---
name: "John Bonham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-bonham"
fi1m_id: "john-bonham"
imdb_id: "nm0094496"
tmdb_id: 91477
wikidata_id: "Q485490"
roles: []
born: "31 May 1948"
died: "25 September 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T02:14:16.237465+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."
---

# John Bonham

## Identity

John Bonham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-bonham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-bonham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0094496
- **TMDB ID:** 91477
- **Wikidata ID:** Q485490
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91477

Actor. Born 31 May 1948 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK. Died 25 September 1980.

## Details

- **Born:** 31 May 1948, Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
- **Died:** 25 September 1980
- **Also known as:** John Henry Bonham, Bonzo, Led Zeppelin
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91477

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Becoming Led Zeppelin*](https://film.one/film/becoming-led-zeppelin.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Bonham (also credited as John Henry Bonham or Bonzo) was an English musician who appeared in film and television as himself. He is credited as Self (archive footage) in the 2025 documentary *Becoming Led Zeppelin* and as Self - Drummer in *Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same* (1976).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Becoming Led Zeppelin* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Self (Archive Footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-led-zeppelin.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won* (2018), as Drums
- *Led Zeppelin: Live At Earl's Court 1975* (2003), as drums
- *Led Zeppelin – Kingdome, Seattle, Washington 17 July 1977* (2002), Actor
- *MTV Rockumentary* (1989), series, Actor
- *Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light* (1980), Producer
- *Led Zeppelin - Knebworth Festival* (1979), Actor
- *Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same* (1976), as Drums
- *Led Zeppelin: Demand Unprecedented In The History Of Rock Music* (1975), as drums
- *Led Zeppelin: In The Court Of King James* (1975), as drums
- *Son of Dracula* (1974), as Musician: The Count Downes
- *Led Zeppelin - In For A Quick Garden* (1973), as drums, percussion
- *The Doors vs Led Zeppelin* (1973), Actor
- *Led Zeppelin: Live at the Bath Festival* (1970), Actor
- *Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival* (1969), Actor
- *Led Zeppelin- Live in Seattle 1977*, Actor
- *Led Zeppelin - Stairways To Heaven*, as Drums

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-bonham