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 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.
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- 2024 · Livin’ Thing as Himself
- 2024 · No Hamburg No Beatles as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- 2024 · Beatles '64 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Elton John: Never Too Late as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Daytime Revolution as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Beach Boys as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Paul McCartney: Got Back as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · The Lost Weekend: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Little Richard: I Am Everything as Self (archive voice)
- 2022 · Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction as
- 2022 · If These Walls Could Sing as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Mickey: The Story of a Mouse as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Beatles: Get Back as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Beatles and India as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · McCartney 3, 2, 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Sparks Brothers as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021 · 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Beatles: Let It Be as
- 2021 · A Life in Ten Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Under the Volcano as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · This Is Pop as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Zappa as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Meeting the Beatles in India as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The King as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy as
- 2018 · Elvis Presley: The Searcher as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars as Self
- 2018 · Take Your Pills as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · How the Beatles Changed the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · My Generation as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Defiant Ones as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Beatles 1+ as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Beatles 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- 2013 · Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2013 · Salinger as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2013 · Good Ol' Freda as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Magical Mystery Tour Revisited as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Infamous Assassinations as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Becoming the Beatles as Self
- 2011 · George Harrison: Living in the Material World as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Beatles Stories as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Mentiras verdaderas as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · LennoNYC as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage) (voice)
- 2010 · John Lennon: Love Is All You Need as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Rise & Fall of WCW as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries as Self
- 2009 · The Beatles on Record as Self
- 2008 · Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band as Self
- 2007 · 365 Day Project as
- 2007 · The Beatles: Help! as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- 2006 · The Beatles: Love as Self
- 2006 · The U.S. vs. John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2 as Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
- 2005 · The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · 20th Century Greats as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Things They Said Today as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Naqoyqatsi as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2001 · Wingspan as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album as Self
- 1999 · Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · The Beatles: A Celebration as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Behind the Music as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1996 · The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus as Self - Lead Vocals
- 1995 · The Beatles Anthology as
- 1995 · The Beatles Anthology as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Forrest Gump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 · Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Imagine: John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Jimi Plays Monterey as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · The Real Buddy Holly Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · The Compleat Beatles as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · Timewatch as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · The Killing of America as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · This Is Elvis as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1978 · I Wanna Hold Your Hand as Self (archive footage)
- 1977 · The Beatles at Shea Stadium as Self
- 1977 · Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante as Self
- 1974 · Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · Muhammad Ali: The Greatest as Self
- 1972 · Imagine as Self
- 1971 · The Old Grey Whistle Test as
- 1970 · Let It Be as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
- 1969 · Self-Portrait as Self
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Huffman
- 1968 · Yellow Submarine as John (uncredited)
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Magical Mystery Tour as Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator
- 1967 · How I Won the War as Gripweed
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- 1965 · The Beatles as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
- 1965 · Help! as John
- 1964 · Not Only... But Also as Self
- 1964 · What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA as Self - The Beatles Member
- 1964 · A Hard Day's Night as John
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · Morecambe & Wise (multiple series) as Self
- Future · The Beatles are Coming as
- 1986 · He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Fun with the Fab Four as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · When the Music's Over as Self (archive footage)
- 1977 · The Day the Music Died as Self
- 1966 · Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66 as Self
- 1965 · Pop Gear as Self
- Future · The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966 as Self
- 2024 · Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Bannfoot Ferry as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · The Beatles and the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Louder Than Rock as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go! as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Lennon's Last Weekend as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Beatles – Ready Steady Go! as Self
- 2018 · George Harrison - All Things Pass as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Free to Rock as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
- 2016 · Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Beatles på Sverigeturné as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Genius as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3 as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Beatles: A Magical History Tour as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Day John Lennon Died as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Discovering Lennon as
- 2010 · The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar as
- 2009 · The Beatles: Parting Ways as Self
- 2008 · The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Rare and Unseen: The Beatles as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Doctor Who: Origins as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · I Killed John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The World's Greatest Gigs as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Pink Floyd London '66-'67 as Self (uncredited)
- 2001 · Beatles: Big Beat Box as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Television: The First Fifty Years as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
- 1997 · Happy Birthday to John as Self
- 1996 · The Beatles Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · The John Lennon Video Collections - 1992 as
- 1991 · The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · John Lennon: Live In New York City as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · British Rock: The First Wave as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Yoko Ono: Then and Now as Self
- 1982 · Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 · Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip as Self (archive footage)
- 1977 · Mighty Good: The Beatles as Self
- 1977 · Fire in the Water as
- 1972 · Eat the Document as Self
- 1972 · Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
- 1971 · Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family as Self
- 1969 · 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko as Self
- 1969 · The Beatles: Something as Self
- 1969 · The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 · Film No. 5 as Self
- 1968 · The Beatles: Revolution as Self
- 1968 · The Beatles: Hey Jude as Self
- 1967 · All You Need Is Love as Self
- 1966 · El Rey en Londres as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 · Die Beatles as Self - The Beatles
- 1965 · The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Beatles: Live in Paris as Self
- 1965 · Doctor Who: The Chase as Self (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands as Self
- 1964 · The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum as Self
- 1964 · The Beatles: Live in Washington DC as Self
- Future · The Beatles - 1967-1970 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Hinckley as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · One to One: John & Yoko as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · I'm Only Sleeping as Self (voice)
- 2022 · Ringo Starr: One of Them as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Paul McCartney at Glastonbury 2022 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon as
- 2020 · Understanding McCartney as Self
- 2019 · The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon as Self
- 2018 · Understanding Lennon/McCartney as Self (archival footage)
- 2018 · Looking for Lennon as Self
- 2017 · John Lennon: Hard to Imagine as
- 2017 · I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance as Self
- 2017 · Kyoko as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Beatles chronology (1962-1970) as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Last Lennon Interview as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Population Boom as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966 as Self
- 2012 · The Winged Beetle as Self
- 2011 · The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4 as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Imagine Lennon as archives footages
- 2010 · The Beatles: The Complete Story as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2009 · The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966 as Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
- 2008 · Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970 as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965 as Self
- 2007 · The Beatles: Destination Hamburg as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song as Self
- 2004 · Beatles Biggest Secrets as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Beatles: Watching Rainbows as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Beatles: Around the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Imagine Imagine as Self
- 2003 · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Beatles: The Journey as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · The Real John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · John & Yoko's Year of Peace as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Beatles Unauthorized as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' as Self
- 1993 · Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live as Self
- 1992 · Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special as Self
- 1988 · Ken Russell's ABC of British Music as Self (archive)
- 1986 · The John Lennon Sketchbook as Self
- 1986 · Vain Glory as John Lennon
- 1976 · Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol as
- 1975 · A Salute to Sir Lew Grade as Self
- 1972 · The One to One Concert as Self
- 1972 · John Lennon - Imagine as
- 1971 · Brazil in Cannes as
- 1971 · Sweet Toronto as Self
- 1971 · Up Your Legs Forever as
- 1970 · Apotheosis as
- 1969 · The Beatles - Abbey Road as Self - Vocals, Guitar
- 1969 · Bed Peace as Self
- 1969 · The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · Beatles Electroniques as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1968 · The Beatles Mod Odyssey as Self
- 1968 · Two Virgins as
- 1967 · Our World as Self
- 1967 · The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as
- 1967 · Monument as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 · Reflections on Love as Self (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Beatles Sing for Shell as Self
- 1964 · The Beatles in Australia as Self
- 1964 · Around the Beatles as Self
- 1964 · Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York as Self (archive footage)
- 1963 · The Beatles Come to Town as Self
- 1963 · The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool as
- 1963 · The Mersey Sound as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Future · Hanratty: The Whole Truth as Self (archive footage)