Jello Biafra
- Acting
- June 17, 1958 · Boulder, Colorado, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jello Biafra (born Eric Reed Boucher; June 17, 1958) is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party of the United States. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. After his time with the band concluded, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had co-founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray. Although now focused primarily on spoken word art, he has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations. Politically, Biafra is a member of the Green Party of the United States and actively supports various political causes. He ran for the party's Presidential nomination in 2000, finishing second to Ralph Nader. He is an anarchist who advocates direct action and pranksterism in the name of political causes. Biafra is known to use absurdist media tactics, in the leftist tradition of the Yippies, to highlight issues of civil rights and social justice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jello Biafra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt · Self
- Hell Nation - The Story of Dead Kennedys
- Something Better Change · Self
- Solvent · Nazi (Voice)
- Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf · Self
- Hacking at Leaves · Self
- Cover Your Ears · Self
- Sound of the Surf · Self
- The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon · Self
- All You Can Eat · Answering Machine Man (Voice)
- 2020: The Dumpster Fire · Contributor
- Records · Self
- The Art of Protest · Self
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco · Tour Guide
- Punk · Self
- Bathtubs Over Broadway · Self
- Jim Dandy to the Rescue: A Film by Joey Skidmore
- Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records · Self
- Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana · Narrator
- Poison Idea: Legacy of Dysfunction · Self
- An American in Texas · Mayor
- The Music of Magma · Self
- Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk · Self
- The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale · Self
- Ride with Norman Reedus · Self
- Stranded · Self
- The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead · Self
- Records Collecting Dust · Self
- Never Turn Your Back On Sparks · Self
- Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action · Self
- The Color of Noise · Self
- Riot on the Dance Floor · Self
- Heino – Made in Germany · Self
- I Love You...I am the Porn Queen · Francis Alexander / Syd
- The Art of Punk · Self
- Desagradável
- Questa non è una esercitazione · Self
- Clockwork Orange County · Self
- Wild Thing · Self
- The Weird World of Blowfly · Self
- Fix: The Ministry Movie · Self
- Freaks In Love · Self
- Portlandia · Jello Biafra
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune · Self
- Open Your Mouth and Say... Mr. Chi Pig · Self
- William S. Burroughs: A Man Within · Self
- We Were Feared · Self
- Sounds Like a Revolution · Self
- American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art · Self
- Retardead · Mayor Anton Sinclaire
- Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band · Self
- Wesley Willis's Joyrides · Self
- Punk's Not Dead · Self
- American Drug War: The Last White Hope · Self
- 924 Gilman Street · Self
- Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo! · Self
- Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Eyeballs · Self
- Punk: Attitude · Self
- We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen · Self
- Ramones: We're Outta Here! · Self
- Death and Texas · Prison Spokesman
- Plaster Caster · Self
- Dead Kennedys: In God We Trust, Inc. - The Lost Tapes · Jello Biafra
- Bikini Bandits · Evil Porn Director
- Owned · Self
- Rage: 20 Years of Punk Rock West Coast Style · Self
- The Wesley Willis Experience · Self
- 25 Years of Punk · Self
- The Widower · Vance / Satan
- California Ûber Alles · Self
- Ratso at the Expo of the Extreme · Self
- Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore · The Guy Who's Ranting Right Now
- Virtue
- Sepultura - Third World Chaos · Self
- Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos · Self
- Skulhedface · Boss Glom
- Highway 61 · Customs Agent #1
- Ministry: In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
- Terminal City Ricochet · Bruce Coddle
- Tapeheads · FBI Man #1