David Johansen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-01-09 (75 years old)

Deathday

2025-02-28

Place of Birth

Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Acting

1990

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

1992

Freejack

as Brad Carter

1988

Scrooged

as Ghost of Christmas Past

2005

1993

Mr. Nanny

as Thanatos

1989

Let It Ride

as Looney

2001

Campfire Stories

as Ranger Bill

1995

1999

200 Cigarettes

as Tiki Bartender

1988

Married to the Mob

as 'The Priest'

1994

Car 54, Where Are You?

as Officer Gunther Toody

1997

Cats Don't Dance

as Bus Driver (voice)

2022

Personality Crisis: One Night Only

as Self / Buster Poindexter

1995

The Weinerville Chanukah Special

as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)

2014

Glass Chin

as Stanley Loori

1997

The Deli

as The Cabbie

2015

A Very Murray Christmas

as The Bartender

1975

2003

Crooked Lines

as Charlie

2000

The Filth and the Fury

as Self (archive footage)

2003

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005

Punk: Attitude

as Himself

1997

Nick and Jane

as Carter

1988

Candy Mountain

as Keith Burns

2006

MOFO NYC

as Self

2001

1993

Naked in New York

as Orangutang

1998

The Tic Code

as Marvin

Production

1993

Mr. Nanny

as Original Music Composer

1988

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