Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 6, 1915
Place of Birth:
Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
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Alan Watts
Biography
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Monkey Conflict | Storyteller |
| 2020 | Until There Was Nothing | Narrator |
| 2018 | Play | Self (voice recording) |
| 2017 | Everything | Himself |
| 2016 | Zen Dog | Alan Watts (voice) |
| 1994 | Zen: The Best of Alan Watts | Himself |
| 1973 | Work as Play | Himself |
| 1972 | Conversation with Myself | Himself |
| 1972 | Time and the More It Changes | Self |
| 1971 | The Art of Meditation | Himself |
| 1969 | The Flow of Zen | Narrator |
| 1969 | Zen and Now | Narrator |
| 1968 | Buddhism, Man and Nature | Narrator |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts | Alan Watts |
| 1959 | Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life | Alan Watts |