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Iggy Pop

Highest Rated: 100% Bunch of Kunst (2017)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

Birthday: Apr 21, 1947

Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Iggy Pop is very likely the single most influential American rocker to emerge in the late '60s. As the manic frontman for The Stooges, he invented punk several years early and redefined the dynamic between a rock 'n' roller and the audience. He was born James Osterberg on April 21, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan, and as a teen he lived in Ypsilanti and played drums in a number of Ann Arbor bands, most notably The Iguanas, with whom he made his first recordings in the mid '60s. After some time spent soaking up the blues scene in Chicago, he started The Stooges (initially The Psychedelic Stooges) in Detroit in 1967. Influenced by the onstage antics of The Doors' Jim Morrison, Iggy developed a manic, boundary-breaking performance style that involved everything from then-revolutionary stage diving to self-laceration. The Stooges' unprecedentedly forceful, minimalistic sound was as powerful as the hard rock bands of the era but more streamlined. The Stooges first three albums-their self-titled 1969 debut, 1970's Fun House, and 1973's David Bowie-produced Raw Power, would eventually become the building blocks of punk and much of what came after it. The Stooges split in '74, and the following year, Iggy cut Kill City with former bandmate James Williamson. By 1977, having moved to Berlin along with pal Bowie, Iggy scored a solo deal with RCA, and his first two solo albums, The Idiot and Lust For Life (both 1977) featured the production, composition, and playing of Bowie. These records laid the groundwork for everything from new wave to industrial and goth, reigniting Iggy's career with a vengeance. He put out a long string of solo albums for decades to come, and even scored a handful of Top 40 hits with 1986's "Cry For Love" and "Real Wild Child" and 1990's "Candy." In 2003 Iggy reunited The Stooges, with former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt replacing Dave Alexander, who died in 1975. They toured for the next several years, and released The Weirdness in 2077. Guitarist Ron Asheton died in 2009 and was replaced by James Williamson, and this lineup released Ready to Die in 2013. In 2016 Pop released his highest-charting album ever, hitting the top 20 with Post Pop Depression.

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Highest rated movies

100% 100% Bunch of Kunst
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98% 78% Repo Man
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95% 71% Gimme Danger
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91% 89% Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
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82% 93% Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
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78% 83% Bad Reputation Watchlist 74% 51% Danny Says Watchlist
72% 77% Cry Baby
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69% 88% Dead Man
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63% 75% Coffee and Cigarettes
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story Self - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist Self,
Original Music
- 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daniel's Gotta Die Edward Powell (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition Self - Narrator (Voice) - 2021
54% 38% The Dead Don't Die Male Coffee Zombie (Character) $6.5M 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Stole Banksy Narrator - 2018
78% 83% Bad Reputation Self $148.5K 2018
100% 100% Bunch of Kunst Unknown (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Valhalla Self - 2017
91% 89% Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Self $223.8K 2017
82% 93% Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk Narrator $46.7K 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Praise of Nothing Unknown (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Stay Alive: A Method Narrator - 2016
95% 71% Gimme Danger Self $440.0K 2016
No Score Yet 13% Blood Orange Bill (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iggy Pop: American Valhalla Self - 2016
74% 51% Danny Says Self $43.7K 2015
63% 75% Super Duper Alice Cooper Self - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starlight La Conscience (Character) - 2012
20% 42% Arthur and the Two Worlds War Darkos (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Art House Gordon Ohr (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Search and Destroy: Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power Unknown (Character) - 2010
44% 53% Suck Victor (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blondie: One Way or Another Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 90% I'm Going to Tell You a Secret Unknown (Character) - 2005
63% 75% Coffee and Cigarettes Iggy (Character) $2.0M 2003
No Score Yet 80% You See Me Laughin' Self - 2003
30% 27% Snow Day Mr. Zellwegger (Character) $60.0M 2000
33% 68% The Brave Original Music - 1997
14% 40% The Crow: City of Angels Curve (Character) $17.9M 1996
69% 88% Dead Man Salvatore "Sally" Jenko (Character) $1.1M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Atolladero Madden (Character) - 1995
46% 53% Hardware Angry Bob (Character) $5.1M 1990
72% 77% Cry Baby Uncle Belvedere Rickettes (Character) $7.5M 1990
98% 78% Repo Man Original Song - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Iggy Pop: Live San Fran 1981 Unknown (Character) - 1981

TV

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No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Music Performer 2016 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Guest 2020
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2019-2020
71% No Score Yet Punk Executive Producer,
Self
2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Austin City Limits Music Performer 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Music Performer 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sheriff Callie's Wild West Unknown (Guest Voice) 2016
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Music Performer 2016
No Score Yet 99% Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Self 2015
63% 66% Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Unknown (Guest Voice) 2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2009
No Score Yet 90% American Dad! Jerry (Guest Voice) 2007
47% No Score Yet Fastlane Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
91% 89% Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Yelgrun (Guest Star) 1997