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Acting

John Lennon

Profession
Acting
Born
October 9, 1940 · Liverpool, England, UK
Died
December 8, 1980

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

Yesterday poster
Yesterday
Film · 2019 · ★ 6.7
Across the Universe poster
Across the Universe
Film · 2007 · ★ 7.1
A Hard Day's Night poster
A Hard Day's Night
Film · 1964 · ★ 7.3
Yellow Submarine poster
Yellow Submarine
Film · 1968 · ★ 7.2
Miami Vice poster
Miami Vice
Series · 1984 · ★ 7.4
The Beatles: Get Back poster
The Beatles: Get Back
Series · 2021 · ★ 8.4
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years poster
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Film · 2016 · ★ 7.5
Help! poster
Help!
Film · 1965 · ★ 6.9
Let It Be poster
Let It Be
Film · 1970 · ★ 7.7
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed poster
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
Film · 2013 · ★ 6.8
Magical Mystery Tour poster
Magical Mystery Tour
Film · 1967 · ★ 6.6
Hawaii Five-O poster
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969 · ★ 7.2

Filmography