Timewatch
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
The Old Grey Whistle Test
1971
The Beatles Anthology
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Self
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Defiant Ones
2017
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
1965
as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
as Self (archive footage)
In Their Own Words
2015
as Self (archive footage)
A Life in Ten Pictures
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Frost on Sunday
1968
as Self (as The Beatles)
20th Century Greats
2004
as Self (archive footage)
David Frost Vs
2025
as self (archive footage)
Not Only... But Also
1964
as Self
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Infamous Assassinations
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (303)
Forrest Gump
1994
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Hard Day's Night
1964
as John
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Man on the Run
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self (Archive Footage)
Salinger
2013
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Help!
1965
as John
Yellow Submarine
1968
as John (uncredited)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage) (voice)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles '64
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Be
1970
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Elton John: Never Too Late
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
as (Archive footage)
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Zappa
2020
as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000
as Self
How I Won the War
1967
as Gripweed
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The King
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Under the Volcano
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Hinckley
2024
as Self (archive footage)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
1996
as Self - Lead Vocals
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Killing of America
1981
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
as Self (archive footage)
My Generation
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
2026
as Self
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
as Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
as Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
as Self (archive voice)
Daytime Revolution
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993
as Self
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
as Self (archive footage)
LennoNYC
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Beatles Explosion
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
2008
as Self
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
as Self (Archival Footage)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Grass
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Day the Music Died
1977
as Self
Imagine
1972
as Self
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
Imagine Imagine
2003
as Self
The Beatles
2025
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: The Last Interview
2026
Dynamite Chicken
1971
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Evolver 62
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
as Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Sweet Toronto
1971
as Self
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974
as Self
Eat the Document
1972
as Self
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
as Self
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Compleat Beatles
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and India
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Day John Lennon Died
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Lennon
2018
as Self (Archive footage)
The Beatles 1+
2015
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
as Self (archive footage)
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
as Self (archive footage)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
as Self
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York
1986
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
as Self
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
as Self (archive footage)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
as Self - The Beatles Member
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988
as Self (archive)
About John Lennon
John Beatle 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 Beat… With 333 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, John Lennon has appeared in 303 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Lennon Movies
- Forrest Gump (1994) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) — as John
- Naqoyqatsi (2002) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Man on the Run (2026) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) — as Self (Archive Footage)
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