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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 26, 1932
Died
September 12, 2003
Place of Birth
Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As
- The Man In Black
- The Highwaymen
- J. R. Cash
- John R. Cash
Johnny Cash
0.4 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
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Self (archive footage)
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
2025
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash
2025
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Self (archive footage)
Hits That Missed at the BBC
2024
5.2
Self (archive footage)
June
2023
7.0
Self (archive footage)
The Universe
2023
6.8
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
2022
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Roy Orbison Forever
2022
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The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash in Ireland
2021
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021
Credits
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
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Hits That Missed at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
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June
as Self (archive footage)
2023
5.2
The Universe
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.0
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.8
Roy Orbison Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.5
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The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash in Ireland
2021
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Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.0
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.5
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.9
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.0
Johnny Cash - A Night to Remember 1973
as Self
2020
7.7
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.9
Big Sur Choo Choo
as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
2020
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My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.8
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Country Nonstop – Von Johnny Cash bis Truck Stop
2019
10.0
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.6
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
as Self (archive footage)
2019
10.0
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.6
Året var 1968
as Self (archive footage)
2018
5.0
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
as Self - Performer
2016
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The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws
as Self
2016
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We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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Johnny Cash: American Rebel
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
8.0
The Seventies
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.3
I Am Johnny Cash
as Self (archive footage)
2015
6.6
Country Kings at the BBC
2014
6.3
The Winding Stream
as Self (archive footage)
2014
6.5
Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2013
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My Father And The Man In Black
as Self (archive footage)
2013
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Queens Of Nashville
as Self (archive footage)
2013
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Song by Song
as Self (archive footage)
2012
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We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.1
Finding Your Roots
as Self (archive footage)
2012
6.6
Johnny Cash: Long Black Veil
as Self
2009
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Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (DVD)
as Self (archive footage)
2009
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Cash for Kenya
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
as Self
2008
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Johnny Cash's America
as Self (archive footage)
2008
8.5
Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances
as himself
2008
8.0
Legends in Concert - Johnny Cash: The Man In Black - His Early Years
2008
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Lost Concerts Series: Presley & Cash: The Road Show
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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Johnny Cash: The Line: Walking with a Legend
2008
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The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
as Self
2007
8.1
Opry Video Classics : Legends
as Self (archive footage)
2007
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Opry Video Classics: Duets
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2007
7.6
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
as Self
2007
8.8
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
as Self
2007
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Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs
as Self (archive footage)
2007
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The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash
as Self (archive footage)
2007
8.0
Glen Campbell | Good Times Again
as Self
2007
9.0
Johnny Cash: Music in Review
as Self
2007
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Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland
as Self
2006
10.0
Legends
as Self (archive footage)
2006
5.0
Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show
as Self (archive footage)
2006
7.0
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
as Self (archive footage)
2006
10.0
Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation
as Self
2006
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Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
as Self (archive Footage)
2006
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Johnny Cash at 'Town Hall Party'
2006
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Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993
as Self
2006
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The World's Greatest Gigs
as Self (archive footage)
2005
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Johnny Cash: Live from Austin, TX
as Self
2005
9.0
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
as Self (archive footage)
2005
8.3
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self (archive footage)
2005
7.7
Johnny Cash: Ridin' the Rails
as Self
2005
9.0
VH1 Storytellers
as Self
2005
8.7
Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux 1994
as Self
2005
9.0
Johnny Cash: Live From Austin TX
as Self
2005
7.5
Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 7
as Self
2005
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Johnny Cash Live Remember Me The Man In Black
as Self
2005
10.0
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black - His Early Years
as Self
2005
9.5
Time Life Presents Country Legends Live, Vol. 4
as Self
2005
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Johnny Cash: Singing at His Best
as Self
2004
10.0
Country Anthology Classics Volume 2
as (archive footage)
2004
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Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
as Self (archive footage)
2004
10.0
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
2004
9.3
The Highwaymen: On the Road Again
as Self
2003
9.0
Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance
as Self - Vocals
2003
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The Hunted
as Narrator (voice)
2003
6.2
🎬
This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years
2002
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Johnny Cash at Town Hall Party 1958-1959
2002
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Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
as Self (archive footage)
2001
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The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
as Self - Special Guest Star
2001
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Johnny Cash Greatest Hits
as Self
2001
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Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day
as Self
2000
10.0
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Johnny Cash: The Anthology
2000
8.3
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
as Self
1999
5.8
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
as Self
1999
8.0
All My Friends Are Cowboys
as Johnny
1998
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Classic Albums
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.7
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
8.1
Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center
as Self - Vocals, Guitars
1994
9.5
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
as Self
1993
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Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
1993
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Kid Cole
1993
7.6
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
as Self
1993
6.0
Someone Cry for the Children: The Girl Scout Murders
as Narrator (voice)
1993
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Renegade
1992
6.7
The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum
as Self
1990
8.5
All-Star Salute to Ralph Emery
as Self - Host
1990
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The Simpsons
as Space Coyote (voice)
1989
8.0
Tennessee Nights
1989
5.0
George Jones: Same Ole Me
as Self
1989
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Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
as Elder Davy Crockett
1988
4.2
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am
1987
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Stagecoach
as Marshal Curly Wilcox
1986
5.3
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
as Frank James
1986
5.2
North and South
as John Brown
1985
7.4
The Baron and the Kid
as The Baron
1984
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Johnny Cash Christmas 1983
as Self
1983
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Adrift at Sea
as McLoughlin
1983
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Murder in Coweta County
as Lamar Potts
1983
6.9
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert
1982
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Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland
as Self
1981
10.0
George Jones: With a Little Help from His Friends
as Self
1981
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The Pride of Jesse Hallam
as Jesse Hallam
1981
5.0
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Johnny Cash: London 1981
1981
10.0
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Johnny Cash and the Country Girls
as Self
1981
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Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self
1980
5.0
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979
as Self
1979
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Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979
as Self - Vocals
1979
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The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978
as Self
1978
0.0
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Self
1978
7.7
A Concert: Behind Prison Walls
as Self
1978
8.7
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
as Thaddeus Rose
1978
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Hee Haw 10th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1978
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The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977
as Self
1977
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The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976
as Self
1976
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The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
3.5
Little House on the Prairie
as Caleb Hodgekiss
1974
7.9
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
as Self
1973
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Musikladen
as Self
1972
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Eat the Document
as Self
1972
6.7
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
as Self
1972
7.5
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Johnny Cash - Live at Beat Club
as Self
1972
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Johnny Cash in Copenhagen
as Self
1971
10.0
Columbo
as Tommy Brown
1971
8.1
A Gunfight
as Abe Cross
1971
5.7
The Partridge Family
as Variety Show Host (uncredited)
1970
6.8
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
🎬
Drei mal neun
as Self
1970
7.0
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Johnny Cash
1970
6.0
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The Jim Nabors Hour
1969
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Johnny Cash at San Quentin
as Self
1969
9.3
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self - Host
1969
6.5
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
as Self
1969
8.2
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self - Guest Performer
1968
6.6
Festival
as Self
1967
5.7
CMA Awards
as Self
1967
9.0
Shindig!
as Self - Singer
1964
6.2
🎬
Die Drehscheibe
as Self
1964
6.0
Hootenanny Hoot
as Self
1963
5.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Night Rider
as Johnny Laredo
1962
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Five Minutes to Live
as Johnny Cabot
1961
5.4
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6
The Rebel
as Pratt
1959
4.7
The Deputy
as Bo Braddock
1959
6.2
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
The Dick Clark Show
as Self
1958
5.5
Wagon Train
as Frank Hoag
1957
6.6
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1954
7.8
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
🎬
Red Dead Western
as Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash: Live in Prague
as Self
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🎬
Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977
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Johnny Cash Live at the Forum, Inglewood California 1986
as Self
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