Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and painter. His work mostly explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.[2] Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector, which was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound. In 1979 Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz and Oriental and Mediterranean influences. "Hallelujah" was first released on Cohen's studio album Various Positions in 1984. I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions and remains his most popular album. In 1992 Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest. Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, which was a major hit in Canada and Europe. His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. After a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2010, Cohen released three albums in the final four years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014) and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
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tvI'll Be Gone in the Dark
2020
Main Title Theme Composer
tvSupermax
2016
Theme Song Performance
movieThe Last Trapper
2004
Original Music Composer
movieNight Magic
1985
Original Music Composer
movieCœur bleu
1980
Songs
movieMcCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ernie Game
1968
Music, Original Music Composer
Acting51
movieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSymphony Of The Invisible
2020
Self (voice)
movieMarianne & Leonard: Words of Love
2019
Self (archive footage)
tvPopular Voices at the BBC
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieOmega
2016
Self
movieAl Purdy Was Here
2015
(voice)
movieLeonard Cohen: Songs from the Road
2010
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Yesno
2010
(voice)
I Am a Hotel
1985
The Resident (as L.C.)
tvMiami Vice
1984
Zolan
tvNuméro un
1975
Self
movieThe Ernie Game
1968
Singer
moviePalace of Pleasure
1967
Narrator (voice)
moviePoen
1967
Narrator (voice)
movieAngel
1966
Man (uncredited)
Leonard Cohen: Behind the Iron Curtain
Self (archive footage)
Writing6
movieIn the Forest... Again
2003
Lyricist
movieI'm Your Man
1996
Lyricist
movieNight Magic
1985
Writer
movieAngel
1966
Musical
Crew1
Directing1
tvLe Parfum d'Irak
Director