John Sinclair
Known for Acting · 9 credits
- Born
- 1941-10-02
- Died
- 2024-04-02
- Place of birth
- Flint, Michigan, USA
Biography
As an emerging young poet in the mid-1960s, Sinclair took on the role of manager for the Detroit rock band MC5. The band's politically charged music and its Yippie core audience dovetailed with Sinclair's own radical development. In 1968, while still working with the band, he conspicuously served as a founding member of the White Panther Party, a militantly anti-racist socialist group and counterpart of the Black Panther Party. Arrested for distribution of marijuana in 1969, Sinclair was given ten years in prison. The sentence was criticized by many as unduly harsh, and it galvanized a noisy protest movement led by prominent figures of the 1960s counterculture. He was freed on March 9, 1972, by the Michigan Supreme Court when the possession of marijuana law was declared unconstitutional.
Known For
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as George Martin
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
as Self
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008
as Self
Growing Up in America
1989
as Self
MC5: A True Testimonial
2002
as Himself
Movies (9)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as George Martin
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
as Self
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008
as Self
Growing Up in America
1989
as Self
MC5: A True Testimonial
2002
as Himself
Requiem for Detroit?
2010
as Beat Poet
MC5: Kick Out the Jams
1999
Off the Road
2007
About John Sinclair
As an emerging young poet in the mid-1960s, Sinclair took on the role of manager for the Detroit rock band MC5. The band's politically charged music and its Yippie core audience dovetailed with Sinclair's own radical development. In 1968, while still working with the band, he conspicuously served as a founding member of the White Panther Party, a militantly anti-racist socialist group and counterpart of the Black Panther Party. Arrested for distribution of marijuana in 1969, Sinclair was given ten years in prison. The sentence was criticized b… With 9 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, John Sinclair has appeared in 9 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Sinclair Movies
- One to One: John & Yoko (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
- John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985) — as George Martin
- Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (1971) — as Self
- Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges (2008) — as Self
- Growing Up in America (1989) — as Self
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