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Actor

Iggy Pop

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Acting credits

127

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.6

Low visibility

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Movies: 114Series: 19Crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 13604

IMDb ID: nm0006563

Known for: Acting

Born: April 21, 1947

Age: 78

Place of birth: Muskegon, Michigan, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1969 - 2025

Years active: 57

Average TMDB rating: 6.56

Wikidata: Q182665

Also known as

The Stooges • Iggy and the Stooges • James Newell Osterberg Jr.

Other jobs

Executive Producer (2)Music (2)Songs (2)Thanks (2)Original Music Composer (1)Theme Song Performance (1)

Biography

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and occasional actor. He is considered an influential innovator of punk rock, hard rock, and other styles of rock music. Pop began calling himself "Iggy" after his first band in high school (for which he was drummer), The Iguanas. He was lead singer/songwriter of influential protopunk band The Stooges and became known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. Pop's popularity has ebbed and flowed throughout the course of his subsequent solo career. His best-known songs include "Lust for Life" which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Trainspotting, "Search and Destroy", "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "Down on the Street", Kick It (a duet with Peaches) , the Top 40 hits "Real Wild Child" and "Candy" (with vocalist Kate Pierson of The B-52's), "China Girl" (co-written with and famously covered by David Bowie), and "The Passenger".

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