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Leonard Cohen
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and painter. His work mostly explored religion, politics, i…
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Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and painter. His work mostly explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.[2] Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector, which was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound. In 1979 Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz and Oriental and Mediterranean influences. "Hallelujah" was first released on Cohen's studio album Various Positions in 1984. I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions and remains his most popular album. In 1992 Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest. Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, which was a major hit in Canada and Europe. His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. After a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2010, Cohen released three albums in the final four years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014) and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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2026
Looking for Laurie
Movie Poem
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2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025
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2025
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist
Movie Music
- 2024
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2024
Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will
Movie Self
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2022
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Movie Self
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2021
Canadian Hits at the BBC
Movie Self
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2020
Symphony Of The Invisible
Movie Self (voice)
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2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
TV show Main Title Theme Composer
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2019
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Movie Self (archive)
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2017
Popular Voices at the BBC
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2016
Omega
Movie Self
- 2016
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2016
Supermax
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2016
Night Flight: Born Again
Movie Self
- 2016
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2015
Al Purdy Was Here
Movie (voice)
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2014
Leonard Cohen - Live in Dublin
Movie Self
- 2012
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2011
First We Take Milán
Movie Music
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2010
Leonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes
Movie Himself
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2010
Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road
Movie Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
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2010
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Movie Self
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2010
Yesno
Movie (voice)
- 2009
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2008
Leonard Cohen: Live in London
Movie Self
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2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Movie Self
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2006
Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1978-2006
Movie Self
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2006
Leonard Cohen: First We Take Austin
Movie Vocals
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2004
The Last Trapper
Movie Original Music Composer
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2003
In the Forest... Again
Movie Lyricist
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2003
The Favourite Game
Movie Novel
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2000
Homage to Hung Tung
Movie Music
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1999
The Genius of Lenny Breau
Movie Self
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1997
Beautiful Losers
Movie Self
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1997
Leonard Cohen: Spring 96
Movie
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1996
I'm Your Man
Movie Music
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1996
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
Movie Self
