Ian MacKaye: movies and TV shows

Ian MacKaye has 61 credits in the archive: 60 films and 1 TV series, from 1983 to 2026. Highest rated: Punk's Not Dead (6.1/10).

Career timeline

1983 – 2026 · busiest year: 2018 (5 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2026	Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt	Self	Film	8.0	64
2025	Ian MacKaye & Kevin Seconds - In Conversation		Film	—	63
2024	Something Better Change	Self	Film	—	62
2023	Cover Your Ears	Self	Film	6.0	61
2023	Punk Rock Vegan Movie	Self	Film	6.0	61
2023	We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.	Self (archive footage)	Film	6.0	61
2021	What Drives Us	Self	Film	6.8	59
2020	Dope, Hookers and Pavement		Film	—	58
2020	I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk	self	Film	—	58
2019	Punk	Self	TV	7.9	57
2019	The Tony Alva Story	Self	Film	10.0	57
2019	Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement	Self	Film	7.4	57
2018	Bad Reputation	Self	Film	6.6	56
2018	You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys		Film	—	56
2018	Records Collecting Dust II		Film	7.0	56
2018	Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records	Self	Film	7.9	56
2018	Vox Populi		Film	—	56
2017	Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk	Self	Film	7.5	55
2017	The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997		Film	—	55
2017	L7: Pretend We're Dead	Self (archive footage)	Film	7.0	55
2017	Parallel Planes		Film	6.0	55
2016	Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape	Self	Film	6.4	54
2016	What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt	Self	Film	—	54
2015	Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)	Self	Film	6.9	53
2014	Breadcrumb Trail	Himself	Film	7.7	52
2014	Riot on the Dance Floor	Self	Film	9.0	52
2014	The Dicks from Texas		Film	—	52
2014	Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action	Himself	Film	—	52
2013	Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound	Himself	Film	—	51
2012	We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith	Self	Film	8.0	50
2012	Bad Brains: A Band in DC	Self	Film	6.6	50
2012	Bones Brigade: An Autobiography	Self	Film	7.9	50
2011	Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind	Self	Film	—	49
2011	Henry Rollins 50		Film	8.0	49
2010	Fugazi's Last Stop in Wisconsin	Himself	Film	—	48
2009	Edge	Self	Film	5.6	47
2008	I Need That Record!	Himself	Film	6.5	46
2007	Punk's Not Dead	Self	Film	6.1	45
2007	924 Gilman Street	Self	Film	—	45
2006	American Hardcore	Self	Film	6.9	44
2005	We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen	Self	Film	6.8	43
2005	Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl	Himself	Film	7.0	43
2004	Chain		Film	7.3	42
2003	Quest for Sleep	Self	Film	—	41
2003	Drive: My Life in Skateboarding	Himself	Film	5.2	41
2003	Minor Threat - Live: DC Space-Buff Hall-930 Club	Performer	Film	—	41
2002	D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist	Self - Interviewee	Film	5.6	40
1999	Instrument	Self	Film	6.9	37
1999	Instrument		Film	6.9	37
1999	Fugazi: Forte Prenestino, Rome		Film	—	37
1999	Fugazi: Live in Hamburg 1999		Film	—	37
1995	Fugazi: Capitol Theater		Film	—	33
1994	The Obsessed: The Documentary		Film	6.0	32
1992	Black Hole Radio		Film	10.0	30
1991	Fugazi: Live in Front of The White House		Film	—	29
1991	Fugazi: Sacred Heart Church, Washington, DC		Film	—	29
1989	Glueman		Film	2.0	27
1984	Another State of Mind	Himself	Film	6.2	22
1983	Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two		Film	8.0	21
1983	Minor Threat	Self	Film	—	21
	Ian MacKaye Interview 7.8.05	Self	Film	—	—

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