John Lennon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-10-09
Day of Death
1980-12-08 (40 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
John Lennon
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
Acting
The Beatles - 1967-1970
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
TWST / Things We Said Today
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Beatles '64
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
The Beach Boys
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 Bannfoot Ferry
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
No Hamburg No Beatles
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
(2024)
Hinckley
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Livin’ Thing
as Himself
(2024)
Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium
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)
(2023)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Louder Than Rock
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Paul McCartney: Got Back
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)
(2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
(2022)
Ringo Starr: One of Them
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
The Sparks Brothers
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2021)
Under the Volcano
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
The Beatles and India
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2020)
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Lennon's Last Weekend
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Understanding McCartney
as Self
(2019)
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
(2018)
(2018)
The King
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Looking for Lennon
as Self
(2018)
George Harrison - All Things Pass
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
as Self (archival footage)
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
My Generation
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2017)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(2017)
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Free to Rock
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
(2017)
(2017)
Kyoko
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Året var 1967
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
The Beatles 1+
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
The Beatles 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
The Last Lennon Interview
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Beatles på Sverigeturné
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Salinger
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(2013)
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(2013)
Good Ol' Freda
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
(2013)
Population Boom
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Året var 1963
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
(2012)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
The Winged Beetle
as Self
(2012)
Becoming the Beatles
as Self
(2012)
Genius
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
(2011)
Beatles Stories
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)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2010)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage) (voice)
(2010)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
LennoNYC
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Day John Lennon Died
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2010)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Imagine Lennon
as archives footages
(2010)
(2009)
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
(2009)
The Rise & Fall of WCW
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
The Beatles on Record
as Self
(2009)
The Beatles: Parting Ways
as Self
(2009)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2008)
(2008)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
(2008)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2007)
The Beatles Explosion
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
The Beatles: Help!
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
(2007)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
I Met the Walrus
as Self
(2006)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
The Beatles: Love
as Self
(2006)
To John With Love
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
John & Yoko Bed-In
as Self
(2006)
(2006)
Warhol and Maciunas
as Self
(2005)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The World's Greatest Gigs
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
as Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
(2005)
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
as Self (uncredited)
(2005)
I Killed John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Beatles: The Journey
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
The Beatles: Around the World
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Imagine Imagine
as Self
(2003)
The Beatles - Trilogy
as Himself
(2003)
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Elvis: King of Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Monday Night Mayhem
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Things They Said Today
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
Hanratty: The Whole Truth
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Wingspan
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
(2000)
The Real John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1999)
Grass
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
(1999)
The Beatles: A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Happy Birthday to John
as Self
(1996)
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
as Self - Lead Vocals
(1996)
The Beatles Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
The Beatles Unauthorized
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
(1994)
Forrest Gump
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1994)
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
(1992)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self (archive footage)
(1992)
(1992)
(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)
(1988)
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
as Self (archive)
(1987)
Jimi Plays Monterey
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
Fun with the Fab Four
as Self (archive footage)
(1986)
Vain Glory
as John Lennon
(1986)
The John Lennon Sketchbook
as Self
(1985)
The Real Buddy Holly Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
British Rock: The First Wave
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
When the Music's Over
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
The Compleat Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(1981)
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1981)
The Killing of America
as Self (archive footage)
(1979)
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self (archive footage)
(1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
as Self (archive footage)
(1977)
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
as Self
(1977)
(1977)
The Day the Music Died
as Self
(1977)
Mighty Good: The Beatles
as Self
(1977)
(1976)
(1975)
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
as Self
(1974)
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
as Self
(1973)
Oh Yoko!
as Himself (voice)
(1972)
Imagine
as Self
(1972)
Eat the Document
as Self
(1972)
The One to One Concert
as Self
(1972)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
(1972)
(1971)
Sweet Toronto
as Self
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1970)
Let It Be
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
(1970)
(1969)
Self-Portrait
as Self
(1969)
Abbey Road
as Self (audio)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
Beatles Electroniques
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1969)
Bed Peace
as Self
(1969)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
(1969)
The Beatles: Something
as Self
(1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
as Self (archive footage)
(1968)
Yellow Submarine
as John (uncredited)
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1968)
The Beatles: Hey Jude
as Self
(1968)
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
as Self
(1968)
Film No. 5
as Self
(1968)
(1968)
The Beatles: Revolution
as Self
(1967)
Magical Mystery Tour
as Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator
(1967)
How I Won the War
as Gripweed
(1967)
Monument
as Self (archive footage)
(1967)
All You Need Is Love
as Self
(1967)
Our World
as Self
(1966)
Reflections on Love
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
El Rey en Londres
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
as Self - The Beatles
(1966)
Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
as Self
(1966)
The Beatles in Japan
as Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
(1965)
Help!
as John
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Chase
as Self (archive footage)
(1965)
Pop Gear
as Self
(1965)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
(1965)
The Beatles: Live in Paris
as Self
(1965)
(1964)
A Hard Day's Night
as John
(1964)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
as Self - The Beatles Member
(1964)
(1964)
The Beatles Sing for Shell
as Self
(1964)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
(1964)
The Beatles in Australia
as Self
(1964)
Around the Beatles
as Self
(1963)
(1963)
The Mersey Sound
as Self
(1963)
The Beatles Come to Town
as Self
Crew
(2025)
The Beatles
Musician
(2025)
(2024)
The Beatles LOVE
Music
(2024)
(2024)
Man.
Music
(2022)
(2021)
(2019)
Yesterday
Songs
(2016)
(2014)
Lennon or McCartney
Thanks
(2010)
Imagine Peace
Music
(2007)
Across the Universe
Songs
(2003)
(1992)
The John Lennon Video Collection
Director
(1987)
Imagine
Music
(1986)
(1981)
Beatlemania
Songs
(1981)
(1978)
(1976)
Fame
Lyricist
(1976)
(1972)
Imagine
Director, Producer, Writer
(1972)
John Lennon - Imagine
Director
(1972)
Oh! Calcutta!
Writer
(1971)
(1971)
Erection
Director
(1971)
The Inner Revolution
Music
(1971)
Up Your Legs Forever
Director
(1970)
Fly
Director, Writer
(1970)
Apotheosis
Director, Writer
(1970)
Let It Be
Songs, Executive Producer
(1970)
Freedom
Sound, Writer
(1970)
Did Britain Murder Hanratty?
Producer
(1969)
Rape
Director, Sound, Editor, Music, Writer
(1969)
Bed Peace
Director, Writer
(1969)
Self-Portrait
Director, Writer
(1969)
Abbey Road
Writer, Director
(1968)
Yellow Submarine
Songs
(1968)
Revolution
Songs
(1968)
Two Virgins
Director, Writer
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
Film No. 5
Sound, Music
(1967)
Magical Mystery Tour
Producer, Songs, Writer, Director
(1966)
(1965)
Help!
Songs
(1964)
A Hard Day's Night
Songs