David Byrne
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Born 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self
We Want the Funk!
2025 · Self
The Twits
2025 · Gordon Sniffles (voice)
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020 · Self - Lead Singer & Performer
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019 · David Byrne
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016 · Self
Contemporary Color
2016
Lennon or McCartney
2014 · Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 · Self
This Must Be the Place
2011 · David Byrne
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008 · Self (archive footage)
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lulu on the Bridge
1998 · "Laughing Man" Escort
Until the End of the World
1991 · Self
Heavy Petting
1989 · Self
Checking Out
1988 · Bartender
True Stories
1986 · Narrator / Lip-Syncher
Stop Making Sense
1984 · Self - Vocals, Guitar
The Blank Generation
1976 · Self