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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 20, 1967
Died
April 5, 1994
Place of Birth
Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Nirvana
- Kurt Donald Cobain
- Kurdt Kobain
Kurt Cobain
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993). During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
Known For
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Poster no quarto
Bloody Pearl
2025
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BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
2025
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Self (archive footage)
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
2025
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Self (archive footage)
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
2023
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Self (archive footage)
The Teacher
2023
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
2021
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
2021
7.9
Self (archive footage)
When Nirvana Came to Britain
2021
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Credits
Bloody Pearl
as Poster no quarto
2025
0.0
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
2025
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The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
as Self (archive footage)
2023
0.0
The Teacher
as Self (archive footage)
2023
0.0
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.2
When Nirvana Came to Britain
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.9
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.5
70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.2
🎬
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
The UnXplained
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.7
27: Gone Too Soon
as Self (archive footage)
2018
5.9
Kurt Everywhere
2018
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The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.9
Soaked in Bleach
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.0
Cobain: Montage of Heck
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.6
Too Young to Die
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.2
Hit So Hard
as Self (archive footage)
2012
5.0
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
2011
8.1
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
as Self
2011
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🎬
Nirvana: Live On Air
as Self
2010
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Nirvana: Live at Reading
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
2009
7.5
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.8
Welcome to My Castle!
as Self
2007
0.0
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
as Self
2007
6.9
🎬
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
as Self (archive footage)
2007
6.1
🎬
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
as Self (archive footage)
2006
8.0
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
as Self
2006
8.0
🎬
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
as Self
2006
10.0
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
as Self (Archival footage)
2006
7.7
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
as Self
2006
6.4
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
as Self (segment "Heart-Shaped Box")
2005
7.9
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
as Self (archive footage)
2005
7.1
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
7.6
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
as Self
2004
8.5
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
as Self
2004
0.0
VH1 News Special: Grunge
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
25 Years of Punk
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.0
Kurt & Courtney
as Self (archive footage)
1998
6.0
Classic Albums
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.7
Hype!
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.4
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
as Self - Vocals, Guitar (archive footage)
1994
7.4
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
as Self
1994
6.0
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1994
0.0
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
as Self
1993
10.0
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
1993
8.6
Nirvana Unplugged In New York Original MTV Version
as Self
1993
8.3
Nirvana: Live And Loud
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
1993
8.9
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
1993
10.0
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1993
0.0
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
as Self
1993
8.0
1991: The Year Punk Broke
as Self
1992
6.8
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
1991
7.8
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
as Self
1991
8.4
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
as Self
1991
7.0
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
1991
0.0
🎬
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
as Self
1991
0.0
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
as Kurt Cobain
1991
7.7
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
as Self (archive footage)
1991
9.0
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
1990
0.0
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0