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name: "Lemmy Kilmister"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lemmy-kilmister"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 December 1945"
died: "28 December 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T05:09:15.512285+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lemmy Kilmister

Actor. Born 24 December 1945 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. Died 28 December 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 December 1945, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 28 December 2015
- **Also known as:** Ian Fraser Kilmister, Motörhead, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, Ian Kilmister
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309926, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501437/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98316

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Anvil! The Story of Anvil*](https://film.one/film/anvil-the-story-of-anvil.md) (80)

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## Biography

Lemmy Kilmister, born Ian Fraser Kilmister, was an English musician and actor. He was the founder, lead singer and bassist of the rock band Motörhead.

He appeared as himself in the 2008 documentary *Anvil! The Story of Anvil*. His other film credits include the role of a taxi driver in *Hardware* (1990), Editor of the School Magazine in *Airheads* (1994), narrator in *Tromeo & Juliet* (1996) and the President in the *Return to Nuke 'Em High* films (2013 and 2017). He also featured in several Troma Entertainment productions.

Kilmister was born on 24 December 1945 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and died on 28 December 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, biography.wales.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Anvil! The Story of Anvil* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/anvil-the-story-of-anvil.md)
- *The Young Ones* (1982), Fi1m 82, as himself — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-ones.md)

## Also known for

- *Airheads* (1994), Editor of School Magazine
- *Hardware* (1990), Taxi Driver
- *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), Self
- *Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2* (2017), The President
- *Metal: A Headbanger's Journey* (2005), Self
- *Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV* (2001), Good Lemmy / Bad Lemmy
- *Tromeo & Juliet* (1996), Narrator
- *Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1* (2013), The President

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