Bruce Hampton

Birthday: 1947-04-30
Deathday: 2017-05-01
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Musician, Vocalist, Composer, Actor. He was known for his energetic, eccentric style and often regarded as the granddaddy of the jam band scene. He was born in Tennessee and grew up in Atlanta. He first gained attention in the late 1960's and early 1970's and he was a founding member of the Hampton Grease Band. The band broke up in 1973. In the next five decades that followed he formed or was a part of a number of other acts. In 1993, he started acting in film and television with such credits as Sling Blade (1996), Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1998), Jimi Hendrix Electric Church (2015), Tombstone (1993), Duckworth, (2011), Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture! (2016), Here Comes Rusty (2016). In 2012, the Governor of Georgia presented him with the Governor's Award In "The Arts and Humanities".

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2018-12-01	Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture!	Mr. Lives in His Van
	2016-04-03	Here Comes Rusty	Dicky St. Jon
	2000-11-09	Outside Out	Bruce Hampton
	2000-11-09	Outside Out	Rick Bault
	2000-11-09	Outside Out	Bill Bault
	1996-08-30	Sling Blade	Morris