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David Bowie
Actor

David Bowie

4 Movies
4 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 4
Birthday January 8, 1947 (79 years old)
Place of Birth London, England, UK
Also Known As David Robert Jones , Tin Machine, David Jones, Davie Jones
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Biography

David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. “Space Oddity” became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single “Starman” and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterized as “plastic soul,” initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the Berlin Trilogy. Heroes (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes,” its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and “Under Pressure,” a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).

Filmography (259)

Twiggy 2025
Enigma 2025
Bowie: The Final Act 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 2025
TIME 2024
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix) 2024
Luther: Never Too Much 2024
Can Creativity Save the World? 2024
DEVO 2024
Placebo: This Search for Meaning 2024
Jim Henson Idea Man 2024
Eno 2024
Hits That Missed at the BBC 2024
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV 2023
WHAM! 2023
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2023
LOLA 2023
Dear Bowie 2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story 2023
Thriller 40 2023
Moonage Daydream 2022
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 2022
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act 2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées 2022
The Velvet Underground 2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2021
David Bowie: Out of this World 2021
David Bowie: London Boy 2021
Moby Doc 2021
The Dancing Man of L.A. 2021
The Magic Voices of Pop 2021
This Is Pop 2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything 2021
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions 2020
Zappa 2020
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp 2020
The BRITs at 40 2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt 2020
WBCN and the American Revolution 2019
David Bowie: Finding Fame 2019
My Music: A Classic Christmas 2019
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story 2019
Bowie: Glastonbury 2000 2018
Why Are We Creative? 2018
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen 2018
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia 2018
Der Reichstag 2017
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story 2017
David Bowie: The Last Five Years 2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA 2017
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock 2017
Glam Rock at the BBC 2017
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World 2016
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six) 2016
Burden 2016
Night Flight: Born Again 2016
David Bowie: Sound and Vision 2016
David Bowie: Starman 2016
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World 2016
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels 2016
The Dada Principle 2016
David Bowie - In His Own Words 2016
David Bowie: The Berlin Briefings 2016
Gimme Danger 2016
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under 2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 2015
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin 2015
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail 2015
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces 2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered 2014
Soul Boys of the Western World 2014
I Am Divine 2014
David Bowie Is Happening Now 2013
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 2013
David Bowie: Five Years 2013
Discovering Music 2013
The Frame 2013
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust 2012
Vanilla Ice Archive 2012
Clockwork Orange County 2012
The Genius of David Bowie 2012
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971 2012
Personne ne bouge ! 2012
The Love We Make 2011
Acoustic at the BBC 2011
Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle 2010
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials 2010
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen 2010
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies 2010
Bandslam 2009
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers 2009
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany 2009
August 2008
Kings of Glam 2008
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine 2007
David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2007
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man 2007
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis 2007
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review 2007
David bowie - Up Close and Personal 2007
David Bowie - Music in Review 2007
Seven Ages of Rock 2007
The Prestige 2006 Arthur and the Invisibles 2006
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79 2006
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers 2006
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust 2006
David Bowie - Total Rock Review 2006
Best of Bowie 2006
Live Aid Against All Odds 2005
Inside the Music 2005
Françoise Hardy : Tant de belles choses... 2005
TV Party 2005
The Work of Director Mark Romanek 2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today 2005
Extras 2005
Bowie: A Reality Tour 2004
Rockthology 2 2004
The Nomi Song 2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis 2004
Pixies: Gouge 2004
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles 2003
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 2003
David Bowie: Live at Riverside Studios '03 2003
David Bowie - Sound and Vision 2003
Mayor of the Sunset Strip 2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special 2003
David Bowie: Reality Live 2003
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003
David Bowie: Live at Montreux 2002
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s 2002
David Bowie: Best of Bowie 2002
David Bowie: Live by Request 2002
Supergroups 2002
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary 2002
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris 2002
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie 2002
David Bowie - Best Of 2002
Zoolander 2001
The Concert for New York City 2001
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2001
The Filth and the Fury 2000
Mr. Rice's Secret 2000
Bowie at the BBC 2000
The Ten Commandments of Creativity 2000
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC 2000
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris 1999
Everybody Loves Sunshine 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999
Where Are They Now? 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999
Gunslinger's Revenge 1998
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart 1998
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred) 1998
Goldie: When Saturn Returns 1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas 1998
Parkinson 1998
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 1997
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot 1997
Nine Inch Nails: Closure 1997
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC 1997
David Bowie: Earthling On TV 1997
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration 1997
The Hunger 1997
Basquiat 1996
David Bowie: Rockpalast 1996
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money 1996
David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow 1996
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance 1995
David Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside" 1995
Queen: Champions of the World 1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show 1995
The World of Jim Henson 1994
Gay! Gay! Hollywood 1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin 1994
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise 1993
Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
Full Stretch 1993
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992
ECHO-Verleihung 1992
The Linguini Incident 1991
Queen: Greatest Flix II 1991
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome 1990
Dream On 1990
Twin Peaks 1990
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso 1989
The Last Temptation of Christ 1988
Imagine: John Lennon 1988
David Bowie: Glass Spider 1988
Sacrée soirée 1987
Labyrinth 1986
Absolute Beginners 1986
Inside the Labyrinth 1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary 1986
Into the Night 1985
Live Aid 1985
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour 1985
Video AID 1985
David Bowie at Live Aid 1985
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto 1985
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean 1984
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour 1984
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight 1984
Ricochet 1984
MTV Video Music Awards 1984
Yellowbeard 1983
The Hunger 1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 1983
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style 1983
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal 1983
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney 1983
Group Madness 1983
The Oshima Gang 1983
Baal 1982
Champs-Elysées 1982
Christiane F. 1981
Wetten, dass..? 1981
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's 1980
Just a Gigolo 1978
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen 1978
David Bowie On Stage 1978
David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan 1978
David Bowie: Musikladen Extra 1978
Young Music Show 1978
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas 1977
Auf los geht's los 1977
The BRIT Awards 1977
The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976
Fame 1976
David Bowie: Cracked Actor 1975
Night Lunch 1975
Cher 1975
Saturday Night Live 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche 1975
Système 2 1975
Diamond Dogs Demo Video 1974
David Bowie: The 1980 Floor Show 1973
Musikladen 1972
The Looking Glass Murders 1970
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday 1969
The Image 1969
The Virgin Soldiers 1969
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde 1969
The Dick Cavett Show 1968
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure 1967
Omnibus 1967
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet 1966
Theatre 625 1964
Top of the Pops 1964
Ready Steady Go! 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
Are We Not Men?
David Bowie - PNE Live Rehearsal 1976
David Bowie: Day-In Day-Out
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