David Byrne
Sound • Born 1952-05-14
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.
Filmography
96 credits
Social! Distance Dance Club
Movie • 2021
Stop Making Sense
Movie • 1984
Self - Vocals, Guitar
True Stories
Movie • 1986
Narrator / Lip-Syncher
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
Movie • 1981
Heavy Petting
Movie • 1989
Self
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
Movie • 1998
Self - Host/Interviewer
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Movie • 2002
Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Movie • 2012
Self
Dead End Kids
Movie • 1986
Minister
Twyla Moves
Movie • 2021
Self
This Must Be the Place
Movie • 2011
David Byrne
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
Movie • 1986
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Movie • 1998
Self
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie • 1982
Lulu on the Bridge
Movie • 1998
"Laughing Man" Escort
Between the Teeth
Movie • 1993
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Movie • 1988
Self
The Making of True Stories
Movie • 2018
Self
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Movie • 2008
Self
Ride, Rise, Roar
Movie • 2011
Self
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
Movie • 1984
Self
Fabricating Tom Zé
Movie • 2006
Self
Beyond Ipanema
Movie • 2009
Self
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
Movie • 2019
Self - Voice
Celia: The Queen
Movie • 2008
Self
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
Movie • 1998
Self
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
Movie • 2004
Self
Talking Heads - Chronology
Movie • 2011
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Movie • 2016
Self
Lennon or McCartney
Movie • 2014
Self
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
Movie • 2007
Self
Contemporary Color
Movie • 2016
The Blank Generation
Movie • 1976
Self
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Movie • 1980
Self - Vocals, guitar
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Movie • 1980
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
TV Party
Movie • 2005
Self
Wandering Heart
Movie • 2009
Self
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
Movie • 1993
Self
25 Years of Punk
Movie • 2001
Self
We're Gonna Die
Movie • 2015
David Byrne
Museum Town
Movie • 2019
Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Movie • 2009
Self
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Movie • 2019
David Byrne
Lubbock Lights
Movie • 2003
Self
Dancing Barefoot
Movie • 1995
Self
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
Movie • 2017
Self
Everything For All Reasons
Movie • 2019
Self
Decade
Movie • 1989
Self
David Byrne's American Utopia
Movie • 2020
Self - Lead Singer & Performer
Checking Out
Movie • 1988
Bartender
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
Movie • 2006
Self
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
Movie • 2018
Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Movie • 1990
Self
The Art of Amália
Movie • 2000
Introduction (English version)
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
Movie • 2012
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
Movie • 2020
Self
Hream
Movie • 2019
David Byrne
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
Movie • 2003
Temporary Color
Movie • 2016
Triple-Chaser
Movie • 2019
Narrator
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
New York Rock at the BBC
Movie • 2008
Beleza Tropical
Movie • 1990
Self
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
Movie • 2009
Dennis Cleveland
Movie • 2004
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self
Report From L.A.
Movie • 1986
Himself
Real Life
Movie • 2018
Narrator / Self
Monk in Pieces
Movie • 2025
Self
We Want the Funk!
Movie • 2025
Self
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
Movie • 2008
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
Movie • 1998
The Twits
Movie • 2025
Gordon Sniffles (voice)
Changing Lanes
Movie
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
Movie • 2005
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
David Byrne (voice)
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
Self
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
TV • 2020
Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV • 2015
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Sessions at West 54th
TV • 1997
Self - Host
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self - Winner
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Max Headroom Show
TV • 1985
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self