David Byrne

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-05-14 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

David Byrne

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 ...

Acting

1984

Stop Making Sense

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

1986

True Stories

as Narrator / Lip-Syncher

1989

2013

1986

Dead End Kids

as Minister

2021

2011

1998

Lulu on the Bridge

as "Laughing Man" Escort

2011

2009

2008

1980

Talking Heads: Live in Rome

as Self - Vocals, guitar

1980

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar

2005

TV Party

as Self

2009

2001

2015

We're Gonna Die

as David Byrne

2019

2003

1995

1989

Decade

as Self

2020

David Byrne's American Utopia

as Self - Lead Singer & Performer

1988

Checking Out

as Bartender

2000

The Art of Amália

as Introduction (English version)

2019

Hream

as David Byrne

1990

2019

Triple-Chaser

as Narrator

2007

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990

2023

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé

as Self (archive footage)

1986

2018

Real Life

as Narrator / Self

2025

Production

2003

Young Adam

as Original Music Composer

1988

Married to the Mob

as Original Music Composer

1987

The Last Emperor

as Original Music Composer

2008

The Vanguard

as Original Music Composer

1986

True Stories

as Director

1986

True Stories

as Writer

1984

Stop Making Sense

as Original Music Composer

1986

Something Wild

as Main Title Theme Composer

2004

Îlé Aiyé

as Director

1993

1994

After 68

as Second Assistant Director

1986

True Stories

as Songs

1981

Mea Culpa

as Music

2011

This Must Be the Place

as Original Music Composer

1981

1984

Stop Making Sense

as Sound Supervisor

2016

1986

True Stories

as Original Music Composer

2023

John Mulaney: Baby J

as Original Music Composer

2023

1989

Umbabarauma

as Producer

2020

David Byrne's American Utopia

as Executive Producer

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