He is currently a well-known singer, songwriter, writer, publicist, actor, radio DJ, and activist among other things.
Only child, his parents divorced when he was very young. From an early age, he suffered from low self-esteem and little attention.
He was raised by his mother Iris, who taught him to read before entering school. However, due to his bad behavior and poor grades, after starting his studies he was sent to the Bullis scholl, a high school in Potomac, Maryland, where, according to RollisThey taught him a sense of discipline and strong ethical work. It was in Bullis where the artist began to write.
During the 80’s, he was a member of the band State of Alert, and later of the group of hardcore punk Black flag between 1981 and 1986. After the band’s dissolution, Rollins established his own recording and publishing company, 2.13.61, both to launch their own albums and those of their later group, the Rollins band.
Since passing through Black flag , Rollins He was involved in several projects for different media. He hosted numerous radio shows, such as “Harmony in my head” of the Indie 103, from television programs such as “The Henry Rollins Show“,”120 Minutes” Y “Jackass”And he also dedicated himself to fighting for human rights in the United States, particularly gay rights.
Regarding his acting career, he made his debut before the cameras in 1985 with a small role in the short “The Right Side of My Brain”. From then on, he could be seen in movies like “With the cops on their heels“, starring Charlie sheen Y Kristy swanson, “Johnny mnemonic“, with Keanu reeves Y Ice-T, “Lost road“, starring Bill pullman Y Patricia arquette, “Jack frost“, with Michael Keaton Y Kelly preston, “Scenes of a crime“, with Jeff Bridges Y Noah wyle, “The ugly ones also wet”, In which he worked together with Eliza dushku Y Zooey Deschanel, “Two Rebel Cops II“, starring Will Smith Y Martin Lawrence, “The Alibi” Y “Devil’s grave“, with Cuba Gooding Jr, among other.
On television, he had appearances in series such as “Welcome to Paradox“,”Batman beyond“,”The Drew Carey Show“,”Teen titans“,”Odd job jack” Y “Californication“, And also had regular participations in”Shorty McShorts’ Shorts” Y “Sons of Anarchy”, Where he played during 2009 AJ Weston.
He also did several voice jobs, including for videogames “Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker“,”Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter“, The animated film”Live Freaky Die Freaky“And the series”American Dad!”.