Allen Ginsberg
Known for Acting · 130 credits
- Born
- 1926-06-03
- Died
- 1997-04-05
- Place of birth
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Irwin Allen Ginsberg · Alan Ginsberg
Biography
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.
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Known For
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
New York: A Documentary Film
1999
as Self - Commentator
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Howl
2010
as Self
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Oracle of Delphi
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
as Self (archive footage)
TV Shows (3)
Movies (127)
Howl
2010
as Self
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Oracle of Delphi
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Fall
1969
as Self
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
as Self (uncredited)
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Velvet Underground
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Source
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
2026
as Self
Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self
Berkeley in the Sixties
1990
as Self
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
as Self
The Cockettes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Herostratus
1967
as Poet (voice)
Silence = Death
1990
as Self
Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
2011
as Self (archive footage)
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Jonas in the Desert
1994
as Self
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Heavy Petting
1989
as Self
Renaldo and Clara
1978
as The Father
Burroughs: The Movie
1984
as Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990
as Self
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
as Self
Chappaqua
1966
as Messiah
Bed Peace
1969
as Self
Ciao! Manhattan
1973
as Self
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020
as Self (voice) (archive)
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
1971
as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
as Self
Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys
1994
as Self
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989
as Self
Yippie
1968
as Self
Growing Up in America
1989
as Self
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Me and My Brother
1969
as Self
Thot-Fal'N
1978
as Self
Dylan Speaks
1965
as Self (archive footage)
Underground New York
1968
as Self
U2: A Year in Pop
1997
as Self
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
as Self
Global Groove
1973
as Self
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Nova '78
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Before Stonewall
1984
as Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
as Self
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
1999
as Self (archive footage)
A Supermarket in Californi
2024
as Self (voice) (archive)
Birth of a Nation
1997
as Self
Condo Painting
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Galaxie
1966
as Self
Beat Generation
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Poetry in Motion
1982
as Self
Autumn Ritual
1986
as Self
Guns of the Trees
1961
as Self (voice)
Happy Birthday to John
1997
as Self
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
2015
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
2004
as Self (archive footage)
To John With Love
2006
as Self (archive footage)
We Can't Go Home Again
1973
as Allen
Couch
1964
as Self
Johnny Minotaur
1971
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988
as Self
Suite 212
1974
as Self
Chicago
1968
as Self
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997
as Self
All Star Video
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
1986
as Self
Van Gogh's Ear
1995
as Self
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985
as Lawyer
Wholly Communion
1965
as Self
A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985
2018
as Self
Pull My Daisy
1959
as Alan
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976
as Self
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
2014
as Self (archive footage)
On the Road to Desolation
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Joan of Arc
1967
as Self
65 Revisited
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Be-In
1967
as Self
Poets at the Living Theater
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Gay March on Washington
1979
as Self
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
1981
as Self
Hare Krishna
1967
as Self
The Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997
as Self
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Road Scholar
1993
as Self
Brakhage
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Why Is We Americans?
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
1967
as Self (archive footage)
A Poet from the Lower East Side
1997
as Self
He! Viva Dada
1965
as Self
Anatomy of Violence
1967
as Self
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025
as Self - poet
Pickup's Tricks
1973
as Self
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
2015
as Self (archive footage)
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980
as Self
Ah, Sunflower
1967
as Self
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
Allan for Allan
1965
as Self
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982
as Self
The Beat Hotel
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977
as Self
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994
as Self (archive footage)
This Song for Jack
1983
as Self
A.G.
1968
as Self
About Allen Ginsberg
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included… With 130 credits spanning from 1959 to 2026, Allen Ginsberg has appeared in 127 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Howl (2010) — as Self
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) — as The Oracle of Delphi
- Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Fall (1969) — as Self
- Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back (1967) — as Self (uncredited)
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