David Byrne
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- May 14, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Musk · Songs
- Changing Lanes · Self
- Each Day in a Moment: 2025 · Self
- Breakdown: 1975 · Self
- The Twits · Gordon Sniffles (Voice), Songs
- Monk in Pieces · Self
- We Want the Funk! · Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- Eno · Self
- Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário · Self
- John Mulaney: Baby J · Musician, Music
- Miley's New Year's Eve Party · Self
- Everything Everywhere All at Once · Songs
- Social! Distance Dance Club
- Twyla Moves · Self
- BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America · Self
- David Byrne's American Utopia · Self, Music
- FeeLee. History of a Single Label · Self
- Stars in the House · Self
- John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch · David Byrne
- Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged · Self
- Everything For All Reasons · Self
- Triple-Chaser · Narrator
- Hream · David Byrne
- Museum Town · Self
- The Making of True Stories · Self
- Real Life · Narrator / Self
- David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018 · Self
- Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads · Self
- Contemporary Color · Producer
- Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World · Musician
- Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall · Self
- Temporary Color
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- We're Gonna Die · David Byrne
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · Self
- Lennon or McCartney · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day · Self
- Paul Simon: Under African Skies · Self
- La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
- Talking Heads - Chronology
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- This Must Be the Place · David Byrne, Music
- Ride, Rise, Roar · Self
- Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
- Beyond Ipanema · Self
- Wandering Heart · Self
- Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB · Self
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell · Self
- The Man Who Bottled Clouds · Self
- New York Rock at the BBC
- Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
- Celia: The Queen · Self
- The Vanguard · Music
- David Byrne - Live from Austin, Texas · Self, Songs
- NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell · Self
- Fabricating Tom Zé · Self
- By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston · Self
- TV Party · Self
- Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth · Self
- The Pogues Live at the Town and Country · Self
- She Hate Me · Thanks
- Dennis Cleveland
- David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
- Young Adam · Music
- Lubbock Lights · Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The Truth About Charlie · Thanks
- Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s · Self
- In Spite of Wishing and Wanting · Music, Lyricist
- 25 Years of Punk · Self
- The Art of Amália · Introduction (English version)
- Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th · Self
- PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
- Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th · Self
- Lulu on the Bridge · "Laughing Man" Escort