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John Doe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L.A. punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical compositions and performances span the rock, country and folk music genres. As an actor, he has dozens of television appearances and several movies to his credit, including the role of Jeff Parker in the television series Roswell. In addition to X, Doe performs with the country-folk-punk band The Knitters and has released records as a solo artist. In the early 1980s, he performed on two albums by The Flesh Eaters. In the 1989 biopic Great Balls of Fire!, Doe played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin-turned-father-in-law J. W. Brown. Doe starred in the 1992 film Roadside Prophets and in the 1998 short Lone Greasers. Other movie acting credits include Road House, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Boogie Nights, The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83 and Pure Country. As a musician with X, he has two feature-length concert films, several music videos, and an extended performance-and-interview sequence in The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris's seminal documentary about the early-1980s L.A. punk scene. Along with co-writer Exene Cervenka, Doe composed most of the songs recorded by X. Wild Gift, an album from that band's heyday, was named "Record of the Year" by Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. With Dave Alvin, he co-wrote two of the songs on the Blasters' 1984 album Hard Line, "Just Another Sunday" and "Little Honey". In the 1992 movie The Bodyguard (starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston), it was Doe's version of "I Will Always Love You" that plays on the jukebox when Costner and Houston's characters are dancing. It was released on audio cassette by Warner Bros. in September 1992, but is difficult to obtain (though bootleg copies can be downloaded from the Internet). No version is believed to have been released on CD. "The Meanest Man in the World" by Doe was featured in Season 4 of the television series Friday Night Lights and included on the second soundtrack album. John Doe released an album with Canadian indie rock band The Sadies called Country Club on April 14, 2009. The album features covers of country classics along with original songs. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Doe (musician), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Feb 25, 1954 In Decatur, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
77
First Appeared:
In the movie The Decline of Western Civilization 1981-07-01
Latest Project:
Movie Quantum Cowboys 2023-10-14
Known For
Poster of You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Poster of Ring of Fire
Poster of Hated
Poster of Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
Filmography
Movie Quantum Cowboys John the Gunslinger/John the Bartender/John the Businessman 2023-10-14
Movie The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon Self 2022-03-16
Movie D.O.A. Frank Bigelow 2022-11-11
Movie The Doors: Break on Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek Self 2020-02-07
Movie Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp Self 2020-06-23
Movie Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness Self 2020-04-21
Movie My Little One Matt 2019-02-27
Movie All Creatures Here Below Uncle Doug 2019-05-17
Movie You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys 2018-04-13
Movie You're Gonna Miss Me Jake Fillmore 2017-06-06
Movie Most Likely to Die The Graduate 2015-08-30
Movie Electric Slide Detective Bill Holiday 2014-04-22
Movie Pleased to Meet Me Pete Jones 2013-10-10
Movie Ring of Fire A.P. Carter 2013-05-27
Movie Zombex Seamus O'Connor 2013-10-26
Movie Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday Self 2013-10-29
Movie Hated Sam 2012-09-09
Movie Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind Self 2011-05-09
Movie Absent Father Tony 2008-01-12
Movie Punk's Not Dead Himself 2007-07-27
Movie Ten Inch Hero Trucker 2007-04-25
Movie Hootenanny Artist 2006-01-01
Movie Live Freaky! Die Freaky! Tex (voice) 2006-01-31
Movie Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club Interviewee, X 2006-06-29
Movie Lucky 13 Mr. Baker 2005-01-02
Movie X: Live in Los Angeles Himself 2005-05-10
Movie Celebrity Mix Self (archive footage) 2005-01-17
Movie Torque Sheriff Barnes 2004-01-16
Movie Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons Self (vocals, acoustic guitar) 2004-11-15
Series Carnivàle Unknown 2003-09-14
Movie Mayor of the Sunset Strip Self 2003-06-17
Movie Wuthering Heights Earnshaw 2003-09-14
Series One Tree Hill Mick Wolf 2003-09-23
Movie The Good Girl Mr. Worther 2002-08-07
Movie Media Whore Himself 2002-04-20
Series Fastlane Unknown 2002-09-18
Series CSI: Miami Unknown 2002-09-23
Movie The Red Right Hand Jake Stabler 2001-01-01
Movie 25 Years of Punk Self 2001-04-19
Movie Gypsy 83 Ray Vale 2001-10-18
Movie The Specials Eight 2000-09-22
Movie The Rage: Carrie 2 Boyd Wallace 1999-03-12
Movie Forces of Nature Carl 1999-03-12
Movie Knocking on Death's Door Professor Ballard 1999-03-01
Movie Sugar Town Carl 1999-09-17
Movie Drowning on Dry Land Les 1999-10-01
Movie Brokedown Palace Bill Marano 1999-08-13
Series Roswell Unknown 1999-10-06
Movie The Pass Bus Station Clerk 1998-05-07
Movie Black Cat Run Martin James 1998-09-18
Movie Touch Elwin Worrel 1997-02-14
Movie Black Circle Boys Bonfiglio 1997-01-16
Movie Boogie Nights Amber's Husband 1997-10-10
Movie The Price of Kissing Mouse 1997-04-01
Movie The Last Time I Committed Suicide Lewis 1997-06-20
Movie Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story Joe Maphis 1997-09-28
Movie Scorpion Spring Deputy 1996-10-10
Movie The History of Rock 'n' Roll Self 1995-03-06
Movie Georgia Bobby 1995-05-19
Series ER Unknown 1994-09-19
Series Rebel Highway Lucky 1994-07-07
Movie Shake, Rattle and Rock! Lucky 1994-08-26
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Movie Roadside Prophets Joe Mosley 1992-03-27
Movie Pure Country Earl Blackstock 1992-10-23
Movie Liquid Dreams Cab Driver 1991-10-01
Movie A Matter of Degrees Peter Downs 1991-09-13
Movie Without You I'm Nothing John Doe 1990-05-11
Series Law & Order Unknown 1990-09-13
Movie Road House Pat McGurn 1989-05-19
Movie Great Balls of Fire! J.W. Brown 1989-06-30
Movie Slam Dance Det. John Gilbert 1987-10-02
Movie Border Radio Dean 1987-11-01
Movie X: The Unheard Music 1986-03-01
Movie Salvador Roberto, Restaurant Owner 1986-04-23
Movie Smithereens Door Guy (uncredited) 1982-09-11
Movie The Decline of Western Civilization Self 1981-07-01