David Byrne
Born on May 14th, 1952
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
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 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Self
Details Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self
Details Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
2023
Self (archive footage)
Details Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
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Details David Byrne's American Utopia
2020
Self - Lead Singer & Performer
Details FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2020
Self
Details John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019
David Byrne
Details Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
2019
Self - Voice
Details Everything For All Reasons
2019
Self
Details The Making of True Stories
2018
Self
Details David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
2018
Self
Details Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
2017
Self
Details Contemporary Color
2016
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Details Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
Self
Details Temporary Color
2016
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Details We're Gonna Die
2015
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Details Lennon or McCartney
2014
Self
Details Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013
Self (archive footage)
Details Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Self
Details La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012
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Details Talking Heads - Chronology
2011
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Details This Must Be the Place
2011
David Byrne
Details Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009
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Details Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009
Self
Details Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
Self (archive footage)
Details The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008
Self
Details New York Rock at the BBC
2008
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Details David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
2007
Self
Details NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
2006
Self
Details The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
2004
Self
Details Dennis Cleveland
2004
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Details David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
2003
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Details Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
Self
Details The Art of Amália
2000
Introduction (English version)
Details Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
1998
Self
Details Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
1998
Self - Host/Interviewer
Details Lulu on the Bridge
1998
"Laughing Man" Escort
Details Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1998
Self
Details 10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
1993
Self
Details David Byrne: Between The Teeth
1993
Character TBA
Details Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Self
Details Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988
Self
Details Real Life
1986
Narrator / Self
Details True Stories
1986
Narrator / Lip-Syncher
Details The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
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Details Report From L.A.
1986
Himself
Details Stop Making Sense
1984
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Details Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
1984
Self
Details Talking Heads live at Montreux Jazz Festival
1982
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Details Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
1981
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Details Talking Heads - Live in Rome
1980
Self - Vocals, guitar
Details Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
1980
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Details The Blank Generation
1976
Self
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