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He formed the group The Velvet Underground with Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, second guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Maureen "Moe" Tucker in New York 1965. The group soon became a part of Andy Warhol's Factory scene, which housed a great number of the most freaked and experimental artists at the time... See full bio »

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2013 Gent de paraula (TV series)
– Episode #3.16 (2013) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" / performer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
2012/I Flight (writer: "Sweet Jane")
 
2012 The Lords of Salem (writer: "Venus in Furs", "All Tomorrow's Parties")
 
2012 Killing Them Softly (writer: "Heroin", "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams")
 
2012 Lawless (writer: "White Light/White Heat")
 
2012 Men in Black 3 (writer: "I'm Waiting for the Man")
 
2010 De wereld draait door (TV series)
– Episode #6.60 (2010) (writer: "Perfect Day" - uncredited)
 
2010 Due Date (writer: "Sweet Jane")
 
2010 Miral (writer: "Carbon" / performer: "Carbon")
 
2010 Worried About the Boy (TV movie) (writer: "Venus In Furs")
 
2010 Fringe (TV series)
– Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver (2010) (writer: "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" - uncredited)
 
2010 Beautiful Darling (documentary) (writer: "Make Up", "Looking for Love", "Candy Says", "Candy Says Country Jellyfish Live Version" / performer: "Make Up", "Looking for Love")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #17.79 (2010) (writer: "Jesus" - uncredited / performer: "Jesus" - uncredited)
 
2009 Zombieland (writer: "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'")
 
2009 Suck (writer: "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'")
 
2009 Bandslam (writer: "Femme Fatale")
 
2009 No disparen al pianista (TV series)
– Episode #2.17 (2009) (writer: "El lado más bestia de la vida")
 
2009 Away We Go (writer: "Oh! Sweet Nothin'")
 
2009 L'Aquila 2009 - Cinque registi tra le macerie (documentary short) (writer: "Perfect Day" / performer: "Perfect Day")
 
2009 A Perfect Day (video short) (writer: "Perfect Day" / performer: "Perfect Day")
 
2009/II Stella (short) (writer: "Stephanie Says" - uncredited)
 
2009 Life on Mars (TV series)
– Everyone Knows It's Windy (2009) (performer: "Satellite Of Love" - uncredited)
 
2009 Adventureland (writer: "Here She Comes Now", "Pale Blue Eyes", "Satellite of Love" / performer: "Satellite of Love")
 
2008 Sputnik (TV series)
– Company de viatge (2008) (performer: "Dirty Boulevard")
 
2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
– Leave Out All the Rest (2008) (writer: "Venus in Furs" - uncredited)
 
2008 True Blood (TV series)
– Burning House of Love (2008) (writer: "Sweet Jane" - uncredited)
 
2008 RocknRolla (performer: "The Gun" / "The Gun" / as Reed)
 
2007-2008 Saving Grace (TV series)
– Are You an Indian Princess? (2008) (performer: "Fistful of Love" - uncredited)
– Would You Want Me to Tell You? (2007) ("This Magic Moment")
 
2008 Generation Kill (TV mini-series)
– Stay Frosty (2008) (writer: "Can I Kick It?")
 
2008 The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (performer: "Perfect Day")
 
2008 Palermo Shooting (writer: "Some Kinda Love")
 
2008 De par en par (TV series)
– Episode #2.6 (2008) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" / performer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
2008 Medium (TV series)
– Lady Killer (2008) (performer: "Walk on the Wild Side" - uncredited)
 
2007-2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #2.10 (2008) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" / performer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
– Episode #2.3 (2008) (writer: "White Light, White Heat")
– Episode #1.2 (2007) (performer: "Hookywooky")
 
2008 August (writer: "Pale Blue Eyes")
 
2008 The Wackness (writer: "Can I Kick It?" / performer: "Can I Kick It?")
 
2007 Bones (TV series)
– Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van (2007) (performer: "Perfect Day" - uncredited)
 
2007 Things We Lost in the Fire (writer: "Sweet Jane")
 
2007 Juno (writer: "I'm Sticking with You" 1985)
 
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ("Pale Blue Eyes")
 
2007 Control ("What Goes On")
 
2007 The Savages (writer: "I'm Sticking With You")
 
2006 Saved (TV series)
– A Shock to the System (2006) (performer: "Busload of Faith")
 
2006 Vida y milagros (video) (writer: "El lado más bestia de la vida")
 
2006 Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (documentary) (writer: "Run Run Run")
 
2006 Free Jimmy (writer: "I'm Set Free")
 
2006 The Science of Sleep (writer: "If You Rescue Me")
 
2006 Life on Mars (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (2006) (writer: "I'm So Free" - uncredited / performer: "I'm So Free" - uncredited)
 
2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (writer: "Rock & Roll" / performer: "Rock & Roll")
 
2005 V for Vendetta (writer: "I Found a Reason")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (TV documentary) (writer: "Sweet Jane")
 
2005 Underclassman (writer: "Can I Kick It")
 
2005 Nearing Grace (writer: "I'll Be Your Mirror")
 
2005 Last Days (writer: "Venus in Furs")
 
2005 Guess Who (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" 1972 / performer: "Walk on the Wild Side" 1972)
 
2005 Pretty Persuasion (writer: "What Goes On")
 
2005 Brick (writer: "Sister Ray")
 
2005 The Squid and the Whale (writer: "Street Hassle" / performer: "Street Hassle")
 
2004 Blade: Trinity (writer: "Fatal", "Venus in Furs")
 
2002-2004 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
– Intruded (2004) (performer: "Blue Mask" - uncredited)
– Crime & Punishment (2002) (performer: "Vicious" - uncredited)
 
2004 Saving Face (writer: "I FOUND A REASON")
 
2004 ...And They Lived Happily Ever After (writer: "I'm waiting for my man")
 
2004 Trollywood (documentary) (writer: "Pale Blue Eyes", "Sunday Morning" / performer: "Pale Blue Eyes")
 
2003 Nito (short) (writer: "El lado más bestia de la vida")
 
2003 The School of Rock ("Ride Into The Sun")
 
2003 Wonderland (writer: "Satellite of Love" 1972 / performer: "Satellite of Love" 1972)
 
2003 Gaz Bar Blues (writer: "Perfect Day")
 
2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (writer: "America" / performer: "America")
 
2003 16 Years of Alcohol (writer: "Pale Blue Eyes")
 
2003 Early Doors (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (2003) (writer: "Perfect Day")
 
2002 The Secret Lives of Dentists (writer: "I Found a Reason")
 
2002 Laurel Canyon (writer: "Oscar Brown")
 
2002 Habibti My Love (short) (writer: "I Found A Reason")
 
2002 Tangled Web (short) (lyrics: "Temptation Inside Your Heart")
 
2002 The Salton Sea (writer: "Walk On The Wild Side" / performer: "Walk On The Wild Side")
 
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums (writer: "Stephanie Says")
 
2001 Prozac Nation (writer: "Sweet Jane", "Perfect Day" / performer: "Sweet Jane", "Perfect Day")
 
2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
2001 Victoria Died in 1901 and Is Still Alive Today (TV documentary) (writer: "Venus in Furs" - uncredited, "White Light/White Heat" - uncredited, "Heroin" - uncredited)
 
2000 Almost Famous (writer: "I'm Waiting for the Man")
 
2000 Before Night Falls (writer: "Baton Rouge" / performer: "Baton Rouge")
 
2000 Vertical Ray of the Sun (writer: "Pale Blue Eyes", "Coney Island Baby" / performer: "Coney Island Baby")
 
2000 High Fidelity (writer: "Who Loves The Sun", "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'")
 
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel (writer: "Satellite of Love")
 
1999 The '60s (TV movie) (writer: "Heroin", "All Tomorrow's Parties")
 
1998 B. Monkey (writer: "SWEET JANE")
 
1998 Radiofreccia (writer: "Vicious" / performer: "Vicious")
 
1998 SLC Punk! (writer: "Rock & Roll")
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" / as L. Reed)
 
1998 Without Limits (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" / performer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
1998 Fogi is a Bastard (writer: "I'm waiting for the man", "Heroin")
 
1998 Velvet Goldmine (writer: "Satellite of Love" / performer: "Satellite of Love")
 
1998 Jidder (short) (performer: "This Magic Moment")
 
1997 Mad City (writer: "Is Anybody Listening?")
 
1997 The Diary of Evelyn Lau (TV movie) (performer: "HEROIN")
 
1997 True Love and Chaos (writer: "Rock and Roll")
 
1997 House of America (writer: "I'm Waiting For the Man", "Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties")
 
1997 Lost Highway (performer: "This Magic Moment")
 
1996 The Cable Guy (writer: "Satellite of Love", "Oh Sweet Nuthin'")
 
1996 Law & Order (TV series)
– Aftershock (1996) (writer: "Sweet Jane")
 
1996 Trainspotting (music: "Perfect Day" / lyrics: "Perfect Day" / performer: "Perfect Day")
 
1996 Beautiful Girls (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
1995 Georgia (writer: "WALK ON THE WILD SIDE" / "THERE SHE GOES AGAIN", "SALLY CAN'T DANCE", "I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR")
 
1995 Nico Icon (documentary) (writer: "All Tomorrow's Parties", "Femme Fatale", "I'll Be Your Mirror", "I'm Waiting for the Man", "Venus in Furs")
 
1995 Blue in the Face (writer: "Egg Cream" / performer: "Egg Cream")
 
1994 Natural Born Killers (writer: "Sweet Jane")
 
1994 The Cowboy Way (writer: "Candy Says")
 
1994 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Jump! (1994) (performer: "No Money Down")
 
1993 Faraway, So Close! (writer: "Berlin", "Why Can't I Be Good" / performer: "Berlin", "Why Can't I Be Good" / producer: "Why Can't I Be Good")
 
1993 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Selma's Choice (1993) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" - uncredited)
 
1993 Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story (TV documentary) (performer: "Walk on the Wild Side", "Perfect Day", "I'm So Free")
 
1993 The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered (documentary short) (performer: "The Day John Kennedy Died")
 
1992 Prelude to a Kiss (writer: "Sweet Jane")
 
1991 Until the End of the World (writer: "What's Good" / performer: "What's Good")
 
1991 The Rapture (writer: "I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR")
 
1991 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV series)
– Banks Shot (1991) (performer: "Soul Man")
 
1991 The Doors (writer: "Heroin", "Venus In Furs")
 
1990 The Ages of Lulu (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" / performer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
1990 Silent Scream (writer: "Oh Jim" - uncredited)
 
1990 Opportunity Knocks (writer: "Walk On The Wide Side" / performer: "Walk On The Wide Side")
 
1990 Flashback ("Walk on the Wild Side")
 
1990 Diese Drombuschs (TV series)
– Der Verlierer (1990) (performer: "Walk On The Wild Side")
 
1989 Penn & Teller Get Killed (writer: "Femme fatale")
 
1989 True Believer (writer: "Busload of Faith" / performer: "Busload of Faith")
 
1988 Permanent Record (writer: "Something Happened" / performer: "Something Happened" / producer: "Something Happened")
 
1988 Tommys Hollywood Report (TV movie) (performer: "Walk on the Wild Side" - uncredited)
 
1987 Hot Child in the City (writer: "Walk On The Wild Side" / performer: "Walk On The Wild Side")
 
1986 Soul Man (performer: "Soul Man")
 
1985 White Nights (performer: "My Love Is Chemical")
 
1985 Fame (TV series)
– White Light (1985) (performer: "White Light, White Heat")
 
1985 Operation Julie (TV movie) (performer: "Oh Jim")
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
– The Prodigal Son (1985) (writer: "Good Night, Ladies" - uncredited / performer: "Good Night, Ladies" - uncredited)
 
1985 Perfect (writer: "Hot Hips" / performer: "Hot Hips" / producer: "Hot Hips")
 
1985 Heroine (video) (writer: "All Tomorrow's Parties", "Femme Fatale")
 
1983 Get Crazy (writer: "My Baby Sister" / performer: "My Baby Sister")
 
1983 Rock & Rule (writer: "My Name Is Mok", "Triumph" / performer: "My Name Is Mok", "Triumph" / producer: "My Name Is Mok", "Triumph")
 
1983 G (writer: "Venus in Furs")
 
1982 Nico: An Underground Experience (video short) (writer: "I'm Waiting for the Man", "All Tomorrow's Parties", "Femme Fatale")
 
1981 American Pop (writer: "I'm Waiting For The Man" / performer: "I'm Waiting For The Man")
 
1980 Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV mini-series)
– Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz, 14 - Mein Traum vom Traum des Franz Biberkopf von Alfred Döblin: Ein Epilog (1980) (lyrics: "Candy Says")
 
1980 Times Square (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side" / performer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
1980 Up the Academy (writer: "Street Hassle" / performer: "Street Hassle")
 
1979 Nuotit hukassa (TV series)
– Episode dated 1 December 1979 (1979) (writer: "Mitä me tehdään Pale Blue Eyes")
 
Show ShowActor (11 titles)
2012 The Contortionist (video short)
Backup vocals
 
2010 Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
Maltazard (voice)
 
2010 Final Weapon (short)
The Holder
 
2009 Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Emperor Maltazard (voice)
 
2001 Prozac Nation
Lou Reed
 
1998 Lulu on the Bridge
Not Lou Reed
 
1996 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
– Episode #4.126 (1996) … Musical Guest
 
1995 Blue in the Face
Man with Strange Glasses
 
1983 Get Crazy
Auden
 
1983 Rock & Rule
Mok (singing) (voice)
 
1980 One Trick Pony
Steve Kunelian
 
Show ShowComposer (8 titles)
2010 Needles and Pins (short)
 
2009 Wash (short)
 
2007 Berlin (documentary)
 
1998 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)
 
1991 Lou Reed: The New York Album (video)
 
1990 Songs for Drella (video)
 
1983 A Night with Lou Reed
 
1982 Le dernier jour (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2010 Red Shirley (documentary short)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2010 Red Shirley (documentary short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2004 Thinking XXX (TV documentary) (special guitar arrangements)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2000 Before Night Falls (composer: additional music)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1995 United States of Poetry (TV mini-series documentary)
 
Show ShowThanks (11 titles)
2012 About Face: Supermodels Then and Now (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009 Little Joe (documentary) (thanks)
 
2008 The Black List: Volume One (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2007 Area X (short) (musical special thanks)
 
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (special thanks)
 
2007 Control (special thanks)
 
2007 Nanking (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2002 One More, One Less (short) (thanks)
 
2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (special thanks)
 
2000 Before Night Falls (special thanks)
 
1995 Georgia (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (99 titles)
2012 A.K.A. Doc Pomus (documentary)
 
2012 Music Nuggets (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 February 2012 (2012) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2010 Qwerty (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.10 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Glastonbury 2010 (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Homeland: The Story of the Lark (video documentary)
 
2010 Red Shirley (documentary short)
Himself
 
1994-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #17.79 (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.24 (2008) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 30 March 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 January 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
2010 Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (documentary)
Narrator
 
2010 MindFlux (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (TV special)
Himself
 
2009 Premio Internazionale del Cinema Rodolfo Valentino. XXXII Edizione (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 In the Attic with Pete Townshend & Friends (video)
Himself
 
2008 Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (TV series)
Himself
– Lou Reed & Julian Schnabel (2008) … Himself
 
2008 L'hora del lector (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.7 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Shooting Palermo (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Palermo Shooting
Himself
 
2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV special)
Himself
 
2008 Andy Warhol's Factory People (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Speeding Into the Future (2008)
– Your Fifteen Minutes Are Up (2008) … Himself
 
2007 De wereld draait door (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.28 (2007) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2007 Berlin (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Seven Ages of Rock (TV series documentary)
Himself
– White Light, White Heat: Art Rock (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 MTV Video Music Awards 2006 (TV special)
Himself - Performer & Presenter
 
2006 The Drug Years (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Teenage Wasteland (2006) … Himself
 
2005 MTVU Woodie Awards 2005 (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Blues (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Soul of a Man (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Night of Too Many Stars (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 The Soul of a Man (documentary)
Featured Performer
 
2000-2003 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #21.1 (2003) … Himself
– Episode #15.6 (2000) … Himself
 
2003 Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.6 (2003) … Himself
 
1994-2003 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.74 (2003) … Himself
– Episode #3.32 (1994) … Himself
 
2003 The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2002 Pavarotti & Friends 2002 for Angola (TV special documentary)
Guest Performer
 
2001 Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1986-2001 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Lara Flynn Boyle/Bon Jovi (2001) … Himself (uncredited)
– Sam Kinison/Lou Reed (1986) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2001 Milan Hlavsa a Plastic People of the Universe (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 20 June 2000 (2000) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2000 Paskvil (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.8 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Lou Reed: Ecstasy (video short)
Himself
 
2000 The Best of Sessions at West 54th, Volume 2 (video)
Himself
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Duran Duran (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 September 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Sin City Spectacular (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Divas Live: An Honors Concert for VH1 Save the Music (TV documentary)
Himself (in Save The Music segment) (uncredited)
 
1998 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Closure (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 Hard Rock Live (TV series)
 
1997 David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 (TV documentary)
Himself - Live on Stage with Bowie
 
1996 Lo + plus (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 April 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 United States of Poetry (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors (Video Game)
Himself - The Original Rock & Roll Animal
 
1994 In a New Light '94 (TV special)
Himself
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– The Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs (1994) … Himself
 
1994 Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Faraway, So Close!
Himself
 
1993 Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII (video)
Himself
 
1993 Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Damned in the U.S.A. (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Coney Island Baby: Live in Jersey 1987 (video)
Himself
 
1992 Rockopop (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 February 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 Just Say Yes: The Video, Volume 2 (video)
Himself
 
1991 Just Say Yes (video)
Himself
 
1991 Lou Reed: The New York Album (video)
Himself (Vocal and Guitar)
 
1990 Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Songs for Drella (video)
Himself
 
1988-1989 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 1989 (1989) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.78 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Kippevel (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Decade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Permanent Record
Himself
 
1988 The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 Superman 50th Anniversary (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Farm Aid '87 (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 Zomerrock (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (video documentary)
Himself
 
1985 MTV Video Music Awards 1985 (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 La edad de oro (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 March 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1983 A Night with Lou Reed
Himself (Vocals and Guitar)
 
1982 Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (documentary short)
Himself
 
1977 Emerald City (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 July 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1973 Jimi Hendrix (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1969 Walden (documentary)
 
1967 Exploding Plastic Inevitable (documentary short)
Himself
 
1966 The Velvet Underground and Nico (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 Screen Test: Lou Reed (Coke) (short)
Himself
 
1966 Salvador Dalí (documentary short)
Himself (The Velvet Underground)
 
1966 Screen Test #4 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1966 Screen Test #3 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Screen Test #2 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Screen Test #1 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2010 Beautiful Darling (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Sputnik (TV series)
 
2008 Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Catalunya.cat (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2006 B 360º (TV series)
 
2005 80s (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Sex 'n' Pop (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 Nico Icon (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1990 Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1966) Album: "Velvet Underground & Nico" (Verve) See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 16 Interviews  | 13 Articles  | 10 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

If I don't do [t'ai chi] my body really hurts. It just starts aching and hurting. It's terrible. To me it's candy. It's my idea of fun. But it requires the tenacity of a lion. Otherwise it shows and you're in class and you're the one going in the wrong direction. But if you tag into it, it's beyond belief... See more »

Trivia:

The Velvet Underground was voted the 19th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. See more »

Trademark:

Sunglasses See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces