Jello Biafra
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Tapeheads
as FBI Man #1 1988
Punk: Attitude
as Self 2005
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self 2010
Bathtubs Over Broadway
as Self 2018
Punk's Not Dead
as Self 2007
American Drug War: The Last White Hope
as Self - Activist 2007
Highway 61
as Customs Agent #1 1991
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
as The Guy Who's Ranting Right Now 1998
Urgh! A Music War
as Self 1981
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Self 2005
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
as Self 2018
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
as Self 2015
Bikini Bandits
as Evil Porn Director 2002
Anarchism in America
as Self 1983
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
as Self 2017
Retardead
as Mayor Anton Sinclaire 2008