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Patti Smith

Acting • 1946-12-30 • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019

Film Socialisme

Film Socialisme

2010

Song to Song

Song to Song

2017

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris

U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris

2016

Three Stones for Jean Genet

Three Stones for Jean Genet

2014

Station to Station

Station to Station

2014

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Filmography

2026
Tribeca 25Film
Self
★ 7.0
2026
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen CurryFilm
Self
2026
Nova '78Film
Self (archive footage)
2026
Oliviero Toscani. Chi mi ama mi seguaFilm
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.6
2024
One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume TwoFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
2024
Turn in the WoundFilm
★ 6.0
2024
Go to Izzy!Film
Herself
2023
ChornobylFilm
Self
2023
Ron Delsener PresentsFilm
Self
2022
Werner Herzog: Radical DreamerFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2022
Patti Smith: Electric PoetFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
2021
NowFilm
Self
★ 8.8
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyFilm
Self
★ 4.0
2020
Wim Wenders, DesperadoFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2019
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin ScorseseFilm
The Punk Poet
★ 7.0
2019
WBCN and the American RevolutionFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2019
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll AnimalFilm
Self
2018
Horses: Patti Smith and Her BandFilm
Herself
★ 5.2
2018
Film catastropheFilm
Self
★ 5.7
2018
SpheresFilm
Narrator (Voice)
2018
Kurt EverywhereFilm
2017
Song to SongFilm
Patti Smith
★ 5.5
2017
The Defiant OnesTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.8
2017
Ex Libris: The New York Public LibraryFilm
Self
★ 6.4
2017
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our LivesFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2017
Popular Voices at the BBCTV
Self (archive footage) • 3 episodes
2016
Mapplethorpe: Look at the PicturesFilm
Self (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.9
2016
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in ParisFilm
★ 8.4
2016
The Book of ConradFilm
2016
I Am La ScalaFilm
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self -Guest/Musical Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
Girls in Bands at the BBCFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2015
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015Film
★ 7.0
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTV
Self - Guest • 3 episodes
★ 5.8
2014
Station to StationFilm
★ 6.8
2014
Three Stones for Jean GenetFilm
★ 5.6
2014
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares TributeFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2014
The 8th FloorFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2013
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'Film
Self
★ 8.0
2013
Lou Reed - RememberedFilm
★ 6.5
2013
Sternstunde MusikTV
Self • 1 episodes
2013
Vivre avec CamusFilm
Patti Smith
2012
West of MemphisFilm
Self – WM3 Supporter
★ 7.4
2012
Patti Smith - Live at Montreux 2005Film
Herself
★ 7.7
2011
Sleepless Nights StoriesFilm
Self
★ 5.3
2010
Film SocialismeFilm
La chanteuse
★ 5.9
2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinFilm
Self
★ 6.6
2010
The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of TownFilm
Self
★ 6.8
2009
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ConcertsFilm
Self
★ 7.9
2009
All Tomorrow's PartiesFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2009
Number One!TV
Self • 1 episodes
2009
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)Film
herself
2008
Patti Smith: Dream of LifeFilm
Self
★ 6.1
2008
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big SurFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2008
New York Rock at the BBCFilm
★ 6.5
2008
The African Twin TowersFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2008
The Passage Clock: For Walter BenjaminFilm
Narrator
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2007
NY77: The Coolest Year in HellFilm
★ 7.5
2007
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky EricksonFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2007
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert MapplethorpeFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2007
365 Day ProjectFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2006
Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998Film
Self
2006
The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New WaveFilm
Self
2005
The Colbert ReportTV
★ 7.0
2005
RockpolitikTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2004
The Culture ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2004
KulturplatzTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2003
The Big EmptyFilm
Traveler
★ 6.1
2003
Brian Wilson: On TourFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2003
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)Film
★ 5.0
2002
Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants YouFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2002
What the Punk - An MVD SamplerFilm
★ 5.0
2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet...TV
Self • 1 episodes
2001
Law & Order: Criminal IntentTV
Cleo Alexander • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2001
Democracy Now!TV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.9
2001
25 Years of PunkFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard RockFilm
Self
★ 5.5
2000
Benjamin SmokeFilm
Herself
★ 5.0
2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary CelebrationFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1999
The Early ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1999
Laboratorium AnthologyFilm
1998
The Rugrats MovieFilm
Newborn Baby (singing voice)
★ 6.3
1998
John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & MusicFilm
Self (archive footage)
1997
The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1Film
Self
★ 8.0
1997
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a SpiritFilm
Self
★ 5.2
1996
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on FilmFilm
Self
★ 8.5
1996
Saturday Night SpecialTV
★ 7.5
1995
Dancing BarefootFilm
Self
★ 6.2
1994
NeXtTV
Self • 1 episodes
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Musical Guest • 3 episodes
★ 7.3
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV
★ 5.3
1992
Later... with Jools HollandTV
★ 5.9
1986
Women in RockFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
1984
Burroughs: The MovieFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1984
Rock My ReligionFilm
1980
No. 18: MahagonnyFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1978
Still Moving/Patti SmithFilm
Herself
★ 7.0
1977
Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976Film
Self
1976
The Blank GenerationFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Musical Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Night LunchFilm
Self
★ 5.0
1971
Robert Having His Nipple PiercedFilm
Narrator (uncredited)
★ 3.0
1971
West Side StoriesFilm
1970
Chelsea HotelFilm
Self
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.8