John Doe
Acting
Biography
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
Born: February 25, 1954
Place of Birth: Decatur, Illinois, USA
Known For
Filmography
as John the Gunslinger/John the Bartender/John the Businessman
as Frank Bigelow
as Uncle Doug
as Self
as Matt
as Jake Fillmore
as Detective Bill Holiday
as Self
as Seamus O'Connor
as A.P. Carter
as Sam
as Man
as Trucker
as Tex (voice)
as Himself
as Mr. Baker
as Self (vocals, acoustic guitar)
as Sheriff Barnes
as Mick Wolf
as Phineas Boffo
as Earnshaw
as Marshall Dan Parks
as Self
as Brett Adams
as Papa John
as Mr. Worther
as Ray Vale
as Self
as Jake Stabler
as Eight
as Teacher
as Jeff Parker
as Les
as Carl
as Bill Marano
as Boyd Wallace
as Carl
as Martin James
as Bus Station Clerk
as Amber's Husband
as Joe Maphis
as Jimmy Walsh
as Mouse
as Elwin Worrel
as Bonfiglio
as Deputy
as Bobby
as Carter's Doctor
as Lucky
as Lucky
as Self - Musical Guest
as Earl Blackstock
as Joe Mosley
as Cab Driver
as Teddy Connor
as John Doe
as J.W. Brown
as Pat McGurn
as Dean
as Det. John Gilbert
as Roberto, Restaurant Owner
as Door Guy (uncredited)