David Byrne

Personal Info

Birthday

May 14, 1952

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Talking Heads

David Byrne

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Simpsons

This Must Be the Place

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

True Stories

Lulu on the Bridge

Checking Out

The Art of Amália

Dead End Kids

Filmography

2025
Monk in Pieces
as Self
We Want the Funk!
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2023
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Twyla Moves
as Self
2020
David Byrne's American Utopia
as Self - Lead Singer & Performer
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
as Self
2019
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as David Byrne
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
as Self - Voice
Everything For All Reasons
as Self
Triple-Chaser
as Narrator
Hream
as David Byrne
Museum Town
as Self
2018
The Making of True Stories
as Self
Real Life
as Narrator / Self
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
as Self
2017
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
as Self
2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self
2015
We're Gonna Die
as David Byrne
2014
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
2013
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2011
This Must Be the Place
as David Byrne
Ride, Rise, Roar
as Self
2009
Beyond Ipanema
as Self
Wandering Heart
as Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
2008
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
as Self
Celia: The Queen
as Self
2007
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
as Self
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Fabricating Tom Zé
as Self
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
as Self
2005
TV Party
as Self
2004
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
as Self
2003
Lubbock Lights
as Self
2002
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Self
2001
25 Years of Punk
as Self
2000
The Art of Amália
as Introduction (English version)
1998
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
as Self
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
as Self - Host/Interviewer
Lulu on the Bridge
as "Laughing Man" Escort
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
as Self
1995
Dancing Barefoot
as Self
1993
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
as Self
1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self
Beleza Tropical
as Self
Summer of Love
as Self
1989
Decade
as Self
Heavy Petting
as Self
1988
Checking Out
as Bartender
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Self
1986
True Stories
as Narrator / Lip-Syncher
Report From L.A.
as Himself
Dead End Kids
as Minister
1984
Stop Making Sense
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
as Self
1980
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
as Self - Vocals, guitar
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
1976
The Blank Generation
as Self