John Doe
Birthday: 1954-02-25
Place of Birth: Decatur, Illinois, USA
Synopsis
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.
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Acting
Quantum Cowboys
as John the Gunslinger/John the Bartender/John the Businessman
Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons!
My Little One
as Matt
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All Creatures Here Below
as Uncle Doug
The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.
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Pleased to Meet Me
as Pete Jones
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Zombex
as Seamus O'Connor
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Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
as Self
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Ten Inch Hero
as Trucker
Four friends search for love and happiness while working at a California sandwich shop.
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Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
as Tex (voice)
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Lucky 13
as Mr. Baker
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Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)
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Mayor of the Sunset Strip
as Self
A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer
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The Good Girl
as Mr. Worther
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Brokedown Palace
as Bill Marano
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Black Cat Run
as Martin James
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Touch
as Elwin Worrel
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The Last Time I Committed Suicide
as Lewis
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Scorpion Spring
as Deputy
On the run from the law, desperate drug runner Astor and his beautiful prisoner struggle through the savage heat...
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Georgia
as Bobby
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Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Lucky
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Pure Country
as Earl Blackstock
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Roadside Prophets
as Joe Mosley
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Liquid Dreams
as Cab Driver
In a slightly future America, a woman goes to the big city to visit with her sister, who is dead in her apartment. In order to find out what happened to her sister, she gets a job working at a dance club, a lower notch in the strip joint circuit. Some of her colleagues begin showing up dead as she uncovers a sinister hierarchy in the strip club management that is harnessing the sexual activity for their own twisted ends.
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Without You I'm Nothing
as John Doe
Sandra Bernhard stars in a studio version of her off-Broadway show, blending re-enactments of the original show's pieces with concept vignettes and 'testimonials' to underscore the relationship between a performer and an audience.
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Great Balls of Fire!
as J.W. Brown
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
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Road House
as Pat McGurn
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Slam Dance
as Det. John Gilbert
When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
