Johnny Cash

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1932-02-26

Deathday 2003-09-12 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Kingsland, Arkansas, USA

Also Known As The Man In Black, The Highwaymen, J. R. Cash, John R. Cash

Johnny Cash

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Late in his career, Cash covered songs by several rock artists, among them the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails and he covered the synthpop band Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice; for the "boom-chicka-boom" freight train sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for his rebelliousness, coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor; for providing free concerts inside prison walls; and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." and usually following it up with his standard "Folsom Prison Blues." Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers, including "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson"; as well as railroad songs including "Hey, Porter" and "Rock Island Line". Cash, a devout but troubled Christian, has been characterized as a "lens through which to view American contradictions and challenges." A Biblical scholar, he penned a Christian novel titled Man in White, and he made a spoken word recording of the entire New King James Version of the New Testament. Even so, Cash declared that he was "the biggest sinner of them all", and viewed himself overall as a complicated and contradictory man. Accordingly, Cash is said to have "contained multitudes", and has been deemed "the philosopher-prince of American country music". Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Cash, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Actor

Red Dead Western

as Johnny Cash

2024
Hits That Missed at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2023
June

as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Universe

as Self (Archive Footage)

2022
Roy Orbison Forever

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2021
This Is Pop

as Self (archive footage)

2020
2020
Big Sur Choo Choo

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

2020
My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s

as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

as Self (archive footage)

2018
2016
2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
Johnny Cash: American Rebel

as Self (archive footage)

2015
I Am Johnny Cash

as Self (archive footage)

2014
The Winding Stream

as Self (archive footage)

2013
My Father And The Man In Black

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Queens Of Nashville

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Song by Song

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Finding Your Roots

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (DVD)

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Cash for Kenya

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Johnny Cash's America

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes

as Himself (archive footage)

2007
Opry Video Classics: Duets

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Opry Video Classics : Legends

as Self (archive footage)

2006
2006
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen

as Himself (archive footage)

2006
Legends

as Self (archive footage)

2005
The World's Greatest Gigs

as Self (archive footage)

2005
The Work of Director Mark Romanek

as Self (archive footage)

2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

as Self (archive footage)

2005
2004
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Hunted

as Narrator (voice)

2001
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

as Self - Special Guest Star

1997
Classic Albums

as Self (archive footage)

1994
1989
The Simpsons

as Space Coyote (voice)

1988
1986
Stagecoach

as Marshal Curly Wilcox

1985
North and South

as John Brown

1984
1983
Adrift at Sea

as McLoughlin

1983
1982
Wogan

as Self

1981
1978
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

as Thaddeus Rose

1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

1974
Little House on the Prairie

as Caleb Hodgekiss

1972
1972
Musikladen

as Self

1971
A Gunfight

as Abe Cross

1971
Columbo

as Tommy Brown

1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land

as Johnny Cash

1970
1969
The Johnny Cash Show

as Self - Host

1967
Festival

as Self

1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self - Guest Performer

1964
Shindig!

as Self - Singer

1964
1963
1962
The Night Rider

as Johnny Laredo

1961
Five Minutes to Live

as Johnny Cabot

1959
1959
The Rebel

as Pratt

1959
The Deputy

as Bo Braddock

1957
Wagon Train

as Frank Hoag

Producer

Director