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name: "Joe Cocker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-cocker"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 May 1944"
died: "22 December 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:47:16.490539+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joe Cocker

Actor. Born 20 May 1944 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 22 December 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 May 1944, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 December 2014
- **Also known as:** John Robert Cocker, Vance Arnold, The Sheffield Soul Shouter, Joe Cocker and The Grease Band, Joe's Grease Band, The Grease Band
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190076, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168312/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57891

## Biography

Joe Cocker (born John Robert Cocker) was an English singer and actor. He appeared as himself performing in the concert documentary *Woodstock* (1970).

Cocker played the roles of Bum, Pimp and Mad Hippie in the musical film *Across the Universe* (2007). His other film credits include soundtrack contributions to titles such as *The Bodyguard* (1992) and *Layer Cake* (2004).

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Woodstock* (1970), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/woodstock.md)

## Also known for

- *Across the Universe* (2007), Bum / Pimp / Mad Hippie

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