Slavoj Žižek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
A Slovenian continental philosopher and critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis. Žižek is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a professor at the European Graduate School. He has been a visiting professor at, among others, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, London Consortium, Princeton, New York University, The New School, the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Irvine and the University of Michigan. He is currently the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London and president of the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana. Žižek uses examples from popular culture to explain the theory of Jacques Lacan and uses Lacanian psychoanalysis, Hegelian philosophy and Marxist economic criticism to interpret and speak extensively on immediately current social phenomena.
Filmography
Black TBA
Actor
The Pervert's Guide to Utopias 2026
Actor
Die Macht des Rings 2026
as Self - philosopher & cultural critic
Unexpurgated: Slavoj Zizek 2024
as himself
Professor Slavoj Žižek on the Problem with Online Dating 2024
Screenplay
Alice, Through the Looking 2021
as Self
An Apology for Modernity 2021
as Himself
Bliss 2021
as Slavoj Žižek
Antigone, How Dare We! 2020
as Himself, Theatre Play
Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism 2019
as Self, Writer
Jordan Peterson & Slavoj Žižek - Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism 2019
as Self
Slavoj Žižek Birthday Special: Politics, Philosophy, and Hardcore Pornography 2019
as Himself
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk 2018
as Self
- Turn On
Turn On 2018
Original Concept
Risk 2017
as Self
The New Man 2016
as Self
The Swap 2016
as Self (voice)
Houston, We Have a Problem! 2016
as Self
Hyperstition 2015
as Self
- There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People
There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People 2013
as Himself (archive footage)
Balkan Spirit 2013
as Self - Philosopher
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology 2012
as Self - Host / Philosopher, Writer
Catastroika 2012
as Self
Marx Reloaded 2011
as Self
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution 2009
as Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
The Title Was Shot 2009
as Self (archive footage) (voice)
Alien, Marx & Co. - Zizek Portrait 2009
as Self
- Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy
Hauser and Žižek: Theoreticians of Postmarxist Philosophy 2008
Actor
Examined Life 2008
as Self
The Possibility of Hope 2007
as Self
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 2006
as Self - Host / Philosopher, Writer
Žižek! 2005
as Self
Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual 2004
as Self, Writer
- Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin
Post-Socialism+Retro Avantgarde+Irwin 1997
as Himself
The Old and the New 1997
as Himself
Predictions of Fire 1996
as Self
Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself 1996
as Self
Laibach – A Film from Slovenia 1993
as Himself
Bravo: Laibach in Film 1993
as Himself
Credits from TMDB.