John Doe
John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L.A. punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical compositions and performances span the rock, country and folk music genres. As an actor, he has dozens of television appearances and several movies to his credit, including the role of Jeff Parker in the television series Roswell. In addition to X, Doe performs with the country-folk-punk band The Knitters and has released records as a solo artist. In the early 1980s, he performed on two albums by The Flesh Eaters. In the 1989 biopic Great Balls of Fire!, Doe played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin-turned-father-in-law J. W. Brown. Doe starred in the 1992 film Roadside Prophets and in the 1998 short Lone Greasers. Other movie acting credits include Road House, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Boogie Nights, The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83 and Pure Country. As a musician with X, he has two feature-length concert films, several music videos, and an extended performance-and-interview sequence in The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris's seminal documentary about the early-1980s L.A. punk scene. Along with co-writer Exene Cervenka, Doe composed most of the songs recorded by X. Wild Gift, an album from that band's heyday, was named "Record of the Year" by Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. With Dave Alvin, he co-wrote two of the songs on the Blasters' 1984 album Hard Line, "Just Another Sunday" and "Little Honey". In the 1992 movie The Bodyguard (starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston), it was Doe's version of "I Will Always Love You" that plays on the jukebox when Costner and Houston's characters are dancing. It was released on audio cassette by Warner Bros. in September 1992, but is difficult to obtain (though bootleg copies can be downloaded from the Internet). No version is believed to have been released on CD. "The Meanest Man in the World" by Doe was featured in Season 4 of the television series Friday Night Lights and included on the second soundtrack album. John Doe released an album with Canadian indie rock band The Sadies called Country Club on April 14, 2009. The album features covers of country classics along with original songs. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Doe (musician), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- 2023 · Quantum Cowboys as John the Gunslinger/John the Bartender/John the Businessman
- 2022 · D.O.A. as Frank Bigelow
- 2022 · The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
- 2019 · All Creatures Here Below as Uncle Doug
- 2019 · Punk as Self
- 2019 · My Little One as Matt
- 2018 · You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys as
- 2017 · You're Gonna Miss Me as Jake Fillmore
- 2014 · Electric Slide as Detective Bill Holiday
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday as Self
- 2013 · Zombex as Seamus O'Connor
- 2013 · Pleased to Meet Me as Pete Jones
- 2013 · Ring of Fire as A.P. Carter
- 2012 · Hated as Sam
- 2012 · Song 1 as Man
- 2011 · Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind as Self
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as X
- 2008 · Absent Father as Tony
- 2007 · Ten Inch Hero as Trucker
- 2006 · Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club as Interviewee, X
- 2006 · Live Freaky! Die Freaky! as Tex (voice)
- 2005 · X: Live in Los Angeles as Himself
- 2005 · Celebrity Mix as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Lucky 13 as Mr. Baker
- 2004 · Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons as Self (vocals, acoustic guitar)
- 2004 · Torque as Sheriff Barnes
- 2003 · One Tree Hill as Mick Wolf
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Phineas Boffo
- 2003 · Wuthering Heights as Earnshaw
- 2003 · Peacemakers as Marshall Dan Parks
- 2003 · Mayor of the Sunset Strip as Self
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Brett Adams
- 2002 · Fastlane as Papa John
- 2002 · Media Whore as Himself
- 2002 · The Good Girl as Mr. Worther
- 2001 · Gypsy 83 as Ray Vale
- 2001 · 25 Years of Punk as Self
- 2001 · The Red Right Hand as Jake Stabler
- 2000 · The Specials as Eight
- 1999 · Roswell as Jeff Parker
- 1999 · Drowning on Dry Land as Les
- 1999 · Sugar Town as Carl
- 1999 · Brokedown Palace as Bill Marano
- 1999 · Forces of Nature as Carl
- 1999 · The Rage: Carrie 2 as Boyd Wallace
- 1998 · Black Cat Run as Martin James
- 1998 · The Pass as Bus Station Clerk
- 1997 · Boogie Nights as Amber's Husband
- 1997 · Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story as Joe Maphis
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Jimmy Walsh
- 1997 · The Last Time I Committed Suicide as Lewis
- 1997 · The Price of Kissing as Mouse
- 1997 · Touch as Elwin Worrel
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Bonfiglio
- 1996 · Scorpion Spring as Deputy
- 1995 · Georgia as Bobby
- 1995 · The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
- 1994 · ER as Carter's Doctor
- 1994 · Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Lucky
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Lucky
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Musical Guest
- 1992 · Pure Country as Earl Blackstock
- 1992 · Roadside Prophets as Joe Mosley
- 1991 · Liquid Dreams as Cab Driver
- 1991 · A Matter of Degrees as Peter Downs
- 1990 · Law & Order as Teddy Connor
- 1990 · Without You I'm Nothing as John Doe
- 1989 · Great Balls of Fire! as J.W. Brown
- 1989 · Road House as Pat McGurn
- 1987 · Border Radio as Dean
- 1987 · Slam Dance as Det. John Gilbert
- 1986 · X: The Unheard Music as
- 1982 · Smithereens as Door Guy (uncredited)
- 1981 · The Decline of Western Civilization as Self