John Cale
Acting
Biography
John Davies Cale, OBE, is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer. At an early age Cale discovered a talent for the viola, and became a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales at the age of 13. He was later awarded a scholarship at Goldsmiths College, London, England. In 1963, he travelled to the United States to continue his musical training with the assistance and influence of Aaron Copland. He was a founding member of the American rock band The Velvet Underground. Over his five-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone, classical, avant-garde and electronic music.
Born: March 9, 1942
Place of Birth: Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Known For
Rockpalast
Rockpalast
Seven Ages of Rock
A definitive landmark series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians who have shaped this most enduring of genres.
John Cale & Guest - perform The Velvet Underground & Nico
John Cale performed The Velvet Underground & Nico in full at a concert in Paris on Sunday night, joined by guest performers including Animal Collective, Mark Lanegan, Pete Doherty and Carl Barât of The Libertines, Lou Doillon, Etienne Daho and Lemon Jelly’s Nick Franglen.
Screen Test #3
One of Andy Warhol's screen tests, focusing on an actor's face for 4-5 mins.
The Velvet Underground - Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII
Seminal experimental rock band The Velvet Underground, who initially disbanded in 1970, perform a set at L'Olympia in Paris, France in June 1993, during their brief reunion tour. The set features original founding members Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker performing 15 songs, including a new, previously unreleased track, "Coyote."
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film at 24 frames per second. The resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were then screened in 'slow motion' at 16 frames per second.
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
Feature documentary on the pioneering life and work of iconoclastic filmmaker/musician/composer/artist Tony Conrad.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
This feature-length documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah.
Nico Icon
A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to glamorous diva of the Velvet Underground, to cult item, junkie and hag. Many faces for the same woman, whom, you realize, just couldn't bring herself to care enough to live.
Filmography
as Self - Musician / Musical Guest
as Self
as Self
as Himself (archival footage)
as Lester
as Self (archive footage)
as Dick Winter
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Manager
as Self
as Cale
as bass, viola, keyboards, vocals
as Himself
as Hubbley
as Lonely writer
as Himself
as Aryan Leader
as Self
as Self
as Self (piano guitar vocal)
as Self
as Man (uncredited)
as Himself
as Himself
as Self (uncredited)
as Himself
as Himself
as Self
as Self