Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-01-09

Deathday

2025-02-28 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

David Roger Johansen
David JoHansen
David Jo Hansen
Buster Poindexter
The New York City Dolls
The New York Dolls
New York Dolls

David Johansen

Biography

David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) was an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter. David has appeared in several films including Car 54, Where Are You? and Scrooged with Bill Murray.

Known For

6.8%

Scrooged

Nov 22, 1988

8.4%

Teen Titans

Jul 19, 2003

8.0%

Oz

Jul 12, 1997

6.9%

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

7.4%

Miami Vice

Sep 16, 1984

5.2%

A Very Murray Christmas

Dec 4, 2015

6.2%

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

May 3, 1990

5.4%

Freejack

Jan 17, 1992

6.0%

Married to the Mob

Aug 19, 1988

7.2%

Cats Don't Dance

Mar 26, 1997

5.1%

Mr. Nanny

Apr 2, 1993

6.7%

Above the Shadows

May 31, 2019

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Acting

2022

Personality Crisis: One Night Only as Self / Buster Poindexter

2021

Centaurworld as Beartaur (voice)

2019

Above the Shadows as Ron

2018

Always at The Carlyle as Self

2017

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

2015

A Very Murray Christmas as The Bartender

2014

Glass Chin as Stanley Loori

2012

Clockwork Orange County as Self

2011		New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
2011		New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery as Himself

2008

New York Rock at the BBC

2007

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music as Self

2006		The Return of the New York Dolls as Himself
2006		The Harry Smith Project Live as Self
2006		MOFO NYC as Self

2005		New York Dolls: All Dolled Up as Himself
2005		Punk: Attitude as Himself
2005		New York Doll as Self

2004		Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus as Himself
2004		Lightning in a Bottle as Self

2003		Teen Titans as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
2003		Mayor of the Sunset Strip as Self
2003		Crooked Lines as Charlie
2003		End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2002

God Is On Their Side as God

2001		Campfire Stories as Ranger Bill
2001		25 Years of Punk as Self

2000		Deadline
2000		The Filth and the Fury as Self (archive footage)
2000		New York Dolls: TV Treasures as Himself

1999

200 Cigarettes as Tiki Bartender

1997		Nick and Jane as Carter
1997		The Deli as The Cabbie
1997		Oz as Eli Zabitz
1997		Cats Don't Dance as Bus Driver (voice)

1995		The Weinerville Chanukah Special as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
1995		Burnzy's Last Call as Andre

1994		Car 54, Where Are You? as Officer Gunther Toody
1994		September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill as Self

1993		Naked in New York as Orangutang
1993		Mr. Nanny as Thanatos

1992		Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel as Auggie
1992		Freejack as Brad Carter

1990

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

1989		Let It Ride as Looney
1989		The Jim Henson Hour as Himself (as Buster Poindexter)
1989		The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)

1988		Scrooged as Ghost of Christmas Past
1988		Married to the Mob as 'The Priest'
1988		Candy Mountain as Keith Burns

1985

The Equalizer as Garnet

1984

Miami Vice

1975		Night Lunch as Self
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest

Sound

1993

Mr. Nanny as Original Music Composer

1988

Candy Mountain as Music