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Dr. John was born on November 21, 1940, in New Orleans, Louisiana, as Malcolm Rebbenack. At 13 he decided to become a musician, and was supported by his family, who themselves were musicians in a small way. "Mac" dropped out of school in the 11th grade in 1956, at the age of 16, to become a blues piano player... See full bio »

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Malcolm John Rebennack Jr.
in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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2008-2011 Curious George (TV series) (music co-producer: main title theme - 11 episodes, 2008-2011) (performer: main title theme - 11 episodes, 2008-2011)
– Downhill Racer/Book Monkey (2011) (music co-producer: main title theme, performer: main title theme)
– George and Marco Sound It Out/A Monkey's Duckling (2010) (music co-producer: main title theme, performer: main title theme)
– Guest Monkey/Charkie Goes to School (2010) (music co-producer: main title theme, performer: main title theme)
– The Inside Story/Little Fish, Littler Pond! (2009) (music co-producer: main title theme, performer: main title theme)
– Juicy George/The Big Picture (2009) (music co-producer: main title theme, performer: main title theme)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2007 K-Ville (TV series) (composer: main title song - 1 episode)
– Bedfellows (2007) (composer: main title song)
 
1991-1994 Blossom (TV series) (singer: theme music - 87 episodes)
– Graduation (1994) (singer: theme music)
– Last Tango (1994) (singer: theme music)
– Night of Reckoning (1994) (singer: theme music)
– Seven Deadly Sins (1994) (singer: theme music)
– Sex, Lies and Mrs. Peterson (1994) (singer: theme music)
See all 87 episodes »
 
1969 Chastity (musician - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (55 titles)
2013 Scandal (TV series)
– Top of the Hour (2013) ("Right Place Wrong Time" - uncredited)
 
2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie) (performer: "Lonely Boy")
 
2010 Welcome to the Rileys (performer: "The Honeydripper", "New Island Midnight")
 
2009 Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (TV series)
– The Princess and the Frog (2009) (performer: "Down in New Orleans")
 
2009 The Princess and the Frog (performer: "Down in New Orleans")
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "One for My Baby and One More for the Road", "Lazybones")
 
2008 Mad Money (writer: " Everybody Wanna Get Rich Rite Away" / as Mac Rebennack / performer: " Everybody Wanna Get Rich Rite Away")
 
2007 The Brave One (performer: "Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya")
 
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane (writer: "Right Place Wrong Time" / as Malcolm J. "Dr. John" Rebennack / performer: "Right Place Wrong Time")
 
2005 Sahara (writer: "Right Place, Wrong Time" / performer: "Right Place, Wrong Time")
 
2005 Son of the Mask (performer: "If My Friends Could See Me Now" / producer: "If My Friends Could See Me Now")
 
2004 Boston Legal (TV series)
– Change of Course (2004) (performer: "Since I Fell For You")
 
2004 Walking Tall (writer: "Right Place, Wrong Time" / as Malcolm Rebennack / performer: "Right Place, Wrong Time")
 
2003 Foolproof (writer: "Right Place Wrong Time" / as Mac Rebennack / performer: "Right Place Wrong Time")
 
2003 Holes (performer: "Let's Make a Better World")
 
2002 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Mergers and Acquisitions (2002) (writer: "When the Battle Is Over" - uncredited)
 
2002 They (writer: "Lost in You" / as Malcolm Rebennack)
 
2002 High Crimes (writer: "Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya" / as John Creaux / performer: "Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya")
 
2000 Lucky Numbers (writer: "Right Place, Wrong Time" / as Mac Rebennack / performer: "Right Place, Wrong Time")
 
2000 Meet the Parents (performer: "Big Chief")
 
1998 Free Money (performer: "Money That's What I Want")
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (performer: "Season Of The Witch")
 
1997 Scream 2 (writer: "Right Place Wrong Time" / as Mac Rebennack)
 
1996 101 Dalmatians (performer: "Cruella De Vil")
 
1996 Bogus (performer: "The Best of Friends" / producer: "The Best of Friends")
 
1996 Mrs. Winterbourne (performer: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive")
 
1996 A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (TV documentary) (performer: "Cold Shot", "Six Strings Down", "Tick Tock", "SRV Shuffle")
 
1994 Mixed Nuts (performer: "Mixed Nuts")
 
1994 Exit to Eden (performer: "Careless Love")
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
– A Whole New Ball Game (1994) (performer: "Take Me Out to the Ballgame")
 
1994 The Little Rascals (performer: "YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY")
 
1993 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– A Very Special Christmas with Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) (performer: "Frosty the Snowman")
 
1993 Short Cuts (writer: "Full Moon", "To Hell with Love", "Prisoner of Life", "I Don't Know You")
 
1993 Dazed and Confused (writer: "Right Place, Wrong Time" / performer: "Right Place, Wrong Time")
 
1993 Sleepless in Seattle (performer: "Makin' Whoopee")
 
1993 The Night We Never Met (performer: "More Than You Know" / "Candy")
 
1992 The Mighty Ducks (performer: "AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE")
 
1991 Hudson Hawk (performer: "HUDSON HAWK THEME")
 
1991 He Said, She Said (performer: "Blah-Blah-Blah", "I'm Just A Lucky So-and-So")
 
1990 Air America (writer: "Right Place, Wrong Time")
 
1989 Heart of Dixie (writer: "Lights Out" / as Mac Rebennack)
 
1988 Comic Book Confidential (documentary) (writer: "Diggin' On Comix" / music: "MARVEL SUPERHEROES HAVE ARRIVED")
 
1988 Bull Durham (writer: "LOVE AIN'T NO TRIPLE PLAY" / as Mac "Dr. John" Rabennack / performer: "LOVE AIN'T NO TRIPLE PLAY", "ALL NIGHT DANCE" / as Mac "Dr. John" Rabennack / performer: "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS")
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
– Down in New Orleans (1988) (writer: "Right Place Wrong Time" / performer: "Right Place Wrong Time", "Working in the Coal Mine")
 
1988 Colors (writer: "SUCH A NIGHT" / as Mac Rebennack / performer: "SUCH A NIGHT")
 
1987 Angel Heart (performer: "Zu Zu Mamou")
 
1985 European Vacation (performer: "New Looks")
 
1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness (performer: "Going To The Movies")
 
1979 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
– Huggy Can't Go Home (1979) (performer: "Huggy Can't Go Back")
 
1978 The Last Waltz (documentary) (performer: "Such A Night")
 
1978 Casey's Shadow (music: "COONASS" / lyrics: "COONASS" / performer: "COONASS", "JOLIE BLOND")
 
1978 Skateboard (performer: "Sweet Rider")
 
1977 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Broderick Crawford/Levon Helm/Dr. John/The Meters (1977) (performer: "Sing Sing Sing", "Ain't That a Lot of Love")
 
1973 The Lumberjack (writer: "Right Place Wrong Time" - uncredited)
 
1971 Stamping Ground (documentary) (performer: "Mardi Gras Day" / as Dr. John The Nighttripper)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
1998 Blues Brothers 2000
The Louisiana Gator Boys
 
1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
– Episode #4.3 (1995) … Musical Guest
 
1988 Candy Mountain
Henry
 
1981 Energy and How to Get It (short)
 
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Our Guests at Heartland
 
1978 Ringo (TV movie)
Ringo's Roadside Attraction (as Mac Rebennack - Dr. John)
 
Show ShowComposer (5 titles)
2001 The Big Day
 
1988 Comic Book Confidential (documentary)
 
1988 American Tongues (documentary) (as Mac Rebennack)
 
1988 Candy Mountain
 
1985 Yeah You Rite! (documentary short) (as Mac Rebennack)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1998 The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (55 titles)
2014 Every Night's a Saturday Night (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2013 Bayou Maharajah (documentary) (completed)
 
2013 Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker (documentary) (completed)
 
2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2012 Widespread Panic: Live from New Orleans
Himself
 
2012 BB King: The Life of Riley (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Acting Outlaws: The LA La Ride (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 A.K.A. Doc Pomus (documentary)
 
2010-2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Guest Musician / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.641 (2012) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.246 (2010) … Himself - Guest Musician
 
2010-2011 Treme (TV series)
Himself
– That's What Lovers Do (2011) … Himself
– What is New Orleans? (2011) … Himself
– Can I Change My Mind? (2011) … Himself
– Right Place, Wrong Time (2010) … Himself
 
2011 Bonnaroo Music Festival (video)
 
2011 The 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Treme Musical Performances (video short)
Himself
 
2010 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee (TV series)
Himself
– Raise the Roof (2008) … Himself
 
2000-2008 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #15.135 (2008) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 28 November 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2007 Been Down That Muddy Road: The Legend of Joe Barry (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Live from Abbey Road (TV series)
Performer
– Episode #1.4 (2007) … Performer
 
1994-2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 15 June 2006 (2006) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 11 July 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1998-2006 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself / Himself (also Interview)
– Episode #27.3 (2006) … Himself (also Interview)
– Episode #18.1 (2001) … Himself
– Episode #12.6 (1998) … Himself
 
2006 Love Monkey (TV series)
Himself
– Opportunity Knocks (2006) … Himself
 
2006 New Orleans Music in Exile (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Super Bowl XL (TV movie)
Himself - National Anthem Performer
 
2005 John Scofield: Live 3 Ways
Himself - Keyboard player
 
2004 2004 Jammys: The Theatre at Madison Square Garden (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
2004 Lightning in a Bottle (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Blues (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Piano Blues (2003) … Himself
 
2002 23rd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
2002 Still Cher (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 22nd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
2000 Christina Aguilera: My Reflection (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Himself
– Indigo Angel (1996) … Himself
 
1996 A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Jools's Hootenanny (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.0 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (TV documentary)
 
1990 Blazing Away (video)
Himself
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
– Down in New Orleans (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1987 The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1984 Survivors: The Blues Today (documentary)
Himself
 
1981 SCTV Network (TV series)
Himself
– Polynesiantown (1981) … Himself
 
1980 Pray TV
Himself
 
1978 The Last Waltz (documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1977 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Broderick Crawford/Levon Helm/Dr. John/The Meters (1977) … Himself - Musical Guest (as The RCO All-Stars)
 
1974 Soundstage (TV series)
Himself
– Blues Summit (1974) … Himself
 
1974 Rock Concert (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1974) … Himself
– Episode #1.16 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 In Concert (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 November 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 In Concert Cat Stevens: Moon & Star (TV special)
Himself
 
1973 Free (documentary)
 
1971 Stamping Ground (documentary)
Himself
 
1970 Beat-Club (TV series)
– Episode #1.57 (1970) (as Dr. John & the Nighttripper)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 Make It Funky! (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Right Place, Wrong Time" (Columbia) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 3 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Mac Rebennack - Dr. John | Dr. John & the Nighttripper | The RCO All-Stars | Mac Rebennack
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Trivia:

Was the inspiration for the character of "Dr. Teeth", the band leader of "Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem", on Jim Henson's The Muppet Show. See more »

Nickname:

Dr. John The Nighttripper See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio