Iggy Pop

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-21 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Muskegon, Michigan, USA

Iggy Pop

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 has ebbed and flowed throughout the course of his subsequent solo career. His best-known songs include "Lust for Life" which was featured on the sound...

Acting

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Iggy (segment "Somewhere in California")

1995

Dead Man

as Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko

1990

Hardware

as Angry Bob

1986

The Color of Money

as Skinny Player on the Road

1995

Tank Girl

as Rat Face

2000

Snow Day

as Mr. Zellweger

2009

Suck

as Victor

2009

FLicKeR

as Self

2012

Morning Star

as La Conscience

1997

Atolladero

as Madden

2022

1969

Nico: Evening of Light

as Iggy Pop (uncredited)

2012

Wild Thing

as Self

2022

Jane by Charlotte

as Self (uncredited)

2013

The Brats

as Self

2025

Daniel's Gotta Die

as Edward Powell

1990

Cry-Baby

as Belvedere Rickettes

-

The Sandman

as The Sandman

2010

Art House

as Gordon Ohr

2007

Countdown - The Wonder Years 2

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Sid and Nancy

as Prospective Guest #1

2015

Asthma

as Local Drunk

1997

The Brave

as Man Eating Bird Leg

1983

Rock & Rule

as Monster from Another Dimension (voice)

2020

The Dawn

as Paul Magnus

2023

The King

as Self

2016

2016

2016

2016

To Stay Alive: A Method

as Self / Narrator

1997

Private Parts

as Iggy Pop (uncredited)

2017

Song to Song

as Iggy Pop

2012

2015

Danny Says

as Self

2003

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

as Self (archive footage)

2003

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2012

Clockwork Orange County

as Self - Singer (archive footage)

2005

2017

2019

In Praise of Nothing

as Nothing (voice)

2017

Stooge

as Self

2017

1998

The Rugrats Movie

as Newborn Baby (singing voice)

2018

The Man Who Stole Banksy

as Self - Narrator

2018

2009

2001

2018

2010

Music

as Self

2019

The Dead Don't Die

as Male Coffee Zombie

2014

1995

1987

2021

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

2006

Coachella

as Self (with The Stooges)

2025

Production

1997

The Brave

as Original Music Composer

2018

1984

Repo Man

as Songs

2003

Laurel Canyon

as Thanks

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