Jack White
Known For
Acting
Born
1975-07-09 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
John Anthony White (né Gillis; born July 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo the White Stripes. He has won 12 Grammy Awards, and three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts. White founded the White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then-wife Meg White in 1997. Their 2001 breakthrough album, White Blood Cells, brought them international fame with the hit single and accompanying music video "Fell in Love with a Girl". In 2005, White founded the Raconteurs with Brendan Benson, and in 2009 founded the Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart of the Kills. In 2008, he recorded "Another Way to Die" (the title song for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace) with Alicia Keys, making them the only duet to perform a Bond song. White has also had a minor acting career. He appeared in the 2003 film, Cold Mountain, as a character named Georgia and performed five songs for the Cold Mountain soundtrack. The 2003 Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes featured both Jack and Meg in the segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil". He also played Elvis Presley in the 2007 satire Walk Hard. In June 2017, White appeared in the award-winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions and was an executive producer of the film.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Jack White (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest/Musical Guest
Conan
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
The Colbert Report
as Self
Austin City Limits
as Self
Portlandia
as Jack White
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Radio Show Actor
CMT Crossroads
as Self
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
The Muppets
as Self
Coachella
as Self (with The White Stripes)
Cold Mountain
as Georgia
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Elvis Presley
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Jack (segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil")
Detroit Rawk!!!
as Self
American Epic
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
The Sound of 007
as Self