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John Lennon
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How Did John Lennon Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 40
Also known asJohn Winston Ono Lennon, The Beatles, ザ・ビートルズGenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn09/10/1940Born inLiverpool, England, UKDied08/12/1980 (aged 40)Died inNew York CityCausegunshot woundWikidataQ1203 ↗Buried atCentral ParkTMDb#10592 ↗

John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

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Filmography154 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026Man on the RunMovieSelf (archive footage)86
2026Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYCMovieSelf86
2025One to One: John & YokoMovieSelf (archive footage)85
2025The BeatlesMovieSelf (archive footage)85
2025Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last DecadeMovieSelf (archive footage)85
2024Larger than Life: Reign of the BoybandsMovieSelf (archive footage)84
2024Daytime RevolutionMovieSelf (archive footage)84
2024Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis PresleyMovieSelf (archive footage)84
2024HinckleyMovieSelf (archive footage)84
2024No Hamburg, No BeatlesMovieSelf (archive footage)84
2023The Lost Weekend: A Love StoryMovieSelf (archive footage)83
2023Reinventing Elvis: The 68' ComebackMovieSelf (archive footage)83
2023Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed SullivanMovieSelf (archive footage)83
2023Little Richard: I Am EverythingMovieSelf (archive voice)83
2022Mickey: The Story of a MouseMovieSelf (archive footage)82
2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesMovieSelf (archive footage)82
2022Infamous Crime Scenes: John LennonMovie—82
2022Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFLMovieSelf (archive footage)82
2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop ConcertMovieSelf (archive footage)82
20211971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingSeriesSelf (archive footage)81
2021This Is PopSeriesSelf (archive footage)81
2021McCartney 3, 2, 1SeriesSelf (archive footage)81
2021A Life in Ten PicturesSeriesSelf (archive footage)81
2021Parkinson at 50MovieSelf (archive footage)81
2021Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!MovieSelf (archive footage)81
2020ZappaMovieSelf (archive footage)80
2020Lennon & McCartney: Hello From LiverpoolMovieSelf80
2019Paul McCartney: Wings of a BeatleMovieSelf (archive footage)79
2019Manson: Music from an Unsound MindMovieSelf (archive footage)79
2018The KingMovieSelf (archive footage)78
2018Eric Clapton: Life in 12 BarsMovieSelf (archive footage)78
2018Arthur Janov's Primal TherapyMovie—78
2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsMovieSelf - Musician (archive footage)77
2017The Defiant OnesSeriesSelf (archive footage)77
2017The Summer of LoveMovie—77
2017My GenerationMovieSelf (archive footage)77
2017Sgt Pepper's Musical RevolutionMovieSelf (archive footage)77
2017I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that FragranceMovieSelf77
2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneMovieSelf (archive footage)76
2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du papeMovieSelf (archive footage)76
2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadMovieSelf (archive footage)75
2015The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number OneMovieSelf (archive footage)75
2015In Their Own WordsSeriesSelf (archive footage)75
2014When the Beatles Drove Us WildMoviearchival footage74
2013Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'MovieSelf - Musician (archive footage)73
2013Population BoomMovieSelf (archive footage)73
2012PalmeMovieSelf (archive footage)72
2012Infamous AssassinationsSeriesSelf (archive footage)72
2012Becoming the BeatlesMovieSelf72
2011Mentiras verdaderasSeriesSelf (archive footage)71
2011George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSeriesSelf (archive footage)71
2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmMovieHimself (archive footage)71
2011Beatles StoriesMovieSelf (archive footage)71
2011Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980MovieSelf (Archive Footage)71
20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo DriftMovie(archive footage) (voice)70
2010The Beatles: The Complete StoryMovieSelf (Archive Footage)70
2010John Lennon: Love Is All You NeedMovieSelf (archive footage)70
2009O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para RecordarMovieSelf (archive footage)69
2009The Rise & Fall of WCWMovieSelf (archive footage)69
2009The Beatles: Parting WaysMovieSelf69
2008The 60s: The Beatles DecadeSeries—68
2008Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono BandMovieSelf68
2008Rare and Unseen: The BeatlesMovieSelf (archive footage)68
2008Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970MovieSelf (archive footage)68
2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensMovieSelf (archive footage)67
2007365 Day ProjectMovieSelf67
2007The Beatles ExplosionMovieSelf (archive footage)67
2007The Beatles PhenomenonMovieSelf (archive footage)67
2007The Beatles: Destination HamburgMovieSelf (archive footage)67
2006Doctor Who: OriginsMovieSelf (archive footage)66
2006The Ballad of AJ WebermanMovieSelf (archive footage)66
2006Warhol and MaciunasMovieSelf66
2005I Killed John LennonMovieSelf (archive footage)65
2005Pink Floyd London '66-'67MovieSelf (uncredited)65
2005Meet the BeatlesMovieSelf (Archival footage)65
2005Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest HitsMovieSelf (archive)65
2005The World's Greatest GigsMovieSelf (archive footage)65
2004Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John SinclairMovieSelf (archive footage)64
2003Imagine ImagineMovieSelf63
2003Beatles: The JourneyMovieSelf (archive footage)63
2003Inside John Lennon - UnauthorizedMovieSelf (archive footage)63
2002Monday Night MayhemMovieSelf (archive footage)62
2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.MovieSelf (archive footage)62
2002NaqoyqatsiMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)62
2002Things They Said TodayMovieSelf (archive footage)62
2001Beatles: Big Beat BoxMovieSelf (archive footage)61
2001WingspanMovieSelf (archive footage)61
2000John & Yoko's Year of PeaceMovieSelf (archive footage)60
2000The Real John LennonMovieSelf (archive footage)60
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsMovieSelf – The Beatles (archive footage)59
1999Naked and Free - The History of Free Body CultureMovieSelf (archive footage)59
1999GrassMovieSelf (archive footage)59
1999Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime TalesMovieSelf - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)59
1997Classic AlbumsSeriesSelf57
1997Behind the MusicSeriesSelf (archive footage)57
1997Happy Birthday to JohnMovieSelf57
1995You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'MovieSelf55
1994Forrest GumpMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)54
1993Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon DocumentaryMovieSelf53
1992The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. PepperMovieSelf (Archival Footage)52
1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th CenturyMovie—52
1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'MovieSelf (archive footage)52
1991The Beatles: The First U.S. VisitMovieSelf (archive footage)51
1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & IntersectionsMovieSelf (archive footage)50
1990Lennon: A TributeMovie—50
1988Imagine: John LennonMovieSelf (archive footage)48
1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeMovieSelf (archive footage)46
1986John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New YorkMovieSelf (archive footage)46
1985The Real Buddy Holly StoryMovieSelf (archive footage)45
1985John Lennon: A Journey in the LifeMovieSelf (archive footage)45
1983When the Music's OverMovieSelf (archive footage)43
1983First TuesdaySeries—43
1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!MovieSelf (archive footage)42
1982The Compleat BeatlesMovieSelf (archive footage)42
1981The Killing of AmericaMovieSelf (archive footage)41
1981This Is ElvisMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)41
1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical TripMovieSelf (archive footage)39
1978I Wanna Hold Your HandMovieSelf (archive footage)38
1977Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisanteMovieSelf37
1977The Day the Music DiedMovieSelf37
1977The Beatles at Shea StadiumMovieSelf37
1977Mighty Good: The BeatlesMovieSelf37
1975A Salute to Sir Lew GradeMovieSelf35
1974Muhammad Ali, the GreatestMovieSelf34
1972ImagineMovieSelf32
1972Eat the DocumentMovieSelf32
1972The One to One ConcertMovieSelf32
1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereMovieSelf32
1971Dynamite ChickenMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)31
1971Up Your Legs ForeverMovieSelf - Last Legs/Self - credit narrator(uncredited)31
1971Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom RallyMovieSelf31
1971Sweet TorontoMovieSelf31
1970Let It BeMovieSelf - The Beatles (uncredited)30
1969Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?MovieSelf29
1969The Beatles: SomethingMovieSelf29
1969Bed PeaceMovieSelf29
1968Hawaii Five-OSeriesHuffman28
1968The Movie OrgyMovieSelf (archive footage)28
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest28
1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesMovieSelf28
1968Yellow SubmarineMovieJohn (uncredited)28
1967OmnibusSeriesSelf27
1967How I Won the WarMovieGripweed27
1966The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, GermanyMovieSelf - The Beatles26
1965The BeatlesSeriesSelf (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)25
1965The Music of Lennon & McCartneyMovieSelf (archive footage)25
1964A Hard Day's NightMovieJohn24
1964Not Only... But AlsoSeriesSelf24
1964What's Happening! The Beatles in the USAMovieSelf - The Beatles Member24
1964Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New YorkMovieSelf (archive footage)24
1963The Beatles Come to TownMovieSelf23
1963The Mersey SoundMovieSelf23
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf22
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf8