Personal Info
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1952-05-14 (73 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known For
Talking Heads
David Byrne
Biography
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
We Want the Funk!
| Self
2025 --
Monk in Pieces
| Self
2025 --
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
| Self
2025 --
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
| Self
2024 --
Eno
| Self
2023 --
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
| Self (archive footage)
2021 --
Social! Distance Dance Club
|
2021 --
Twyla Moves
| Self
2020 --
David Byrne's American Utopia
| Self - Lead Singer & Performer
2020 --
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
| Self
2019 --
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
| David Byrne
2019 --
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
| Self - Voice
2019 --
Everything For All Reasons
| Self
2019 --
Triple-Chaser
| Narrator
2019 --
Hream
| David Byrne
2019 --
Museum Town
| Self
2018 --
The Making of True Stories
| Self
2018 --
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
| Self
2017 --
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
| Self
2016 --
Contemporary Color
|
2016 --
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
| Self
2016 --
Temporary Color
|
2015 --
We're Gonna Die
| David Byrne
2014 --
Lennon or McCartney
| Self
2013 --
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
| Self
2012 --
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
|
2011 --
Talking Heads - Chronology
|
2011 --
This Must Be the Place
| David Byrne
2011 --
Ride, Rise, Roar
| Self
2009 --
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
|
2009 --
Beyond Ipanema
| Self
2009 --
Wandering Heart
| Self
2009 --
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
| Self
2008 --
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
| Self (archive footage)
2008 --
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
| Self
2008 --
New York Rock at the BBC
|
2008 --
Celia: The Queen
| Self
2007 --
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
| Self
2007 --
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006 --
Fabricating Tom Zé
| Self
2006 --
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
| Self
2005 --
TV Party
| Self
2004 --
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
| Self
2004 --
Dennis Cleveland
|
2003 --
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
|
2003 --
Lubbock Lights
| Self
2002 --
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
| Self
2001 --
25 Years of Punk
| Self
2000 --
The Art of Amália
| Introduction (English version)
1998 --
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
| Self
1998 --
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
| Self - Host/Interviewer
1998 --
Lulu on the Bridge
| "Laughing Man" Escort
1998 --
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
| Self
1995 --
Dancing Barefoot
| Self
1993 --
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
| Self
1993 --
Between the Teeth
|
1990 --
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
| Self
1990 --
Beleza Tropical
| Self
1990 --
Summer of Love
| Self
1989 --
Decade
| Self
1989 --
Heavy Petting
| Self
1988 --
Checking Out
| Bartender
1988 --
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
| Self
1986 --
Real Life
| Narrator / Self
1986 --
True Stories
| Narrator / Lip-Syncher
1986 --
Report From L.A.
| Himself
1986 --
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
|
1986 --
Dead End Kids
| Minister
1984 --
Stop Making Sense
| Self - Vocals, Guitar
1984 --
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
| Self
1982 --
Talking Heads live at Montreux Jazz Festival
|
1981 --
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
|
1980 --
Talking Heads - Live in Rome
| Self - Vocals, guitar
1980 --
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
| Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
1976 --
The Blank Generation
| Self