Nick Cave
Acting • Born 1957-09-22
Biography
Nicholas Edward Cave is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and film actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He has appeared in some 15 feature films and video shorts, plus a heap of documentaries. Nick Cave has also composed a large number of scores, some of them with his musical partner Warren Ellis.
Filmography
113 credits
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Movie • 2021
H.G. Wells
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
Movie • 1988
Maynard
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story
Movie • 2001
Self
Goth at the BBC
Movie • 2014
Self
Johnny Suede
Movie • 1991
Freak Storm
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan
Movie • 1997
Self
L7: Pretend We're Dead
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
This Much I Know to Be True
Movie • 2022
Self
The Cat Piano
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Movie • 2006
Self
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House
Movie • 2007
Self
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Movie • 1994
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos
Movie • 1998
Self
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Movie • 2023
Self
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Movie • 2023
Self
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
Movie • 2009
Self
Fuse
Movie • 2018
Truck Driver (voice)
Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues
Movie • 2008
Self
20,000 Days on Earth
Movie • 2014
Self
The Road to God Knows Where
Movie • 1990
Self
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Movie • 2007
Bowery Saloon Singer
Wings of Desire
Movie • 1987
Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock
Movie • 2023
Self
Kylie at the BBC
Movie • 2022
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour
Movie • 2007
Self - vocals, piano
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal
Movie • 2020
Mr. Invisible
IDn2
Movie • 1990
Entry
IDn4
Movie • 1991
Self
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Movie • 2015
Self
Prophet's Prey
Movie • 2015
Narrator
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Movie • 2011
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Paradiso
Movie • 1992
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996
Movie
self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling
Movie • 2016
Self
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Movie • 2016
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits
Movie • 2014
Self
365 Day Project
Movie • 2007
Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Movie • 1994
Self
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Movie • 2007
Self
The Dirty Three
Movie • 2007
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions
Movie • 2008
Self
Dandy
Movie • 1988
Pixote In Memoriam
Movie • 2007
Self
All Tomorrow's Parties
Movie • 2009
Self
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Movie • 2005
Self (segment "Straight to You")
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
Movie • 2015
Self
Blixa Bargeld
Movie • 2008
Self
Stranded
Movie • 2015
Self
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Movie • 1994
Self
Distant Sky
Movie • 2018
Self
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Movie • 2003
Self
IDn3
Movie • 1990
Self
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Movie • 1997
Jerry
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party
Movie • 2008
Self
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land
Movie • 1987
Self
Snowman
Movie • 2017
Narrator
Boredom
Movie • 2017
Self
Do You Pray?
Movie • 2017
Narrator
The Creative Brain
Movie • 2019
Self
Baby Trouble Hole
Movie • 1996
Singer
Kings of Independence
Movie • 1987
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre
Movie • 2013
Self
The Song
Movie • 1991
Self
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
Movie • 2005
Self
The Harry Smith Project Live
Movie • 2006
Self
Love Eats Up Life
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later
Movie • 2020
Self
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
Movie • 2020
Self
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
Movie • 2020
Self
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Movie • 2021
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008
Movie • 2008
Self
Die Haut - Sweat
Movie • 1994
Self
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Movie • 2017
Self
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Movie • 2021
Self
The Extraordinary Miss Flower
Movie • 2025
Self
On/Off: Mark Stewart
Movie • 2009
Memoir of a Snail
Movie • 2024
Bill Clarke (voice)
The Making of Wild God
Movie • 2024
Nick Cave
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022
Movie • 2022
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Movie • 2023
Self
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)
Movie
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
Movie • 2025
Self
Why Are We Creative?
Movie • 2018
Self
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Broken English
Movie • 2026
Self
But We Had Music
Movie • 2024
(Voice)
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Movie • 2025
Self
Seele Brennt
Movie • 2005
Nick Cave
Before They Were Gods
Movie
(voice)
Listen With Pain
Movie • 2001
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity
Movie • 1984
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead
Movie • 1985
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks
Movie • 1986
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial
Movie • 1986
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey
Movie • 1988
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son
Movie • 1990
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream
Movie • 1992
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In
Movie • 1994
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads
Movie • 1996
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call
Movie • 1997
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part
Movie • 2001
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama
Movie • 2003
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Movie • 2004
Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Movie • 2008
Self
Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten
Movie • 2001
The Blues
TV • 2003
Self
Artsnight
TV • 2015
Self
Popular Voices at the BBC
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage)
TAPE
TV • 2018
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
Australian Story
TV • 1996
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest