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Johnny Cash

Actor

Johnny Cash

  • Born: 26 February 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $60 million

Johnny Cash was a legendary American singer-songwriter known for his deep, distinctive voice and profound lyrics. He gained fame with hits like 'I Walk the Line' and 'Ring of Fire.' Cash's career spanned several decades, earning him a reputation as a pioneer…

About Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a legendary American singer-songwriter known for his deep, distinctive voice and profound lyrics. He gained fame with hits like 'I Walk the Line' and 'Ring of Fire.' Cash's career spanned several decades, earning him a reputation as a pioneer of country music and a cultural icon, often blending elements of rock, folk, and gospel in his work.

Born
26 February 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, USA
Died
12 September 2003
Known for
Acting
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Spouses
June Carter Cash (1968-2003)
Children
5 (Rosanne Cash, Kathy Cash, Cindy Cash, Tara Cash, John Carter Cash)
Parents
Ray Cash, Carrie Cash
Estimated net worth
$60 million

Fun facts about Johnny Cash

  • Johnny Cash was known for his love of prison reform, performing concerts in prisons, including Folsom Prison.
  • He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, recognizing his significant impact on music.

Famous Johnny Cash quotes

“I hurt myself today to see if I still feel.”
Walk the Line, 2005
“Love is a burning thing, and it makes a fiery ring.”
Walk the Line, 2005
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.”
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Johnny Cash filmography

Cast (193)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2025Newport and the Great Folk Dream MovieSelf (archive footage)9.0
2025Highway 99: A Double Album MovieSelf [Archival]
2025Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies MovieSelf (archive footage)
2025Unveiled: Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash MovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Hits That Missed at the BBC TVSelf (archive footage)
2023June MovieSelf (archive footage)5.9
2023The Universe MovieSelf (archive footage)7.0
2022Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon MovieSelf (archive footage)6.8
2022Roy Orbison Forever MovieSelf (archive footage)7.0
2021The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash in Ireland MovieUnknown character
Show 183 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2021Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends MovieSelf (archive footage)6.6
2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street MovieSelf (archive footage)7.4
2021This Is Pop TVSelf (archive footage)5.9
2020Johnny Cash: The Man in Black in Britain MovieSelf (archive footage)7.0
2020Johnny Cash - A Night to Remember 1973 MovieSelf7.7
2020Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President MovieSelf (archive footage)6.9
2020Big Sur Choo Choo MovieNarrator (voice) (archive footage)
2020My Darling Vivian MovieSelf (archive footage)7.1
2019Country Nonstop - Von Johnny Cash bis Truck Stop MovieUnknown character10.0
2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice MovieSelf (archive footage)7.6
2019Music Videos That Defined the 00’s MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2019The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash MovieSelf (archive footage)7.3
2018ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black MovieSelf (archive footage)6.6
2018Året var 1968 MovieSelf (archive footage)5.0
2016The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End MovieSelf - Performer
2016The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws MovieSelf9.0
2015We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2015Johnny Cash: American Rebel MovieSelf (archive footage)8.2
2015It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2015The Seventies TVSelf (archive footage)7.4
2015I Am Johnny Cash MovieSelf (archive footage)6.6
2014Country Kings at the BBC MovieUnknown character6.2
2014The Winding Stream MovieSelf (archive footage)6.5
2014America's Sweethearts: Queens Of Nashville MovieSelf (archive footage)
2013Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: 'Cowboy' Jack Clement's Home Movies MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2013My Father And The Man In Black MovieSelf (archive footage)6.8
2012Song by Song TVSelf (archive footage)8.0
2012We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash MovieSelf (archive footage)7.1
2012Finding Your Roots TVSelf (archive footage)6.5
2011Country at the BBC MovieSelf (archive footage)7.5
2009Johnny Cash: Long Black Veil MovieSelf10.0
2009Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (DVD) MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2008Cash for Kenya MovieSelf (archive footage)6.0
2008Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison MovieSelf8.0
2008Johnny Cash's America MovieSelf (archive footage)8.5
2008Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances Moviehimself8.0
2008Lost Concerts Series: Presley & Cash: The Road Show MovieSelf (archive footage)9.5
2008Johnny Cash: The Line: Walking with a Legend MovieUnknown character
2007The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival MovieSelf8.1
2007Opry Video Classics: Duets MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2007Opry Video Classics: Hall of Fame MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2007Opry Video Classics : Legends MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2007Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2007Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream MovieSelf (archive footage)7.7
2007The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 MovieSelf8.8
2007Pete Seeger: The Power of Song MovieSelf7.0
2007Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs MovieSelf (archive footage)
2007Glen Campbell | Good Times Again MovieSelf9.0
2007The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2007Johnny Cash: Music in Review MovieSelf
2006Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland MovieSelf10.0
2006Legends TVSelf (archive footage)5.0
2006Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show MovieSelf (archive footage)4.5
2006American Revolutions: The Highwaymen MovieSelf (archive footage)10.0
2006Bob Dylan and The Band: 1969-1970 Compilation MovieSelf
2006Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line MovieSelf (archive Footage)
2006Johnny Cash at 'Town Hall Party' MovieUnknown character10.0
2006Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993 MovieSelf9.0
2005The World's Greatest Gigs MovieSelf (archive footage)
2005Johnny Cash: Live from Austin, TX MovieSelf9.0
2005The Work of Director Mark Romanek MovieSelf (archive footage)8.2
2005No Direction Home: Bob Dylan MovieSelf (archive footage)7.8
2005Johnny Cash: Ridin' the Rails MovieSelf9.0
2005VH1 Storytellers TVSelf9.0
2005Johnny Cash: Live at Montreux 1994 MovieSelf9.0
2005Time-Life: Country Legends Live, Vol. 7 MovieSelf
2005Time Life Presents Country Legends Live, Vol. 4 MovieSelf
2005Johnny Cash: Live From Austin TX MovieSelf7.5
2005Johnny Cash: The Man in Black - His Early Years MovieSelf9.5
2005Johnny Cash Live Remember Me The Man In Black MovieSelf10.0
2004Johnny Cash: Singing at His Best MovieSelf10.0
2004Country Anthology Classics Volume 2 Movie(archive footage)
2004Johnny Cash: The Last Great American MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2004Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line MovieUnknown character9.3
2004Johnny Cash: The Man in Black MovieSelf10.0
2003The Highwaymen: On the Road Again MovieSelf9.0
2003Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance MovieSelf - Vocals
2003The Hunted MovieNarrator (voice) (uncredited)6.2
2002This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years MovieUnknown character
2002Johnny Cash at Town Hall Party 1958-1959 MovieUnknown character
2001Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records MovieSelf (archive footage)7.5
2001The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 MovieSelf - Special Guest Star
2001Johnny Cash Greatest Hits MovieSelf10.0
2000Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day MovieSelf9.5
2000Johnny Cash: The Anthology MovieUnknown character8.5
1999In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story MovieSelf6.2
1999A Tribute to Johnny Cash MovieSelf7.8
1998All My Friends Are Cowboys MovieJohnny8.0
1997Classic Albums TVSelf (archive footage)7.7
1996E! True Hollywood Story TVSelf8.1
1994Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center MovieSelf - Vocals, Guitars9.5
1993Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work MovieSelf7.0
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Musical Guest6.5
1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O MovieSelf8.0
1993Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration MovieSelf7.5
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TVKid Cole7.6
1993Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham MovieSelf7.2
1993Someone Cry for the Children: The Girl Scout Murders MovieNarrator (voice)
1992Later... with Jools Holland TVUnknown character5.9
1992Renegade TVUnknown character6.8
1990Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace MovieSelf
1990The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum MovieSelf8.6
1990All-Star Salute to Ralph Emery MovieSelf - Host
1989The Simpsons TVSpace Coyote (voice)8.0
1989Tennessee Nights MovieUnknown character5.6
1989George Jones: Same Ole Me MovieSelf
1988Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder MovieElder Davy Crockett5.4
1987Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am MovieUnknown character
1986Stagecoach MovieMarshal Curly Wilcox5.4
1986The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James MovieFrank James5.3
1985North and South TVJohn Brown7.5
1984The Baron and the Kid MovieThe Baron8.0
1983Johnny Cash Christmas 1983 MovieSelf10.0
1983Adrift at Sea MovieMcLoughlin
1983Murder in Coweta County MovieLamar Potts7.1
1982Wogan TVSelf5.6
1982Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert MovieSelf
1982Late Night with David Letterman TVSelf - Musical Guest6.2
1981Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland MovieSelf8.5
1981George Jones: With a Little Help from His Friends MovieSelf
1981Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President MovieSelf
1981The Pride of Jesse Hallam MovieJesse Hallam5.4
1981Johnny Cash: London 1981 MovieUnknown character9.5
1981Johnny Cash and the Country Girls MovieSelf
1980Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters TVSelf6.0
1979The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1979 MovieSelf
1979Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 MovieSelf - Vocals
1978The Kennedy Center Honors TVSelf7.4
1978The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 MovieSelf
1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy MovieSelf7.8
1978A Concert: Behind Prison Walls MovieSelf8.0
1978Thaddeus Rose and Eddie MovieThaddeus Rose9.0
197850 Years of Country Music MovieSelf5.0
1978Hee Haw 10th Anniversary Celebration MovieSelf
1977The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 MovieSelf
1976The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 MovieSelf
1976The Muppet Show TVSelf - Special Guest Star8.0
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Host6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf (uncredited)6.9
1974Tony Orlando and Dawn TVSelf3.5
1974Little House on the Prairie TVCaleb Hodgekiss8.0
1974Swan Song MovieTommy Brown
1973Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus MovieSelf6.1
1972Musikladen TVSelf8.0
1972Eat the Document MovieSelf6.9
1972Johnny Cash - Live at Beat Club MovieSelf
1971Johnny Cash in Copenhagen MovieSelf10.0
1971Columbo TVTommy Brown8.1
1971A Gunfight MovieAbe Cross5.8
1970The Partridge Family TVVariety Show Host (uncredited)6.8
1970The Flip Wilson Show TVSelf5.1
1970Drei mal neun TVSelf7.0
1970Swing Out, Sweet Land MovieJohnny Cash5.7
1969The Jim Nabors Hour TVUnknown character7.0
1969Johnny Cash at San Quentin MovieSelf8.8
1969The Johnny Cash Show TVSelf - Host6.5
1969Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music MovieSelf8.2
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour TVSelf6.8
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TVSelf6.8
1967Festival MovieSelf6.0
1967CMA Awards TVSelf9.0
1966Road to Nashville MovieSelf6.0
1964Shindig! TVSelf - Singer6.4
1964Die Drehscheibe TVSelf7.3
1963Hootenanny Hoot! MovieSelf6.0
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TVSelf7.6
1962The Merv Griffin Show TVSelf6.8
1962The Night Rider MovieJohnny Laredo8.0
1961Five Minutes to Live MovieJohnny Cabot5.5
1959The Grammys TVSelf8.6
1959The Rebel TVPratt5.1
1959The Deputy TVBo Braddock6.5
1959Boy Meets Girls TVUnknown character8.0
1959The Bell Telephone Hour TVSelf8.0
1958The Dick Clark Show TVSelf6.7
1957Wagon Train TVFrank Hoag6.6
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TVSelf6.4
1954The Wonderful World of Disney TVSelf7.9
1954The George Gobel Show TVSelf7.8
1948The Ed Sullivan Show TVSelf6.8
TBAJohnny Cash: Live in Prague MovieSelf
TBAJohnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 MovieUnknown character
TBAJohnny Cash Live at the Forum, Inglewood California 1986 MovieSelf

Crew (16)

YearTitleRoleRating
2005Walk the Line MovieSongs · Sound7.5
2005Walk the Line MovieBook · Writing7.5
2005CMT: Inside Fame TVMusic · Sound7.0
2003Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance MovieMusic · Sound
2003Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance MovieWriter · Writing
Show 11 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1994Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center MovieWriter · Writing9.5
1990The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum MovieSongs · Sound8.6
1981The Pride of Jesse Hallam MovieMusic · Sound5.4
1979Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 MovieMusic · Sound
1979Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 MovieWriter · Writing
1979Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979 MovieDirector · Directing
1973Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus MovieProducer · Production6.1
1973Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus MovieWriter · Writing6.1
1973Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound6.1
1970I Walk the Line MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound5.9
1969Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music MovieMusic · Sound8.2

Latest releases

Questions about Johnny Cash

What were Johnny Cash's most successful albums?

Johnny Cash's most successful albums include 'At Folsom Prison,' 'Johnny Cash at San Quentin,' and 'American IV: The Man Comes Around,' which solidified his status in country music.

Did Johnny Cash win any Grammy Awards?

Yes, Johnny Cash won multiple Grammy Awards throughout his career, including a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance for 'Ring of Fire' in 1969.

What was Johnny Cash's first major film role?

Johnny Cash's first major film role was in 'The Johnny Cash Show,' which aired from 1969 to 1971, showcasing his music and guest performances.

How many children did Johnny Cash have?

Johnny Cash had five children: Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy, Tara, and John Carter Cash, with June Carter Cash being his second wife.

What is Johnny Cash's estimated net worth?

Johnny Cash's estimated net worth is approximately $60 million, reflecting his successful music career and various ventures.

What was the theme of Johnny Cash's music?

Johnny Cash's music often explored themes of love, sorrow, and redemption, deeply resonating with audiences and showcasing his storytelling ability.

What impact did Johnny Cash have on music?

Johnny Cash had a profound impact on music, influencing artists across genres and helping to shape the modern country sound with his unique style.

What was Johnny Cash's last studio album?

Johnny Cash's last studio album was 'American IV: The Man Comes Around,' released in 2002, featuring original songs and covers, including 'Hurt.'