John Lennon
Known for Acting · 340 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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Huffman
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Mentiras verdaderas
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Behind the Music
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus
1967
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
Timewatch
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Old Grey Whistle Test
1971
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Self
The Beatles
1965
as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
1995
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Defiant Ones
2017
as Self (archive footage)
First Tuesday
1983
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Frost on Sunday
1968
as Self (as The Beatles)
David Frost Vs
2025
as self (archive footage)
Infamous Assassinations
2012
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
2023
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)
The Beatles Anthology
2025
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Not Only... But Also
1964
as Self
20th Century Greats
2004
as Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (308)
Sweet Toronto
1971
as Self
Man on the Run
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Yellow Submarine
1968
as John (uncredited)
Evolver 62
2026
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
as Self (archive footage)
A Hard Day's Night
1964
as John
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Grass
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Lennon
2010
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024
as Self (archive footage)
My Generation
2017
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song
2006
as Self
Beatles '64
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self (Archive Footage)
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Zappa
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
as Self (archive footage)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Pop Gear
1965
as Self
John Lennon: The Last Interview
2026
Vain Glory
1986
as John Lennon
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Building the Beatles
as Self (Archive Footage)
Self-Portrait
1969
as Self
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
as Self (archive footage)
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
Population Boom
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine
1972
as Self
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Bed Peace
1969
as Self
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Killing of America
1981
as Self (archive footage)
Two Virgins
1968
Salinger
2013
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Summer of Love
2017
The One to One Concert
1972
as Self
The Shadows At Sixty
2020
as Self (Archive Footage)
Imagine Imagine
2003
as Self
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966
as Self - The Beatles
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Genius
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self
I Killed John Lennon
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Apotheosis
1970
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
as Self (archive footage)
How I Won the War
1967
as Gripweed
The King
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Elton John: Never Too Late
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage) (voice)
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
2026
as Self
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025
as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Good Ol' Freda
2013
as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Help!
1965
as John
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Wingspan
2001
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Under the Volcano
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Be
1970
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
as (Archive footage)
Kyoko
2017
as Self (archive footage)
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
as Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
as Self
Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon
2022
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Beatles
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Oh Yoko!
1973
as Himself (voice)
John & Yoko Bed-In
2006
as Self
Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Film No. 5
1968
as Self
British Rock: The First Wave
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Lennon - Imagine
1972
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Free to Rock
2017
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
1992
as Self
The Beatles In America
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon
2021
Warhol and Maciunas
2006
as Self
A Love Letter to the Beatles
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Daytime Revolution
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966
as Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
as Self
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)
2016
as Self
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
2025
as Self (archive footage)
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
1975
as Self
The John Lennon Sketchbook
1986
as Self
The Day the Music Died
1977
as Self
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000
as Self
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: The Messenger
2002
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and India
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
as Self (archive footage)
About John Lennon
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… With 340 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, John Lennon has appeared in 308 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Lennon Movies
- Sweet Toronto (1971) — as Self
- Man on the Run (2026) — as Self (archive footage)
- Yellow Submarine (1968) — as John (uncredited)
- Evolver 62 (2026) — as Self (archive footage)
- One to One: John & Yoko (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
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