2018Nominee
Best Performance
El Angel
Moondog
Actor
Marysville, Kansas, USA
May 26, 1916
Biography
Moondog, born Louis Thomas Hardin, was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. He was blind from the age of 16. Moondog lived in New York from the late 1940s until 1972, and during this time he could often be found on 6th Avenue, between 52nd and 55th Streets, wearing a cloak and a horned helmet sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silently on the sidewalk. He was widely recognized as "the Viking of 6th Avenue" by thousands of passersby and residents who weren't aware of his musical career.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1966Nominee
Best Performance
Chappaqua
2008Nominee
Best Performance
La deuxième femme
Career Highlights
1954Highlight
Best Performance
Jazz of Lights
2019Highlight
Best Performance
Feral