David Lynch

Personal Info

Birthday

January 20, 1946

Day of Death

2025-01-15

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Missoula, Montana, USA

Also Known As

데이빗 린치

デイヴィッド・リンチ

David Lynch

Biography

David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Lynch received critical acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities.

In his 58-year career, he was awarded numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2006 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019. In 2007, a panel of critics convened by The Guardian announced that "after all the discussion, no one could fault the conclusion that David Lynch is the most important filmmaker of the current era." Lynch studied painting before he began making short films in the late 1960s.

Known For

Family Guy

Twin Peaks

Robot Chicken

Louie

Dune

The Elephant Man

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

The Fabelmans

Filmography

2025
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
as himself
David Lynch: A Hollywood Enigma
as Self - Director
The Making Of A Mockumentary
as Himself (archive footage)
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
as Self
David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange
as Self (archive footage)
Encholalia
as Self (Archive Footage)
2024
Beatles '64
as Self
2022
The Fabelmans
as John Ford
This Is Sparklehorse
as Self
2021
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Moby Doc
as Self
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
as Self
2020
David Lynch: The Virtual Life
as himself
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Self
A Fall from Grace
as William Tabb
2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self
David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film
as Himself
2018
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2017
Behind the Red Curtain
as Self
Two Blue Balls
as Self
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
as Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
as Self
A Pot of Boiling Oil
as Self
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
as Self
The Number of Completion
as Self
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
as Self
Bad Binoculars
as Self
The Polish Accountant
as Self
Tell It Martin
as Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
as Self
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
as Self
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
as Self
WHAT DID JACK DO?
as Detective
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
Lucky
as Howard
The Black Ghiandola
as Man In Black
David Lynch: The Art Life
as Self
Girlfriend's Day
as Narrator (voice)
Rocksteppy
as Himself
2016
Along for the Ride
as Self
Blue Velvet Revisited
as Self
On Meditation
as Self
The Reality of Truth
as Self
The Music of David Lynch
as Self
Night Flight: Born Again
as Self
2015
Rammstein in Amerika
as Self
Brand: A Second Coming
as Self
2014
My Beautiful Broken Brain
as Self
Between Two Worlds
as Self
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Gordon Cole
The 8th Floor
as Self
It's a Beautiful World
as Self
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
as Self
2013
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as Self
What Is Cinema?
as Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
Professor Goudet's Lessons
as Self
2012
Meditation, Creativity, Peace
as Self
Side by Side
as Self
2011
Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
as Himself
2010
2012: Time for Change
as Self
Brunes et Blondes
as Self
2009
Red Fish
as O Sábio
The Way of Samodelkin
as Stranger in a dream
Great Directors
as Self
La Traversée du désir
as Self
2008
Hollyshorts Greeting
as Himself
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
as Self
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
as Self
Critic
as Self (voice)
2007
A Slice of Lynch
as Self
Lynch (one)
as Self
Lynch 2
as Self
Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
as Himself
2006
Inland Empire
as Bucky J
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self
2005
David Lynch: 1985
as Self
2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as Self
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
as Self
2003
Boat
as The Man
Does That Hurt You?
as Self
Lamp
as Self
Return to Mulholland Drive
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as Self
2002
I Don't Know Jack
as Self
BlueBob Egg
as Billy Groper
Mysteries of Love
as Self (archive footage)
The Short Films of David Lynch
as Self
2001
Eraserhead Stories
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
1999
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
as Self
1998
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
as Self
1997
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
as Self
1996
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self
1995
Nadja
as Morgue Receptionist
1994
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
as Himself
1993
Made in the USA
as Self
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Gordon Cole
1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self
1990
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
as Self
Hollywood Mavericks
as Self
1989
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
as Self
1988
Zelly & Me
as Willie
No Frank in Lumberton
as Self
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
1987
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
as Himself
1984
Dune
as Spice Miner (uncredited)
1983
Destination Dune
as Self
1980
The Elephant Man
as Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
Heart Beat
as Painter (uncredited)
1974
The Amputee
as The Nurse