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Allen Ginsberg

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJun 3, 1926 (Died at 71)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthNewark, New Jersey, USA
Career Span1959 – 1997
Known Credits121 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.9

Allen Ginsberg

Also known as:Irwin Allen GinsbergAlan Ginsberg
Total Works

121

117 movies • 3 shows

Avg Rating

6.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Ginsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Signature Roles & Milestones

Good Will Hunting
8.2
Good Will Hunting
1997•movie
Role: In Memory Of
Howl
6.5
Howl
2010•movie
as Self
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
7.4
as Self (uncredited)
Take Your Pills
6.5
Take Your Pills
2018•movie
as Self (archive footage)

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 121 titles featuring Allen Ginsberg

Good Will Hunting
8.2
Good Will Hunting
1997•movie

Role: In Memory Of

Howl
6.5
Howl
2010•movie

as Self

Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
7.4

as Self (uncredited)

Take Your Pills
6.5
Take Your Pills
2018•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
7.0

as The Oracle of Delphi

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
7.8

as Self

The Velvet Underground
6.8

as Self (archive footage)

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.8

as Self (archive footage)

How the Beatles Changed the World
7.3

as Self (archive footage)

Before Stonewall
6.5
Before Stonewall
1984•movie

as Self

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
7.3

as Self (archive footage)

Pull My Daisy
6.1
Pull My Daisy
1959•movie

as Alan

Burroughs: The Movie
7.0

as Self

Ciao! Manhattan
5.5
Ciao! Manhattan
1973•movie

as Self

Lost, Lost, Lost
7.1
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976•movie

as Self

We Can't Go Home Again
6.1

as Allen

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
6.6

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self - Guest

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
6.2

as Self (archive footage)

The Cockettes
6.9
The Cockettes
2002•movie

as Self (archive footage)

One to One: John & Yoko
7.1

as Self (archive footage)

Herostratus
6.4
Herostratus
1967•movie

as Poet (voice)

Guns of the Trees
7.3
Guns of the Trees
1961•movie

as Self (voice)

Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys
6.1

as Self

The Source
5.6
The Source
1999•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Don't Blink - Robert Frank
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Chappaqua
6.2
Chappaqua
1966•movie

as Messiah

Yippie
5.4
Yippie
1968•movie

as Self

Hare Krishna
4.9
Hare Krishna
1967•movie

as Self

Berkeley in the Sixties
6.0

as Self

Renaldo and Clara
7.9
Renaldo and Clara
1978•movie

as The Father

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
6.8

as Self (archive footage)

Wholly Communion
6.3
Wholly Communion
1965•movie

as Self

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8.4

as Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday to John
5.3

as Self

Heavy Petting
5.7
Heavy Petting
1989•movie

as Self

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
5.7

as Self (archive footage)

Couch
6.4
Couch
1964•movie

as Self

Brakhage
7.1
Brakhage
1998•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Silence = Death
5.1
Silence = Death
1990•movie

as Self

Me and My Brother
6.5
Me and My Brother
1969•movie

as Self

Johnny Minotaur
5.5
Johnny Minotaur
1971•movie
Thot-Fal'N
5.7
Thot-Fal'N
1978•movie

as Self

Ballad of the Skeletons
5.8

as Self

Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
3.6

as Self (archive footage)

La marche gaie
4.8
La marche gaie
1980•movie

as Self

The Fall
7.2
The Fall
1969•movie

as Self

Jonas in the Desert
6.4

as Self

65 Revisited
9.4
65 Revisited
2007•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
5.5

as Self (archive footage)

The Beat Hotel
4.5
The Beat Hotel
2012•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
6.5

as Self

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
8.1

as Self

Birth of a Nation
7.0
Birth of a Nation
1997•movie

as Self

70 Years of Youth Revolt
7.2
1 eps

as Self (archive footage)

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
4.5

as Self

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
5.0

as Self (archive footage)

Global Groove
7.7
Global Groove
1973•movie

as Self

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
4.0

as Self (archive footage)

Poetry in Motion
8.0
Poetry in Motion
1982•movie

as Self

It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
7.3

as Lawyer

Andy Warhol Screen Tests
8.0

as Self

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
6.7

as Self (archive footage)

Norman Mailer: The American
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1.0

as Self (archive footage)

Be-In
5.0
Be-In
1967•movie

as Self

Beat Generation
9.2
Beat Generation
2014•movie

as Self (archive footage)

All Star Video
6.5
All Star Video
1985•anime

as Self (archive footage)

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
5.2

as Self

This Song for Jack
6.5
This Song for Jack
1983•movie

as Self

Growing Up in America
8.5

as Self

Road Scholar
8.5
Road Scholar
1993•movie

as Self

Bed Peace
7.5
Bed Peace
1969•movie

as Self

Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
7.5

as Self

castelporziano ostia dei poeti
7.5

as Self - poet

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
8.0

as Self

New York
7.5
2 eps
New York
1999•series

as Self - Commentator

Greetings from Washington, D.C.
9.0

as Self

A Poet from the Lower East Side
10.0

as Self

Galaxie
10.0
Galaxie
1966•movie

as Self

Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
9.0
Lake Placid '80
8.0
Lake Placid '80
1980•movie

as Self

Dylan Speaks
2.0
Dylan Speaks
1965•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
5.0

as Self

Condo Painting
10.0
Condo Painting
2000•movie

as Self (archive footage)

U2: A Year in Pop
9.0
U2: A Year in Pop
1997•movie

as Self

A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
5.0
American Magus
American Magus
2002•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Why Is We Americans?

as Self (archive footage)

A.G.
A.G.
1968•movie

as Self

Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

as Self

Suite 212
Suite 212
1974•movie

as Self

Great Poets: In Their Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

Ah, Sunflower
Ah, Sunflower
1967•movie

as Self

Pickup's Tricks
Pickup's Tricks
1973•movie

as Self

A Supermarket in California

as Self (voice) (archive)

Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

as Self (archive footage)

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

as Self (archive footage)

Underground New York

as Self

The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

as Self (archive footage)

He! Viva Dada
He! Viva Dada
1965•movie

as Self

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
1967•movie

as Self

Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

as Self (archive footage)

Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

as Self

Symphony Of The Invisible

as Self (voice) (archive)

Anatomy of Violence

as Self

Van Gogh's Ear
4.0
Van Gogh's Ear
1995•movie

as Self

Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

as Self

Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

as Self

William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

as Self (archive footage)

Gay March on Washington

as Self

To John With Love
To John With Love
2006•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Poets at the Living Theater

as Self (archive footage)

Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman

as Self

Nova '78
Nova '78
2026•movie

as Self (archive footage)

A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985

as Self

Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

as Self

Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues
May Day x 4
May Day x 4
2026•movie

as Self