10.0
10.0
The Art of Protest
2020
as Self
Jello Biafra
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and political activist. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Initially active from 1979 to 1986, Dead Kennedys were known for rapid-fire music topped with Biafra's sardonic lyrics and biting social commentary, delivered in his "unique quiver of a voice". When the band broke up in 1986, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray. In a 2000 lawsuit, upheld on appeal in 2003 by the California Supreme Court, Biafra was found liable for breach of contract, fraud, and malice in withholding a decade's worth of royalties from his former bandmates and ordered to pay over $200,000 in compensation and punitive damages; the band subsequently reformed without Biafra. Although now focused primarily on spoken word performances, Biafra has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations. From 1979 to 1981, he contributed to the San Francisco punk zine Damage. He has also occasionally appeared in cameo roles in films. Politically, Biafra is a member of the Green Party of the United States and supports various political causes. He ran for the party's presidential nomination in the 2000 presidential election, finishing a distant second to Ralph Nader. In 1979 he ran for mayor of San Francisco, California. He is a supporter of a free society and utilizes shock value and advocates direct action and pranksterism in the name of political causes. Biafra uses absurdist media tactics, in the leftist tradition of the Yippies, to highlight issues of civil rights and social justice.
Filmography (78 movies)
9.0
9.0
Riot on the Dance Floor
2014
8.5
8.5
The Weird World of Blowfly
2011
as Himself
8.1
8.1
Bathtubs Over Broadway
2018
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Widower
1999
as Vance / Satan
8.0
8.0
Sounds Like a Revolution
2010
7.9
7.9
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
2018
as Self
7.7
7.7
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
2015
as Self
7.5
7.5
Sepultura - Third World Chaos
1995
as himself
7.4
7.4
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017
as Self
7.3
7.3
Urgh! A Music War
1981
as Self
7.3
7.3
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
2024
as Self
7.2
7.2
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
1998
as The Guy Who's Ranting Right Now
7.0
7.0
Fix: The Ministry Movie
2011
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Tour Guide
7.0
7.0
Wesley Willis's Joyrides
2008
as Himself
7.0
7.0
Questa non è una esercitazione
2012
as Himself
7.0
7.0
Punk: Attitude
2005
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Color of Noise
2014
as Self
6.9
6.9
American Drug War: The Last White Hope
2007
as Himself - Activist
6.8
6.8
Highway 61
1991
as Customs Agent #1
6.6
6.6
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
as Himself
6.6
6.6
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
as Self
6.5
6.5
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self
6.5
6.5
Terminal City Ricochet
1990
as Bruce Coddle
6.1
6.1
Punk's Not Dead
2007
as Self
6.1
6.1
Anarchism in America
1983
as Self
6.0
6.0
Death and Texas
2004
as Prison spokesman
6.0
6.0
25 Years of Punk
2001
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Clockwork Orange County
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
Skulhedface
1994
as Boss Glom
6.0
6.0
Rage: 20 Years of Punk Rock West Coast Style
2001
as Himself
6.0
6.0
Plaster Caster
2003
as Himself
6.0
6.0
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
as Self
6.0
6.0
Cover Your Ears
2023
as Self
5.8
5.8
X: The Unheard Music
1986
5.6
5.6
Retardead
2008
as Mayor Anton Sinclaire
5.6
5.6
The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
2016
as Himself
5.5
5.5
Dead Kennedys: The Early Years Live
1987
as Himself
5.3
5.3
Records Collecting Dust
2015
as Himself
5.3
5.3
Tapeheads
1988
as FBI Man
5.2
5.2
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Eyeballs
2005
as Himself
5.0
5.0
2020: The Dumpster Fire
2021
as Contributor
5.0
5.0
An American in Texas
2017
as Mayor
5.0
5.0
Desagradável
2013
4.8
4.8
This Is America Part 2
1980
as Self
3.8
3.8
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
2008
as Self
3.5
3.5
Bikini Bandits
2002
as Evil Porn Director
2.0
2.0
Virtue
1997
1.0
1.0
Lovedolls Superstar
1986
as Mr. President
Ministry: In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
1990
Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo!
2006
as Self
Heino – Made in Germany
2013
as Self
The Wesley Willis Experience
2001
as Himself
I Love You...I am the Porn Queen
2013
as Francis Alexander / Syd
Sound of the Surf
2022
as Self
All You Can Eat
2022
as Answering Machine Man (voice)
Shot Edited
TBA
as Himself
Dead Kennedys Live from the Earth Tavern, Portland, OR
1979
Hacking at Leaves
2024
as Self
Wild Thing
2012
as Self
Jim Dandy to the Rescue: A Film by Joey Skidmore
2018
Dead Kennedys: DMPO's on Broadway
1985
as Himself
Something Better Change
2024
as Self
California Ûber Alles
1999
as Self
Ratso at the Expo of the Extreme
1999
as Self
Freaks In Love
2011
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
2004
as Himself
Ministry: In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
1990
924 Gilman Street
2007
as Self
Owned
2002
as Himself
Dead Kennedys: In God We Trust, Inc. - The Lost Tapes
2003
as Jello Biafra
Never Turn Your Back On Sparks
2014
as Self
The Music of Magma
2017
as Self
American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art
2009
as Self
Stranded
2015
as Self
We Were Feared
2010
as Himself
Dead Kennedys: Live in Vienna
1982
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