John Carpenter
Birthday: January 16, 1948
Birth Place: Carthage, New York, USA
Height: 0' 0"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for John Carpenter. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Halloween	(2007)
The 76th Annual Academy Awards	(2004)
[ Elvis Costello ]
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest	(2003)
The Life of David Gale	(2003)
[ Kevin Spacey ][ Gabriel Mann ][ Matt Craven ][ Leon Rippy ][ Jim Beaver ]
Halloween: Resurrected	(2002)
Halloween: Resurrection	(2002)
[ Thomas Ian Nicholas ][ Ryan Merriman ][ Sean Patrick Thomas ][ Busta Rhymes ]
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'	(2002)
Thriller	(2002)
Ghosts of Mars	(2001)
[ Jason Statham ][ Ice Cube ][ Robert Carradine ]
'Ghosts of Mars': Special Effects Deconstruction	(2001)
Red Desert Nights: Making 'Ghosts of Mars'	(2001)
Scoring Ghosts of Mars	(2001)
'Halloween' Unmasked 2000	(1999)
Vampires	(1998)
[ James Woods ][ Daniel Baldwin ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ][ Maximilian Schell ][ Thomas Ian Griffith ]
Sentinel Returns	(1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later	(1998)
[ Josh Hartnett ][ Joseph Gordon-Levitt ][ LL Cool J ][ Adam Arkin ][ Brandon Williams ]
Escape from L.A.	(1996)
[ Steve Buscemi ][ Kurt Russell ][ Bruce Campbell ][ Breckin Meyer ][ Peter Fonda ]
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	(1995)
[ Paul Rudd ][ Donald Pleasence ]
Village of the Damned	(1995)
[ Mark Hamill ][ Christopher Reeve ]
In the Mouth of Madness	(1995)
[ Hayden Christensen ][ Charlton Heston ][ Sam Neill ][ Kevin Zegers ][ David Warner ]
Body Bags	(1993)
[ Mark Hamill ][ Robert Carradine ][ David Warner ][ Stacy Keach ][ Tobe Hooper ]
Halloween 5	(1989)
[ Donald Pleasence ]
They Live	(1988)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	(1988)
[ Donald Pleasence ][ Sasha Jenson ]
Prince of Darkness	(1987)
[ Donald Pleasence ][ Alice Cooper ][ Jameson Parker ]
Big Trouble in Little China	(1986)
[ Kurt Russell ]
Christine	(1983)
[ Stephen King ][ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Keith Gordon ][ Barry Tubb ][ Little Richard ]
Halloween	(1983)
Kneel Before Me	(1983)
[ Ron Jeremy ]
The Taming of Rebecca	(1982)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch	(1982)
[ Dan O'Herlihy ]
Angel in Distress	(1982)
[ Ron Jeremy ]
Halloween II	(1981)
[ Dana Carvey ][ Donald Pleasence ][ Billy Warlock ]
Escape from New York	(1981)
[ Kurt Russell ][ Ernest Borgnine ][ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Donald Pleasence ][ Lee Van Cleef ]
The Fog	(1980)
[ Hal Holbrook ]
Halloween	(1978)
[ Donald Pleasence ]
Assault on Precinct 13	(1976)
[ Tony Burton ]
Dark Star	(1974)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy	(1970)
[ Ricky Nelson ]

Trivia

• In the movie "Change of Habit" (1969) Elvis Presley plays a character named John Carpenter. In 1979 John Carpenter directed the TV movie "Elvis" starring his good friend Kurt Russell.
• Is a fan of the Quartermass movies (_Quatermass Experiment, The (1953)_ , Quatermass and the Pit (1967)), wrote Prince of Darkness (1987) under the pseudonym of Martin Quatermass, and the village in In the Mouth of Madness (1995) is named after a rail station in Quatermass and the Pit (1967).
• Appears in his own films under the name Rip Haight, appearing in in The Fog (1980), Starman (1984), Body Bags (1993) (TV), and Village of the Damned (1995).
• Considers it bad luck to wear the hat of the show he's working on. Will not wear a crew cap until the film is over.
• Loves Elvis and old cadillacs.
• Is a major NBA fan and has a satellite dish installed on his location trailer to keep up with the games. Always has a portable basketball hoop on location.
• Favorite meal of the day is breakfast - any time of day.
• He has a son named Cody (b. 1984) with Adrienne Barbeau.
• Is a great fan of Sergio Leone and cast Lee Van Cleef in Escape from New York (1981) because of his work with Leone.
• Frequently casts musicians (Ice Cube, Isaac Hayes, Alice Cooper, Jon Bon Jovi).
• Carpenter's character Snake Plissken (of Escape From New York and Escape from L.A.) is about to become a comic book. Published by theCrossGen imprint Code 6 Comics, the book will be known as John Carpenter's The Snake Plissken Chronicles. It is marked for publication beginning in 2003.
• With the exception of Escape From LA, has rarely made a sequel to any of his films.
• Biography in the following: John Wakeman, editor. World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985. pp. 184-189. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
• Praised longtime friend and frequent collaborator Kurt Russell for being a hard working, professional actor who isn't afraid to take on roles that might hurt his image or make him look like a fool.
• Is a big fan of film maker Howard Hawks.
• He is a big fan of the Beach Boys
• Was originally supposed to direct Firestarter (1984), and even had a screenplay written by Bill Lancaster. Both were replaced when The Thing (1982), a film on which they both collaborated, did poorly at the box office.
• Said in a 1982 interview that he thought the R rating for Halloween (1978) was justifiable, but The Fog (1980) should've been rated PG.

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