David Byrne
Actor
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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Filmography
This Must Be the Place
as David Byrne 2011
Stop Making Sense
as Self - Vocals, Guitar 1984
True Stories
as Narrator / Lip-Syncher 1986
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as David Byrne 2019
David Byrne's American Utopia
as Self - Lead Singer & Performer 2020
The Twits
as Gordon Sniffles (voice) 2025
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self 2016
Lulu on the Bridge
as "Laughing Man" Escort 1998
Lennon or McCartney
as Self 2014
Checking Out
as Bartender 1988
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
as Self (archive footage) 2008
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self 2012
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self 2025
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2007
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self 2025
The Blank Generation
as Self 1976
Contemporary Color
2016