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Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthday
August 1, 1949
Died
September 11, 2009
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- James Dennis Carroll
Jim Carroll
0.3 Popularity
Biography
James Dennis "Jim" Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, actor and punk musician. He was the author of “The Basketball Diaries,” a cult-classic memoir of his drug-fueled misadventures as a teenager in the 1960s. Then he became a celebrated downtown poet; and then in 1980, the star of his own hit rock band. With the help of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Carroll signed a record deal and in 1980 the band released its first album, "Catholic Boy. He appeared in two feature films and a couple of documentaries.
Known For
4.4
Self
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
7.4
Frankie Pinewater
The Basketball Diaries
1995
6.5
Guest Performer
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby Live in Jersey
1992
5.0
Self
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
5.9
Self
Tuff Turf
1985
0.0
Hupar
Listen to the City
1984
7.0
Self
Poetry in Motion
1982
5.4
Self - Musical Guest
Fridays
1980
Credits
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self
2008
4.4
The Basketball Diaries
as Frankie Pinewater
1995
7.4
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby Live in Jersey
as Guest Performer
1992
6.5
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Self
1989
5.0
Tuff Turf
as Self
1985
5.9
Listen to the City
as Hupar
1984
0.0
Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982
7.0
Fridays
as Self - Musical Guest
1980
5.4