- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- September 21, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- November 7, 2016
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and painter. His work mostly explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.[2] Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1…
Filmography
movieLooking for Laurie
2026 · Poem
movieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieStjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
2025 · Music
movieSheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist
2025 · Music
movieLeonard Cohen: The Bird on a Wire Concerts
2024
movieLeonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will
2024 · Self
movieHallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022 · Self
movieCanadian Hits at the BBC
2021 · Self
movieSymphony Of The Invisible
2020 · Self (voice)
tvI'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020 · Main Title Theme Composer
movieMarianne & Leonard: Words of Love
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieTower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
2018 · Self (archive)
tvPopular Voices at the BBC
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieOmega
2016 · Self
Leonard Cohen: The Live Broadcast Sessions 1985-1993
movieLeonard Cohen: The Live Broadcast Sessions 1985-1993
2016
tvSupermax
2016 · Theme Song Performance
movieNight Flight: Born Again
2016 · Self
movieLeonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, From Montreal to the World
2016 · Self
movieAl Purdy Was Here
2015 · (voice)
movieLeonard Cohen - Live in Dublin
2014 · Self
Leonard Cohen: After the Gold Rush
movieLeonard Cohen: After the Gold Rush
2012
movieFirst We Take Milán
2011 · Music
movieLeonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes
2010 · Himself
movieLeonard Cohen: Songs from the Road
2010 · Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
movieLeonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
2010 · Self
Yesno
movieYesno
2010 · (voice)
movieLeonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
2009 · Self
movieLeonard Cohen: Live in London
2008 · Self
movieLeonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
2006 · Self, Music
movieLeonard Cohen: First We Take Austin
2006 · Vocals
movieLeonard Cohen: Under Review: 1978-2006
2006 · Self
movieThe Last Trapper
2004 · Original Music Composer
movieIn the Forest... Again
2003 · Lyricist
movieThe Favourite Game
2003 · Novel
movieHomage to Hung Tung
2000 · Music
movieThe Genius of Lenny Breau
1999 · Self
movieBeautiful Losers
1997 · Self
movieLeonard Cohen: Spring 96
1997
movieI'm Your Man
1996 · Lyricist, Music
movieMessage to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996 · Self
movieThe Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation
1994 · Narrator
movieThe Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
1994 · Narrator
movieThe Power of Speech
1988 · Music
movieSongs from the Life of Leonard Cohen
1988
moviePrince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3
1988 · Self
movieLeonard Cohen: San Sebastián 1988
1988
movieOn s'est tous défilé
1988 · Music
Na siehste!
tvNa siehste!
1987 · Self
movieRise and Fall of a Small Film Company
1986 · Music
movieNight Magic
1985 · Writer, Original Music Composer
I Am a Hotel
movieI Am a Hotel
1985 · The Resident (as L.C.)
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Zolan
movieCœur bleu
1980 · Songs
movieThe Song of Leonard Cohen
1980 · Self
movieLeonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977
1977
moviePoets on Film No. 1
1977 · Writer
movieLike a Bird on a Wire
1975 · Songs
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieGuitare au poing
1973
movieFata Morgana
1972 · Music
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieMcCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Ernie Game
1968 · Singer, Music, Original Music Composer
moviePalace of Pleasure
1967 · Narrator (voice)
movieCreative Person: Leonard Cohen
1967 · Self
moviePoen
1967 · Narrator (voice)
movieLadies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
1966 · Self
movieAngel
1966 · Man (uncredited), Musical
movieLeonard Cohen - Dance Me to The End Of Love European Tour
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Leonard Cohen: Behind the Iron Curtain
movieLeonard Cohen: Behind the Iron Curtain
— · Self (archive footage)
tvLe Parfum d'Irak
— · Director