
Alexander Shulgin
Known for Acting · 6 credits
- Born
- 1925-06-17
- Died
- 2014-06-02
- Place of birth
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Also known as
- Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin · Sasha Shulgin · Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin
Biography
Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was a prolific American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA (ecstasy) to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.
In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife Ann Shulgin authored the books PIHKAL and TIHKAL (standing for Phenethylamines and Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved), which extensively described their work and personal experiences with these two classes of psychoactive drugs. Shulgin performed seminal work into the descriptive synthesis of many of these compounds. Some of Shulgin's noteworthy discoveries include compounds of the 2C* family (such as 2C-B) and compounds of the DOx family (such as DOM).
Due in part to Shulgin's extensive work in the field of psychedelic research and the rational drug design of psychedelic drugs, he has since been dubbed the "godfather of psychedelics".
Known For

How to Change Your Mind
2022
as Self - Chemist, Author & Professor (archive footage)

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
2016
as Self (archive footage)

The Business of Drugs
2020
as Self - Chemist (archive footage)

Better Living Through Chemistry
2021
as Self

Dirty Pictures
2010
as Alexander Shulgin

Ecstasy
2010
as Self
TV Shows (3)
Movies (3)
About Alexander Shulgin
Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was a prolific American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA (ecstasy) to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife Ann Shulgin authored the books PIHKAL and TIHKAL (standing for Phenethylamin… With 6 credits spanning from 2010 to 2022, Alexander Shulgin has appeared in 3 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alexander Shulgin Movies
- Better Living Through Chemistry (2021) — as Self
- Dirty Pictures (2010) — as Alexander Shulgin
- Ecstasy (2010) — as Self
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