Hunter S. Thompson
- Acting
- July 18, 1937 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- February 20, 2005
Biography
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. He is known also for his unrepentant lifelong use of alcohol, LSD, mescaline, and cocaine (among other substances); his love of firearms; his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon; and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism. While suffering a bout of health problems, he committed suicide in 2005, at the age of 67.
Known for
Filmography
- Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb · Self
- Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · Self
- TVTV: Video Revolutionaries · Self
- For No Good Reason · Self
- The Rum Diary · Novel
- Animals, Whores & Dialogue: Breakfast with Hunter Vol. 2 · Self
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson · Self, Other
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · Self
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride · Self
- Free Lisl: Fear & Loathing in Denver · Self
- Fuck · Self
- When I Die · Self
- Come on Down: Searching for the American Dream · Self
- Breakfast with Hunter · Self
- Hunter Goes to Hollywood · Self
- Tripping · Self
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas · Other Duke in Matrix Flashback (uncredited), Novel
- Anthem · Self
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary · Self
- Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die · Self
- American Masters · Self
- Where the Buffalo Roam · Novel
- Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood · Self