Jack White

Actor · Born July 9, 1975 · 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.

Acted in 11

2020s

2026
Motor City
Piano Player
60
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Radio Show Actor
82
2020
Born and Razed: Two Intimate Acoustic Performances With Jack White and Brendan Benson of the Raconteurs 1999-2019
Movie

2010s

2015
Jack White & Loretta Lynn Remembering Van Lear Rose
Movie
2011
Portlandia
Jack White · 1 episode
75

2000s

2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Elvis Presley
68
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jack (segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil")
67
2003
Cold Mountain
Georgia
71

1990s

1992
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 69 Seasons · Talk

1980s

1989
The Simpsons
Jack White (voice) · 1 episode
84
1987
The Rosary Murders
Altar Boy (uncredited)
58

Sound 5

2010s

2014
A Letter Home
Music Producer
2013
The Lone Ranger
Songs
51
2011
McGregor: Chroma / Infra / Limen
Music

2000s

2008
Quantum of Solace
Theme Song Performance
63
2004
The White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights
Sound Mixer

Produced 3

2020s

2026
Motor City
Executive Producer
60

2010s

2017
American Epic
Executive Producer
2011
Wanda Jackson: Wanda Live! At Third Man Records
Producer

Other crew 1

2010s

2011
Wanda Jackson: Wanda Live! At Third Man Records
Mixing Engineer

Wrote 1

2000s

2003
The Hardest Button to Button
Writer

Appearances72

2020s

2025
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Self
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self, Himself
76
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
85
2024
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
Self
2023
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
Self - Musician
2022
Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn
Self
The Sound of 007
Self
74
Jack White à l'Olympia
Self
2021
The White Stripes: The Detroit Institute of Arts
Self
The White Stripes: White Blood Cells XX
Self
2020
The White Stripes: Live at Jay's Upstairs Missoula
Self
The White Stripes: Live at Fallout Records
Self
The Raconteurs Live at Electric Lady
Self
History 101
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
70
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Self (archive footage)

2010s

2019
The White Stripes: Live at Paycheck's
Self
The White Stripes: Live at the Magic Stick
Self
2018
Jack White: Kneeling At The Anthem D.C.
Self
2017
Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time
Self
74
American Epic
Self · 1 episode
The Dead Weather: Live at the Mayan, Los Angeles
Self
2016
Soundbreaking
Self · 1 episode
82
Jack White - Acoustic in Alaska
Self
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
The American Epic Sessions
Self
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self
2015
The Muppets
Self · 1 episode
73
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest/Musical Guest, Self - Musical Guest · 2 episodes
69
Jack White - Live from the Fargo Theatre
Self
The White Stripes: Under Amazonian Lights
Self
The White Stripes: Live Under the Lights of the Rising Sun
Self
2014
Jack White: Live from Bonnaroo 2014
Self
A Letter Home
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 3 episodes
67
2013
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Self
The Raconteurs - Live at the Ryman Auditorium
Self
2012
Jack White: Live at iTunes Festival 2012
Self
Jack White: Unstaged
Self
The White Stripes: Under New Zealand Lights
Self
2011
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Self
Wanda Jackson: Wanda Live! At Third Man Records
Self
The White Stripes: Under Moorhead Lights All Fargo Night
Self
2010
Conan
Self - Musical Guest, Self · 1 episode
79
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
Self
The White Stripes: Under Nova Scotian Lights
Self
The Dead Weather: Sea Of Cowards - Live At Third Man Records
Self