Abbie Hoffman

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1936-11-30

Deathday 1989-04-12 (52 years old)

Place of Birth Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Abbie Hoffman

Biography

Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement. As a member of the Chicago Seven, Hoffman was charged with and tried―for activities during the 1968 Democratic National Convention―for conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot and crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot under the anti-riot provisions of Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Five of the Chicago Seven defendants, including Hoffman, were convicted of crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot;  all of the convictions were vacated after an appeal and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to pursue another trial. Hoffman, along with all of the defendants and their attorneys were also convicted and sentenced for contempt of court by the judge; these convictions were also vacated after an appeal. Hoffman continued his activism into the 1970s and remains an icon of the anti-Vietnam war movement and the counterculture era. He died by suicide with a phenobarbital overdose in 1989 at age 52. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abbie Hoffman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2020
2019
WBCN and the American Revolution

as Self (archive footage)

2009
American Swing

as Self (archive footage/uncredited)

2008
Chicago 10

as Self (archive footage)

1990
1989
1986
The Last Debate

as Himself

1981
1970
Mayday

as Self

1970
Brand X

as Policeman (Lawren Order)

1970
Prologue

as Himself (Archival Footage)

1968
Yippie

as Himself

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Director

1968
Yippie

as Director