Charles Manson

Characters played by Charles Manson

Self (archive footage) — Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes (2018)

This archive-footage presence is connected to the documentary’s recovered visual and audio materials, which provide rare access to Charles Manson and The Family. The recordings help show the cult’s devotion, manipulation, and continuing influence over former members such as Dianne Lake.

Career Overview

Charles Manson has 50 screen credits in a career dating back to 1973. Their work is anchored in the This is America Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Chaos: The Manson Murders, Manson, Manson: The Women. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 50
Birth Date: 1934-11-12
Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

This is America Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Susan Atkins (4 collaborations)
Patricia Krenwinkel (4 collaborations)
Leslie Van Houten (4 collaborations)
Vincent Bugliosi (3 collaborations)
Stephen Kay (2 collaborations)
Tex Watson (2 collaborations)
Sandra Good (2 collaborations)
Lynette Fromme (2 collaborations)
Tom O'Neill (1 collaborations)
Gregg Jakobson (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (47 credits)
- Horrifying Hollywood Murders
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Chaos: The Manson Murders
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- The Beach Boys
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Hymns from the Abyss
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Zappa
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Manson: The Women
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Charles Manson: The Funeral
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Euphoria
  
  - Made You Look (2019) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
  
  2019
- Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Charles Manson: The Final Words
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- LA 92
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
  Self (archive Footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
  
  - The Summer of Manson (2024) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
  
  2017
- Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Life After Manson
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Serious Serial Killers
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- The Manson Family: Born to Kill?
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Charles Manson, The Church of Satan, The Universal Order & The Process Church of Final Judgment
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Old Man
  Himself (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Iconoclast
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- When You're Strange
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Manson's Missing Victims
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Il falso bugiardo
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Cease to Exist
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Inside The Manson Gang
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Ghost Hunters
  
  - Manson Murders (2007) ... actor actors
  
  2004
- Murders of Hollywood
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- The Last Days of Sharon Tate
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- South Park
  
  - Merry Christmas Charlie Manson! (1998) ... Charles Manson (archive footage) actor actors
  
  1997
- Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Safe Condition: Document in the Past Perfect
  Charles Manson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- No Sense Makes Sense
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Pardoned From Above: The Charles "Tex" Watson Story
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Charles Manson Then & Now
  Himself (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Charles Manson Superstar
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Death Diploma
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- The Killing of America
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- This Is America Part 2
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- Manson
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
sound (1 credits)
- "My World"
  music
  
  sound
  
  2024
crew (1 credits)
- Dahmer vs. Gacy
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2010
writing (1 credits)
- Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1994