Peaches

Acting

Peaches

Born

1968-11-11 (57)

Place of birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Peaches is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 9 titles

Shut Up and Play the Piano poster
7.2

The documentary follows Chilly Gonzales from his native Canada to late '90s underground Berlin, and via Paris to the world's great philharmonic halls. Diving deep into the dichotomy of Gonzales' stage persona, where self-doubt and megalomania are just two sides of the same coin.

Shut Up and Play the Piano

2018

Ivory Tower poster
6.4

The film revolves around a sibling rivalry between two brothers, Hershell and Thadeus Graves (played by Gonzales and Tiga, respectively), as they compete during a game of chess. Peaches plays Marsha Thirteen, a former performance artist and the shared love interest of both brothers.

Ivory Tower

2010

A Tale of James Brown poster
NR

Comedian/filmmaker Camille Solari spends the last year interviewing the legendary musical icon James Brown before his untimely death on Christmas 2006. The documentary includes interviews with his band members and many celebrity musicians who have been influenced by James Brown, including Patti Labelle, Chuck D (Public Enemy), Doug E Fresh, Emcee Lyte, Bobby Brown, Fergie, Wil.I.Am.

A Tale of James Brown

2016

The Junction - Chilly Gonzales & Peaches poster
NR

It’s a known fact that opposites attract. The classically trained Chilly Gonzales and rock provocateur Peaches brought out the best in each other when they first met at a basement jam session. Coming from opposite ends of the spectrum, they found common ground in their willingness to cross over. Sometimes, an apple rotten with old ways can grow into a sturdy new tree.

The Junction - Chilly Gonzales & Peaches

2016

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution poster
7.0

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender communities.

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

2017

Desire Will Set You Free poster
4.3

Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.

Desire Will Set You Free

2015

The Coming Days poster
5.0

Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are barely functioning. In the middle of this highly volatile environment is the family of Walter Kuper, an energy conglomerate executive. Walter’s daughter, Cecilia, has joined the Black Storm terrorist group. Her sister Laura must choose between motherhood and the man she loves; their brother Philip has been called up to fight for Germany in a hopeless war to secure the last remaining oil fields. Starring leading actors Daniel Brühl, Johanna Wokalek and Jürgen Vogel, "The Days to Come" asks provocative questions about the current state of things as it depicts personal and political realities in a scarily believable near–future.

The Coming Days

2010

Peaches Does Herself poster
6.3

On the advice of a 65-year-old stripper, Peaches makes music that is sexually forthright. Her popularity grows and her fans transform her into their ultimate intersexual fantasy. She falls in love with a highly evolved sexual being, but Peaches gets her heart broken and has to realize who she really is. Described as an anti-jukebox musical. Peaches writes, directs and plays the role of Peaches herself.

Peaches Does Herself

2012

To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation poster
NR

One continuous give-and-take as six performers push towards a paradigm shift in the future. Following a 1970 score written by Pauline Oliveros in response to SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas, they ask ‘Can sounds, rhythms and light produce queer relations? Can they become revolutionary?'

To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation

2013

2000s · 6 titles

Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey poster
6.9

Flight of the Conchords embark on a revealing and hilarious odyssey into the political and musical heart of the United States of America, as they make their debut at the SXSW music festival.

Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey

2006

Hideous Man poster
4.0

Hideous Man written and directed by John Malkovich and produced by Bella Freud is their 3rd film collaboration. It tells the story of a group of beatnik girls rehearsing their work for a performance of their alter ego ‘hideous man’.

Hideous Man

2002

Clash of Cultures: The Rise of the New Electro Scene poster
NR

Artists, producers and journalists talk about the new Electro Scene that took over New York's nightlife in the early 2000's.

Clash of Cultures: The Rise of the New Electro Scene

2004

No artwork available
NR

Six-year-old Tobias is crazy about birds and wants a parrot, but his mother doesn't want the mess in the apartment. Tobias rescues a sparrow that is stuck in some bushes. The sparrow turns out to be a blind fairy who, as a thank you, will grant Tobias a wish. Will he now get the parrot he wants? The blind fairy has promised to conjure up a parrot for Tobias. Unfortunately, she ends up turning Tobias into a parrot instead, and before she can make amends, Tobias is captured by the evil bird dealer and put in a cage in his shop. Can Tobias, with the help of the other birds, escape and meet the fairy as agreed?

Pip & Papegøje

2005

No artwork available
NR

Her Noise was an exhibition which took place at South London Gallery in 2005 with satellite events at Tate Modern and Goethe-Institut, London. Her Noise gathered international artists who use sound to investigate social relations, inspire action or uncover hidden soundscapes. The exhibition included newly commissioned works by Kim Gordon & Jutta Koether, Hayley Newman, Kaffe Matthews, Christina Kubisch, Emma Hedditch and Marina Rosenfeld. A parallel ambition of the project was to investigate music and sound histories in relation to gender, and the curators set out to create a lasting resource in this area.

Her Noise - The Making Of

2006

No artwork available
NR

Super-8 bike porn film that Peaches directed and starred in about two girls who like to have sex with their motorcycles.

Chromezone XXX

2001

Series credits

Orphan Black poster
7.8

A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

Orphan Black

2013

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee poster
6.0

Samantha Bee breaks up late-night's all-male sausage fest with her nuanced view of political and cultural issues, her sharp interview skills, her repartee with world leaders and, of course, her 10-pound lady balls.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

2016

Transparent poster
6.4

An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.

Transparent

2014

Through the Night with... poster
7.9

Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are mainly in France or Germany. The title of the French version is Au cœur de la nuit. Two Celebrities spend an filmed evening together. One of them is the host who sets the location and the program. There is no moderator.

Through the Night with...

2002

Canada's Drag Race poster
6.8

Drag queens showcase their Canadian charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to become Canada's Next Drag Superstar and to win the $100,000 grand prize.

Canada's Drag Race

2020

The Henry Rollins Show poster
6.2

The Henry Rollins Show was a weekly talk show hosted by Henry Rollins on the Independent Film Channel. The show featured Rollins' monologues, interviews with celebrities and uncensored musical performances. The show was canceled after the wrap of its second season.

The Henry Rollins Show

2006

The House of Venus Show poster
3.2

Created by Canadian filmmaker Mark Kenneth Woods and co-produced by Michael Venus, the first season of the world's first LGBT themed sketch comedy TV show started airing on OUTtv in July 2005. The second season began airing in September, 2006 and, after a hiatus, a third season debuted in July, 2009. The show also aired on SelecTV/OUTtv in Australia in 2006. Pink TV in France, Belgium, Switzerland and other territories started airing the first 2 seasons of the show with the alternate title "Le Venus Show" in September, 2006. The show began airing in the Netherlands and the Benelux in April, 2008 on OUTTv. here! network in the USA began airing the show in August, 2008. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the sketch comedy show blends politics and pop culture with humour and irreverence.

The House of Venus Show

2005

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Track Stories

2015

Behind the camera