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David Byrne

Highest Rated: 100% Stop Making Sense (1984)

Lowest Rated: 8% The Bachelor (1999)

Birthday: May 14, 1952

Birthplace: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

One of the most eclectic artists to emerge from the American punk scene of the 1970s, David Byrne was the vocalist and chief songwriter for the band Talking Heads, which blended artistic, abstract sensibilities with a dizzying array of musical influences to become one of the most popular bands of the 1980s before Byrne left the group for a solo career in 1991. He captured critical and listener attention with the nervous energy and displaced emotion in songs like "Life During Wartime, "Burning Down the House," "Psycho Killer" and "Girlfriend is Better," which he underscored with his powerhouse vocals and kinetic stage presence. Talking Heads broke onto the Billboard charts with 1980's "Once in a Lifetime," which preceded a handful of Top 40 singles before the band's acrimonious split at the dawn of the new decade. In the years that followed, Byrne pursued a sonically adventurous solo career that veered from records that explored international rhythms to soundtrack work, including the Oscar-winning score for "The Last Emperor" (1987) and his own record label, Luaka Bop, which brought many Third World artists to Western audiences. Throughout it all, Byrne remained one of popular music's most independent-minded figures, parlaying his own individual fascinations into a career that drew considerable respect from both the critical and listener communities.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 97% Stop Making Sense Watchlist
100% 91% Under African Skies
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97% 85% David Byrne's American Utopia Watchlist
96% 76% John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
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92% 69% Something Wild
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89% 71% The Book of Life
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88% 49% Married to the Mob
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86% 88% The Last Emperor
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79% 83% True Stories
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79% 81% Wall Street
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Filmography

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Twyla Moves 2021 Self David Byrne's American Utopia 97% 85% 2020 Self, Executive Producer, Original Music Everything for All Reasons 2019 Actor John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch 96% 76% 2019 Guest The Necromancer 2018 Young Boy Actor Contemporary Color 71% 73% 2016 Self, Producer Temporary Color 2016 Actor Under African Skies 100% 91% 2012 Actor This Must Be the Place 66% 58% 2011 Self, Original Music Ride, Rise, Roar 78% 71% 2010 Actor Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 54% 44% 2010 Original Songs Beyond Ipanema 2009 Actor Wandering Heart 57% 2008 Self Pittsburgh 48% 2006 Original Music Fabricating Tom Zé 50% 2006 Self Duck 50% 46% 2005 Original Songs TV Party: The Documentary 83% 2005 Actor Young Adam 62% 49% 2003 Original Music Art of Amalia 67% 2000 Introduction (English version) Actor The Bachelor 8% 28% 1999 Original Music The Book of Life 89% 71% 1998 Original Music Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart 73% 1998 Actor Blue in the Face 43% 76% 1995 Original Music Between the Teeth 1994 Director Immediate Family 54% 55% 1989 Original Song
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