Personal Info
Birthday
May 14, 1952
Place of Birth
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
Sound
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 Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed Movies (4)
Acting Filmography (92)
0.0
Changing Lanes
Movie2026
5.9
The Twits
Movie2025
8.0
Monk in Pieces
Movie2025
6.1
We Want the Funk!
Movie2025
6.4
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie2025
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie2025
6.0
Eno
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
Movie2023
0.0
Twyla Moves
Movie2021
7.6
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
TV Series2020
7.5
David Byrne's American Utopia
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
Movie2020
0.0
Stars in the House
TV Series2020
7.0
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Movie2019
9.2
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
Movie2019
No Backdrop
5.8
Everything For All Reasons
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
Triple-Chaser
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
Hream
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
Museum Town
Movie2019
No Backdrop
0.0
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
Movie2018
10.0
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
Movie2017
6.7
Contemporary Color
Movie2016
7.0
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Temporary Color
Movie2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV Series2015
No Backdrop
6.0
We're Gonna Die
Movie2015
6.7
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV Series2015
No Backdrop
5.3
Lennon or McCartney
Movie2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV Series2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV Series2014
No Backdrop
0.0
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Movie2013
7.1
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Movie2012
5.0
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
Movie2012
No Backdrop
5.0
Talking Heads - Chronology
Movie2011
5.2
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV Series2011
7.0
This Must Be the Place
Movie2011
7.7
Ride, Rise, Roar
Movie2011
8.0
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Beyond Ipanema
Movie2009
No Backdrop
4.5
Wandering Heart
Movie2009
No Backdrop
8.0
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Movie2009
6.1
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Movie2008
No Backdrop
6.5
New York Rock at the BBC
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
Celia: The Queen
Movie2008
0.0
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
Movie2007
No Backdrop
7.5
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Movie2007
No Backdrop
4.0
Fabricating Tom Zé
Movie2006
8.0
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
Movie2006
No Backdrop
8.0
TV Party
Movie2005
No Backdrop
6.0
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
Movie2005
No Backdrop
8.3
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
Movie2004
0.0
Dennis Cleveland
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
Movie2003
No Backdrop
9.0
Lubbock Lights
Movie2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV Series2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV Series2003
No Backdrop
10.0
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Movie2002
No Backdrop
7.0
25 Years of Punk
Movie2001
No Backdrop
8.0
The Art of Amália
Movie2000
No Backdrop
0.0
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
Movie1998
0.0
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
Movie1998
5.9
Lulu on the Bridge
Movie1998
No Backdrop
7.7
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Movie1998
No Backdrop
0.0
David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex
Movie1998
7.8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV Series1994
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
TV Series1993
8.5
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
Movie1993
No Backdrop
6.0
Between the Teeth
Movie1993
6.7
Until the End of the World
Movie1991
No Backdrop
0.0
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Movie1990
8.0
The Simpsons
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
8.5
Decade
Movie1989
5.7
Heavy Petting
Movie1989
4.4
Checking Out
Movie1988
7.8
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Movie1988
6.7
True Stories
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
Report From L.A.
Movie1986
7.5
The Max Headroom Show
TV Series1985
8.3
Stop Making Sense
Movie1984
0.0
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
Movie1984
0.0
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie1982
9.0
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
Movie1981
6.3
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Movie1980
No Backdrop
9.0
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Movie1980
6.0
The Blank Generation
Movie1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
6.3
Austin City Limits
TV Series1975
6.5
60 Minutes
TV Series1968
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
0.0
Talking Heads: 77
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