Cast and Crew of The Velvet Underground

Cast of
The Velvet Underground

About The Velvet Underground

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

Full Cast of The Velvet Underground

Lou Reed
plays Self (archive footage)

John Cale
plays Self

Sterling Morrison
plays Self (archive footage)

Maureen Tucker
plays Self

Jonas Mekas
plays Self

Jonathan Richman
plays Self

John Waters
plays Self

John Waters as Self

Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, ...

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Nico
plays Self (archive footage)

David Bowie
plays Self (voice)

Doug Yule
plays Self (archive footage)

Danny Fields
plays Self

La Monte Young
plays Self

Amy Taubin
plays Self

Allen Ginsberg
plays Self (archive footage)

Mary Woronov
plays Self

Marian Zazeela
plays Self

Jackson Browne
plays Self

Jackson Browne as Self

Browne was born October 9, 1948, in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father Clyde Jack Browne, an American serviceman, ...

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Joseph Freeman
plays Self

Cass Elliot
plays Self (archive footage)

Tony Conrad
plays Self (voice)

Billy Name
plays Self (voice)

Bill Graham
plays Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol
plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank Zappa
plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)


Crew of The Velvet Underground

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