Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 6, 1915
Died
November 16, 1973 (age 58)
Place of Birth
Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Alan Watts
Biography
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.
Known For
Film
Exhale
(voice)
Film
Zen Dog
Alan Watts (voice)
2016
TV
The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts
Alan Watts
1972
TV
Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life
Alan Watts
1959
Film
Play
Self (voice recording)
2018
Film
The Art of Meditation
Himself
1971
Film
Everything
Narrator (archive footage)
2017
Film
Work as Play
Himself
1973
Film
The Monkey Conflict
Storyteller
2024
Film
Conversation with Myself
Himself
1972
Film
Time and the More It Changes
Self
1972
Film
The Flow of Zen
Narrator
1969
Film
Until There Was Nothing
Narrator
2020
Film
Buddhism, Man and Nature
Narrator
1968
Film
Zen and Now
Narrator
1969
Film
Zen: The Best of Alan Watts
Himself
1994
Filmography
2024FilmThe Monkey Conflictas Storyteller2020FilmUntil There Was Nothingas Narrator2018FilmPlayas Self (voice recording)2017FilmEverythingas Narrator (archive footage)2016FilmZen Dogas Alan Watts (voice)1994FilmZen: The Best of Alan Wattsas Himself1973FilmWork as Playas Himself1972TVThe Essential Lectures of Alan Wattsas Alan Watts1972FilmTime and the More It Changesas Self1972FilmConversation with Myselfas Himself1971FilmThe Art of Meditationas Himself1969FilmThe Flow of Zenas Narrator1969FilmZen and Nowas Narrator1968FilmBuddhism, Man and Natureas Narrator1959TVEastern Wisdom and Modern Lifeas Alan Watts—FilmExhaleas (voice)