David Johansen

Personal Info

Birthday

January 9, 1950

Day of Death

2025-02-28

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

David Roger Johansen

David JoHansen

David Jo Hansen

Buster Poindexter

The New York City Dolls

The New York Dolls

New York Dolls

David Johansen

Biography

David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) was an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter. David has appeared in several films including Car 54, Where Are You? and Scrooged with Bill Murray.

Known For

The Equalizer

Teen Titans

Centaurworld

Freejack

Above the Shadows

Scrooged

Married to the Mob

Filmography

2022
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
as Self / Buster Poindexter
2019
Above the Shadows
as Ron
2018
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
2015
A Very Murray Christmas
as The Bartender
2014
Glass Chin
as Stanley Loori
2012
Clockwork Orange County
as Self
2011
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
as Himself
2007
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
as Self
2006
The Return of the New York Dolls
as Himself
The Harry Smith Project Live
as Self
MOFO NYC
as Self
2005
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
as Himself
Punk: Attitude
as Himself
New York Doll
as Self
2004
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
as Himself
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self
2003
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
as Self
Crooked Lines
as Charlie
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
God Is On Their Side
as God
2001
Campfire Stories
as Ranger Bill
25 Years of Punk
as Self
2000
The Filth and the Fury
as Self (archive footage)
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
as Himself
1999
200 Cigarettes
as Tiki Bartender
1998
The Tic Code
as Marvin
1997
Nick and Jane
as Carter
The Deli
as The Cabbie
Cats Don't Dance
as Bus Driver (voice)
1995
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
Burnzy's Last Call
as Andre
1994
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Officer Gunther Toody
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
as Self
1993
Naked in New York
as Orangutang
Mr. Nanny
as Thanatos
1992
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
as Auggie
Freejack
as Brad Carter
1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
1989
Let It Ride
as Looney
1988
Scrooged
as Ghost of Christmas Past
Married to the Mob
as 'The Priest'
Candy Mountain
as Keith Burns
1975
Night Lunch
as Self