Biography
Iggy Pop (born James Newell "Jim" Osterberg, Jr.; April 21, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and occasional actor. He is considered an influential innovator of punk rock, hard rock, and other styles of rock music. Pop began calling himself "Iggy" after his first band in high school (for which he was drummer), The Iguanas. He was lead singer/songwriter of influential protopunk band The Stooges and became known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. Pop's popularity ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Dark Fantastic
2025
as Self
The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blending live performances, striking visuals, and interv...

How Dark My Love
2025
as Self
Controversial painter Joe Coleman, known for his intricate portraits of serial killers and outlaws, undertakes his most challenging subject yet — a se...

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2025
as Self
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including tw...

Daniel's Gotta Die
2025
as Edward Powell
Daniel Powell’s plan to reconnect with his siblings hits a snag when he discovers they all want to kill him for his inheritance. As the brothers and s...

Iggy Pop - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2023
2025
as Himself
Iggy Pop’s ‘explosive performance’ (NME) at the revered Montreux Jazz Festival in 2023 is now available to see and hear in all its ‘vital and dangerou...

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada 'S'
2024
as Self - Narrator
Franco's death in 1975 opened the doors to the possibility of uncensored cinema. After two years in which censorship was relaxed, in 1977 it was compl...

Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw
2024
as Self
Born with a silver spoon, Jonathan Shaw chose, at the height of his career as a tattoo artist, to give up on his celebrity lifestyle in order to escap...

Choose Irvine Welsh.
2023
as Self
Irvine Welsh in his own words, with Iggy Pop, Martin Compston, Danny Boyle and others paying tribute

The King
2023
as Self
A story about Carl XVI Gustaf who became the world’s youngest king. The father dies when the crown prince is only nine months old and he grows up with...

Tell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
This new intimate documentary looks at the extraordinary journey of the 75-year-old American rocker, who has come back from everything, and especially...

Jane by Charlotte
2022
as Self (uncredited)
Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselve...

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverber...

The Dawn
2020
as Paul Magnus
In his Miami studio, built as a solar observatory, a famous painter lives alone, without a wife or children. His only obsession is to paint at dawn. B...

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES
2020
as Self
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES is a brand new compilation of the mo...

Iggy Pop Live at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
2019
as Self
Iggy Pop has been at the top of the punk pantheon for decades. He may well be 72 years old but he’s just as rebellious as ever. In July 2019, the lege...

The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Male Coffee Zombie
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert mus...

In Praise of Nothing
2019
as Nothing (voice)
A feelgood documentary about Nothing, in which Nothing, tired of being misunderstood, tries to defend its cause. Filmed worldwide by 100+ complementar...

The White Album
2018
Music
If Love Is The Message trained Jafa’s scrutiny on black experience, The White Album shifts his lens to white experience, acknowledging that neither ca...

Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
2018
as Self (Musician)
The dramatic story of Egon Schiele in his own words, celebrating his remarkable artistic achievements but also debating the controversies around his w...

Bad Reputation
2018
as Self
The life and career of rock n' roll icon Joan Jett from her early years ripping it up onstage as the founder and backbone of hard-rock legends The Run...

The Man Who Stole Banksy
2018
as Self - Narrator
In 2007, the anonymous graffiti artist Banksy painted a series of political works around Palestine, only to have them cut down and sold off to the hig...

Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie
2018
as Self
Portrait of Debbie Harry, co-founder of Blondie, punk rock pioneer, that was one of the few feminine icon in rock music at that time.

Stooge
2017
as Self
Stooge is a feature documentary about Robert Pargiter, Iggy Pop's No1 fan. It covers the three years leading up to his 50th birthday when he tries to ...

Lessons of Pop
2017
as Self

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
as Self
Documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of the som...

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
2017
Thanks
A reckless joyride into the darkest corners of popular music that delves deep into the mind of Mick Rock, the genius photographer who immortalized the...

American Valhalla
2017
as Self
The film takes you on a journey from the conception of this musical partnership and the first demos recorded in Californian desert by - what became - ...

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence o...

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
2017
as Self
Documentary following British punk duo Sleaford Mods on their two year journey from Nottingham bedroom recording sessions to chart success

Song to Song
2017
as Iggy Pop
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook ...

Iggy and The Stooges: Live in Sydney
2017
as Self - Performer
Iggy and the Stooges, live at The Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on April 2, 2013. It was an old-school punk party complete with stage invasions, crazy cr...

You are Teddybears
2017
as Self
A humorous, vibrant music documentary introducing us to the faces behind the masks of the eccentric Swedish band Teddybears.

To Stay Alive: A Method
2016
as Self / Narrator
Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text based on their l...

To Stay Alive: A Method
2016
Music
Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text based on their l...

Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
2016
as Self
Iggy Pop's Post Pop Depression album, a collaboration with co-writer and producer Joshua Homme from Queens Of The Stone Age, is his most critically ac...

Gimme Danger
2016
as Self
No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete wit...

Iggy Pop: Live in Basel 2015
2016
as Self
There's a reason why many consider Iggy Pop the godfather of punk - every single punk band of the past and present has either knowingly or unknowingly...

Gutterdämmerung
2016
as Vicious
The "Devil's Evil Guitar" has been removed from the world by the supreme being, and rock and roll is a thing of the past in this newly puritanical env...

Blood Orange
2016
as Bill
The idyllic life of Bill, a retired aging rock star, and his young wife is rocked by a lover from her past, resulting in catastrophic consequences.
IGGY POP Festival Nuits De Fourviere
2015
as Self

Asthma
2015
as Local Drunk
A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.

Rammstein in Amerika
2015
as Self
The concert film celebrates the band’s legendary show in New York’s Madison Square Garden – Rammstein’s return to the US after a ten-year absence. In ...

Danny Says
2015
as Self
DANNY SAYS is a documentary unveiling the amazing journey of Danny Fields. Fields has played a pivotal role in music and culture with seminal acts inc...

Iggy Pop - Austin City Limits
2015
as Self
Iggy Pop made his Austin City Limits debut, nearly 50 years into his career, Saturday night with an epic hour-long episode that focused on his 2016 al...

The Seeds: Pushin' Too Hard
2014
Documentary about seminal garage-rock band, The Seeds, that uses vintage footage, rare photos, memorabilia and audio, plus fresh interviews with band ...

Super Duper Alice Cooper
2014
as Self (voice)
Emerging from the Detroit music scene of the 1970s in a flurry of long hair and sequins, Alice Cooper restored hard rock with a sense of showmanship, ...

A Tribute To Ron Asheton
2013
as Self
Live performance by Iggy and the Stooges in tribute to their former guitarist Ron Asheton. Recorded at the Michigan Theater in 2011, the band plays a ...

The Brats
2013
as Self
Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that hi...
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
2013
as Self
From Led Zeppelin to The Rolling Stones, Elvis to Madonna, John Lennon to Johnny Rotten, Bob Gruen has captured half a century of music through the ey...

Morning Star
2012
as La Conscience
A small circus arrives in a coastal area of the North Sea: the place looks rather eerie and the audience is quite scarce. But despite all of this, the...
Call Me Iggy
2012
as Self

Clockwork Orange County
2012
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Many objected to leather-jacket, spike-hair kids with tattoos. But, that did not dissuade a generation... No one realized that a little club in Costa ...
Wild Thing
2012
as Self
A documentary about The Troggs (performers of Wild Thing) and other Rock bands.

Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power Live (In the Hands of the Fans)
2011
as Self
Through an online contest, six fans were selected to film Iggy & the Stooges' legendary September 3, 2010 reunion as the band performed "Raw Power" to...

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self
A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.

Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Sacred Triangle enlightens us on how one of the most influential pop stars of the previous century, Ziggy Stardust, was born. This is the same que...

Music
2010
as Self
The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010
as Darkos (voice)
With Maltazard now seven feet tall and Arthur still two inches small, our hero must find a way to grow back to his normal size and stop the Evil M onc...
Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up
2010
as Self
Despite the mantra of 'live fast, die young', Britain's first rock 'n' roll generations are now enjoying old age. What was once about youth and taking...

Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power
2010
as Self
A documentary focused on Iggy Pop & The Stooges and their album "Raw Power".

Art House
2010
as Gordon Ohr
A communal house left in trust many years ago to provide art students support in the way of free housing, ART HOUSE has accumulated its share of legen...

Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
2009
as Self
Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.

Suck
2009
as Victor
The film follows a petty rock band called the Winners, consisting of vocalist Joey Winner, bassist Jennifer, guitarist Tyler, drummer Sam, and French-...

FLicKeR
2009
as Self
In 1960, Brion Gysin invented the Dream Machine, a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations, drugless highs, and revolutionize hu...

Bulles de Vian
2009
as Self
"Vian Bubbles" - On June 23, 2009, fifty years to the day after the death of Boris Vian, a supernatural phenomenon crosses all of France: in the stree...

Iggy and the Stooges: Escaped Maniacs
2008
as Self - Performer
Spectacular performance, filmed at the 2005 Lokerse Festival, featuring most of the tracks from the first two Stooges albums + more!

Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008
as Self
Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval. In the early 60s, Motown tran...

Countdown - The Wonder Years 2
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Featuring the Original Live Countdown performances by the World biggest artists from the 70s and 80s

The Pretenders - With Friends
2006
as Self - Vocal
Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling band The Pretenders (featuring the Legendary Chrissie Hynde) performs with special guests including Iggy ...

Wayne County Ramblin'
2006
as Simon
Interweaving fact, folklore, fiction, religion, and lies, Wayne County Ramblin' seeks to reveal its' landscape as part of a great creole nation. It is...

Coachella
2006
as Self (with The Stooges)
Filmmaker Drew Thomas brings California's popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to the screen with a different kind of musical documentary ...

God Save the Queen: A Punk Rock Anthology
2006
as Self - Performer

The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave
2006
as Self
This 2-DVD set captures explosive live performances and revealing interviews on DVD for the first time ever from the forefathers of the punk and new w...

Blondie: One Way or Another
2006
as Self
A documentary about New York band Blondie, from their early beginnings in Bowery clubs like CBGBs alongside other up and coming bands like The Ramones...

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
2005
as Self
A documentary that follows Madonna on her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour.

Give 'Em The Boot
2005
as Self
Featuring eighty-two minutes of extremely rare, never-before-seen international concert performance footage of bands such as Rancid, Joe Strummer and ...
Iggy & the Stooges: Live at the Lokerse Festival
2005
as Self
This performance, shot live at the Lokerse Festival in August 2005 shows exactly why the Stooges were so influential in their heyday and why to this d...

Iggy Pop Live at the Avenue B
2005
as Self
At 52 years of age, Iggy Pop was on tour in Europe promoting his Avenue B album in December 1999 when he performed the concert presented here as Live ...

New York Doll
2005
as Self
A recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur "Killer" Kane, of the rock band The New York Dolls, is given a chance at reuniting with h...

Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Iggy (segment "Somewhere in California")
Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individua...

David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003
as Self
A documentary, which takes you on a journey of Bowie's revolutionary career, struggle with his personal life and his achievements and successes. Featu...

Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003
as Self (archive footage)
A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer

Laurel Canyon
2003
Thanks
When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A years-in-the-making documentary on the legendary punk band the Ramones. Through a mixture of archival footage, archival and new interviews with all ...

Iggy & the Stooges - Live in Detroit
2003
as Self
The Stooges, also known as Iggy and The Stooges, is an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed...

25 Years of Punk
2001
as Self
Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground p...

Snow Day
2000
as Mr. Zellweger
When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by N...

John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Follows John Cale, a Welsh musician and producer, who founded the legendary 60s and 70s NY rock band - the Velvet Underground, with Lou Reed. Cale del...

The Rugrats Movie
1998
as Newborn Baby (singing voice)
Based on the popular Nickelodeon TV series Rugrats, this is the first full-length feature animated movie to star the little tots. It's the story of di...

Iggy Pop: Jesus? This Is Iggy
1998
as Self
2002 Some of the excellent footage includes: excerpts from the 1970 Cincinnatti Pop Festival, famed for the Ig's clambering onto the audience, being ...

The Brave
1997
as Man Eating Bird Leg
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of whi...

The Brave
1997
Original Music Composer
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of whi...

Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997
as Iggy
This shortcut repeats the structure of Coffee and Cigarettes. This time, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits meet in a bar. But, again, we don't know why they agre...

Private Parts
1997
as Iggy Pop (uncredited)
The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be a...

Atolladero
1997
as Madden
In the near future, the areas between major cities are lawless wastelands. Atolladero is a town run with an iron fist by a corrupt tyrant named The Ju...

The Crow: City of Angels
1996
as Curve
A murder victim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman, he exacts revenge on his killers – only to realize h...

Dead Man
1995
as Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko
William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a jou...

Tank Girl
1995
as Rat Face
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head...

The History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995
as Self
The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
Dancing Barefoot
1995
as Self
In this 1995 made-for television biopic, see legendary musician and filmmaker Ivan Kral as he made music history. With guitar and camera in the 70s, p...

The Adventures of Pete & Pete: Halloweenie
1994
as James Mecklenberg
Big Pete puts aside his pride to help Little Pete break the record for the number of houses visited on Halloween.

Iggy Pop: Kiss My Blood
1991
as Self
More than just a concert, this film shows us for the first time the brutal energy of the New Detroit legend. Nearly two hours of excitement in the fam...

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self
This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of...

Hardware
1990
as Angry Bob
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Thro...

Cry-Baby
1990
as Belvedere Rickettes
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

Lust For Life
1987
as Self
Iggy Pop documentary.

Iggy Pop: Live at the Ritz
1986
as Self
Touring in support of Blah Blah Blah, Iggy Pop (and his incredibly tight backing band) provide the very definition of Rock & Roll as they perform at N...

The Color of Money
1986
as Skinny Player on the Road
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and propo...

Sid and Nancy
1986
as Prospective Guest #1
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental ba...

Repo Man
1984
Songs
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revo...

Rock & Rule
1983
as Monster from Another Dimension (voice)
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.

The Making of Rock & Rule
1983
as Self
Documentary on the making of the cult classic Nelvana animated film, "Rock & Rule." Featuring interviews with Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Igg...

Iggy Pop: Live San Fran 1981
1981
as Self
While this film may look rough and raw to 21st Century eyes, it is also the best representation of Iggy live during an otherwise pitifully undocumente...

Goose Lake International Music Festival
1970
as Self
The Goose Lake International Music Festival held August 7–9, 1970 in Leoni Township, Michigan, "was one of the largest music events of its era", and f...

Midsummer Rock: The Cincinnati Pop Festival 1970
1970
as Self
Midsummer Rock is a television program based on the Cincinnati Pop Festival. The 90-minute TV version featured Alice Cooper, Mountain, Grand Funk Rail...

Nico: Evening of Light
1969
as Iggy Pop (uncredited)
Shot as a proposed short film behind Iggy Pop's Ann Arbor, MI estate and summarily rejected by Elektra Records as promotional material for Nico's 1968...
The Sandman
N/A
as The Sandman
THE SANDMAN tells the story of Nathan, a young student in the city who struggles to forget his childhood trauma at the hands of the serial killer dubb...

Are We Not Men?
N/A
as Self
A documentary about DEVO

The South Bank Show: Iggy Pop
N/A
as Self
With his original band, The Stooges, came storming out of Detroit at the end of the 1960s, trashing the ideals of the hippie movement for a new music ...