Elvis Presley profile
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Elvis Presley

8th January 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi, USA Acting

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an 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 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.

196 Movies 13 TV Shows 2 In Production 219 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

TURA! poster
TURA! 1st August 2025 as archive footage
Elvis poster
Elvis 22nd June 2022 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rat Pack poster
Rat Pack 11th January 2022 as Self (archive footage)
The King poster
The King 22nd June 2018 as Self (archive footage)
Forrest Gump poster
Forrest Gump 23rd June 1994 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elvis '56 poster
Elvis '56 15th January 1988 as Self (archive footage)
Clambake poster
Clambake 4th December 1967 as Scott Hayward / 'Tom Wilson'
Spinout poster
Spinout 6th October 1966 as Mike McCoy
Tickle Me poster
Tickle Me 30th June 1965 as Lonnie Beale / Panhandle Kid
Motorgasm: a cinematic act of terrorism poster Coming soon
Motorgasm: a cinematic act of terrorism 1st December 2026 as self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music poster Coming soon
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music 29th August 2026 as Self (archive voice)