Jimi Hendrix
Known for Acting · 99 credits
- Born
- 1942-11-27
- Died
- 1970-09-18
- Place of birth
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Also known as
- James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix · James Marshall Hendrix · Johnny Allen Hendrix
Biography
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires.
Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he had formed his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell), and achieved three UK top ten hits: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most commercially successful release and his only number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."
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Known For
TV Shows (16)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967
as Self
TOTP2
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Top Ten Revealed
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
as Self
Beat-Club
1965
Ready Steady Go!
1963
as Self
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
as Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989
as Himself
It Must Be Dusty
1968
Dee Time
1967
Movies (83)
Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
2019
as Self
Woodstock
1970
as Self
Zappa
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Monterey Pop
1968
as Self
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection
2005
as Self - Guitar / Self - Vocals
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024
as Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
2014
as Self
Psych-Out
1968
as Jimi Hendrix
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dynamite Chicken
1971
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
2008
as Self
Jimi Hendrix
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
2004
as Self
Dusty
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
1996
as Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Day the Music Died
1977
as Self (archive footage)
27: Gone Too Soon
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Woodstock Diary
1994
as Self
Popcorn
1969
as Self
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019
as Self (Archive Footage)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
2020
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Woodstock - Directors Cut
1994
as Self
Jimi
as Self (archive footage)
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
1970
as Self
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
2001
as Self
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014
as Self
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
as Self
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Sound of the City: London 1964-73
1973
as Self
The Abyss
1977
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
1970
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
2007
as Self - Guitar
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010
as archive footage
Video from Hell
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Plays Berkeley
2003
as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
All My Loving
1968
as Self
Superstars in Concert
1984
as Self
Beat Club: The 40th Anniversary Edition
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Louder Than Rock
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
2015
as Self (archive footage)
When the Music's Over
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Room Full of Hendrix
1969
as Self
Rockthology 2
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
1969
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: Experience
1968
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
2010
as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
2020
as Self (archival footage)
Zakk Wylde: House of Guitars 1993
1993
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
2004
as Self
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Sweden
1969
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: Metropolis ARTE
2010
as Self
Participation
1971
as Self (archive footage)
At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
2018
as Self
Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
1999
as Self
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Royal Albert Hall
1969
as Self (Guitar and Vocals)
Rainbow Bridge
1972
as Self
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
2000
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
2007
as Self
Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
2015
as Self
Lick Library Quick Licks Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
1999
as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Wake at Generation
1968
as Self
Are You Experienced
2010
as Self
The Last 24 Hours: Jimi Hendrix
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
2002
as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
2010
as Self
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Isle of Wight: Gegengesellschaft Oder Festival-Ramsch?
1970
as Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
2014
as Self
Jimi Hendrix Live in Stockholm 1969
1969
as Self
Jimi Hendrix - On the Road - Ultimate Experience Live!
1994
as Self
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
2022
Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
2008
as Self (archive footage)
About Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the fo… With 99 credits spanning from 1963 to 2024, Jimi Hendrix has appeared in 83 films and 16 TV shows.
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