Timothy Leary
Acting
78
Acting Credits
Biography
Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. Leary conducted experiments under the Harvard Psilocybin Project during American legality of LSD and psilocybin, resulting in the Concord Prison Experiment and the Marsh Chapel Experiment. Leary's colleague, Richard Alpert, was fired from Harvard University on May 27, 1963 for giving psilocybin to an undergraduate studen...
Known For
Filmography
Nova '78
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Utah in the ’70s
2026
as Himself (archival footage)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026
as Self (archive footage)
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Medium Rare Cold Case
2025
as Dr Kyle
Larry Flynt for President
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Surviving You, Always
2021
as Self (voice)
My Psychedelic Love Story
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Out of Shadows
2020
as Self (archive)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
as Self (archive footage)
History 101
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
2016
as Self (archive footage)
HyperNormalisation
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Transcendental Object at the End of Time
2014
There Is No Plane to Zagreb
2012
as Himself
Fix: The Ministry Movie
2011
as Self
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008
as Self
Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Hippies
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
2006
as Self
John & Yoko Bed-In
2006
as Self
The Net
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD
2002
as Self
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Conceiving Ada
1999
as Sims
The Source
1999
as Self
Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives
1998
as himself
Anarchy TV
1998
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
1996
as Philip
Timothy Leary's Dead
1996
Synthetic Pleasures
1995
as Self
French Exit
1995
as Herbal Ecstasy Guy
How To Operate Your Brain
1994
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994
as Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Self
Stuff
1993
as Self
Energy!!! The Movie
1993
as Robert Pearce
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Dr. Milo
Frasier
1993
as Hank (voice)
Silicon Valley Story
1992
as The Good Venture Capitalist
Roadside Prophets
1992
as Salvadore
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
1992
as Mr. Jones
Ted & Venus
1991
as Judge William H. Converse
Fatal Skies
1990
as Buddy
Cyberpunk
1990
as Himself
Expanding Visions: An Introduction to the New Age Movement
1990
Night Visions
1990
as New Age Minister
Blossom
1990
Super Force
1990
as Police Commissioner Pfister
Rude Awakening
1989
as Diner at Ronnie's
Shocker
1989
as TV Evangelist
Growing Up in America
1989
as Self
Prisoners of Gravity
1989
as Self
Medium Rare
1987
as Dr. Kyle
Moonlighting
1985
as Wynn Deaupayne
We're All Devo
1983
as Dr. Byrthfood
Return Engagement
1983
as Self
Nice Dreams
1981
as Self
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
as Self
Mission Mind Control
1979
as Self
Everyman
1977
At Folsom Prison with Dr. Timothy Leary
1973
as Himself
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
1971
as Self
Bed Peace
1969
as Self
LSD: Trip to Where?
1968
as self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
Be-In
1967
as Self
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
1967
as The Guide
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
1967
as Self
Bill's Hat
1967
How To Go Out of Your Mind: The LSD Crisis
1966
as Himself
The Psychedelic Experience
1965
as Narrator
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
1964
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self