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name: "Pete Townshend"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pete-townshend"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 May 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-17T04:47:17.718304+00:00"
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# Pete Townshend

Actor. Born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 May 1945, Chiswick, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1970–2016
- **Also known as:** The Who, Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1990s 88 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870175/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47098

## Biography

Pete Townshend is an English musician, guitarist and songwriter, principally known as a founding member of the rock band The Who. He appears in numerous concert and documentary films, credited as an actor or as himself.

Born in Chiswick, London, he has contributed to films including *Woodstock* (1970), *Monterey Pop* (1968), *Tommy* (1975) and *The Who: The Kids Are Alright* (1979). He is also credited on television series such as *The Simpsons* (1989).

*Sources: imdb.com, thewho.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *A Silent Voice: The Movie* (2016), Fi1m 80, Main Title Theme Composer, Theme Song Performance — [page](https://film.one/film/a-silent-voice-the-movie.md)
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)
- *Woodstock* (1970), Fi1m 80, as Self - The Who — [page](https://film.one/film/woodstock.md)

## Also known for

- *Tommy* (1975), Himself
- *Monterey Pop* (1968), Self - The Who
- *Live Aid* (1985), Self
- *Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation* (2019), Self
- *The Who: The Kids Are Alright* (1979), Self
- *The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus* (1996), Self - Guitar

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