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David Byrne

David Byrne

Birthday: 1952-05-14 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Monk in Pieces

as    Self

2025
We Want the Funk!

as    Self

2024
Eno

as    Self

2023
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário

as    Self (archive footage)

2023
Stop Making Sense

as    Self - Vocals, Guitar

2021
Twyla Moves

as    Self

2020
2020
David Byrne's American Utopia

as    Self - Lead Singer & Performer

2019
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

as    David Byrne

2019
Triple-Chaser

as    Narrator

2019
Museum Town

as    Self

2019
2018
Real Life

as    Narrator / Self

2018
2018
2014
Lennon or McCartney

as    Self

2012
2011
Ride, Rise, Roar

as    Self

2008
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

as    Self (archive footage)