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Billy Corgan is a Actor and Sound American born on 17 march 1967

Billy Corgan

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Birth name William Patrick Corgan, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 17 march 1967 (57 years)

William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, producer, lyricist, writer, and poet, best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois, in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the addition of bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The band's direction has largely been driven by Corgan through his confessional lyrics, grandiose production values, and virtuosic musical interplay, notably with Chamberlin. In three years, The Smashing Pumpkins had transformed themselves into a major label success. Strong album sales and large-scale tours propelled the band's increasing fame in the 1990s, while Chamberlin's drug problems escalated until he had to be fired. The Pumpkins continued as a three-piece until Chamberlin rejoined the band in 1999, then broke up in 2000. Corgan started a new band with Chamberlin right away, called Zwan, and after their demise, he released a solo album (TheFutureEmbrace) and a collection of poetry (Blinking with Fists) before setting his sights on reforming the Smashing Pumpkins.

The new version of that band, consisting of Corgan, Chamberlin, and a revolving tour lineup, released an album in 2007 and followed it with extensive touring over the next year and a half. Chamberlin left the Smashing Pumpkins in March 2009, while Corgan has continued to record and tour with a new lineup.

Best films

Stigmata (1999)
(Original Music Composer)

Usually with

Ryan Eslinger
Ryan Eslinger
(1 films)
Asia Argento
Asia Argento
(1 films)
Sam Dunn
Sam Dunn
(1 films)
Alex Winter
Alex Winter
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Billy Corgan (9 films)

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Actor

Downloaded
Downloaded (2013)
, 1h46
Directed by Alex Winter
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about computing, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentary films about technology, Political films
Actors Jon Stewart, Henry Rollins, Billy Corgan
Roles Himself
Rating67% 3.3933.3933.3933.3933.393
This documentary film addresses the evolution of digital media sharing on the Internet. It features exclusive interviews with software developers and musicians about controversial filesharing software, and particularly Napster. It follows Napster from its rise in 1998, through the swarm of lawsuits that ensued and to its acquisition by Rhapsody in 2011. Some of those interviewed include Henry Rollins, Billy Corgan, former record producer and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, former Sony Music Chairman Don Ienner, former CEO of the RIAA Hilary Rosen, Beastie Boys’ Mike D, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and Noel Gallagher.
The Source Family, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Musical
Themes Documentary films about cities
Actors Bud Cort, Billy Corgan
Roles Self - Smashing Pumpkins
Rating67% 3.390023.390023.390023.390023.39002
Cela se passe de nos jours dans un petit village, quelque part entre l'Afrique du Nord et le Moyen-Orient. Les femmes vont chercher l'eau à la source, en haut de la montagne, sous un soleil de plomb, et ce depuis la nuit des temps. Leila, jeune mariée, propose aux femmes de faire la grève de l'amour : plus de câlins, plus de sexe tant que les hommes n’apportent pas l’eau au village.
Spun
Spun (2003)
, 1h41
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit
Roles Doctor
Rating66% 3.3488353.3488353.3488353.3488353.348835
Ross (Jason Schwartzman) is a customer of Spider Mike (John Leguizamo), a methamphetamine dealer. Spider Mike and his girlfriend Cookie (Mena Suvari) are constantly arguing, and Ross strikes up a friendship with Nikki (Brittany Murphy), a fellow addict. Nikki takes Ross to meet her boyfriend, "The Cook" (Mickey Rourke), who supplies Spider Mike with drugs from a meth lab he has set up in a motel room. The Cook gives a small amount of meth to Ross in exchange for bringing Nikki home, and says that he will get in touch with Ross if he needs a driver.

Sound

Head Games
Head Games (2012)
, 1h15
Directed by Steve James
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, American football films, Documentary films about health care
Actors Chris Nowinski
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating72% 3.6249053.6249053.6249053.6249053.624905
This script must be run from the command line
When a Man Falls, 1h30
Directed by Ryan Eslinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Timothy Hutton, Sharon Stone, Dylan Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Nicholas Elia
Rating50% 2.5042852.5042852.5042852.5042852.504285
Bill est un gardien de nuit solitaire. Il fait le ménage dans un immeuble de bureaux en écoutant de l'opéra sur son walk-man. Gary est un homme marié qui a pris l'habitude de dormir dans un des box de son lieu de travail afin d'éviter de rentrer chez lui. Son mariage avec sa femme Karen étant devenu chaotique. Celle-ci se laisse aller à ses penchants cleptomanes. Un soir, au détour d'un couloir Gary reconnaît Bill qui fut dans le passé son souffre-douleur au lycée. Il propose à son ancien camarade d'aller boire un verre avec un autre copain d'école, Travis. Les trois hommes se retrouvent et parlent de ce qu'il est advenu de leur vie.
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, 1h38
Directed by Asia Argento
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Films about child abuse
Actors Jimmy Bennett, Dylan Sprouse, Asia Argento, Marilyn Manson, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster
Roles Music
Rating61% 3.096813.096813.096813.096813.09681
Sarah (Asia Argento) becomes involved with a series of men who treat her and Jeremiah (Jimmy Bennett) poorly, and she uses them as an excuse to abandon her son. She disappears to Atlantic City with her boyfriend, Emerson (Jeremy Renner), and then abandons him; Emerson returns to their home and rapes Jeremiah. After a trip to hospital, Jeremiah's grandmother (Ornella Muti) takes him to a West Virginian radical Christian cult led by his grandfather (Peter Fonda). After he has been three years with the cult, Sarah returns to reclaim the 11-year-old Jeremiah (Dylan and Cole Sprouse).
Spun
Spun (2003)
, 1h41
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit
Roles Music
Rating66% 3.3488353.3488353.3488353.3488353.348835
Ross (Jason Schwartzman) is a customer of Spider Mike (John Leguizamo), a methamphetamine dealer. Spider Mike and his girlfriend Cookie (Mena Suvari) are constantly arguing, and Ross strikes up a friendship with Nikki (Brittany Murphy), a fellow addict. Nikki takes Ross to meet her boyfriend, "The Cook" (Mickey Rourke), who supplies Spider Mike with drugs from a meth lab he has set up in a motel room. The Cook gives a small amount of meth to Ross in exchange for bringing Nikki home, and says that he will get in touch with Ross if he needs a driver.
Stigmata
Stigmata (1999)
, 1h43
Directed by Rupert Wainwright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, Rade Šerbedžija, Enrico Colantoni
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62% 3.100683.100683.100683.100683.10068
The film opens in the Brazilian village of Belo Quinto, with Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne), a former scientist and an ordained Jesuit priest who investigates supposed miracles, examining a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe weeping blood at the funeral of Father Paulo Alameida (Jack Donner). While Andrew is collecting evidence, a young boy steals the rosary from the father's hand. The boy later sells it to a woman in a marketplace, who sends it to her atheist daughter Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) living in Pittsburgh.