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John Carpenter Acting Filmography (108)

The Thing Expanded
2026·Self
Carpenter
2026·Self (archive footage)
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
2025·Self
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025·Self (archive footage)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024·Self
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024·Self
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022·Self
Studio 666
2022·Engineer
Halloween in Hollywood
2022·Self
In Search of Tomorrow
2022·Self - Interviewee
The History of Metal and Horror
2021·Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020·Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020·Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020·(archive footage)
In Search of Darkness
2019·Self
1982: Hollywood Summer
2019·Self
The Rise of the Synths
2019·Narrator (voice)
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
2018·Self
John Carpenter: Live Retrospective
2018·Self
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017·Self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017·Self - Filmmaker
It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
2016·Self
The Puppet Man
2016·The Taxi Driver
John Carpenter: Live At Primavera Sound 2016
2016·Self - Keyboards
Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound
2015·Self
Carpenter on Quatermass
2014·Self
Why Horror?
2014·Self
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012·Self
The Original Monster Mash
2011·Self
Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge
2011·Self/Host
Nightmare Factory
2011·Self
The Future of Fear
2011·Self
Scary Girl
2011
Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
2010·Himself (voice)
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010·Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009·Self
Tales from the Script
2009·Self
Monsterland
2009·Self
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
2009·Self
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2009·Self
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
2008·Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008·Self
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008·Self
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
2008·Self
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008·Self
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
2008·Self
Bloodsucking Cinema
2007·Self
Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'
2007·Self
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006·Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006·Self
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006·Self (archive footage)
Big John
2006·Self
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006·Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006·Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006·Self
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005·Self
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005·Self
Snake Plissken: Man of Honor
2005·Self
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004·Self
Christine: Fast and Furious
2004·Self
Christine: Ignition
2004·Self
Christine: Finish Line
2004·Self
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004·Self
An Opera of Violence
2003·Self - Filmmaker
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003·Self
Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer?
2003·Self (voice)
The Wages of Sin
2003·Self - Filmmaker
Something to Do with Death
2003·Self - Filmmaker
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003·Himself
Scoring Resident Evil
2002·Self (archive footage)
Masters of Horror
2002·Self
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
2002·Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001·Self
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
2001·Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2001·Self
The American Nightmare
2000·Self
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000·Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000·Self
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
2000·Self
Halloween: Unmasked
1999·Self
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1998·Self
Unmasking the Horror
1998
After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater
1995·Self
Village of the Damned
1995·Man at Gas Station Phone
The Silence of the Hams
1994·Trenchcoat Man / Gimp
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994·Self
Body Bags
1993·Coroner
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992·Helicopter Pilot
Fear in the Dark
1991·Self
Horror Cafe
1990·Self
Stephen King's World of Horror
1989·Self
First Works
1989·Self
The Making of 'They Live'
1988·Self
They Live
1988·Voice That Says 'Sleep' (voice) (uncredited)
Stephen King's World of Horror
1986·Self
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986·The Coupe de Villes
Big Trouble in Little China
1986·Worker in Chinatown (uncredited)
Starman
1984·Man in Helicopter (uncredited)
Take One: Fear on Film
1982·Self
The Thing
1982·Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
The Making of 'The Thing'
1982·Self
Escape from New York
1981·Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
The Fog
1980·Bennett
Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog'
1980·Self
Bringing A Legend To Life
1979·Himself
Halloween
1978·Paul (voice) / Michael Myers (uncredited)
Assault on Precinct 13
1976·Gang Member (uncredited)
Dark Star
1974·Talby Voice