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Known For

Sound

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-05-14 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

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 Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads.

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Acting

2025		We Want the Funk! as Self
2025		Monk in Pieces as Self
2025		SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2025		Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self

2024

Eno as Self

2023

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé as Self (archive footage)

2021		Social! Distance Dance Club
2021		Twyla Moves as Self

2020		BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America as Self
2020		David Byrne's American Utopia as Self - Lead Singer & Performer
2020		FeeLee. History of a Single Label as Self
2020		Stars in the House as Self - Winner

2019		John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch as David Byrne
2019		Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged as Self - Voice
2019		Everything For All Reasons as Self
2019		Triple-Chaser as Narrator
2019		Hream as David Byrne
2019		Museum Town as Self

2018		The Making of True Stories as Self
2018		David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018 as Self

2017

Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads as Self

2016		Contemporary Color
2016		Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall as Self
2016		Temporary Color

2015		The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015		We're Gonna Die as David Byrne
2015		StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self

2014		Lennon or McCartney as Self
2014		Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2013

Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day as Self (archive footage)

2012		Paul Simon: Under African Skies as Self
2012		La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

2011		Talking Heads - Chronology
2011		This Must Be the Place as David Byrne
2011		Ride, Rise, Roar as Self

2009		Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009		Beyond Ipanema as Self
2009		Wandering Heart as Self
2009		Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self

2008		Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell as Self (archive footage)
2008		The Man Who Bottled Clouds as Self
2008		New York Rock at the BBC
2008		Celia: The Queen as Self

2007		David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas as Self
2007		NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006		Fabricating Tom Zé as Self
2006		By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston as Self

2005

TV Party as Self

2004		The Pogues Live at the Town and Country as Self
2004		Dennis Cleveland

2003		David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
2003		Lubbock Lights as Self
2003		Real Time with Bill Maher as Self

2002

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s as Self

2001

25 Years of Punk as Self

2000

The Art of Amália as Introduction (English version)

1998		Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th as Self
1998		Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th as Self - Host/Interviewer
1998		Lulu on the Bridge as "Laughing Man" Escort
1998		Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart as Self

1997

Sessions at West 54th as Self - Host

1995

Dancing Barefoot as Self

1994

Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Self

1993		10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged as Self
1993		Between the Teeth

1990		Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter as Self
1990		Summer of Love as Self
1990		Beleza Tropical as Self

1989		The Simpsons as David Byrne (voice)
1989		Decade as Self
1989		Heavy Petting as Self

1988		Checking Out as Bartender
1988		Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant as Self

1986		Real Life as Narrator / Self
1986		True Stories as Narrator / Lip-Syncher
1986		The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986		Report From L.A. as Himself
1986		Dead End Kids as Minister