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Allen Ginsberg

Acting Born Jun 3, 1926 Newark, New Jersey, USA 24 credits

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

Film

The Stepford Wives

as Self - Guest
Film

Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back

as Self (uncredited)
Film

Herostratus

as Poet (voice)

Frequent co-stars

George Condo 1 shared title
Patrick Achdjian 1 shared title
William S. Burroughs 1 shared title
Anna Condo 1 shared title
Eleonore Condo 1 shared title
Michael Gothard 1 shared title
Gabriella Licudi 1 shared title
Peter Stephens 1 shared title
Antony Paul 1 shared title
Mona Hammond 1 shared title

Career timeline

Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
One to One: John & YokoNova '78
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
The Velvet Underground
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Take Your Pills
How the Beatles Changed the World
Howl
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
The Cockettes
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
New York: A Documentary FilmThe Source
Birth of a Nation
Before Stonewall
Renaldo and Clara
The Fall
The Dick Cavett Show
Bob Dylan – Don't Look BackHerostratus
Chappaqua
Dylan Speaks

Full filmography

  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999) as Self - Commentator
  • How the Beatles Changed the World (2017) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Source (1999) as Self (archive footage)
  • As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) as Self (archive footage)
  • 70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020) as Self (archive footage)
  • Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) as The Oracle of Delphi
  • Renaldo and Clara (1978) as The Father
  • Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back (1967) as Self (uncredited)
  • Howl (2010) as Self
  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) as Self
  • One to One: John & Yoko (2025) as Self (archive footage)
  • Before Stonewall (1984) as Self
  • The Cockettes (2002) as Self (archive footage)
  • Birth of a Nation (1997) as Self
  • The Velvet Underground (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Chappaqua (1966) as Messiah
  • Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC (2026) as Self
  • Dylan Speaks (1965) as Self (archive footage)
  • Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) as Self (archive footage)
  • Herostratus (1967) as Poet (voice)
  • Take Your Pills (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Fall (1969) as Self
  • Nova '78 (2025) as Self (archive footage)