Lou Reed

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-03-02 (71 years old)

Deathday

2013-10-27

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Lou Reed

Biography

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the rock band the Velvet Underground, with a solo career that spanned five decades.

Acting

1997

David Bowie: An Earthling at 50

as Self - Live on Stage with Bowie

1995

Blue in the Face

as Man with Strange Glasses

2008

2019

WBCN and the American Revolution

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Get Crazy

as Auden

2012

1964

Whips

as Self

1988

1998

Lulu on the Bridge

as Not Lou Reed

-

Final Weapon

as The Holder

2022

Moonage Daydream

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Lou Reed - Remembered

as Self (Archival footage)

2007

Lou Reed: Live

as Vocals / Guitar

1993

2009

1966

Venus in Furs

as Himself

1980

One Trick Pony

as Steve Kunelian

2015

2010

2007

2010

Beautiful Darling

as Self (archive footage)

1983

A Night with Lou Reed

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

1973

2000

Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

as Self (archive footage)

1986

2003

Prozac Nation

as Lou Reed

2015

Danny Says

as Self (archive footage)

1966

2021

The Velvet Underground

as Self (archive footage)

1989

Decade

as Self

1983

Rock & Rule

as Mok (singing voice)

2017

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Production

2007

Perfect Day

as Music

1990

2023

Silver Plate

as Music

2010

Red Shirley

as Director

2010

Red Shirley

as Producer

1966

Chelsea Girls

as Original Music Composer

2007

2007

2026

2007

Nanking

as Thanks

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