Iggy Pop was a punk star long before expanding his credits to include the silver screen. In fact, his musical history dates back to his teenage years in Ypsilanti, MI, influenced by music from blues to rock. Pop performed as a drummer and then lead singer, and his group, the Stooges would become legendary in the history of punk rock. Also involved in collaborations with the likes of David Bowie and Kate Pierson, Pop's image in entertainment spread to cinema in the 1980s, and not just with his tunes gracing film soundtracks.
In the early '80s, Pop performed voices for the animated Rock & Rule, and composed the score for Repo Man. He played numerous bit parts in feature films, including Coffee and Cigarettes, Sid and Nancy, and Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money starring Tom Cruise and Paul Newman, all in 1986. In addition he played small parts in Cry-Baby and Hardware, also appearing as himself in documentaries like Red, Hot and Blue and Kiss My Blood in the very early '90s. He played the role of Sally Jenko in the 1995 Western, Dead Man, starring Johnny Depp, and appeared as Rat Face that same year in the indie film Tank Girl. In 1996, he played Curve in the sequel to The Crow, City of Angels.
Of course, his role as a musician intertwined with his career in the film industry. Aside from Repo Man, he composed for the dramatic French feature Va Mourire in 1995, and Johnny Depp's The Brave in 1997, which screened at Cannes, but was never released.
Pop could also be seen on television with credits to include roles in a 1995 episode of The Adventures of Pete and Pete, an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1998, as well as an episode of Behind the Music for VH1 centered around his career.
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Mother of Rock: Lillian Roxon
Participant |
2010 | |||
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Participant |
2010 | |||
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Suck
Actor |
2009 | |||
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FLicKeR
Participant |
2008 | |||
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Lil' Bush: Season 02
Voice |
2008 | |||
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Lil' Bush: Season 01
Voice |
2007 | |||
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Persepolis
Voice |
2007 | |||
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Coachella
Participant |
2006 | |||
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Kurt Cobain About a Son
Featured Music |
2006 | |||
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All We Are Saying
Interviewee |
2005 | |||
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Bang Bang Orangutang
Composer (Music Score) |
2005 | |||
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New York Doll
Participant |
2004 | |||
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Coffee and Cigarettes
Actor |
2003 | |||
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Iggy & the Stooges: Live in Detroit
Performance |
2003 | |||
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Snow Day
Actor |
2000 | |||
| 1998 | ||||
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Home to Rent: Series
Composer (Music Score) |
1997 | |||
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The Brave
Composer (Music Score) |
1997 | |||
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The Crow: City of Angels
Actor |
1996 | |||
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Dead Man
Actor |
1995 | |||
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Tank Girl
Actor |
1995 | |||
| 1995 | ||||
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Va Mourire
Composer (Music Score) |
1995 | |||
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NFL Rocks On The Edge
Participant |
1994 | |||
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Iggy Pop: Kiss My Blood
Performance |
1991 | |||
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Cry-Baby
Actor |
1990 | |||
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Hardware
Actor |
1990 | |||
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Red, Hot + Blue
Performance |
1990 | |||
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Coffee and Cigarettes
Actor |
1986 | |||
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Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Performance |
1986 | |||
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Sid & Nancy
Actor |
1986 | |||
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The Color of Money
Actor |
1986 | |||
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Repo Man
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1984 | |||
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Rock & Rule
Featured Music, Voice |
1983 | |||
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Iggy Pop: Live in San Francisco
Performance |
1981 | |||
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Iggy Pop: Iggy in Paris
Performance |
1977 |












