David Byrne
Birthday
1952/05/14 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Also know as
Talking Heads
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...Read more
Acting
(2021) Social! Distance Dance Club
as ---
(1984) Stop Making Sense
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
(1986) True Stories
as Narrator / Lip-Syncher
(1981) Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
as ---
(1989) Heavy Petting
as Self
(1998) Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
as Self - Host/Interviewer
(2013) Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Self
(2012) Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
(1986) Dead End Kids
as Minister
(2021) Twyla Moves
as Self
(2011) This Must Be the Place
as David Byrne
(1986) The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
as ---
(1998) Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
as Self
(1982) Talking Heads live at Montreux Jazz Festival
as ---
(1998) Lulu on the Bridge
as "Laughing Man" Escort
(1993) Between the Teeth
as ---
(1988) Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Self
(2018) The Making of True Stories
as Self
(2008) The Man Who Bottled Clouds
as Self
(2011) Ride, Rise, Roar
as Self
(1984) Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
as Self
(2006) Fabricating Tom Zé
as Self
(2009) Beyond Ipanema
as Self
(2019) Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
as Self - Voice
(2008) Celia: The Queen
as Self
(1998) Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
as Self
(2004) The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
as Self
(2011) Talking Heads - Chronology
as ---
(2016) Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self
(2014) Lennon or McCartney
as Self
(2024) Eno
as Self
(2007) David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
as Self
(2016) Contemporary Color
as ---
(1976) The Blank Generation
as Self
(1980) Talking Heads - Live in Rome
as Self - Vocals, guitar
(1980) Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
(2005) TV Party
as Self
(2009) Wandering Heart
as Self
(1993) 10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
as Self
(2001) 25 Years of Punk
as Self
(2015) We're Gonna Die
as David Byrne
(2019) Museum Town
as Self
(2009) Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
(2019) John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as David Byrne
(2003) Lubbock Lights
as Self
(1995) Dancing Barefoot
as Self
(2017) Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
as Self
(2019) Everything For All Reasons
as Self
(1989) Decade
as Self
(2020) David Byrne's American Utopia
as Self - Lead Singer & Performer
(1988) Checking Out
as Bartender
(2006) By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
as Self
(2018) David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
as Self
(1990) Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self
(2000) The Art of Amália
as Introduction (English version)
(2012) La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
as ---
(2020) FeeLee. History of a Single Label
as Self
(2019) Hream
as David Byrne
(2003) David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
as ---
(2016) Temporary Color
as ---
(1990) Summer of Love
as Self
(2019) Triple-Chaser
as Narrator
(2007) NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2008) Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) New York Rock at the BBC
as ---
(1990) Beleza Tropical
as Self
(2009) Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
as ---
(2004) Dennis Cleveland
as ---
(2023) Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
as Self (archive footage)
(2025) SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
(2025) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
(1986) Report From L.A.
as Himself
(1986) Real Life
as Narrator / Self
(2025) Monk in Pieces
as Self
(1989) The Simpsons
as David Byrne (voice)
(1975) Austin City Limits
as Self
(2020) BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
as Self
(1994) Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(2015) StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1997) Sessions at West 54th
as Self - Host
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as ---
(2020) Stars in the House
as Self - Winner
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
(2003) Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1985) The Max Headroom Show
as Self