David Byrne
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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David Byrne
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twyla Moves | Self | - | 2021 |
97% |
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David Byrne's American Utopia |
Self, Executive Producer, Original Music |
- | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Everything for All Reasons | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
96% |
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch | Guest | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Necromancer | Young Boy (Character) | - | 2018 |
71% |
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Contemporary Color |
Self, Producer |
$15.3K | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Temporary Color | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
100% |
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Under African Skies | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
66% |
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This Must Be the Place |
Self, Original Music |
$142.2K | 2011 |
78% |
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Ride, Rise, Roar | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
54% |
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Original Songs | $52.5M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond Ipanema | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Wandering Heart | Self | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Pittsburgh | Original Music | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Fabricating Tom Zé | Self | - | 2006 |
50% |
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Duck | Original Songs | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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TV Party: The Documentary | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
62% |
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Young Adam | Original Music | $767.2K | 2003 |
67% | No Score Yet | Art of Amalia | Introduction (English version) (Character) | $6.9K | 2000 |
8% |
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The Bachelor | Original Music | $21.7M | 1999 |
89% |
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The Book of Life | Original Music | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
43% |
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Blue in the Face | Original Music | $586.3K | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Between the Teeth | Director | - | 1994 |
54% |
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Immediate Family | Original Song | $5.4M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Heavy Petting | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
88% |
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Married to the Mob | Original Music | $19.7M | 1988 |
86% |
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The Last Emperor | Original Music | $43.0M | 1987 |
79% |
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Wall Street | Original Music | $41.3M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Moon July | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
91% |
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Something Wild | Original Music | $6.4M | 1986 |
79% |
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True Stories |
Narrator/ Director, Screenwriter, Original Music |
$1.6M | 1986 |
100% |
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Stop Making Sense |
Self, Original Music |
$4.0M | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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The Blank Generation | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2020 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 60 Minutes | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
Music Performer, Guest |
2014 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Music Performer | 2018 2021 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Music Performer | 1989 2020 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Music Performer | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2009 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Music Performer | 2012 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Performer - 'Dream Operator' (Guest Voice) | 2003 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Space Ghost: Coast to Coast | Guest | 1995 |