Patti Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 December 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 album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate," Smith fused rock and poetry in her work.
Known for
Acting 89
- 2026Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry as Self
- 2026The Song of Hiawatha
- 2026Tribeca 25 as Self
- 2026Nova '78 as Self (archive footage)
- 2026Oliviero Toscani. Chi mi ama mi segua
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Go to Izzy! as Herself
- 2024Turn in the Wound
- 2024One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Ron Delsener Presents as Self
- 2023Chornobyl as Self
- 2022Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer as Self
- 2022Patti Smith: Electric Poet as Self (archive footage)
- 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2021Now as Self
- 2020Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self
- 2019Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal as Self
- 2019Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese as The Punk Poet
- 2019WBCN and the American Revolution as Self
- 2018Film catastrophe as Self
- 2018Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band as Herself
- 2018Kurt Everywhere
- 2018Spheres as Narrator (Voice)
- 2017Ex Libris: The New York Public Library as Self
- 2017Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives as Self
- 2017Song to Song as Patti Smith
- 2016I Am La Scala as Self
- 2016The Book of Conrad
- 2016Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 2016U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
- 2015U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
- 2015Girls in Bands at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self -Guest/Musical Guest · 1 episode
- 2014Station to Station
- 2014The 8th Floor as Self
- 2014Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute as Self
- 2014Three Stones for Jean Genet
- 2013Lou Reed - Remembered
- 2013Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis' as Self
- 2012West of Memphis as Self – WM3 Supporter
- 2012Patti Smith - Live at Montreux 2005 as Herself
- 2011Sleepless Nights Stories as Self
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man Within as Self
- 2010The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town as Self
- 2010Film Socialisme as La chanteuse
- 2009The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts as Self
- 2009Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) as herself
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self
- 2009All Tomorrow's Parties as Self
- 2008The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin as Narrator
- 2008New York Rock at the BBC
- 2008One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur as Self
- 2008Patti Smith: Dream of Life as Self
- 2007365 Day Project as Self
- 2007NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
- 2007You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson as Self
- 2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- 2007Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe as Self
- 2006The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave as Self
- 2003R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
- 2003The Big Empty as Traveler
- 2003Brian Wilson: On Tour as Self
- 2002What the Punk - An MVD Sampler
- 2002Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You as Self
- 2001Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock as Self
- 200125 Years of Punk as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Benjamin Smoke as Herself
- 2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1999Laboratorium Anthology
- 1998Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998 as Self
- 1998John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music as Self (archive footage)
- 1998The Rugrats Movie as Newborn Baby (singing voice)
- 1997The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1 as Self
- 1997Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit as Self
- 1996New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film as Self
- 1995Dancing Barefoot as Self
- 1986Women in Rock as Self (archive footage)
- 1984Burroughs: The Movie as Self
- 1984Rock My Religion
- 1980No. 18: Mahagonny as Self
- 1979Patti Smith Group: Rockpalast 1979 as Performer
- 1978Still Moving/Patti Smith as Herself
- 1977Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976 as Self
- 1976The Blank Generation as Self
- 1975Night Lunch as Self
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self (uncredited) · 2 episodes
- 1971West Side Stories
- 1971Robert Having His Nipple Pierced as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1970Chelsea Hotel as Self
Production 4
- 2026Little, Big, and Far · executive producer
- 2023Joan Baez: I Am a Noise · executive producer
- 2015Counting · executive producer
- 2012Museum Hours · executive producer
Sound 2
- 2024Turn in the Wound · original music composer
- 2014Noah · songs
Writing 2
- 2014Three Stones for Jean Genet · screenplay
- 2009Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) · screenplay