Patti Smith

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Patti Smith

Acting 79 December 30, 1946

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 alb…

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1 2015 TV Show
Noah

Noah

5.7 2014 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8 2014 TV Show
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

7.0 2005 TV Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6 2001 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3 1993 TV Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.4 1992 TV Show
Song to Song

Song to Song

5.5 2017 Movie
Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!

6.9 2001 TV Show
The Rugrats Movie

The Rugrats Movie

6.3 1998 Movie

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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.

Filmography

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  1. 2026
    Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry

    Movie Self

  2. 2026
    Tribeca 25

    Movie Self

  3. 2026
    Nova '78

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2026
    Little, Big, and Far

    Movie Executive Producer

  5. 2026
    Oliviero Toscani. Chi mi ama mi segua

    Movie

  6. 2025
    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2024
    Go to Izzy!

    Movie Herself

  8. 2024
    Turn in the Wound

    Movie

  9. 2024
    One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2023
    Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 2023
    Ron Delsener Presents

    Movie Self

  12. 2023
    Chornobyl

    Movie Self

  13. 2022
    Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

    Movie Self

  14. 2022
    Patti Smith: Electric Poet

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 2021
    2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Movie Self

  16. 2021
    Now

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2020
    Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Movie Self

  2. 2019
    Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

    Movie Self

  3. 2019
    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

    Movie The Punk Poet

  4. 2019
    WBCN and the American Revolution

    Movie Self

  5. 2018
    Film catastrophe

    Movie Self

  6. 2018
    Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band

    Movie Herself

  7. 2018
    Kurt Everywhere

    Movie

  8. 2018
    Spheres

    Movie Narrator (Voice)

  9. 2017
    Popular Voices at the BBC

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  10. 2017
    Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

    Movie Self

  11. 2017
    The Defiant Ones

    TV show Self

  12. 2017
    Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

    Movie Self

  13. 2017
    Song to Song

    Movie Patti Smith

  14. 2016
    I Am La Scala

    Movie Self

  15. 2016
    The Book of Conrad

    Movie

  16. 2016
    Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

    Movie Self (voice) (uncredited)

  17. 2016
    U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris

    Movie

  18. 2015
    U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015

    Movie

  19. 2015
    Girls in Bands at the BBC

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  20. 2015
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    TV show Self -Guest/Musical Guest

  21. 2015
    Counting

    Movie Executive Producer

  22. 2014
    Station to Station

    Movie

  23. 2014
    The 8th Floor

    Movie Self

  24. 2014
    Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute

    Movie Self