Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born December 30, 1946
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.
MovieNova '78
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGo to Izzy!
2024
as Herself
MovieTurn in the Wound
2024
MovieOne-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRon Delsener Presents
2023
as Self
MovieChornobyl
2023
as Self
MovieWerner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
as Self
MoviePatti Smith: Electric Poet
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Movie2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
MovieNow
2021
as Self
MovieWim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
MovieEric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019
as Self
MovieRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
as The Punk Poet
MovieWBCN and the American Revolution
2019
as Self
MovieFilm catastrophe
2018
as Self
MovieHorses: Patti Smith and Her Band
2018
as Herself
MovieKurt Everywhere
2018
MovieSpheres
2018
as Narrator (Voice)
TVPopular Voices at the BBC
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieEx Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
as Self
TVThe Defiant Ones
2017
as Self
MovieClive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
2017
as Self
MovieSong to Song
2017
as Patti Smith
MovieI Am La Scala
2016
as Self
MovieThe Book of Conrad
2016
MovieMapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
2016
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
MovieU2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris
2016
MovieU2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
2015
MovieGirls in Bands at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self -Guest/Musical Guest
MovieStation to Station
2014
MovieThe 8th Floor
2014
as Self
MovieBruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieThree Stones for Jean Genet
2014
MovieLou Reed - Remembered
2013
MovieAnother Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013
as Self
Sternstunde Musik
2013
as Self
MovieWest of Memphis
2012
as Self – WM3 Supporter
MoviePatti Smith - Live at Montreux 2005
2012
as Herself
MovieSleepless Nights Stories
2011
as Self
MovieWilliam S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self
MovieThe Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
2010
as Self
MovieFilm Socialisme
2010
as La chanteuse
MovieThe 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
as Self
MovieLong for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
2009
as herself
MovieBurning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
as Self
MovieAll Tomorrow's Parties
2009
as Self
MovieThe Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
2008
as Narrator
MovieNew York Rock at the BBC
2008
MovieOne Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
2008
as Self
MoviePatti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
as Self
Movie365 Day Project
2007
as Self
MovieNY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007
MovieYou're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
2007
as Self
MovieAnnie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self
MovieBlack White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
2007
as Self
MovieThe Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave
2006
as Self
TVRockpolitik
2005
as Self
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
TVThe Culture Show
2004
as Self
TVKulturplatz
2004
as Self
MovieR.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
MovieThe Big Empty
2003
as Traveler
MovieBrian Wilson: On Tour
2003
as Self
MovieWhat the Punk - An MVD Sampler
2002
MovieJeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You
2002
as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Cleo Alexander
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2001
as Self
Movie25 Years of Punk
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBenjamin Smoke
2000
as Herself
MovieArista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
MoviePatti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998
1998
as Self
MovieJohn Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
1998
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Rugrats Movie
1998
as Newborn Baby (singing voice)
MovieThe Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1
1997
as Self
MovieScenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997
as Self
MovieNew Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996
as Self
Saturday Night Special
1996
Dancing Barefoot
1995
as Self
NeXt
1994
as Self
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieWomen in Rock
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBurroughs: The Movie
1984
as Self
MovieRock My Religion
1984
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980
as Self
MovieStill Moving/Patti Smith
1978
as Herself
MoviePatti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976
1977
as Self
MovieThe Blank Generation
1976
as Self
MovieNight Lunch
1975
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
MovieWest Side Stories
1971
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
1971
as Narrator (uncredited)
MovieChelsea Hotel
1970
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
