
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

Silence = Death
1990
as Self

New York: A Documentary Film
1999
as Self - Commentator

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Oracle of Delphi

Heavy Petting
1989
as Self

70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
as Self (archive footage)
TV Shows (3)
Movies (127)

Silence = Death
1990
as Self

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Oracle of Delphi

Heavy Petting
1989
as Self

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
as Self (archive footage)

Road Scholar
1993
as Self

Howl
2010
as Self

Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Velvet Underground
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967
as Self (uncredited)

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
as Self

One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)

How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
as Self (archive footage)

Herostratus
1967
as Poet (voice)

The Fall
1969
as Self

The Cockettes
2002
as Self (archive footage)

The Source
1999
as Self (archive footage)

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
as Self

Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
as Self

Renaldo and Clara
1978
as The Father

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)

Symphony Of The Invisible
2020
as Self (voice) (archive)

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self

Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
2026
as Self

Chappaqua
1966
as Messiah

Ciao! Manhattan
1973
as Self

Norman Mailer: The American
2012
as Self (archive footage)

Jonas in the Desert
1994
as Self

Condo Painting
2000
as Self (archive footage)

Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys
1994
as Self

Couch
1964
as Self

A Supermarket in Californi
2024
as Self (voice) (archive)

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self (archive footage)

Poetry in Motion
1982
as Self

Burroughs: The Movie
1984
as Self

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990
as Self

Berkeley in the Sixties
1990
as Self

Don't Blink - Robert Frank
2015
as Self (archive footage)

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)

Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989
as Self

Global Groove
1973
as Self

Dylan Speaks
1965
as Self (archive footage)

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self (archive footage)

Guns of the Trees
1961
as Self (voice)

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Lost, Lost, Lost
1976
as Self

The Beat Hotel
2012
as Self (archive footage)

Happy Birthday to John
1997
as Self

To John With Love
2006
as Self (archive footage)

Thot-Fal'N
1978
as Self

Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
as Self

Greetings from Washington, D.C.
1981
as Self

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
as Self

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007
as Self (archive footage)

Growing Up in America
1989
as Self

Pull My Daisy
1959
as Alan

Hare Krishna
1967
as Self

A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
2015

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
1971
as Self

Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
1986
as Self

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997
as Self

Joan of Arc
1967
as Self

Gay March on Washington
1979
as Self

All Star Video
1985
as Self (archive footage)

Bed Peace
1969
as Self

Ballad of the Skeletons
1997
as Self

Underground New York
1968
as Self

Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Chicago
1968
as Self

Birth of a Nation
1997
as Self

It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985
as Lawyer

Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Nova '78
2025
as Self (archive footage)
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980
as Self

Galaxie
1966
as Self

Beat Generation
2014
as Self (archive footage)

castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025
as Self - poet

Me and My Brother
1969
as Self

We Can't Go Home Again
1973
as Allen
On the Road to Desolation
1997
as Self (archive footage)

No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997
as Self (archive footage)

65 Revisited
2007
as Self (archive footage)

Wholly Communion
1965
as Self
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
as Self
Autumn Ritual
1986
as Self

A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985
2018
as Self

Why Is We Americans?
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Johnny Minotaur
1971

Suite 212
1974
as Self

Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980

Before Stonewall
1984
as Self

U2: A Year in Pop
1997
as Self
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
2003
as Self (archive footage)

Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988
as Self

Brakhage
1998
as Self (archive footage)

Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982
as Self

Van Gogh's Ear
1995
as Self

This Song for Jack
1983
as Self
An Autumn Wind
1994
as Self
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964

Yippie
1968
as Self

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994
as Self (archive footage)

Poets at the Living Theater
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Allan for Allan
1965
as Self

Anatomy of Violence
1967
as Self
Moving Pictures
1994
as Self

Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976

The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1984
as Self

La marche gaie
1980
as Self

American Magus
2002
as Self (archive footage)

William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
2015
as Self (archive footage)

Be-In
1967
as Self

He! Viva Dada
1965
as Self

Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977
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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- Silence = Death (1990) — as Self
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) — as The Oracle of Delphi
- Heavy Petting (1989) — as Self
- As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) — as Self (archive footage)
- Road Scholar (1993) — as Self
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