Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Known for
Acting
Born
December 30, 1946 (age 79)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate," Smith fused rock and poetry in her work.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Song of Hiawatha poster

The Song of Hiawatha

Movie

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Untitled Keith Richards Documentary

Untitled Keith Richards Documentary

Movie · as Self

2026
Nova '78 poster

Nova '78

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
Tribeca 25 poster

Tribeca 25

Movie · as Self

2026
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry poster

Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry

Movie · as Self

2026
Oliviero Toscani. Chi mi ama mi segua poster

Oliviero Toscani. Chi mi ama mi segua

Movie

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Turn in the Wound poster

Turn in the Wound

Movie

2024
One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two poster

One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Go to Izzy! poster

Go to Izzy!

Movie · as Herself

2023
Chornobyl poster

Chornobyl

Movie · as Self

2023
Ron Delsener Presents poster

Ron Delsener Presents

Movie · as Self

2022
Patti Smith: Electric Poet poster

Patti Smith: Electric Poet

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer poster

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Movie · as Self

2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony poster

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Movie · as Self

2021
Now poster

Now

Movie · as Self

2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado poster

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Movie · as Self

2019
WBCN and the American Revolution poster

WBCN and the American Revolution

Movie · as Self

2019
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese poster

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Movie · as The Punk Poet

2019
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal poster

Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

Movie · as Self

2018
Spheres poster

Spheres

Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

2018
Kurt Everywhere poster

Kurt Everywhere

Movie

2018
Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band poster

Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band

Movie · as Herself

2018
Film catastrophe poster

Film catastrophe

Movie · as Self

2017
Song to Song poster

Song to Song

Movie · as Patti Smith

2017
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives poster

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Movie · as Self

2017
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library poster

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Movie · as Self

2017
Popular Voices at the BBC poster

Popular Voices at the BBC

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps

2017
The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures poster

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Movie · as Self (voice) (uncredited)

2016
The Book of Conrad poster

The Book of Conrad

Movie

2016
I Am La Scala poster

I Am La Scala

Movie · as Self

2016
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris poster

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris

Movie

2015
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015 poster

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015

Movie

2015
Girls in Bands at the BBC poster

Girls in Bands at the BBC

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self -Guest/Musical Guest · 1 ep

2014
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute poster

Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute

Movie · as Self

2014
Three Stones for Jean Genet poster

Three Stones for Jean Genet

Movie

2014
The 8th Floor poster

The 8th Floor

Movie · as Self

2014
Station to Station poster

Station to Station

Movie

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2013
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis' poster

Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Movie · as Self

2013
Lou Reed - Remembered poster

Lou Reed - Remembered

Movie

2013
Vivre avec Camus poster

Vivre avec Camus

Movie · as Patti Smith

2013
Sternstunde Musik

Sternstunde Musik

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Patti Smith  - Live at Montreux 2005 poster

Patti Smith - Live at Montreux 2005

Movie · as Herself

2012
West of Memphis poster

West of Memphis

Movie · as Self – WM3 Supporter

2011
Sleepless Nights Stories poster

Sleepless Nights Stories

Movie · as Self

2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within poster

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Movie · as Self

2010
Film Socialisme poster

Film Socialisme

Movie · as La chanteuse

2010
The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town poster

The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town

Movie · as Self

2009
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts poster

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

Movie · as Self

2009
All Tomorrow's Parties poster

All Tomorrow's Parties

Movie · as Self

2009
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) poster

Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)

Movie · as herself

2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB poster

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Movie · as Self

2009
Number One!

Number One!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Patti Smith: Dream of Life poster

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Movie · as Self

2008
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur poster

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

Movie · as Self

2008
New York Rock at the BBC poster

New York Rock at the BBC

Movie

2008
The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin poster

The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin

Movie · as Narrator

2008
The African Twin Towers poster

The African Twin Towers

Movie · as Self

2007
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell poster

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

Movie

2007
365 Day Project poster

365 Day Project

Movie · as Self

2007
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson poster

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

Movie · as Self

2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens poster

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Movie · as Self

2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe poster

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

Movie · as Self

2006
The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave poster

The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave

Movie · as Self

2006
Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998 poster

Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998

Movie · as Self

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · 1 ep

2005
Rockpolitik poster

Rockpolitik

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Culture Show poster

The Culture Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Kulturplatz poster

Kulturplatz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) poster

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

Movie

2003
Brian Wilson: On Tour poster

Brian Wilson: On Tour

Movie · as Self

2003
The Big Empty poster

The Big Empty

Movie · as Traveler

2002
What the Punk - An MVD Sampler poster

What the Punk - An MVD Sampler

Movie

2002
Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You poster

Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You

Movie · as Self

2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet...

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock

Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock

Movie · as Self

2001
25 Years of Punk poster

25 Years of Punk

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Cleo Alexander · 1 ep

2001
Democracy Now! poster

Democracy Now!

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2000
Benjamin Smoke poster

Benjamin Smoke

Movie · as Herself

2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration poster

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Self

1999
Laboratorium Anthology

Laboratorium Anthology

Movie

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
The Rugrats Movie poster

The Rugrats Movie

Movie · as Newborn Baby (singing voice)

1998
John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music poster

John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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

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

Movie · as Self

1997
The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1 poster

The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1

Movie · as Self

1996
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film poster

New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film

Movie · as Self

1996
Saturday Night Special

Saturday Night Special

TV · 1 ep

1995
Dancing Barefoot

Dancing Barefoot

Movie · as Self

1994
NeXt

NeXt

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 3 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1992
Later... with Jools Holland poster

Later... with Jools Holland

TV · 3 eps

1986
Women in Rock poster

Women in Rock

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1984
Burroughs: The Movie poster

Burroughs: The Movie

Movie · as Self

1984
Rock My Religion poster

Rock My Religion

Movie

1980
No. 18: Mahagonny

No. 18: Mahagonny

Movie · as Self

1978
Still Moving/Patti Smith poster

Still Moving/Patti Smith

Movie · as Herself

1977
Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976 poster

Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976

Movie · as Self

1976
The Blank Generation poster

The Blank Generation

Movie · as Self

1975
Night Lunch poster

Night Lunch

Movie · as Self

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self (uncredited), Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1971
West Side Stories poster

West Side Stories

Movie

1971
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

Robert Having His Nipple Pierced

Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)

1970
Chelsea Hotel poster

Chelsea Hotel

Movie · as Self

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep