Jack White
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1975-07-09
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Images
Cast
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
6.90
Cold Mountain
2003
6.90
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
6.61
It Might Get Loud
2008
7.20
Shine a Light
2008
6.90
I've Been Twelve Forever
2004
6.80
The Detroit Rock Movie
1999
0.00
Absolute Garbage
2007
6.20
The White Stripes: Elephant XX
2023
0.00
Jack White: Unstaged
2012
0.00
From the Basement
2009
6.00
The Sound of 007
2022
7.12
It Came from Detroit
2009
0.00
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
7.40
Jack White: Live from Bonnaroo 2014
2014
10.00
Two Headed Cow
2006
6.30
Jack White à l'Olympia
2022
8.00
The American Epic Sessions
2016
7.00
Excavating Taylor Mead
2005
0.00
The Dead Weather: Live at Roxy
2009
0.00
Jack White - Acoustic in Alaska
2016
9.00
The Rosary Murders
1987
5.50
John Peel's Record Box
2005
8.00
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023
7.90
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
2025
0.00
Coachella
2006
6.40
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
6.75
A Letter Home
2014
0.00
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025
0.00
The Hardest Button to Button
2003
0.00
Detroit Rawk!!!
2001
0.00
