Patti Smith

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

The Mike Douglas Show

The Colbert Report

All Movies (82)

• Nova '782025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Go to Izzy!2024 · as Herself
• Turn in the Wound2024
• One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ron Delsener Presents2023 · as Self
• Chornobyl2023 · as Self
• Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer2022 · as Self
• Patti Smith: Electric Poet2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2021 · as Self
• Now2021 · as Self
• Wim Wenders, Desperado2020 · as Self
• Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal2019 · as Self
• Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese2019 · as The Punk Poet
• WBCN and the American Revolution2019 · as Self
• Film catastrophe2018 · as Self
• Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band2018 · as Herself
• Kurt Everywhere2018
• Spheres2018 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Ex Libris: The New York Public Library2017 · as Self
• Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives2017 · as Self
• Song to Song2017 · as Patti Smith
• I Am La Scala2016 · as Self
• The Book of Conrad2016
• Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures2016 · as Self (voice) (uncredited)
• U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris2016
• U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/20152015
• Girls in Bands at the BBC2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Station to Station2014
• The 8th Floor2014 · as Self
• Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute2014 · as Self
• Three Stones for Jean Genet2014
• Lou Reed - Remembered2013
• Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'2013 · as Self
• West of Memphis2012 · as Self – WM3 Supporter
• Patti Smith - Live at Montreux 20052012 · as Herself
• Sleepless Nights Stories2011 · as Self
• William S. Burroughs: A Man Within2010 · as Self
• The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town2010 · as Self
• Film Socialisme2010 · as La chanteuse
• The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts2009 · as Self
• Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)2009 · as herself
• Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB2009 · as Self
• All Tomorrow's Parties2009 · as Self
• The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin2008 · as Narrator
• New York Rock at the BBC2008
• One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur2008 · as Self
• Patti Smith: Dream of Life2008 · as Self
• 365 Day Project2007 · as Self
• NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell2007
• You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson2007 · as Self
• Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens2007 · as Self
• Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe2007 · as Self
• The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave2006 · as Self
• R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)2003
• The Big Empty2003 · as Traveler
• Brian Wilson: On Tour2003 · as Self
• What the Punk - An MVD Sampler2002
• Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You2002 · as Self
• Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock2001 · as Self
• 25 Years of Punk2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Benjamin Smoke2000 · as Herself
• Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration2000 · as Self
• Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 19981998 · as Self
• John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Rugrats Movie1998 · as Newborn Baby (singing voice)
• The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 11997 · as Self
• Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit1997 · as Self
• New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film1996 · as Self
• Dancing Barefoot1995 · as Self
• Women in Rock1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• Burroughs: The Movie1984 · as Self
• Rock My Religion1984
• No. 18: Mahagonny1980 · as Self
• Patti Smith Group: Rockpalast 19791979 · as Performer
• Still Moving/Patti Smith1978 · as Herself
• Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 19761977 · as Self
• The Blank Generation1976 · as Self
• Night Lunch1975 · as Self
• West Side Stories1971
• Robert Having His Nipple Pierced1971 · as Narrator (uncredited)
• Chelsea Hotel1970 · as Self

All TV Shows (20)

• Popular Voices at the BBC2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Defiant Ones2017 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self -Guest/Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Sternstunde Musik2013 · as Self
• Rockpolitik2005 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005
• The Culture Show2004 · as Self
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• Gero von Boehm begegnet...2002 · as Self
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Cleo Alexander
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Saturday Night Special1996
• NeXt1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self