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Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29, 1935 into a very religious family . His family, though not very wealthy, sold their house when he was a child to get their son a piano. He loved to play piano. He was sent to a religious school, but was soon thrown out shortly thereafter -- he did a boogie version of a song about Jesus... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2013 Vegas (TV series)
The Third Man (2013) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
2012 Atop the Fourth Wall (TV series)
The Brave and the Bold #54 (2012) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
2011 Metal Evolution (TV series documentary)
Pre-Metal (2011) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On")
 
2010 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
L'àguila negra (2010) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Episode #1.305 (2010) (performer: "Rockin' My Life Away")
 
2010 Rock & Chips (TV series)
Pilot (2010) (performer: "Lovin' Up a Storm" - uncredited)
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (video) (performer: "Roll Over Beethoven")
 
2009 True Blood (TV series)
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (2009) (writer: "Before The Night Is Over" - uncredited / performer: "Before The Night Is Over" - uncredited)
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #2.5 (2008) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
2007 Romulus, My Father ("Real Wild Child")
 
2006 Today's Country Music (video) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
2006 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
Top 18 (2006) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
2005 Walk the Line (writer: "Lewis Boogie")
 
2004 Road Trip (TV series documentary)
Twin Cities to the Windy City (2004) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
2004 A Dirty Shame (performer: "I'm On Fire")
 
2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (writer: "High School Confidential")
 
2003 Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (video) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On")
 
2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip (documentary) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
2002 Ken Park (performer: "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues")
 
2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001) (performer: "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On", "Great Balls Of Fire", "Lonely Weekend")
 
2000 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (TV documentary) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1999 Rogue Trader (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1997 Telling Lies in America (writer: "High School Confidential" / performer: "High School Confidential")
 
1997 Wild America (performer: "Real Wild Child Wild One")
 
1994-1997 Tohuwabohu (TV series)
Tohu-Nacht Revue 1990-1997 (1997) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
Episode #4.2 (1994) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" - uncredited)
Seite 17 (1994) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" - uncredited)
 
1996 Happy Weekend (performer: "Livin' Lovin' Wreck")
 
1996 Moonshine Highway (TV movie) (performer: "I'll Make It All Up To You", "Break Up")
 
1995 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
Whiplash (1995) (performer: "Goosebumps")
 
1995 The Cannon & Ball Gospel Show (video) (writer: "Great Balls of Fire" as Great Ball of Fire)
 
1994 Takin' Over the Asylum (TV series)
Fly Like an Eagle (1994) (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire")
 
1994 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" 1957)
 
1994 Florida Lady (TV series)
Neue Wege/Bekanntschaft mit Hindernissen (1994) (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire")
 
1993 Needful Things (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire")
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
Episode #1.6 (1993) (performer: "I'll Be Me")
 
1992 Marienhof (TV series)
Kabale und Liebe (1992) (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire" - uncredited)
 
1992 Memphis (TV movie) (performer: "YOU WIN AGAIN")
 
1991 Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock & Roll (video documentary) (performer: "High School Confidential", "Don't Be Cruel", "You Win Again", "Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" Steve Allen Show, "Hound Dog", "I Got A Woman", "I'm On Fire", "Put Your Red Dress On", "I Believe In You", "Mystery Train", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" London, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" Toronto, "Jailhouse Rock")
 
1990 Funny About Love (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1990 Dick Tracy (performer: "It Was The Whiskey Talkin' Not Me")
 
1990 Coupe de Ville (performer: "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On")
 
1989 The Delinquents (performer: "Break Up")
 
1989 Designing Women (TV series)
The Rowdy Girls (1989) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (writer: "High School Confidential" / performer: "Crazy Arms", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "I'm Throwing Rice at the Girl That I Love", "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", "High School Confidential", "That Lucky Old Sun", "I'm On Fire", "Real Wild Child Wild One")
 
1989 Loverboy (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1988 Stealing Home (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire")
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
Episode #1.19 (1988) (performer: "Meat Man", "Great Balls of Fire", "Why You Been Gone So Long")
 
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
1987 Ahava Tzeira (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1987 The Curse (writer: "High School Confidential")
 
1987 Rags to Riches (TV series)
Pilot (1987) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1986 Stand by Me (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1986 America 3000 (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1986 Best of Bandstand (video documentary) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1985 The Heavenly Kid (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
1985 Harimu Ogen (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1983 Breathless (performer: "Breathless", "High School Confidential")
 
1983 Sapiches (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
1983 Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (video documentary) (performer: "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" - uncredited)
 
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On")
 
1982 T.J. Hooker (TV series)
Deadly Ambition (1982) (performer: "C. C. Rider" - uncredited, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
1982 It Came from Hollywood (documentary) (writer: "High School Confidential" - uncredited / performer: "High School Confidential" - uncredited)
 
1982 Diner (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
1981 Hard Country (performer: "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS", "AS LONG AS I LIVE")
 
1980 Roadie (performer: " Hot Damn I'm A One Woman Man")
 
1979 Going Steady (performer: "Bep Bop a Lula", "High School Confidential")
 
1978 Grease (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
1978 American Hot Wax (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
 
1978 Lemon Popsicle (performer: "Chantilly Lace")
 
1977 Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (TV movie) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On")
 
1976 Slumber Party '57 (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
 
1976 Drive-In (performer: "Your Cheatin' Heart")
 
1976 Teenage Cover Girls (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited, "Breathless" - uncredited)
 
1973 That'll Be the Day (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1969) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire", "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye")
 
1969 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (TV movie) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Go, Go, Go Down The Line")
 
1969 Mondo Trasho ("Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On")
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #2.3 (1965) (performer: "Breathless", "High-Heeled Sneakers", "Mean Woman Blues", "High School Confidential", "Great Balls of Fire")
Episode #1.42 (1965) (writer: "High School Confidential" / performer: "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", "High School Confidential", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Jenny, Jenny")
Episode #1.31 (1965) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "I Believe in You")
Episode #1.24 (1965) (performer: "Breathless", "Long Tall Sally", "Hold Me Close", "Great Balls of Fire")
Episode #1.17 (1964) (performer: "Jenny Jenny", "Mean Woman Blues", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
 
1965 Be My Guest (performer: "No-one But Me")
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1958) (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless")
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Episode #1.17 (1958) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
 
1957 Jamboree! (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire")
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
Episode #3.322 (1995) … Musical Guest
 
1982 T.J. Hooker (TV series)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Deadly Ambition (1982) … Jerry Lee Lewis
 
1973 Police Story (TV series)
Bates
Collision Course (1973) … Bates
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Episode #2.41 (1957)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (musician: piano and vocals - as The Killer Himself)
 
1978 Amore (TV movie) (playback singer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (production advisor)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (special thanks)
 
1988 U2: Rattle and Hum (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (86 titles)
2012 Wild thing, la folle histoire du rock (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.305 (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2010 The View (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2008 A Capitol Fourth (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 The 50th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2007 Falsifyin' (documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Jerry Lee Lewis: Killer Piano (video)
Himself
 
2007 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
 
2007 Impact: Songs That Changed the World - Chuck Berry: Maybellene (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #14.210 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
Episode dated 4 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 28 April 2006 (2006) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2005 The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Winner - Lifetime Achevement Award
 
2003 Rock at Fifty (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2001 WWE Smackdown! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.6 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Jimmy Swaggart: Fire and Brimstone (2001) … Himself
 
2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
Bad Boys of Rock (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Century of Country (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1999 Hollywood Rocks 'N' Rolls in the 50's (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Super Dave (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 October 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
Jerry Lee Lewis (1998) … Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 3 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Elvis: The Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1993 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
Episode #10.8 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 The Academy of Country Music's Greatest Hits (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock & Roll (video documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV series)
Himself
Telethon 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Pero ¿esto qué es? (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 April 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1989 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 June 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 June 1989 (1989) … Himself
Episode #1.65 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 La nit (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.19 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Sweet Toronto (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (documentary)
Himself - DVD only
 
1987 I Am What I Am (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Springtime in Bourges (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Best of Bandstand (video documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Television Parts (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Blue Suede Shoes (TV special)
Himself - Narrator
 
1985 Ready Steady Go, Volume 2 (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Rock and Roll: The Early Days (video documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Salute! (TV series)
Himself
Jerry Lee Lewis (1983) … Himself
 
1983 The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1982 The 24th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 American Hot Wax
Himself
 
1977 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Himself
Introduction (1977) … Himself
 
1973 The London Rock and Roll Show (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1971 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 February 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1969-1970 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #3.6 (1970) … Himself
Episode #1.8 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Pianist
Episode #1.20 (1970) … Himself - Singer/Pianist
 
1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer-Pianist
Episode #23.8 (1969) … Himself - Singer-Pianist
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.6 (1969) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1969 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode #1.12 (1969) … Himself
Episode #1.9 (1969) … Himself - Guest
Episode #1.5 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (TV movie)
Himself - Special Guest
 
1969 Keep on 'Rockin (documentary short)
Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.199 (1968) … Himself
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Pianist
Episode #2.3 (1965) … Himself - Singer/Pianist
Episode #1.42 (1965) … Himself - Singer
Episode #1.31 (1965) … Himself - Singer
Episode #1.24 (1965) … Himself - Singer/Pianist
Episode #1.17 (1964) … Himself - Singer/Pianist
 
1965 Be My Guest
Himself (with The Nashville Teens)
 
1964 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Pianist
Episode #1.1 (1964) … Himself - Singer/Pianist
 
1964 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.12 (1964) … Himself
 
1957-1964 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.8 (1964) … Himself
Episode #1.24 (1963) … Himself
Episode #5.253 (1962) … Himself
Episode #1.175 (1958) … Himself
Episode #1.70 (1957) … Himself
 
1964 Whole Lotta Shakin (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 Music Shop (TV movie)
Himself
 
1958 High School Confidential!
Himself
 
1958 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.17 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 Jamboree!
Himself
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #3.7 (1957) … Himself - Singer
Episode #2.43 (1957) … Himself - Singer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (20 titles)
2012 Chas & Dave: Last Orders (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2006 Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Today's Country Music (video)
Himself
 
2005 Favouritism (TV series)
 
2003 The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection (video)
Himself
 
2003 My Kinda People (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Definitive Elvis: The Army Years (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Ed Sullivan's VH1 Rock and Roll Classics (TV series)
Himself
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1994 The Best of the Don Lane Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Rock 'n' Roll History Video: Fabulous Fifties (video documentary short)
 
1983 Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (video documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The Compleat Beatles (video documentary)
Himself (with underage bride) (uncredited)
 
1979 Heroes of Rock and Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Had #1 songs in 1957, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (Sun), "Great Balls of Fire" (Sun)

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 7 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

JKL Enterprises Inc. | See more »

Alternate Names:

The Killer Himself

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[Explaining why W.C. Fields is his favorite comedian] "He's just got his way of doing things. And if you don't like it, he'll kick your teeth out." See more »

Trivia:

His 1964 album "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg" has been widely hailed as the hardest, pure rock 'n' roll ever recorded. See more »

Trademark:

His energetic tenor voice See more »

Nickname:

Killer See more »

Star Sign:

Libra