Allen Ginsberg
Known for Acting · 131 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
TV Shows (3)
Movies (128)
Dylan Speaks
1965
as Self (archive footage)
Condo Painting
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A Poet from the Lower East Side
1997
as Self
Beat Generation
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Chicago
1968
as Self
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Nova '78
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Chappaqua
1966
as Messiah
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
as Self (uncredited)
The Beat Hotel
2012
as Self (archive footage)
On the Road to Desolation
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Velvet Underground
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Hare Krishna
1967
as Self
Before Stonewall
1984
as Self
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Bed Peace
1969
as Self
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980
as Self
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Herostratus
1967
as Poet (voice)
The Source
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Howl
2010
as Self
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Oracle of Delphi
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997
as Self
Me and My Brother
1969
as Self
A Supermarket in Californi
2024
as Self (voice) (archive)
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
2026
as Self
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Jonas in the Desert
1994
as Self
Guns of the Trees
1961
as Self (voice)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
as Self
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025
as Self - poet
Autumn Ritual
1986
as Self
Johnny Minotaur
1971
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
as Self
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
2015
as Self (archive footage)
This Song for Jack
1983
as Self
Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys
1994
as Self
Thot-Fal'N
1978
as Self
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988
as Self
An Autumn Wind
1994
as Self
Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Silence = Death
1990
as Self
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self
Renaldo and Clara
1978
as The Father
Joan of Arc
1967
as Self
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
as Self
All Star Video
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Heavy Petting
1989
as Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Moving Pictures
1994
as Self
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
The Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
as Self (archive footage)
La marche gaie
1980
as Self
Birth of a Nation
1997
as Self
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990
as Self
Gay March on Washington
1979
as Self
Lake Placid '80
1980
as Self
Poets at the Living Theater
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Anatomy of Violence
1967
as Self
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976
as Self
Pull My Daisy
1959
as Alan
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989
as Self
He! Viva Dada
1965
as Self
Burroughs: The Movie
1984
as Self
American Magus
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Ah, Sunflower
1967
as Self
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020
as Self (voice) (archive)
Couch
1964
as Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Allan for Allan
1965
as Self
Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1984
as Self
Poetry in Motion
1982
as Self
U2: A Year in Pop
1997
as Self
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues
2006
Van Gogh's Ear
1995
as Self
Why Is We Americans?
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday to John
1997
as Self
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Underground New York
1968
as Self
65 Revisited
2007
as Self (archive footage)
We Can't Go Home Again
1973
as Allen
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Growing Up in America
1989
as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
as Self
To John With Love
2006
as Self (archive footage)
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Fall
1969
as Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997
as Self (archive footage)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
as Self
Galaxie
1966
as Self
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
2004
as Self (archive footage)
A.G.
1968
as Self
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
2015
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985
as Lawyer
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
1971
as Self
Yippie
1968
as Self
Ciao! Manhattan
1973
as Self
Brakhage
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Berkeley in the Sixties
1990
as Self
Be-In
1967
as Self
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
as Self
A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985
2018
as Self
Wholly Communion
1965
as Self
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
1981
as Self
Pickup's Tricks
1973
as Self
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024
as Self (archive footage)
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 131 credits spanning from 1959 to 2026, Allen Ginsberg has appeared in 128 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Dylan Speaks (1965) — as Self (archive footage)
- Condo Painting (2000) — as Self (archive footage)
- A Poet from the Lower East Side (1997) — as Self
- Beat Generation (2014) — as Self (archive footage)
- Chicago (1968) — as Self
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