
Henry Rollins
Biography
Henry Rollins (born Henry Lawrence Garfield; February 13, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist.
After performing for the short-lived Washington D.C.-based band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from August 1981 until early 1986. Following the band's breakup, Rollins soon established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups until 2003 and during 2006.
Since Black Flag, Rollins has embarked on projects covering a variety of media. He has hosted numerous radio shows, such as Harmony in My Head on Indie 103, and television shows such as The Henry Rollins Show, MTV's 120 Minutes, and Jackass. He had a recurring dramatic role as a white supremacist in the second season of Sons of Anarchy and has also had roles in several films. Rollins has also campaigned for various political causes in the United States, including promoting marriage equality for LGBT couples, World Hunger Relief, and an end to war in particular, and tours overseas with the United Service Organizations to entertain American troops.
Acting (121 movies)

Heat
1995

Dogtown and Z-Boys
2002

Lost Highway
1997

Feast
2005

The Chase
1994

The New Guy
2002

Scenes of the Crime
2002

Henry Rollins: Henry Rollins Goes To London
1995

Henry Rollins: Talking From The Box
1992

Punk: Attitude
2005

Henry Rollins: Live at Luna Park
2004

Jack Frost
1998

Henry Rollins: Shock and Awe
2005

Johnny Mnemonic
1995

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007

Henry Rollins: Up for It
2001

Brainwave
2011

The Alibi
2006

American Hardcore
2006

Suck
2009

Henry Rollins Provoked: Live From Melbourne
2008

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
2000

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
2011

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019

Henry Rollins: Live in the Conversation Pit
2008

Henry Rollins: Uncut from NYC
2006

Henry Rollins: Uncut From Israel
2007

Deathdealer: A Documentary
2003

Morgan's Ferry
2001

Bad Brains: A Band in DC
2012

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
2012

The Right Side of My Brain
1984

The Obsessed: The Documentary
1994

William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet
2009

In The House of Flies
2014

Reality 86'd
1991

Henry Rollins 50
2011

Downloaded
2013

Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
1990

We Lost Our Human
2023

Jobriath A.D.
2012

Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club
2006

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025

Who Shot Rock & Roll: The Film
2013

Music
2021

Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess
2011

The Devil's Tomb
2009

Time Lapse
2001

Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
2006

He Never Died
2015

Punk's Not Dead
2007

Desperate But Not Serious
2000

IDn4
1991

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015

Louder Than Hell: Wacken The Movie
2014

Hendrie
2024

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016

The Last Heist
2016

Gutterdämmerung
2016

Morphine: Journey of Dreams
2014

Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story
2012

West of Memphis
2012

H for Hunger
2009

Bad Boys II
2003

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011

Henry Rollins: Live and Ripped in London
1999

Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
2011

The Hardcore Collection
2012

We Who Wait: The Adverts & TV Smith
2012

Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
1983

A House on a Hill
2003

The Slog Movie
1982

Riot on the Dance Floor
2014

Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey
1994

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994

Clockwork Orange County
2012

Jackass: The Movie
2002

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005

Black Flag: TV Party Target Video
1983

The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
2017

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
2014

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005

The Legend of 420
2017

A History of Radness
2015

The Dicks from Texas
2014

Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
1994

Students of 'The Graduate'
2007

Dreamland
2019

Circle Jerks: My Career as a Jerk
2012

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011

Paradise Lost?
2015

Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.
2018

25 Years of Punk
2001

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006

Lemmy
2010

A Tribute To Ron Asheton
2013

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006

Snake Underworld with Henry Rollins
2011

Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoo's Nest
1981

We Were Feared
2010
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers | 1994 | Writer |
| Henry Rollins: Henry Rollins Goes To London | 1995 | Writer |
| Henry Rollins: Up for It | 2001 | Writer |
| Henry Rollins: Live at Luna Park | 2004 | Writer |
| Henry Rollins: Shock and Awe | 2005 | Writer |
| Henry Rollins: Uncut from NYC | 2006 | Writer |
| Henry Rollins: Live in the Conversation Pit | 2008 | Writer |