David Byrne

David Byrne

5/14/1952 (74 years old)Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography (102 titles)

Changing LanesMovie

Changing Lanes

Self · 2026

The Twits5.9Movie

The Twits

Gordon Sniffles (voice) · 2025

Monk in Pieces8.0Movie

Monk in Pieces

Self · 2025

We Want the Funk!5.8Movie

We Want the Funk!

Self · 2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert6.4Movie

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Self · 2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music7.8Movie

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self · 2025

Eno6.0Movie

Eno

Self · 2024

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista VisionárioMovie

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário

Self (archive footage) · 2023

Movie

Social! Distance Dance Club

2021

Twyla MovesMovie

Twyla Moves

Self · 2021

BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America7.6Show

BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America

Self · 2020

David Byrne's American Utopia7.5Movie

David Byrne's American Utopia

Self - Lead Singer & Performer · 2020

FeeLee. History of a Single LabelMovie

FeeLee. History of a Single Label

Self · 2020

Stars in the HouseShow

Stars in the House

Self - Winner · 2020

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch7.1Movie

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

David Byrne · 2019

Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged9.2Movie

Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

Self - Voice · 2019

Everything For All Reasons5.8Movie

Everything For All Reasons

Self · 2019

Triple-ChaserMovie

Triple-Chaser

Narrator · 2019

HreamMovie

Hream

David Byrne · 2019

Museum TownMovie

Museum Town

Self · 2019

Movie

The Making of True Stories

Self · 2018

Movie

Real Life

Narrator / Self · 2018

David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018Movie

David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

Self · 2018

Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads10.0Movie

Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads

Self · 2017

Contemporary Color6.7Movie

Contemporary Color

2016

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall7.0Movie

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Self · 2016

Temporary ColorMovie

Temporary Color

2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert6.1Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Musical Guest · 2015

We're Gonna Die6.0Movie

We're Gonna Die

David Byrne · 2015

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson6.7Show

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self · 2015