Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Jan 09, 1950 (75 years old)
Death date
Feb 28, 2025
David Johansen
Known For
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
A portrait of musician David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and...
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
Bandleader Vince Giordano keeps the Jazz Age alive with his...
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
The Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology...
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
2022
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2019
Above the Shadows
2018
Always at The Carlyle
2017
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2015
A Very Murray Christmas
2012
Clockwork Orange County
2011
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2007
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2006
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006
MOFO NYC
2005
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005
Punk: Attitude
2005
New York Doll
2004
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2002
God Is On Their Side
2001
25 Years of Punk
1997
Nick and Jane
1997
The Deli
1995
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
1994
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1993
Naked in New York
1992
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1989
Let It Ride
1988
Scrooged