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David Byrne

Actor, Music Department, Composer

Born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

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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.

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8 wins and 8 nominations

David Byrne Photos

David Byrne Videos

Monk in Pieces - official US trailer

David Byrne's American Utopia (2020): Official Trailer | HBO

David Byrne's American Utopia (2020): Official Teaser | HBO

DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA Q&A | BFI London Film Festival 2020

HREAM Trailer (Doug Hream Blunt documentary)

Contemporary Color - Official Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories - HD

Ride, Rise, Roar Trailer.mp4

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell Trailer

Heavy Petting trailer (1989)

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant (complete)

Filmography

Actor

161

Type

Year

The Red Book Documentary2026Self

Changing Lanes Poster

Changing Lanes Feature Film2025Self

Étoile TV Series2025David Byrne

Monk in Pieces Poster

Monk in Pieces Feature Film2025Self

SNL50: The Anniversary Special Poster

SNL50: The Anniversary Special TV Special2025Self - Audience Member

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert TV Special2025Self - Performer

The Art of Sound Presented by L-Acoustics: Sound Is Fundamental Poster

The Art of Sound Presented by L-Acoustics: Sound Is Fundamental TV Series2025Self - Interviewee

The History of Music Video in 169 Seconds Short Film2025Self

The Twits Poster

The Twits Feature Film2025Gordon Sniffles

MTV 00s - Top 40 Hip-Hop Vs Dance Collabs! Poster

MTV 00s - Top 40 Hip-Hop Vs Dance Collabs! TV Special2024Self

Pop Culture Jeopardy! Poster

Pop Culture Jeopardy! TV Series2024Self - Clue Giver

Staging 'Stop Making Sense' Video2024Self

The Greatest Night in Pop Poster

The Greatest Night in Pop Feature Film2024Self

Two for One Mini-Series2024Self - Guest Co-Host

Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary Poster

Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary Feature Film2024Self

13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Poster

13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards TV Special2023Self - Winner

MTV 00s - Top 40 Dancefloor Charts of the Decade! Poster

MTV 00s - Top 40 Dancefloor Charts of the Decade! TV Special2023David Byrne

MTV 00s - Top 40 Eurodance Classics! Poster

MTV 00s - Top 40 Eurodance Classics! TV Special2023Self

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2023Self - Nominee & Performer

Life & Beth Poster

Life & Beth TV Series2022Dr. B

Miley's New Year's Eve Party: Legendary TV Short2022Self

CNN New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen TV Special2021Self

The Tony Awards® Present: Broadway's Back! TV Special2021Self - Performer & Honoree

Twyla Moves Poster

Twyla Moves Documentary2021Self

Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America Poster

Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America Mini-Series2020Self

David Byrne's American Utopia Poster

David Byrne's American Utopia Documentary2020Self

NEMHOF News TV Series2020Self

Stars in the House Poster

Stars in the House TV Series2020Self - Winner

Hream Documentary2019

John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch Poster

John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch TV Movie2019David Byrne

Museum Town Poster

Museum Town Documentary2019Self

The 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Red Carpet Live Poster

The 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Red Carpet Live TV Special2019Self

The 73rd Annual Tony Awards Poster

The 73rd Annual Tony Awards TV Special2019Self - Presenter

The Mind, Explained Poster

The Mind, Explained TV Series2019Self - Musician

The Vasulka Effect Poster

The Vasulka Effect Documentary2019Self

Until the End of the World: Wim Wenders and David Byrne Video2019Self - Composer

Bourbon Up with Fred Minnick Poster

Bourbon Up with Fred Minnick TV Series2018Self

Coachella Music Festival Poster

Coachella Music Festival TV Special2018Self

Passage des arts Poster

Passage des arts TV Series2018Self

The Making of True Stories Poster

The Making of True Stories Documentary2018Self

Dare to Be Different Poster

Dare to Be Different Documentary2017Self

The Beat with Ari Melber Poster

The Beat with Ari Melber TV Series2017Self

Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal Poster

Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal TV Series2016Self

Contemporary Color Poster

Contemporary Color Documentary2016

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Poster

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Documentary2016Self

SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock Poster

SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock Documentary2016Self

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso TV Series2016Self

Temporary Color Poster

Temporary Color Documentary2016

The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Poster

The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony TV Special2016Self

StarTalk Poster

StarTalk TV Series2015Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden Poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden TV Series2015Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV Series2015Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers Poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers TV Series2014Self

Lennon or McCartney Poster

Lennon or McCartney Short Film2014Self

Mercedes Sosa, La Voz de Latinoamerica Serie TV Series2014

The Digital Promise Poster

The Digital Promise Documentary2014Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV Series2014Self - Musical Guest

20 Feet from Stardom Poster

20 Feet from Stardom Documentary2013Self

61º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de clausura Poster

61º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de clausura TV Special2013Self - Presenter

61º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de inauguración Poster

61º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián - Gala de inauguración TV Special2013Self - Jury member

Beyond Ipanema Poster

Beyond Ipanema TV Series2013Self

The Big Interview with Dan Rather Poster

The Big Interview with Dan Rather TV Series2013Self

CBS Saturday Morning Poster

CBS Saturday Morning TV Series2012Self - Musical Guest

CBS This Morning Poster

CBS This Morning TV Series2012Self - Musical Guest

The Space in Back of You Documentary2012Musician

Under African Skies Poster

Under African Skies Documentary2012Self

This Must Be the Place Poster

This Must Be the Place Feature Film2011David Byrne

Ride, Rise, Roar Poster

Ride, Rise, Roar Documentary2010

Beyond Ipanema Poster

Beyond Ipanema Documentary2009Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB Poster

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB Documentary2009Self

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TV Series2009Self - Musical Guest

The 2009 Whitney Museum Gala TV Special2009Self

The BackStage Pass Poster

The BackStage Pass Video2009Self

The Man Who Bottled Clouds Poster

The Man Who Bottled Clouds Documentary2009Self

Celia: the Queen Poster

Celia: the Queen Documentary2008Self

Coração Vagabundo Poster

Coração Vagabundo Documentary2008Self

The Power of Their Song: The Untold Story of Latin America's New Song Movement Documentary2008Self

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell Poster

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell Documentary2008Self

Morning Joe Poster

Morning Joe TV Series2007Self

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell Poster

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell Documentary2007Self

Absolute Wilson Poster

Absolute Wilson Documentary2006Self

By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston Poster

By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston Documentary2006Self

Fabricando Tom Zé Poster

Fabricando Tom Zé Documentary2006David Byrne

iPOP TV Series2006Self - Guest

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth Poster

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth Short Film2005Self

The Colbert Report Poster

The Colbert Report TV Series2005Self - Guest

TV Party Poster

TV Party Documentary2005

David Byrne Live at Union Chapel Poster

David Byrne Live at Union Chapel Feature Film2004Self

MTV Video Music Brasil 2004 TV Special2004Self - Performer

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Series2003Self - Musical Guest

Lubbock Lights Poster

Lubbock Lights Documentary2003Self

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s Poster

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s Documentary2002Self

25 Years of Punk Poster

25 Years of Punk Documentary2001Self

Dinner for Five Poster

Dinner for Five TV Series2001Self - Special Guest

Latido Latino I: señas de identidad Poster

Latido Latino I: señas de identidad Documentary2001Self

Latido Latino II: tiempos mestizos Poster

Latido Latino II: tiempos mestizos Documentary2001Self

Breakfast Poster

Breakfast TV Series2000Self

The Art of Amália Poster

The Art of Amália Documentary2000Introduction

The Best of Sessions at West 54th, Volume 2 Video2000Self

Lulu on the Bridge Poster

Lulu on the Bridge Feature Film1998'Laughing Man' Escort

Sessions at West 54th Poster

Sessions at West 54th TV Series1997Self

Synesthesia Poster

Synesthesia TV Series1997Self

Dancing in the Street Poster

Dancing in the Street TV Series1996Self

Sen kväll med Luuk Poster

Sen kväll med Luuk TV Series1996Self

The Daily Show Poster

The Daily Show TV Series1996Self

Theater Talk Poster

Theater Talk TV Series1996Self - Guest

Dancing Barefoot Documentary1995Self

Rock Family Trees Poster

Rock Family Trees TV Series1995Self

Between the Teeth Poster

Between the Teeth Documentary1994

Inside the Actors Studio Poster

Inside the Actors Studio TV Series1994Self - Audience Member

Space Ghost Coast to Coast Poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast TV Series1994Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV Series1993Self - Musical Guest

Late Show with David Letterman Poster

Late Show with David Letterman TV Series1993Self

Later... With Jools Holland Poster

Later... With Jools Holland TV Series1992Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV Series1992Self

Art is Dead... Long Live TV! Mini-Series1991Self

Charlie Rose Poster

Charlie Rose TV Series1991Self - Guest

Completely Pogued Documentary1991Self

Racism: Points of View: An MTV News Special Report Poster

Racism: Points of View: An MTV News Special Report Documentary1991Self

Until the End of the World Poster

Until the End of the World Feature Film1991Self in music video

Pop Off TV Series1990Self

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter Poster

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter TV Movie1990Self

Until the End of the World: Wim Wenders in Tokyo Poster

Until the End of the World: Wim Wenders in Tokyo Video1990Self - Singer, Composer & Musician

Decade Documentary1989Self

Heavy Petting Poster

Heavy Petting Documentary1989Self

Make Believe Mambo Video1989Vocalist

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989David Byrne

Unplugged Poster

Unplugged TV Series1989Self - Special Guest

Checking Out Poster

Checking Out Feature Film1988Bartender

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant Poster

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant Video1988Self

The 60th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 60th Annual Academy Awards TV Special1988Self - Winner

Wired TV Series1988Self - Performer

Kippevel TV Series1987Self

Rage TV Series1987Self

Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll Poster

Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll Documentary1987Self

Scenes Under the Midnight Sun Poster

Scenes Under the Midnight Sun Documentary1987Self

Trying Times Poster

Trying Times TV Series1987Byron

Dead End Kids Poster

Dead End Kids Feature Film1986Minister

Saturday Review Poster

Saturday Review TV Series1986Self

The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July Documentary1986

True Stories Poster

True Stories Feature Film1986Narrator

Video Jukebox Poster

Video Jukebox TV Movie1986Self - Contributor

1985 MTV Video Music Awards Poster

1985 MTV Video Music Awards TV Special1985Self

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985Self

Survival Guide TV Movie1985

The Max Headroom Show Poster

The Max Headroom Show TV Series1985Self

Stop Making Sense Poster

Stop Making Sense Documentary1984Vocals and Guitar

The Other Side of the Tracks TV Series1983Self

Haute Tension Poster

Haute Tension TV Series19821 episode, 1982

Late Night with David Letterman Poster

Late Night with David Letterman TV Series1982Self

SCTV Network Poster

SCTV Network TV Series1981Self - member of Talking Heads

Newsnight Poster

Newsnight TV Series1980Self

Talking Heads in concerto Poster

Talking Heads in concerto TV Special1980Vocals and Guitar

Art/New York Poster

Art/New York TV Series1979Self - Artist

CBS News Sunday Morning Poster

CBS News Sunday Morning TV Series1979Self

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series19781 episode, 1979

Austin City Limits Poster

Austin City Limits TV Series1976Self

The Blank Generation Poster

The Blank Generation Documentary1976Self

Saturday Night Live Poster

Saturday Night Live TV Series1975Self - Musical Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self - Musical Guest

Today TV Series1952Self - Guest

Music Department

18

Type

Year

Off the Grid Poster

Off the Grid Feature Film2025

Primitive War Poster

Primitive War Feature Film2025

The Twits Poster

The Twits Feature Film2025

John Mulaney: Baby J Poster

John Mulaney: Baby J TV Special2023

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Poster

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World Documentary2016

Psychedelic Afternoon Poster

Psychedelic Afternoon Short Film2013

Into the Abyss Poster

Into the Abyss Documentary2011

This Must Be the Place Poster

This Must Be the Place Feature Film2011

Wired Science Poster

Wired Science TV Series2007

David Byrne Live at Union Chapel Poster

David Byrne Live at Union Chapel Feature Film2004

Young Adam Poster

Young Adam Feature Film2003

Blue in the Face Poster

Blue in the Face Feature Film1995

Flying Blind Poster

Flying Blind TV Series1992

P.O.V. TV Series1988

The Big Easy Poster

The Big Easy Feature Film1986

What You Mean We? Poster

What You Mean We? TV Movie1986

Alive from Off Center Poster

Alive from Off Center TV Series1984

Arena TV Series1975

Composer

21

Type

Year

John Mulaney: Baby J Poster

John Mulaney: Baby J TV Special2023

Start Making Sense Poster

Start Making Sense Short Film2021

David Byrne's American Utopia Poster

David Byrne's American Utopia Documentary2020

This Must Be the Place Poster

This Must Be the Place Feature Film2011

Big Love Poster

Big Love TV Series2006

Îlé Aiyé Poster

Îlé Aiyé Feature Film2004

Young Adam Poster

Young Adam Feature Film2003

In Spite of Wishing and Wanting Poster

In Spite of Wishing and Wanting Feature Film2002

A Day in the Life of an Artist Short Film2000

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Roaming the Streets Feature Film1999

The Last Words Short Film1999

Between the Teeth Poster

Between the Teeth Documentary1994

Make Believe Mambo Video1989

Married to the Mob Poster

Married to the Mob Feature Film1988

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant Poster

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant Video1988

The Last Emperor Poster

The Last Emperor Feature Film1987

True Stories Poster

True Stories Feature Film1986

Alive from Off Center Poster

Alive from Off Center TV Series1984

Stop Making Sense Poster

Stop Making Sense Documentary1984

The Catherine Wheel Poster

The Catherine Wheel TV Movie1982

Thanks

12

Type

Year

Eno Feature Film2024

The Digital Promise Poster

The Digital Promise Documentary2014

On the Road Poster

On the Road Feature Film2012

Public Access Poster

Public Access Short Film2010

The God Who Wasn't There Poster

The God Who Wasn't There Documentary2005

Meu Tio Matou um Cara Poster

Meu Tio Matou um Cara Feature Film2004

She Hate Me Poster

She Hate Me Feature Film2004

The Truth About Charlie Poster

The Truth About Charlie Feature Film2002

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Cousin Bobby Poster

Cousin Bobby Documentary1992

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Poster

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Documentary1992

Paris Is Burning Poster

Paris Is Burning Documentary1990

Producer

5

Type

Year

David Byrne's American Utopia Poster

David Byrne's American Utopia Documentary2020

Contemporary Color Poster

Contemporary Color Documentary2016

GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling Poster

GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling Documentary2012

Umbabarauma Poster

Umbabarauma Short Film1989

Alive from Off Center Poster

Alive from Off Center TV Series1984

Director

7

Type

Year

Îlé Aiyé Poster

Îlé Aiyé Feature Film2004

Between the Teeth Poster

Between the Teeth Documentary1994

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter Poster

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter TV Movie1990

April 16, 1989 Poster

April 16, 1989 Short Film1989

Make Believe Mambo Video1989

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant Poster

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant Video1988

True Stories Poster

True Stories Feature Film1986

Writer

3

Type

Year

David Byrne's American Utopia Poster

David Byrne's American Utopia Documentary2020

Îlé Aiyé Poster

Îlé Aiyé Feature Film2004

True Stories Poster

True Stories Feature Film1986

Camera and Electrical Department

2

Type

Year

Îlé Aiyé Poster

Îlé Aiyé Feature Film2004

Stop Making Sense Poster

Stop Making Sense Documentary1984

Editor

1

Make Believe Mambo Video1989

Sound Department

1

Stop Making Sense Poster

Stop Making Sense Documentary1984

Other Crew

1

Stop Making Sense Poster

Stop Making Sense Documentary1984

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