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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 8, 1947
Died
January 10, 2016
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- David Robert Jones
- Tin Machine
- David Jones
- Davie Jones
- Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
0.9 Popularity
Biography
David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. “Space Oddity” became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single “Starman” and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterized as “plastic soul,” initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the Berlin Trilogy. Heroes (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes,” its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and “Under Pressure,” a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
Known For
8.2
David Bowie: The Final Act
2025
7.9
(archival footage)
Twiggy
2025
6.3
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Enigma
2025
7.7
Self - Musical Guest December 15, 1979 (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
2024
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much
2024
0.0
Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix)
2024
0.0
Narrator (voice)
TIME
2024
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
0.0
Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
Credits
David Bowie: The Final Act
2025
8.2
Twiggy
as (archival footage)
2025
7.9
Enigma
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
6.3
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Musical Guest December 15, 1979 (archive footage)
2025
7.7
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Luther: Never Too Much
as Self (archive footage)
2024
8.0
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix)
as Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals
2024
0.0
TIME
as Narrator (voice)
2024
0.0
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.8
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self
2024
0.0
Hits That Missed at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
DEVO
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.5
Eno
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Dear Bowie
as David Bowie
2023
4.0
Thriller 40
as Self (archive footage)
2023
8.5
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.8
WHAM!
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.4
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.0
LOLA
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2023
6.5
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.9
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.6
Moonage Daydream
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.5
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.7
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
7.0
The Velvet Underground
as Self (voice)
2021
6.8
Moby Doc
as Self
2021
6.1
The Dancing Man of L.A.
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.7
David Bowie: Out of this World
as Self
2021
5.8
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.9
🎬
David Bowie: London Boy
as Self
2021
6.0
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.3
70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.2
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
as Self (archive footage)
2020
10.0
Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
as Self
2020
8.0
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
as Self
2020
0.0
The BRITs at 40
as Self (archive footage)
2020
0.0
My Music: A Classic Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.5
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.5
WBCN and the American Revolution
as Self
2019
5.0
David Bowie: Finding Fame
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.8
Moonage Ice Cream
as Self (Archival/Voice)
2019
10.0
Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
as Self - Vocals
2018
8.5
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018
7.6
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
as Singer
2018
7.2
Der Reichstag
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
as Jack Celliers (archive footage)
2017
7.3
Glam Rock at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.5
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2017
6.9
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
8.2
Bowie at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.0
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.1
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
as Self
2016
5.0
David Bowie: The Berlin Briefings
2016
0.0
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
2016
5.7
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
as Self (archive footage)
2016
6.5
Burden
as Self (archive footage)
2016
5.8
Night Flight: Born Again
as Self
2016
0.0
David Bowie - In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2016
0.0
Das Prinzip Dada
as Self
2016
7.0
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
as Self
2016
0.0
David Bowie: Sound and Vision
as Self
2016
8.0
David Bowie: Starman
as Self
2016
7.8
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
as Self (archive footage)
2015
8.0
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
as Self
2015
2.0
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
as Self
2015
7.6
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
as Self
2015
0.0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Soul Boys of the Western World
as Self (archive footage)
2014
5.8
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Phillip Jeffries
2014
7.3
David Bowie Is Happening Now
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
David Bowie: Five Years
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.5
The Frame
as John Blaylock
2013
10.0
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013
7.2
🎬
Discovering Music
as Self (archive footage)
2013
8.0
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
as Self - Singer, songwriter
2012
0.0
🎬
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
2012
0.0
Clockwork Orange County
as Self
2012
6.0
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
as Self / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage)
2012
7.0
The Genius of David Bowie
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
2012
0.0
Personne ne bouge !
as Self
2012
7.0
The Love We Make
as Self
2011
7.2
Acoustic at the BBC
as Self
2011
4.8
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
as Self
2010
0.0
Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle
as Self (archive footage)
2010
6.8
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
as Self
2010
0.0
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.2
Bandslam
as David Bowie
2009
5.8
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
as Self
2009
6.5
Kings of Glam
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
August
as Cyrus Ogilvie
2008
5.2
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
as Self
2007
0.0
David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
as Self - Guest Artist
2007
7.7
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
as Self - Singer, Songwriter
2007
0.0
David bowie - Up Close and Personal
as Self - Singer, Songwriter
2007
4.0
Seven Ages of Rock
as Self
2007
9.0
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
as Lord Royal Highness
2007
6.7
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
as Self
2007
7.0
David Bowie - Music in Review
as Self - Singer, Songwriter
2007
0.0
Arthur and the Invisibles
as Maltazard (voice)
2006
6.4
The Prestige
as Tesla
2006
8.2
David Bowie - Total Rock Review
as Self
2006
0.0
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
as Self
2006
0.0
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
as Self - Singer, Songwriter
2006
6.0
Best of Bowie
2006
0.0
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
as Self
2006
7.5
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
as Self (archive footage)
2005
8.3
TV Party
as Self
2005
7.0
Extras
as David Bowie
2005
7.8
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
as Self
2005
0.0
Live Aid Against All Odds
as Self
2005
0.0
Inside the Music
as Self
2005
0.0
Live Aid
as Self
2004
9.2
The Nomi Song
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.2
Bowie: A Reality Tour
as Self
2004
8.4
Rockthology 2
as Self (archive footage)
2004
0.0
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
as Self (archive footage)
2004
2.6
Pixies: Gouge
as Self
2004
7.3
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
as Self
2003
10.0
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
as Self
2003
8.4
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
2003
6.9
David Bowie: Live at Riverside Studios '03
as Self
2003
0.0
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
as Self - Interviewee
2003
5.6
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
as Self
2003
6.8
David Bowie Reality Live
as Self
2003
6.0
David Bowie - Best Of
2002
0.0
Supergroups
as Self
2002
0.0
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
0.0
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
as Self
2002
0.0
David Bowie: Live at Montreux
as Self
2002
0.0
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
as Self
2002
9.5
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
as Self (archive footage)
2002
7.0
David Bowie: Live by Request
as Self
2002
0.0
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
as Self
2002
9.0
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
as Self
2001
6.5
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
2001
6.0
The Concert for New York City
as Self
2001
4.8
Zoolander
as David Bowie
2001
6.2
Mr. Rice's Secret
as Mr. William Rice
2000
6.0
Bowie at the BBC
as Self - Vocals
2000
9.0
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
as Self
2000
0.0
The Filth and the Fury
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.9
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
as Self
2000
8.0
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
as Self
1999
0.0
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
6.8
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
7.5
Everybody Loves Sunshine
as Bernie
1999
4.3
Gunslinger's Revenge
as Jack Sikora
1998
4.5
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
as Self
1998
0.0
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
as Self
1998
7.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
as Self
1998
7.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
Nine Inch Nails: Closure
as Self (uncredited)
1997
7.1
David Bowie: Earthling On TV
as Self
1997
0.0
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
as Self
1997
0.0
The Hunger
as The Host
1997
5.9
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
as Self
1997
0.0
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
as Self
1997
0.0
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
as Self - Interviewee
1997
0.0
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self
1996
5.2
Basquiat
as Andy Warhol
1996
6.6
David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow
as self
1996
7.0
David Bowie: Rockpalast
as Self
1996
9.0
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
7.1
The Making of the 'Outside' Album
as Self
1995
0.0
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
as Self
1995
9.0
The World of Jim Henson
as Jareth (archive footage)
1994
7.3
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
as self
1994
2.8
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
1993
7.2
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
as Self
1993
0.0
🎬
Full Stretch
as David Bowie
1993
8.0
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Phillip Jeffries
1992
7.4
🎬
ECHO-Verleihung
as Self
1992
0.0
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
as Self
1992
8.4
Queen: Greatest Flix II
as Self (archive footage)
1991
8.8
The Linguini Incident
as Monte
1991
6.6
Dream On
as Sir Roland Moorecock
1990
6.9
Twin Peaks
as Phillip Jeffries (archive footage)
1990
8.3
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
as Self
1990
10.0
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
1989
0.0
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
1988
6.8
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Pontius Pilatus
1988
7.2
David Bowie: Glass Spider
as Self
1988
8.4
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (Clip) (archive footage)
1987
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
as Self - Tin Machine
1987
5.1
Inside the Labyrinth
as Self
1986
7.6
Labyrinth
as Jareth
1986
7.3
Absolute Beginners
as Vendice Partners
1986
5.4
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
as Self
1986
7.0
Live Aid
as Self
1985
7.9
David Bowie at Live Aid
1985
8.0
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
as Self
1985
7.0
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Celliers (archive footage)
1985
7.2
Into the Night
as Colin Morris
1985
6.5
Video AID
as Self
1985
0.0
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
as Vic / Screaming Lord Byron
1984
7.0
Ricochet
as Self
1984
9.0
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
as Self
1984
6.9
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
as Self - Lead Vocals / Guitar
1984
8.6
The Oshima Gang
as Self
1983
0.0
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
as Self / Ziggy Stardust
1983
7.3
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
1983
0.0
🎬
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
as Self
1983
6.0
Yellowbeard
as The Shark (uncredited)
1983
5.6
Group Madness
as Self
1983
0.0
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
as Celliers
1983
7.3
The Hunger
as John Blaylock
1983
6.6
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
as Self (archive footage)
1983
8.3
The Snowman
as Older James (re-released/US version)
1982
7.5
Baal
as Baal
1982
4.2
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Christiane F.
as David Bowie
1981
7.3
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self
1980
4.0
Young Music Show
1978
0.0
David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan
as Self
1978
0.0
Just a Gigolo
as Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski
1978
4.9
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
as Self - Keyboard, Vocals
1978
9.0
David Bowie On Stage
1978
0.0
David Bowie: Musikladen Extra
as Self - Keyboard, Vocals
1978
0.0
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
as Self
1977
5.3
Auf los geht's los
as Self
1977
0.0
🎬
Fame
as Himself (voice)
1976
0.0
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Thomas Jerome Newton
1976
6.4
Night Lunch
as Self
1975
5.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
Cher
as Self
1975
6.2
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
as Self
1975
7.4
🎬
Système 2
as Self
1975
0.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Diamond Dogs Demo Video
as Self / Harpie
1974
0.0
The 1980 Floor Show
as Self
1973
0.0
Musikladen
as Self
1972
0.0
🎬
The Looking Glass Murders
as Cloud
1970
0.0
The Virgin Soldiers
as Soldier
1969
6.5
🎬
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
as Self
1969
0.0
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
as Self
1969
5.9
The Image
as The Boy
1969
4.7
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
as Self
1967
0.0
🎬
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
as Self
1966
0.0
Theatre 625
1964
7.2
Ready Steady Go!
as Self
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Are We Not Men?
as Self (archive footage)
N/A
0.0
David Bowie - PNE Live Rehearsal 1976
as Self - Vocals, Saxophone
N/A
0.0