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.​

Filmography

• 2021The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash in Ireland
• 2020Big Sur Choo Choo — Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
• 2019Country Nonstop – Von Johnny Cash bis Truck Stop
• 2014Country Kings at the BBC
• 2008Johnny Cash: The Line: Walking with a Legend
• 2006Johnny Cash at 'Town Hall Party'
• CMT: Inside Fame — Music
• 2005Walk the Line — Book, Songs
• 2004Country Anthology Classics Volume 2 — (archive footage)
• 2004Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
• 2003Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance — Self - Vocals, Music, Writer
• 2003The Hunted — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 2002Johnny Cash at Town Hall Party 1958-1959
• 2002This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years
• 2000Johnny Cash: The Anthology
• 1998All My Friends Are Cowboys — Johnny
• 1994Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center — Self - Vocals, Guitars, Writer
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Kid Cole
• 1993Someone Cry for the Children: The Girl Scout Murders — Narrator (voice)
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Renegade
• 1990The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum — Self, Songs
• 1989Tennessee Nights
• The Simpsons — Space Coyote (voice)
• 1988Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder — Elder Davy Crockett
• 1987Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am
• 1986Stagecoach — Marshal Curly Wilcox
• 1986The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James — Frank James
• North and South — John Brown
• 1984The Baron and the Kid — The Baron
• 1983Adrift at Sea — McLoughlin
• 1983Murder in Coweta County — Lamar Potts
• 1981Johnny Cash: London 1981
• 1981The Pride of Jesse Hallam — Jesse Hallam, Music
• 1979Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 — Self - Vocals, Director, Music, Writer
• 1978Thaddeus Rose and Eddie — Thaddeus Rose
• Little House on the Prairie — Caleb Hodgekiss
• 1973Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus — Self, Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer
• 1971A Gunfight — Abe Cross
• Columbo — Tommy Brown
• 1970I Walk the Line — Original Music Composer
• 1970Swing Out, Sweet Land — Johnny Cash
• The Partridge Family — Variety Show Host (uncredited)
• 1969Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music — Self, Music
• The Jim Nabors Hour
• 1962The Night Rider — Johnny Laredo
• 1961Five Minutes to Live — Johnny Cabot
• Boy Meets Girls
• The Deputy — Bo Braddock
• The Rebel — Pratt
• Wagon Train — Frank Hoag
• Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977

Appearances as themselves (142)

• 2025Highway 99: A Double Album — Self [Archival]
• 2025Newport and the Great Folk Dream — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2025Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies — Self (archive footage)
• Hits That Missed at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2023June — Self (archive footage)
• 2023The Universe — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Roy Orbison Forever — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self (archive footage)
• This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Johnny Cash - A Night to Remember 1973 — Self
• 2020Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain — Self (archive footage)
• 2020My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Music Videos That Defined the 00’s — Self (archive footage)
• 2019The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash — Self (archive footage)
• 2018ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Året var 1968 — Self (archive footage)
• 2016The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws — Self
• 2016The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End — Self - Performer
• 2015I Am Johnny Cash — Self (archive footage)
• 2015It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Johnny Cash: American Rebel — Self (archive footage)
• The Seventies — Self (archive footage)
• 2015We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited — Self (archive footage)
• 2014America's Sweethearts: Queens Of Nashville — Self (archive footage)
• 2014The Winding Stream — Self (archive footage)
• 2013My Father And The Man In Black — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies — Self (archive footage)
• Finding Your Roots — Self (archive footage)
• Song by Song — Self (archive footage)
• 2012We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Country at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (DVD) — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Johnny Cash: Long Black Veil — Self
• 2008Cash for Kenya — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison — Self
• 2008Johnny Cash's America — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Lost Concerts Series: Presley & Cash: The Road Show — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances — himself
• 2007Glen Campbell | Good Times Again — Self
• 2007Johnny Cash: Music in Review — Self
• 2007Opry Video Classics : Legends — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Opry Video Classics: Duets — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Pete Seeger: The Power of Song — Self
• 2007Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs — Self (archive footage)
• 2007The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 — Self
• 2007The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash — Self (archive footage)
• 2007The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival — Self
• 2007Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream — Self (archive footage)
• 2006American Revolutions: The Highwaymen — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation — Self
• 2006Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line — Self (archive Footage)
• 2006Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland — Self
• 2006Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993 — Self
• Legends — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Johnny Cash Live Remember Me The Man In Black — Self
• 2005Johnny Cash: Live From Austin TX — Self
• 2005Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux 1994 — Self
• 2005Johnny Cash: Live from Austin, TX — Self
• 2005Johnny Cash: Ridin' the Rails — Self
• 2005Johnny Cash: The Man in Black - His Early Years — Self
• 2005No Direction Home: Bob Dylan — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The Work of Director Mark Romanek — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The World's Greatest Gigs — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Time Life Presents Country Legends Live, Vol. 4 — Self
• 2005Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 7 — Self
• VH1 Storytellers — Self
• 2004Johnny Cash: Singing at His Best — Self
• 2004Johnny Cash: The Last Great American — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Johnny Cash: The Man in Black — Self
• 2003The Highwaymen: On the Road Again — Self
• 2001Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Johnny Cash Greatest Hits — Self
• 2001The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 — Self - Special Guest Star
• 2000Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day — Self
• 1999A Tribute to Johnny Cash — Self
• 1999In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story — Self
• Classic Albums — Self (archive footage)
• E! True Hollywood Story — Self
• 1993Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration — Self
• 1993Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham — Self
• 1993Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• 1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O — Self
• 1990All-Star Salute to Ralph Emery — Self - Host
• 1990Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace — Self
• 1989George Jones: Same Ole Me — Self
• 1983Johnny Cash Christmas 1983 — Self
• 1982Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• Wogan — Self
• 1981Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President — Self
• 1981George Jones: With a Little Help from His Friends — Self
• 1981Johnny Cash and the Country Girls — Self
• 1981Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland — Self
• Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters — Self
• 1979The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 — Self
• 197850 Years of Country Music — Self
• 1978A Concert: Behind Prison Walls — Self
• 1978Hee Haw 10th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy — Self
• 1978The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• 1977The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 — Self
• 1976The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 — Self
• The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
• Tony Orlando and Dawn — Self
• 1972Eat the Document — Self
• 1972Johnny Cash - Live at Beat Club — Self
• Musikladen — Self
• 1971Johnny Cash in Copenhagen — Self
• Drei mal neun — Self
• The Flip Wilson Show — Self
• 1969Johnny Cash at San Quentin — Self
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour — Self
• The Johnny Cash Show — Self - Host
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self
• CMA Awards — Self
• 1967Festival — Self
• 1966Road to Nashville — Self
• Die Drehscheibe — Self
• Shindig! — Self - Singer
• 1963Hootenanny Hoot! — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• The Dick Clark Show — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The George Gobel Show — Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Johnny Cash Live at the Forum, Inglewood California 1986 — Self
• Johnny Cash: Live in Prague — Self