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Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

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

Born

Oct 22, 1920

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

May 31, 1996

Known For

Acting

Movies

69 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.4

Known For

Shocker
Shocker
1989 • as TV Evangelist
★ 5.6
Nice Dreams
Nice Dreams
1981 • as Self
★ 5.8
HyperNormalisation
HyperNormalisation
2016 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
How the Beatles Changed the World
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
One to One: John & Yoko
One to One: John & Yoko
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Night Visions
Night Visions
1990 • as New Age Minister
★ 4.7
Stuff
Stuff
1993 • as Self
★ 6.0
Out of Shadows
Out of Shadows
2020 • as Self (archive)
★ 7.6
Fix: The Ministry Movie
Fix: The Ministry Movie
2011 • as Self
★ 7.5
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
1992 • as Mr. Jones
★ 5.4
Roadside Prophets
Roadside Prophets
1992 • as Salvadore
★ 5.6
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Utah in the ’70s
Utah in the ’70s
2026 • as Himself (archival footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
★ 7.3
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
★ 6.7
French Exit
French Exit
1995 • as Herbal Ecstasy Guy
★ 5.1
The Source
The Source
1999 • as Self
★ 5.6
Anarchy TV
★ 5.1
Rude Awakening
Rude Awakening
1989 • as Diner at Ronnie's
★ 4.6
Hippies
Hippies
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
Growing Up in America
Growing Up in America
1989 • as Self
★ 8.5
Ted & Venus
Ted & Venus
1991 • as Judge William H. Converse
★ 4.5
The Net
The Net
2003 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey
Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey
2008 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.6
My Psychedelic Love Story
My Psychedelic Love Story
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Larry Flynt for President
Larry Flynt for President
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.2
movie
★ 7.7
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk
1990 • as Himself
★ 7.5
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
1967 • as The Guide
★ 7.0
John & Yoko Bed-In
John & Yoko Bed-In
2006 • as Self
★ 6.0
Bed Peace
Bed Peace
1969 • as Self
★ 7.5
Medium Rare Cold Case
Medium Rare Cold Case
2025 • as Dr Kyle
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
1996 • as Philip
★ 5.0
Medium Rare
Medium Rare
1987 • as Dr. Kyle
★ 5.0
Fatal Skies
Fatal Skies
1990 • as Buddy
★ 4.8
We're All Devo
We're All Devo
1983 • as Dr. Byrthfood
★ 7.0
Nova '78
Nova '78
2026 • as Self (archive footage)
Conceiving Ada
Conceiving Ada
1999 • as Sims
★ 4.7
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
John & Yoko's Year of Peace
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Synthetic Pleasures
Synthetic Pleasures
1995 • as Self
★ 5.1
movie
★ 10.0
SnowwhiteRosered
SnowwhiteRosered
1991 • as Self
★ 6.0
LSD: Trip to Where?
LSD: Trip to Where?
1968 • as self
★ 8.5
Mission Mind Control
Mission Mind Control
1979 • as Self
movie
★ 5.2
movie
There Is No Plane to Zagreb
There Is No Plane to Zagreb
2012 • as Himself
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary
2016 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
The Psychedelic Experience
The Psychedelic Experience
1965 • as Narrator
Be-In
Be-In
1967 • as Self
★ 5.0
Energy!!! The Movie
Energy!!! The Movie
1993 • as Robert Pearce
Return Engagement
Return Engagement
1983 • as Self
★ 5.5
movie
Silicon Valley Story
1992 • as The Good Venture Capitalist
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
2011 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Surviving You, Always
Surviving You, Always
2021 • as Self (voice)
★ 5.6