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 |