David Byrne
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David Byrne

May 14, 1952 - Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2021Social! Distance Dance Club
Movie1984Stop Making SenseSelf - Vocals, Guitar
Movie1986True StoriesNarrator / Lip-Syncher
Movie1981Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
Movie1989Heavy PettingSelf
Movie1998Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54thSelf - Host/Interviewer
Movie2013Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's DaySelf (archive footage)
Movie2002Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970sSelf
Movie2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf
Movie1986Dead End KidsMinister
Movie2021Twyla MovesSelf
Movie2011This Must Be the PlaceDavid Byrne
Movie1986The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
Movie1998Lou Reed: Rock and Roll HeartSelf
Movie1982Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie1998Lulu on the Bridge"Laughing Man" Escort
Movie1993Between the Teeth
Movie1988Talking Heads: Storytelling GiantSelf
Movie2018The Making of True StoriesSelf
Movie2008The Man Who Bottled CloudsSelf
Movie2011Ride, Rise, RoarSelf
Movie1984Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A LifetimeSelf
Movie2006Fabricating Tom ZéSelf
Movie2009Beyond IpanemaSelf
Movie2019Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV UnpluggedSelf - Voice
Movie2008Celia: The QueenSelf
Movie1998Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54thSelf
Movie2004The Pogues Live at the Town and CountrySelf
Movie2011Talking Heads - Chronology
Movie2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the WallSelf
Movie2014Lennon or McCartneySelf
Movie2007David Byrne - Live from Austin TexasSelf
Movie2016Contemporary Color
Movie1976The Blank GenerationSelf
Movie1980Talking Heads: Live in RomeSelf - Vocals, guitar
Movie1980Talking Heads: Capitol TheatreSelf - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Movie2005TV PartySelf
Movie2009Wandering HeartSelf
Movie199310000 Maniacs: MTV UnpluggedSelf
Movie200125 Years of PunkSelf
Movie2015We're Gonna DieDavid Byrne
Movie2019Museum TownSelf
Movie2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf
Movie2019John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch BunchDavid Byrne
Movie2003Lubbock LightsSelf
Movie1995Dancing BarefootSelf
Movie2017Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking HeadsSelf
Movie2019Everything For All ReasonsSelf
Movie1989DecadeSelf
Movie2020David Byrne's American UtopiaSelf - Lead Singer & Performer
Movie1988Checking OutBartender
Movie2006By the Ways, a Journey with William EgglestonSelf
Movie2018David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018Self
Movie1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterSelf
Movie2000The Art of AmáliaIntroduction (English version)
Movie2012La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
Movie2020FeeLee. History of a Single LabelSelf
Movie2019HreamDavid Byrne
Movie2003David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
Movie2016Temporary Color
Movie1990Summer of LoveSelf
Movie2019Triple-ChaserNarrator
Movie2007NY77: The Coolest Year in HellSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2008Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur RussellSelf (archive footage)
Movie2008New York Rock at the BBC
Movie1990Beleza TropicalSelf
Movie2009Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
Movie2004Dennis Cleveland
Movie2023Homo Brasilis: Tom ZéSelf (archive footage)
Movie2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf
Movie2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf
Movie1986Report From L.A.Himself
Movie2018Real LifeNarrator / Self
Movie2025Monk in PiecesSelf
Movie2025We Want the Funk!Self
Movie2008Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
Movie1998PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
TV Show1989The SimpsonsDavid Byrne (voice)1
TV Show1975Austin City LimitsSelf1
TV Show2020BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin AmericaSelf6
TV Show1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastSelf1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf2
TV Show2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf2
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf2
TV Show1997Sessions at West 54thSelf - Host0
TV Show2020Stars in the HouseSelf - Winner1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest2
TV Show2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf1
TV Show1985The Max Headroom ShowSelf1

Crew

Media
Movie2003Young AdamOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie1988Married to the MobOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie1987The Last EmperorOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie2008The VanguardOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie1986True StoriesDirectorDirecting
Movie1986True StoriesWriterWriting
Movie1984Stop Making SenseOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie1986Something WildMain Title Theme ComposerSound
Movie2004Îlé AiyéDirectorDirecting
Movie1988Talking Heads: Storytelling GiantDirectorDirecting
Movie1993Between the TeethDirectorDirecting
Movie1994After 68Second Assistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1986True StoriesSongsSound
Movie1981Mea CulpaMusicSound
Movie2011This Must Be the PlaceOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie1981America Is WaitingMusicSound
Movie1984Stop Making SenseSound SupervisorSound
Movie1984Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A LifetimeCreative ConsultantCrew
Movie2016Contemporary ColorProducerProduction
Movie2022Everything Everywhere All at OnceSongsSound
Movie1988Talking Heads: Storytelling GiantWriterWriting
Movie1986True StoriesOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie2023John Mulaney: Baby JMusicianSound
Movie2023John Mulaney: Baby JOriginal Music ComposerSound
Movie1982The Catherine WheelMusicSound
Movie1989UmbabaraumaProducerProduction
Movie2020David Byrne's American UtopiaMusicSound
Movie2020David Byrne's American UtopiaExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterDirectorDirecting
Movie2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected WorldMusicianSound
Movie2020David Byrne's American UtopiaWriterWriting
Movie2002In Spite of Wishing and WantingMusicSound
Movie2002In Spite of Wishing and WantingLyricistWriting
TV Show1989Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill PlymptonMusicSound
TV Show1985Alive from Off CenterTheme Song PerformanceSound