Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
11
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-08-01
Day of Death
2009-09-11 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
James Dennis Carroll
Jim Carroll
Biography
James Dennis "Jim" Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, actor and punk musician. He was the author of “The Basketball Diaries,” a cult-classic memoir of his drug-fueled misadventures as a teenager in the 1960s. Then he became a celebrated downtown poet; and then in 1980, the star of his own hit rock band. With the help of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Carroll signed a record deal and in 1980 the band released its first album, "Catholic Boy. He appeared in two feature films and a couple of documentaries.
