John Lurie

Film & TV

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded The Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble, has acted in 19 films, including Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law, has composed and performed music for 20 television and film works, and produced, directed, and starred in the Fishing with John television series. In 1996 his soundtrack for Get…

Known for

• Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain — Self - Artist / Friend2021
• Painting With John — Self2021
• Blank City — Self2011
• No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York — Self2009
• Mobsters — Narrator2007
• Face Addict — Himself2005
• TV Party — Self2005
• Tortured by Joy — Narrator2004
• 5 Sides of a Coin2004
• Downtown '81 — Self2001

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1952-12-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

86,610

Total plays

1,028,172

John Lurie (December 14, 1952) is an actor, musician, painter and producer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. In 1978 he formed The Lounge Lizards, initially a new-york-car-crash jazz combo with his brother Evan Lurie. The Lounge Lizards exhibited the tremendous talent of artists such as Arto Lindsay and Marc Ribot, among others. The band continued to make music for 20 years. During the 1980s he starred in a number of films directed by Jim Jarmusch, namely Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

John

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Minneapolis

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Field of work

film direction

Genre

punk jazz

Instrument

alto saxophone

Official website

www.strangeandbeautiful.com

Image

JohnLurie RayHenders.jpg

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