Actor
Alan Watts
6 Jan 1915Born
16 Nov 1973Died
58Age at death
8Credits
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
- TBAExhaleFilm: (voice)
- 2024The Monkey ConflictFilm: Storyteller
- 2020Until There Was NothingFilm: Narrator
- 2017EverythingFilm: Narrator (archive footage)
- 2016Zen DogFilm: Alan Watts (voice)
- 1969The Flow of ZenFilm: Narrator
- 1969Zen and NowFilm: Narrator
- 1968Buddhism, Man and NatureFilm: Narrator
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