Hunter S. Thompson
Writer, Actor
July 18, 1937 — February 20, 2005 (67 years)
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. He is known also for his unrepentant lifelong use of alcohol, LSD, mescaline, and cocaine (among other substances); his love of firearms; his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon; and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism. While suffering a bout of health problems, he committed suicide in 2005, at the age of 67.
Filmography
| 2011 | The Rum Diary · as Novel |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas · as Novel |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas · as Other Duke In Matrix Flashback (uncredited) |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges · as Restaurant Piano PlayerOn Plex |
| 2022 | Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | TVTV: Video Revolutionaries · as Self |
| 2012 | For No Good Reason · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Gonzo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Fuck · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | ESPN25: Who's #1? · as Self |
| 2003 | Breakfast with Hunter · as Self |
| 1999 | SportsCentury · as Self |
| 1998 | History's Mysteries · as Self |
| 1997 | Anthem · as Self |
| 1996 | In Search of History · as Self - Author, 'hell's Angels: A Strange And Terrible Saga' |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman · as Self |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show · as Self |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder · as Self |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) · as Self |
| 1956 | To Tell the Truth · as Self |
| 2008 | Gonzo · as Other |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges · as StoryOn Plex |
| 1980 | Where the Buffalo Roam · as Story |