John Petrucci

John Petrucci

Known for
Acting
Born
July 12, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
Long Island, New York, USA

Biography

John Petrucci is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarists. In 2009 he was named the No. 2 best metal guitarist (behind Dave Mustaine) by Joel McIver in his book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. He was also named as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" by GuitarOne magazine.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza poster

Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza

Movie

2025
Dream Theater - Parasomnia poster

Dream Theater - Parasomnia

Movie

2025
Quarantième: Live à Paris poster

Quarantième: Live à Paris

Movie · as Guitar

2025
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris poster

Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris

Movie · as Guitar and Vocals

2021
Liquid Tension Experiment 3 poster

Liquid Tension Experiment 3

Movie

2021
Mike Portnoy - LTE3 poster

Mike Portnoy - LTE3

Movie · as Himself - Guitars

2021
Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World poster

Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World

Movie

2020
Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London poster

Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London

Movie · as Self

2017
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan 2017 poster

Dream Theater: Live at Budokan 2017

Movie

2015
Dream Theater: Live at Wacken 2015 poster

Dream Theater: Live at Wacken 2015

Movie

2014
Dream Theater: Breaking The Fourth Wall poster

Dream Theater: Breaking The Fourth Wall

Movie · as Guitar

2014
Dream Theater: Loud Park Festival poster

Dream Theater: Loud Park Festival

Movie · as Guitars

2014
Dream Theater: [2014] Sonisphere Festival

Dream Theater: [2014] Sonisphere Festival

Movie · as Guitars

2013
Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park poster

Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park

Movie · as Guitars

2013
Dream Theater: Take This for the Pain

Dream Theater: Take This for the Pain

Movie

2011
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On poster

Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On

Movie · as Guitar

2011
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis poster

Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis

Movie · as Guitar and backing vocals

2009
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA poster

Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA

Movie · as Himself - Guitars

2009
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC poster

Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC

Movie

2009
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 poster

Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05

Movie · as Himself

2008
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion poster

Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion

Movie · as Himself - Guitar

2008
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008 poster

Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008

Movie

2007
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania poster

Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania

Movie · as Himself

2007
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos poster

Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos

Movie · as Guitar / Vocals

2007
G3: Live in New York poster

G3: Live in New York

Movie

2006
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour poster

Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour

Movie · as Himself - Guitar

2006
Dream Theater: The Score So Far... poster

Dream Theater: The Score So Far...

Movie · as Himself

2006
Dream Theater: Romavarium poster

Dream Theater: Romavarium

Movie · as Self - Guitar

2005
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band poster

Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band

Movie · as Himself - Guitar

2005
G3 - Live in Tokyo poster

G3 - Live in Tokyo

Movie · as Guitar

2005
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon poster

Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon

Movie · as Guitar and Vocals

2004
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan poster

Dream Theater: Live at Budokan

Movie · as Himself - Guitars

2004
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought poster

Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought

Movie · as Self

2004
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite poster

Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite

Movie · as Guitar

2003
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003 poster

Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003

Movie · as Self

2002
Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned

Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned

Movie

2001
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York poster

Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York

Movie · as Himself - Guitar

1998
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime poster

Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime

Movie · as Himself

1995
John Petrucci - Rock Discipline poster

John Petrucci - Rock Discipline

Movie · as Himself

1994
Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment poster

Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment

Movie · as Himself - Guitars

1993
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo poster

Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo

Movie · as Himself - Guitar