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William S. Burroughs Acting Filmography (72)

This Is Buzz
2026·Himself
Nova '78
2025·Self (archive footage)
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022·Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
2018·Self (archive footage)
Uncle Howard
2017·Self
William S. Burroughs: The Possessed
2015
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
2015·Self (archive footage)
Robert E. Fulton III Edit of Burroughs: The Movie
2015
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
2015·Self
Coda I + Coda II
2013·Self (voice) (archive sound)
Coda I
2013·Self (voice) (archive sound)
Coda II
2013·Self (voice) (archive sound)
For No Good Reason
2012·Self (archive footage)
The Beat Hotel
2012·Self (archive footage)
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2012
Fix: The Ministry Movie
2011·Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010·Self
FLicKeR
2009·Self
Nova Express
2009·Narrator (voice)
Joy Division
2009
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008·Self (archive footage)
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
2007
Wanderlust
2006·Tom the Priest
Pantelia
2006·Self
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
2003·Self (archive footage)
Condo Painting
2000·Self (archive footage)
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
1999·Self (archive footage)
The Source
1999·Self (archive footage)
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999
Destroy All Rational Thought
1998·Self
The Book of Life
1998·Preacher on Radio (voice)
Relics: Einstein's Brain
1994·Self
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994·Self
Glitterbug
1994·Self
Ah Pook Is Here.
1994·Narrator
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994·Self
The Junky's Christmas
1993·Narrator
Naked Making Lunch
1992·Self
Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees
1991·James "Hive" Maker
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
1991·Self
Thanksgiving Prayer
1991·A Speaker
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989·Butler
Twister
1989·Man in Barn
Drugstore Cowboy
1989·Tom the Priest
Heavy Petting
1989·Self
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989·Self
Ornette: Made in America
1986·Self
Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
1986·Self
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985·Mafioso
The Final Academy Documents
1984
Decoder
1984·Old Man
Burroughs: The Movie
1984·Self
Pirate Tape
1983
This Song for Jack
1983·Self
Ghost at No. 9
1982
Poetry in Motion
1982·Self
Shamans of the Blind Country
1981·Narrator (voice)
Chelsea Hotel
1981·Self (uncredited)
Energy and How to Get It
1981
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979·Self
Thot-Fal'N
1978·Self
Underground and Emigrants
1976·Self
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976
Bill and Tony
1972·Self
Cain's Film
1969·Self
Witchcraft Through the Ages
1968·Narrator
Chicago
1968·Self
Poem Posters
1967·Self
Chappaqua
1966·Opium Jones
The Cut-Ups
1966
William Buys a Parrot
1963·Self
Towers Open Fire
1963