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.

Best known work

Noah

Noah

2014

Song to Song

Song to Song

2017

The Rugrats Movie

The Rugrats Movie

1998

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

2005

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Filmography

TBA
The Song of Hiawatha
2026
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
as Self
2026
Tribeca 25
as Self
2026
Nova '78
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Little, Big, and Far
Executive Producer
2026
Oliviero Toscani. Chi mi ama mi segua
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Go to Izzy!
as Herself
2024
Turn in the Wound
Original Music Composer
2024
One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Executive Producer
2023
Ron Delsener Presents
as Self
2023
Chornobyl
as Self
2022
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self
2022
Patti Smith: Electric Poet
as Self (archive footage)
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
Now
as Self
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self
2019
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
as Self
2019
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as The Punk Poet
2019
WBCN and the American Revolution
as Self
2018
Film catastrophe
as Self
2018
Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
as Herself
2018
Kurt Everywhere
2018
Spheres
as Narrator (Voice)