Dave Grohl
Acting • Born 1969-01-14
Biography
David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; the drummer for Them Crooked Vultures; and wrote all the music for his short-lived side projects Late! and Probot. He has also been involved with Queens of the Stone Age, and has performed session work for a variety of musicians, including Killing Joke, Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, Slash and Juliette Lewis. Dave Grohl has performed in over 30 bands since becoming a musician. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Grohl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
206 credits
When Nirvana Came to Britain
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Movie • 2006
Satan
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
Movie • 1997
Self
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Movie • 2007
Self
The Road to ACL
Movie • 2016
Self
Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home
Movie • 2003
Self
Nirvana: Live at Reading
Movie • 2009
Self - Drums
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Movie • 2005
Self
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Movie • 1994
Self - Drums
Studio 666
Movie • 2022
Dave Grohl
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
Movie • 2004
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Movie • 1992
Self
I've Been Twelve Forever
Movie • 2004
Self
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
Movie • 2011
Self
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606
Movie • 2011
Self
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
Movie • 2006
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
Self
Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters
Movie • 2020
Self
The Muppets
Movie • 2011
Animool
Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021)
Movie • 2021
Self
Cássia
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021
Movie • 2021
Self
Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust
Movie • 2010
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
Movie • 1993
Self - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Movie • 2005
Self
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
Movie • 2022
Self
Lemmy
Movie • 2010
Self
Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts
Movie • 2023
Self
Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?'
Movie • 2000
Daniel (voice)
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
Movie • 2011
Self - Lead vocal
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York (MTV Version)
Movie • 1993
Self
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
Movie • 2011
Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023
Movie • 2023
Self
The Teacher
Movie • 2023
Self
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
Movie • 2008
Self
Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality
Movie • 2022
Self
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rockpalast
Movie • 2009
Self
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
Movie • 1997
Self
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Movie • 2012
Self
Man With the Midas Touch
Movie • 2011
Self
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
Movie • 2010
Self
Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All
Movie • 2013
Self
See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
Movie • 2012
Self
Sound City
Movie • 2013
Self
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
Movie • 2012
Self
Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival
Movie • 2012
Self
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
Movie • 2006
Self
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
Movie • 2023
Self
Foo Fighters - Garage Tour
Movie • 2011
Self
Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival
Movie • 2011
Self - Vocals
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
Movie • 1991
Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
ABBA V Queen
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits
Movie • 2023
self
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Movie • 2022
Self
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010
Movie • 2010
Self
Gary Numan: Resurrection
Movie • 2022
Self
Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20
Movie • 2023
Self
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
The Concert for Valor
Movie • 2014
Self - Performer
Are We Not Men?
Movie
Self
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio
Movie • 2009
Self
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor
Movie • 2006
Self - Drums
All Things Must Pass
Movie • 2015
Self
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
Movie • 1991
Self
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2013
Self
Nirvana: Live And Loud
Movie • 1993
Self - Drums
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Movie • 2015
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self - Performer
Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010
Movie
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
Movie • 2019
Self
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2015
Self
Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium
Movie • 2008
Self - Vocals, Guitars
Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring
Movie • 2015
Self - Vocals, Guitar
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London
Movie
Self
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
Movie • 2006
Self
The Smart Studios Story
Movie • 2016
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Movie • 2025
Self
Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History
Movie • 2016
Self
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
Movie • 1991
Self
Nirvana: Live On Air
Movie • 2010
Self
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
Movie • 1991
Self
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
Movie • 2006
Self
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Movie • 1991
Dave Grohl
Tenacious D: In the Studio
Movie • 2003
Self
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
Movie • 2011
Self
Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017
Movie • 2017
Self
Hype!
Movie • 1996
Shouting Through The Letterhole
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023
Movie • 2023
Self
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones
Movie • 2006
Self
Foo Fighters -T in The Park
Movie • 2011
Self
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2014
Self
VH1 Rock Honors
Movie • 2006
Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Movie • 2004
Self
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
Movie • 1993
Self - Drums, Vocals
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Movie • 2018
Self
Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1
Movie • 2014
Himself
Lit: All Access
Movie • 2004
Self
Play
Movie • 2018
Self
Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015
Movie • 2015
Self
Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606
Movie • 2009
Self
Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK
Movie • 2017
Self
25 Years of Punk
Movie • 2001
Self
Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro
Movie • 2015
Self - Vocals, Guitars
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie • 2014
Self
Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019
Movie • 2019
Self
Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019
Movie • 2019
Self
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
Movie • 2019
Self
Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio
Movie • 2019
Self
Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11
Movie • 2013
Self - Nirvana
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Movie • 2003
Self
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
Movie • 2017
Self
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
Movie • 1993
Self
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
Movie • 2020
Self - Performer
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Movie • 2014
Self - Performer
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Movie • 2020
Self
Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light
Movie • 2011
Self
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Movie • 2020
Self - Performer
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Movie • 2020
Dave Grohl
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Movie • 2012
Self
Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
Movie • 2020
I'm in the Band
Movie • 2021
Celebrating America
Movie • 2021
Self
Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
Movie
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
Movie • 2011
Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Movie • 2008
Self
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World
Movie • 2021
Self - Performer
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
Movie • 2009
Self
Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip
Movie • 2014
Self
Foo Fighters - Live in London
Movie • 2011
Self
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
Movie • 1990
Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995
Movie • 1995
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Free Tibet
Movie • 1998
Self - Foo Fighters
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of AIDS
Movie • 2004
self - Foo Fighters
Supergrass: A Home Movie
Movie • 2004
Self
WINO: The Documentary
Movie • 2023
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
Movie • 2018
Self
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
Movie • 1991
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
Movie • 1993
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
Movie • 1994
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
Movie • 1993
Self
Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie
Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters
Movie • 2025
Himself
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
VH1 News Special: Grunge
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (Real #1)
Movie • 2002
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
Movie • 2005
Self
The Big Night In
Movie • 2020
Self
Ten Years Later
Movie • 2005
Himself
A Celebration of the Life and Times of Skippy Jessop
Movie
Foo Fighters - Live Glastonbury 2023
Movie
Viva La Bam
TV • 2003
Self
Lil' Bush
TV • 2007
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Lobby Passerby (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
From Cradle to Stage
TV • 2021
Self
Biography: KISStory
TV • 2021
Self
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
TV • 2014
Self
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Self - Interviewee
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Dave Grohl
Skavlan
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
TV • 2015
Dave Grohl
The Muppets
TV • 2015
Self
Reel Stories
TV • 2018
Self - Guest Star
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
TV • 2021
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Duncanville
TV • 2020
Ronnie D (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
Self
Punk
TV • 2019
Self
Sesame Street
TV • 1969
Self
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Memphis Mafia Member
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis
TV
Self
Seven Ages of Rock
TV • 2007
Self
Metalocalypse
TV • 2006
Ryan's Mystery Playdate: Level Up
TV • 2019
Self
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV • 2025
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Performer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)