Allen Ginsberg
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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.
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Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1990)
as Self
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
as The Oracle of Delphi
One to One: John & Yoko (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
The Source (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
Howl (2010)
as Self
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
as Self
Beat Generation (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Chappaqua (1966)
as Messiah
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
May Day x 4 (2026)
as Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC (2026)
as Self
Nova '78 (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)
as Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
The Velvet Underground (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Burroughs: The Movie (1984)
as Self
Take Your Pills (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
ALLEN & AI (2026)
Actor
Birth of a Nation (1997)
as Self
Poetry in Motion (1982)
as Self
Me and My Brother (1969)
as Self
A Poet from the Lower East Side (1997)
as Self
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
as Self
Chicago (1968)
as Self
Norman Mailer: The American (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Herostratus (1967)
as Poet (voice)
Hare Krishna (1967)
as Self
On the Road to Desolation (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Condo Painting (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984)
as Self
Don't Blink - Robert Frank (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Heavy Petting (1989)
as Self
Happy Birthday to John (1997)
as Self
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
as Self
Jonas in the Desert (1994)
as Self
Before Stonewall (1984)
as Self
Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
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Great Poets: In Their Own Words (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Guns of the Trees (1961)
as Self (voice)
U2: A Year in Pop (1997)
as Self
Symphony Of The Invisible (2020)
as Self (voice) (archive)
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen (1985)
as Lawyer
Autumn Ritual (1986)
as Self
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
We Can't Go Home Again (1973)
as Allen
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (1971)
as Self
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman (1988)
as Self
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971)
as Self
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (1989)
as Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Renaldo and Clara (1978)
as The Father
castelporziano ostia dei poeti (2025)
as Self - poet
To John With Love (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Bed Peace (1969)
as Self
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (1987)
as Self
This Song for Jack (1983)
as Self
Growing Up in America (1989)
as Self
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)
as Self
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)
Actor
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997)
as Self
Poets at the Living Theater (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Beats: An Existential Comedy (1980)
Actor
Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
as Self
Underground New York (1968)
as Self
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center (1989)
as Self
No. 18: Mahagonny (1980)
as Self
Johnny Minotaur (1971)
Actor
Ah, Sunflower (1967)
as Self
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration (1977)
as Self
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint (1982)
as Self
Why Is We Americans? (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
A.G. (1968)
as Self
Greetings from Washington, D.C. (1981)
as Self
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Dylan Speaks (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank (1986)
as Self
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Moving Pictures (1994)
as Self
Van Gogh's Ear (1995)
as Self
The Beat Hotel (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes (1964)
Actor
American Magus (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Pull My Daisy (1959)
as Alan
Gay March on Washington (1979)
as Self
Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys (1994)
as Self
Ciao! Manhattan (1973)
as Self
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1967)
as Self (archive footage)
Anatomy of Violence (1967)
as Self
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades (1976)
Actor
Thot-Fal'N (1978)
as Self
Joan of Arc (1967)
as Self
A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985 (2018)
as Self
The Fall (1969)
as Self
All Star Video (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues (2006)
Actor
He! Viva Dada (1965)
as Self
Wholly Communion (1965)
as Self
Ginsberg/Corso Tapes (1984)
as Self
A Supermarket in California (2024)
as Self (voice) (archive)
An Autumn Wind (1994)
as Self
Pickup's Tricks (1973)
as Self
65 Revisited (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Silence = Death (1990)
as Self
La marche gaie (1980)
as Self
Couch (1964)
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Suite 212 (1974)
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Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Be-In (1967)
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Yippie (1968)
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Global Groove (1973)
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Brakhage (1998)
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Allan for Allan (1965)
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Galaxie (1966)
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Road Scholar (1993)
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Lake Placid '80 (1980)
as Self