- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 20, 1996
Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect. Sagan published more than 600 scientific pa…
Filmography
Bookworms
movieBookworms
2025 · (himself)
moviePiece by Piece
2024 · Carl Sagan (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
movieAliens Uncovered: Close Encounters
2024 · Self
movieThe Universe
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvCosmos: Mundos Posibles
2020 · , Creator
movieThe Farthest
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieStar Stuff: A Story of Carl Sagan
2015 · Writer
movieWanderers
2014 · Voice
tvThe Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Himself (archive footage)
tvCosmos
2014 · Self (voice) (archive footage), Self (archive footage), Writer
movieThe Reality of Me
2012 · Self
movieOwned & Operated
2012 · Carl Sagan
movieAn Inconvenient Truth
2006 · Thanks
Carl Sagan: A Cosmic Celebrity
movieCarl Sagan: A Cosmic Celebrity
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieContact
1997 · Novel, Co-Producer, Original Story
movieWe Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot
1996 · , Writer
movieThe Earth Day Special
1990 · Self
A Dialogue: A Conversation with Carl Sagan and Ted Turner
movieA Dialogue: A Conversation with Carl Sagan and Ted Turner
1989 · Guest
movieGod, the Universe and Everything Else
1988 · Self
Together to Mars?
movieTogether to Mars?
1987 · Self - Moderator
movieThreads
1985 · Scientific Consultant
movieOn the 8th Day
1984 · Self
tvCosmos: A Personal Voyage
1980 · Self - Host, Writer, Producer, Author, Creator
movieTarget... Earth?
1980 · Self
movieThe Case of the Ancient Astronauts
1977 · Self
tvPBS News Hour
1975 · Self - Cosmos (archive footage)
movieWho's Out There?
1975 · Himself
tvNOVA
1974
movieIn Search of Ancient Astronauts
1973 · Himself
movieThe Violent Universe
1969 · Narrator
tvThe Phil Donahue Show
1967 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
moviePale Blue Dot
— · Himself