John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 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.
| 2024 | Let It Be - At Last (The Restored 1970 Film) as Himself |
| 2023 | Music Genres. Voices of the World 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 | The Beatles and the BBC as Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback as Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Paul Newman, l'intranquille as Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC as Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Louder Than Rock 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 | If These Walls Could Sing as Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music? (Documentary) as Self (archive footage) |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Paul McCartney at Glastonbury 2022 as Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Mickey: Bir Fare Hikayesi as Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | The Beatles and India as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go! as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon |
| 2021 | The Beatles: Let It Be |
| 2021 | Under the Volcano as Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon 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 | Lennon's Last Weekend as Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' as Self - Musician (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) |
| 2019 | The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon as Self |
| 2018 | Understanding Lennon/McCartney as Self (archival footage) |
| 2018 | John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky as Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | The King as Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | The Beatles – Ready Steady Go! as Self |
| 2018 | Looking for Lennon as Self |
| 2018 | Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy |
| 2018 | Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars as Self |
| 2018 | George Harrison - All Things Pass as Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Take Your Pills as Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | John Lennon: Hard to Imagine |
| 2017 | Beatles Dünyayı Nasıl Değiştirdi? as Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | My Generation as Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance as Self |
| 2017 | Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer as Self - Musician (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) |
| 2017 | Free to Rock as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Kyoko as Himself (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album as Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | The Beatles: Hatfanın Sekiz Günü - Dünya Turnesi as Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape as Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne as Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Beatles chronology (1962-1970) as Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | The Last Lennon Interview as Himself (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 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon as Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Beatles på Sverigeturné as Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Population Boom as Himself |
| 2013 | Good Ol' Freda as Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Salinger as Self - Musician (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Genius as Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Magical Mystery Tour Revisited as Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966 as Self |
| 2012 | The Winged Beetle as Self |
| 2011 | Beatles Stories as Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World 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 | The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3 as Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4 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 Himself (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) as Himself (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Discovering Lennon |
| 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 | John Lennon: Love Is All You Need as Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Imagine Lennon as archives footages |
| 2010 | The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years as Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | The Rise & Fall of WCW as Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere as Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries as Self |
| 2009 | The Beatles on Record as Self |
| 2009 | The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966 as Self (lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar) |
| 2009 | The Beatles: Parting Ways as Himself |
| 2008 | The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories as Self (Archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band as Self |
| 2008 | Rare and Unseen: The Beatles as Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970 as Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | The Beatles: Destination Hamburg as Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | The Beatles: Help! as Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | I Met the Walrus as Himself |
| 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 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song as as Himself |
| 2006 | The U.S. vs. John Lennon 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) |
| 2005 | The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2 as Self - guitarra rítmica, vocalista |
| 2005 | The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary as Self (archive footage) |
| 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 Himself (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle as Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized 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 | 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) |
| 2002 | Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe as Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Beatles: Big Beat Box as Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Wingspan as Himself (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Real John Lennon as Himself (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album as Self |
| 2000 | John & Yoko's Year of Peace as himself |
| 1999 | Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales as Self (archive footage / uncredited) |
| 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 Himself |
| 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) |
| 1995 | You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' as Self |
| 1994 | The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary as Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live as Self |
| 1992 | Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special as Himself |
| 1992 | The John Lennon Video Collections - 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 | The John Lennon Sketchbook as himself |
| 1986 | He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life as Self |
| 1986 | Vain Glory as John Lennon |
| 1986 | John Lennon: Live In New York City as Self (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Fun with the Fab Four as Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | British Rock: The First Wave as Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Buddy Holly as Self (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Yoko Ono: Then and Now as Self |
| 1983 | When the Music's Over as Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | The Compleat Beatles as Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage) |
| 1981 | The Killing of America as Self (archive footage) |
| 1981 | This Is Elvis as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip as Self (archive footage) |
| 1978 | Beatles Hayranlari 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 |
| 1977 | Mighty Good: The Beatles as Self |
| 1977 | Fire in the Water |
| 1977 | The Day the Music Died as Self |
| 1976 | Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol |
| 1974 | Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles as Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Muhammad Ali: The Greatest as Self |
| 1972 | Imagine as Self |
| 1972 | The One to One Concert as as himself |
| 1972 | Eat the Document as Self |
| 1972 | John Lennon - Imagine |
| 1972 | Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self |
| 1971 | Brasil em Cannes |
| 1971 | Sweet Toronto as Self |
| 1971 | Up Your Legs Forever |
| 1971 | Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family as Self |
| 1970 | Apotheosis |
| 1970 | Let It Be as Self (The Beatles) (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Will the Real Mr. Sellers... as Self |
| 1969 | 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko |
| 1969 | The Beatles: SOMETHING as Self |
| 1969 | The Beatles - Abbey Road as Self - vocals, guitar |
| 1969 | Self-Portrait as Himself |
| 1969 | Bed Peace as Himself |
| 1969 | The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent 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) |
| 1969 | The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two as Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | The Beatles Mod Odyssey as Self |
| 1968 | Film No. 5 as Himself |
| 1968 | The Beatles: HEY JUDE as Self |
| 1968 | The Beatles: REVOLUTION as Self |
| 1968 | Sarı Denizaltı as John (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Two Virgins |
| 1968 | Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self |
| 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 | All You Need Is Love as Self |
| 1967 | Our World as Self |
| 1967 | Monument as Self (archive footage) |
| 1966 | El Rey en Londres as Self (archive footage) |
| 1966 | Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66 as Himself |
| 1966 | Die Beatles as Self (as The Beatles) |
| 1966 | Reflections on Love as Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | The Beatles: Live in Paris as Self |
| 1965 | Help! as John |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Chase as Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | Pop Gear as Self |
| 1965 | The Beatles Unauthorized as Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA as Self - The Beatles Member |
| 1964 | The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands as Self |
| 1964 | Gençlerin Sevgilisi as John |
| 1964 | The Beatles Sing for Shell as Self |
| 1964 | The Beatles in Australia as Self |
| 1964 | Around the Beatles as Self |
| 1964 | The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 as Self |
| 1964 | The Beatles: Live in Washington DC 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 |
| 1963 | The Mersey Sound as Self |
| Hanratty: The Whole Truth as Self (archive footage) |
| The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966 as Self |
| The Beatles - 1967-1970 as Self (archive footage) |
| The Beatles are Coming |
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