Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
December 30, 1946 (age 79)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Patricia Lee Smith
Patti Smith
Biography
Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate," Smith fused rock and poetry in her work.
Known For
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self -Guest/Musical Guest
2015
TV
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Cleo Alexander
2001
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
TV
The Colbert Report
2005
TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993
TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TV
Kulturplatz
Self
2004
TV
The Culture Show
Self
2004
TV
NeXt
Self
1994
TV
The Defiant Ones
Self
2017
TV
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
The Rugrats Movie
Newborn Baby (singing voice)
1998
Film
Song to Song
Patti Smith
2017
TV
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Film
The Big Empty
Traveler
2003
TV
Saturday Night Special
1996
Filmography
2025FilmNova '78as Self (archive footage)2025FilmLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Musicas Self (archive footage)2024FilmGo to Izzy!as Herself2024FilmTurn in the Wound2024FilmOne-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Twoas Self (archive footage)2023FilmRon Delsener Presentsas Self2023FilmChornobylas Self2022FilmWerner Herzog: Radical Dreameras Self2022FilmPatti Smith: Electric Poetas Self (archive footage)2021Film2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonyas Self2021FilmNowas Self2020FilmWim Wenders, Desperadoas Self2019FilmEric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animalas Self2019FilmRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorseseas The Punk Poet2019FilmWBCN and the American Revolutionas Self2018FilmFilm catastropheas Self2018FilmHorses: Patti Smith and Her Bandas Herself2018FilmKurt Everywhere2018FilmSpheresas Narrator (Voice)2017TVPopular Voices at the BBCas Self (archive footage)2017FilmEx Libris: The New York Public Libraryas Self2017TVThe Defiant Onesas Self2017FilmClive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Livesas Self2017FilmSong to Songas Patti Smith2016FilmI Am La Scalaas Self2016FilmThe Book of Conrad2016FilmMapplethorpe: Look at the Picturesas Self (voice) (uncredited)2016FilmU2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris2015FilmU2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/20152015FilmGirls in Bands at the BBCas Self (archive footage)2015TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self -Guest/Musical Guest2014FilmStation to Station2014FilmThe 8th Flooras Self2014FilmBruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tributeas Self2014TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonas Self2014FilmThree Stones for Jean Genet2013FilmLou Reed - Remembered2013FilmAnother Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'as Self2013TVSternstunde Musikas Self2012FilmWest of Memphisas Self – WM3 Supporter2012FilmPatti Smith - Live at Montreux 2005as Herself2011FilmSleepless Nights Storiesas Self2010FilmWilliam S. Burroughs: A Man Withinas Self2010FilmThe Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Townas Self2010FilmFilm Socialismeas La chanteuse2009FilmThe 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concertsas Self2009FilmLong for the City (Patti Smith in New York)as herself2009FilmBurning Down the House: The Story of CBGBas Self2009FilmAll Tomorrow's Partiesas Self2008FilmThe Passage Clock: For Walter Benjaminas Narrator2008FilmNew York Rock at the BBC2008FilmOne Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Suras Self2008FilmPatti Smith: Dream of Lifeas Self2007Film365 Day Projectas Self2007FilmNY77: The Coolest Year in Hell2007FilmYou're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Ericksonas Self2007FilmAnnie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lensas Self2007FilmBlack White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpeas Self2006FilmThe Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Waveas Self2005TVRockpolitikas Self2005TVThe Colbert Report2004TVThe Culture Showas Self2004TVKulturplatzas Self2003FilmR.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)2003FilmThe Big Emptyas Traveler2003FilmBrian Wilson: On Touras Self2002FilmWhat the Punk - An MVD Sampler2002FilmJeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants Youas Self2002TVGero von Boehm begegnet...as Self2001TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intentas Cleo Alexander2001FilmKiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rockas Self2001Film25 Years of Punkas Self (archive footage)2000FilmBenjamin Smokeas Herself2000FilmArista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebrationas Self1999TVThe Early Showas Self1998FilmPatti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998as Self1998FilmJohn Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Musicas Self (archive footage)1998FilmThe Rugrats Movieas Newborn Baby (singing voice)1997FilmThe Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1as Self1997FilmScenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spiritas Self1996FilmNew Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Filmas Self1996TVSaturday Night Special1995FilmDancing Barefootas Self1994TVNeXtas Self1993TVLate Night with Conan O'Brienas Self - Musical Guest1992TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno1986FilmWomen in Rockas Self (archive footage)1984FilmBurroughs: The Movieas Self1984FilmRock My Religion1980FilmNo. 18: Mahagonnyas Self1979FilmPatti Smith Group: Rockpalast 1979as Performer1978FilmStill Moving/Patti Smithas Herself1977FilmPatti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976as Self1976FilmThe Blank Generationas Self1975FilmNight Lunchas Self1975TVSaturday Night Liveas Self (uncredited)1971FilmWest Side Stories1971FilmRobert Having His Nipple Piercedas Narrator (uncredited)1970FilmChelsea Hotelas Self1961TVThe Mike Douglas Showas Self