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John Lennon

9th October 1940 Liverpool, England, UK Acting

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.

304 Movies 30 TV Shows 334 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Evolver 62 poster
Evolver 62 10th February 2026 as Self (archive footage)
Hinckley poster
Hinckley 30th August 2024 as Self (archive footage)
Zappa poster
Zappa 27th November 2020 as Self (archive footage)
The King poster
The King 22nd June 2018 as Self (archive footage)
Free to Rock poster
Free to Rock 1st May 2017 as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Kyoko poster
Kyoko 11th March 2017 as Self (archive footage)
Salinger poster
Salinger 6th September 2013 as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Genius poster
Genius 28th December 2012 as Self (archive footage)
Palme poster
Palme 14th September 2012 as Self (archive footage)
LennoNYC poster
LennoNYC 25th September 2010 as Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi poster
Naqoyqatsi 2nd September 2002 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wingspan poster
Wingspan 11th May 2001 as Self (archive footage)
Grass poster
Grass 15th September 1999 as Self (archive footage)
Forrest Gump poster
Forrest Gump 23rd June 1994 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oh Yoko! poster
Oh Yoko! 1st January 1973 as Himself (voice)
Let It Be poster
Let It Be 13th February 1970 as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Monument poster
Monument 17th April 1967 as Self (archive footage)
Help! poster
Help! 29th July 1965 as John
Timewatch poster
Timewatch 29th September 1982 as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles poster
The Beatles 25th September 1965 as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)