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Known For
Sound
Birthday
May 14, 1952
Place of Birth
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Talking Heads
David Byrne
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.1
Gordon Sniffles (voice)
The Twits
2025
0.0
Self
Monk in Pieces
2025
9.2
Self
We Want the Funk!
2025
6.7
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
7.7
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
2023
🎬
0.0
Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
0.0
Self
Twyla Moves
2021
7.6
Self
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
2020
7.6
Self - Lead Singer & Performer
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
Credits
The Twits
as Gordon Sniffles (voice)
2025
6.1
Monk in Pieces
as Self
2025
0.0
We Want the Funk!
as Self
2025
9.2
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
6.7
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
7.7
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
as Self (archive footage)
2023
0.0
🎬
Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
0.0
Twyla Moves
as Self
2021
0.0
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
as Self
2020
7.6
David Byrne's American Utopia
as Self - Lead Singer & Performer
2020
7.6
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
as Self
2020
0.0
Stars in the House
as Self - Winner
2020
0.0
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as David Byrne
2019
7.1
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
as Self - Voice
2019
9.0
Everything For All Reasons
as Self
2019
5.8
Triple-Chaser
as Narrator
2019
0.0
Hream
as David Byrne
2019
0.0
Museum Town
as Self
2019
0.0
🎬
The Making of True Stories
as Self
2018
0.0
🎬
Real Life
as Narrator / Self
2018
0.0
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
as Self
2018
0.0
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
as Self
2017
10.0
Contemporary Color
2016
6.8
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self
2016
6.9
Temporary Color
2016
0.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
We're Gonna Die
as David Byrne
2015
6.0
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
2015
6.6
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
2014
5.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
as Self (archive footage)
2013
0.0
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2012
7.2
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012
5.0
Talking Heads - Chronology
2011
5.0
This Must Be the Place
as David Byrne
2011
7.0
Ride, Rise, Roar
as Self
2011
7.7
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009
0.0
Beyond Ipanema
as Self
2009
0.0
Wandering Heart
as Self
2009
4.5
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
2009
8.0
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
as Self (archive footage)
2008
6.1
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
as Self
2008
0.0
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
6.5
🎬
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
2008
0.0
Celia: The Queen
as Self
2008
0.0
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
as Self
2007
0.0
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
7.5
Fabricating Tom Zé
as Self
2006
4.0
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
as Self
2006
0.0
TV Party
as Self
2005
7.0
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
as Self
2004
8.0
Dennis Cleveland
2004
0.0
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
2003
0.0
🎬
Lubbock Lights
as Self
2003
10.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Self
2002
0.0
25 Years of Punk
as Self
2001
6.0
The Art of Amália
as Introduction (English version)
2000
7.0
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
as Self
1998
0.0
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
1998
0.0
🎬
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
as Self - Host/Interviewer
1998
0.0
Lulu on the Bridge
as "Laughing Man" Escort
1998
5.8
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
as Self
1998
7.0
🎬
Sessions at West 54th
as Self - Host
1997
8.0
🎬
Dancing Barefoot
as Self
1995
5.7
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self
1994
7.8
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
as Self
1993
8.5
Between the Teeth
1993
4.0
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self
1990
0.0
Summer of Love
as Self
1990
0.0
🎬
Beleza Tropical
as Self
1990
0.0
The Simpsons
as David Byrne (voice)
1989
8.0
Decade
as Self
1989
7.0
Heavy Petting
as Self
1989
5.2
Checking Out
as Bartender
1988
4.2
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Self
1988
7.8
True Stories
as Narrator / Lip-Syncher
1986
6.7
🎬
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
0.0
Report From L.A.
as Himself
1986
0.0
🎬
Dead End Kids
as Minister
1986
0.0
The Max Headroom Show
as Self
1985
7.5
Stop Making Sense
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
1984
8.3
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
as Self
1984
0.0
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
1982
0.0
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
1981
9.0
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
as Self - Vocals, guitar
1980
6.3
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
1980
9.0
The Blank Generation
as Self
1976
5.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
Austin City Limits
as Self
1975
6.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Changing Lanes
N/A
0.0