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Keith Morris

Keith Morris

Actor · Born 1955-09-18 · Hermosa Beach, California

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Biography

Keith Brian Morris (born September 18, 1955) is a European-American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!. Born and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, he formed Black Flag at the age of 21 with guitarist Greg Ginn and performed on the band's 1979 debut EP Nervous Breakdown. Shortly after leaving Black Flag in 1979, he formed the Circle Jerks with guitarist Greg Hetson; the band released seven albums between 1980 and 1995 and have broken up and reformed on numerous occasions. In 2009 Morris formed the supergroup Off! with guitarist Dimitri Coats, bassist Steven Shane McDonald, and drummer Mario Rubalcaba. Morris has also appeared as a guest vocalist on several albums by other artists. In 1976, Morris co-founded Black Flag (then-known as Panic) along with guitarist Greg Ginn. Their work ethic proved too challenging for some early members; Ginn and Morris had an especially hard time finding a reliable bass guitarist, and often rehearsed without a bassist, a factor that contributed to the development of Ginn's distinctive, often low-pitched guitar sound. The band went through three bass players before Chuck…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) — Dave the Crackhead
  2. Repo Man (1984) — Nightclub Band Member
  3. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) — Self
  4. American Hardcore (2006) — Self
  5. The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998) — Self
  6. Punk's Not Dead (2007) — Self
  7. Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All (2013) — Self
  8. Another State of Mind (1984) — Himself
  9. We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) — Self
  10. The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) — Self
  11. Punk (2019) — Self
  12. Sticky: A (Self) Love Story (2016) — Self
  13. Scumbag (2017) — John Stevens
  14. The Slog Movie (1982)
  15. Records Collecting Dust (2015) — Self
  16. The Icarus Line Must Die (2018) — Keith
  17. 25 Years of Punk (2001) — Self
  18. Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two (1983)
  19. Flipside Video Fanzine Number 1
  20. Free LSD (2023) — Keith
  21. The Best of Flipside Video Vol. 1 (2001) — Himself (as Circle Jerks)
  22. Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoo's Nest (1981) — Himself
  23. Plate o' Shrimp: Punk Rock, Sci-Fi and the Making of Repo Man (2007)
  24. Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025) — Self
  25. Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind (2011) — Self
  26. The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997 (2017)
  27. Circle Jerks: The Show Must Go Off! Circle Jerks Live at the House of Blues (2005) — Self
  28. Circle Jerks: My Career as a Jerk (2012)
  29. Poison Idea: Legacy of Dysfunction (2017) — Self
  30. We Were Feared (2010) — Self
  31. 40 Watts from Nowhere (2025)
  32. I'd Rather Be Turned Into Cat Food — Officer Rational (voice)
  33. Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos (2025) — Self
  34. The Art of Punk (2013) — Self