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John Landis

John Landis

Born August 3, 1950· Chicago, Illinois, USA

45Roles★ 6.2Average rating

Emerging from a Chicago-born, Los-Angeles-raised background, Landis entered the industry as a mailroom clerk at 20th Century-Fox, later assisting on Kelly’s Heroes and picking up stunts, coaching, and acting work before debuting as a director with the low-budget monster homage Schlock. He broke through with the satirical anthology The Kentucky Fried Movie, which led to the wildly profitable colleg…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

The Blues Brothers★ 7.7
The Blues Brothers1980
Trooper La Fong
RoboCop★ 7.4
RoboCop1987
Man in '6000 SUX' Commercial (uncredited)
An American Werewolf in London★ 7.4
An American Werewolf in London1981
Man Smashed into Window (uncredited)
Kelly's Heroes★ 7.4
Kelly's Heroes1970
Sister Rosa Stigmata
Spider-Man 2★ 7.3
Spider-Man 22004
Doctor
Trading Places★ 7.2
Trading Places1983
Man with Briefcase (uncredited)
The Muppet Movie★ 7.2
The Muppet Movie1979
Additional Muppet Performer
Face OffSeries★ 7
Face Off2011
Guest Judge
Animal House★ 6.9
Animal House1978
Cafeteria Dishwasher
Red Sun★ 6.8
Red Sun1971
Henchman (uncredited)
The World Is Yours★ 6.7
The World Is Yours2018
Couple
The Muppets Take Manhattan★ 6.6
The Muppets Take Manhattan1984
Leonard Winesop
Darkman★ 6.4
Darkman1990
Physician
Death Race 2000★ 6.2
Death Race 20001975
Mechanic
1941★ 5.8
19411979
Mizerany
Psycho IV: The Beginning★ 5.7
Psycho IV: The Beginning1990
Mike Calveccio

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.