Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was a European-American/Native-American businessman, entrepreneur, singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was a European-American/Native-American businessman, entrepreneur, singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of European-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the White American leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll, though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of the European-American youth.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
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Filmography (Movies)
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/02/2026
Elvis: A Life in Music
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/01/2026
WARNERTON - Creep: The Warner Warnerton Story
Character:archival footage
Release Date:18/11/2025
Elvis Presley: Shook Up
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2025
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/11/2024
An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/10/2024
The Last Repair Shop
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:16/02/2024
Christmas at Graceland
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/11/2023
Rock: the origin
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/10/2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/07/2023
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/06/2023
Elvis & Priscilla: Conditional Love
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/06/2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/04/2023
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/01/2023
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
Elvis Presley: Meet Me In Memphis
Character:himself
Release Date:01/01/2022
Elvis the man who shook up the world
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/2021
Partiledaren som klev ut ur kylan
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2021
Double Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/11/2020
Elvis: The Other Side
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/11/2020
My Darling Vivian
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/04/2020
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/02/2020
Elvis Unleashed
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/10/2019
Elvis: The Men Who Knew Him Best
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/2019
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/2019
Elvis All-Star Tribute
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/02/2019
The Last 24 Hours: Elvis Presley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/01/2019
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/2018
The Champ and the King
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/10/2018
The 50th Anniversary of the Elvis Comeback Special
Character:Self
Release Date:16/08/2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/07/2018
Game Changers
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/06/2018
The King
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/06/2018
Elvis: Strung Out
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2018
Elvis & The Memphis Mafia
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/01/2018
Elvis: '68 Comeback Special: 50th Anniversary Edition
Character:Self
Release Date:15/01/2018
Elvis: The Rebirth of the King
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/12/2017
The Seven Ages of Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/08/2017
Elvis and the Girl from Vienna
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/08/2017
Free to Rock
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/2017
Elvis Talks...Elvis On Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/08/2016
When the King Held Court
Character:Self (archival footage)
Release Date:22/04/2016
Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/11/2015
Elvis: A Generous Heart-Collectors Edition Vol. II
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Character:Dr. John Carpenter / Change of Habit (archive footage)
Release Date:13/10/2015
For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/04/2012
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/04/2012
Elvis Found Alive
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/01/2012
Elvis: Summer of '56
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/11/2011
When You're Strange
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/04/2010
Elvis Presley: Gladiators
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/01/2010
The Rise & Fall of WCW
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/12/2009
Sweet Karolynne
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/02/2009
Elvis: That's the Way It Is - The Complete Works
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2009
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2009
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/09/2008
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances & More Vol. II
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/08/2008
Elvis: Return To Tupelo
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/2008
Lost Concerts Series: Presley & Cash: The Road Show
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/04/2008
Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/03/2008
Elvis Presley's Graceland His Life, His Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2008
Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/11/2007
Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/11/2007
Elvis: Destination Vegas
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/2007
Impact! Songs That Changed the World: Elvis Presley-Heartbreak Hotel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/2007
Elvis Memphis-The Concise Magical History Tour
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/2007
Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:23/10/2007
Elvis Through the Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/08/2007
Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley
Character:Self - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Release Date:11/06/2007
Elvis: Love Me Tender-The Love Songs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/03/2007
Elvis Presley: The Classic Broadcasts
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2007
Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2006
Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/2006
Elvis '68 Comeback Special Edition
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2006
Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:02/02/2006
Året var 1956
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/01/2006
Elvis - Collection
Character:
Release Date:30/09/2005
Louisiana Hayride: Cradle To The Stars
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/06/2005
Why Elvis?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/06/2005
Elvis by the Presleys
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/05/2005
Elvis Presley: The Last 24 Hours
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2004
Elvis Presley: From the Beginning to the End
Character:Elvis
Release Date:12/10/2004
Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol1
Character:self
Release Date:13/09/2004
Elvis: The Birth of Rock N' Roll
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/07/2004
Elvis NBC TV Special, Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast
Character:Self
Release Date:22/06/2004
Elvis Black Leather Stand Up Show #1 - JUNE 29, 1968
Character:Self
Release Date:22/06/2004
Elvis: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/06/2004
Casey Kasem's Rock N' Roll Goldmine: Elvis: The Echo Will Never Die
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/04/2004
Elvis: 200 Cadillacs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/01/2004
Elvis The Man The Music The Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/01/2004
Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2004
Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/08/2003
Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/08/2003
Elvis: The Journey
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2003
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/08/2002
Elvis & June: A Love Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/08/2002
Elvis: The Definitive Collection
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/08/2002
Elvis: The Great Performances
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/08/2002
Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 3 From The Waist Up
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/08/2002
Elvis: The Ultimate Live Collection
Character:self
Release Date:12/08/2002
Elvis At The Movies
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/07/2002
Early Elvis: From Country Boy to King of Rock & Roll
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/07/2002
Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 2 The Man and the Music
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/07/2002
Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 1 Center Stage
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/06/2002
Classic Albums: Elvis Presley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/04/2002
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/2002
The Definitive Elvis: The Memphis Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/2002
The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 2 The Hollywood Years Pt. I 1956-1961 & Pt. II 1962-1969
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 3 The Army Years & The Memphis Mafia
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 4 Elvis & Priscilla & Elvis & The Colonel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 5 The Many Loves Of Elvis & The Intimate Loves Of Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 6 The Comeback & The Vegas Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 8 The Day The Music Died & All The Kings Disciples-The Fans
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 7 A Man And His Music & The Spiritual Soul Of Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2002
The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2002
Elvis: King of Entertainment
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2002
Elvis Presley: His Early Performances
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2002
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/11/2001
Remembering Elvis: A Documentary
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/06/2001
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/07/2000
Elvis: The Alternate Aloha Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2000
One Night With You
Character:Self
Release Date:12/04/2000
Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/02/1999
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/12/1995
James Dean: A Portrait
Character:Self (Archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/1995
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
The Elvis I Knew
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1994
La Classe américaine
Character:The Fucking Oddball (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1993
Private Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/10/1993
Elvis Presley: Elvis in Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/1993
Unauthorized Biographies: Elvis Presley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1993
Elvis: The Lost Performances
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/06/1992
The Elvis Conspiracy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/1991
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
Character:
Release Date:17/02/1991
The Story of Elvis Presley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/06/1990
The Elvis Files
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
The Story of Elvis Presley: A Documented Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Elvis '56
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/01/1988
The Real Buddy Holly Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/09/1985
Elvis Presley - One Night With You
Character:Self - Singer, Player
Release Date:05/01/1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Mondo Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1984
Rock and Roll: The Early Days
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1984
When the Music's Over
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/06/1983
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1983
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
This Is Elvis
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:03/04/1981
Elvis in Concert
Character:Self - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Release Date:03/10/1977
Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/1973
Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Rehearsal Concert
Character:Self
Release Date:13/01/1973
Elvis on Tour
Character:Self - Vocals
Release Date:01/11/1972
Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden
Character:Self - Vocals
Release Date:10/06/1972
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/1970
Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1969
Change of Habit
Character:Dr. John Carpenter
Release Date:10/11/1969
The Trouble with Girls
Character:Walter Hale
Release Date:24/06/1969
Charro!
Character:Jess Wade
Release Date:13/03/1969
Live a Little, Love a Little
Character:Greg Nolan
Release Date:23/10/1968
Elvis: Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1 – JUNE 27, 1968
Character:Self
Release Date:27/06/1968
Speedway
Character:Steve Grayson
Release Date:07/06/1968
Stay Away, Joe
Character:Joe Lightcloud
Release Date:08/03/1968
The Movie Orgy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
Clambake
Character:Scott Hayward / 'Tom Wilson'
Release Date:04/12/1967
Easy Come, Easy Go
Character:Ted Jackson
Release Date:28/05/1967
Double Trouble
Character:Guy Lambert
Release Date:05/04/1967
Spinout
Character:Mike McCoy
Release Date:06/10/1966
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Character:Rick Richards
Release Date:23/04/1966
Frankie and Johnny
Character:Johnny
Release Date:31/03/1966
Harum Scarum
Character:Johnny Tyronne
Release Date:15/12/1965
Tickle Me
Character:Lonnie Beale / Panhandle Kid
Release Date:30/06/1965
Girl Happy
Character:Rusty Wells
Release Date:01/04/1965
Roustabout
Character:Charlie Rogers
Release Date:11/11/1964
Kissin' Cousins
Character:Josh Morgan / Jodie Tatum
Release Date:06/03/1964
Viva Las Vegas
Character:Lucky Jackson
Release Date:08/02/1964
Fun in Acapulco
Character:Mike Windgren
Release Date:27/11/1963
It Happened at the World's Fair
Character:Mike Edwards
Release Date:03/04/1963
Kid Galahad
Character:Walter Gulick
Release Date:29/11/1962
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Character:Ross Carpenter
Release Date:21/11/1962
Follow That Dream
Character:Toby Kwimper
Release Date:11/04/1962
Blue Hawaii
Character:Chad Gates
Release Date:22/11/1961
Wild in the Country
Character:Glenn Tyler
Release Date:15/06/1961
Flaming Star
Character:Pacer Burton
Release Date:20/12/1960
G.I. Blues
Character:Tulsa McLean
Release Date:23/11/1960
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
Character:Self - Singer
Release Date:12/05/1960
King Creole
Character:Danny Fisher
Release Date:02/07/1958
Loving You
Character:Deke Rivers
Release Date:09/07/1957
Jailhouse Rock
Character:Vince Everett
Release Date:17/01/1957
Love Me Tender
Character:Clint Reno
Release Date:15/11/1956
Television Appearances
Behind the beats, histoires de la pop music
Character:Self (voice)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Character:Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Character:Self (archive footage)
Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa
Character:Self (archive footage)
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Character:Self (archive footage)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums
Character:Self (archive footage)
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
Character:Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self (archive footage)
Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii
Character:Self
Elvis: '68 Comeback Special: 50th Anniversary Edition
Character:Self
Top of the Pops
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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