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