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David Byrne

David Byrne is a British-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, and filmmaker, who was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.

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The Necromancer

2018
as Young Boy

Lulu on the Bridge

1998
as 'Laughing Man' Escort

True Stories

1986
as Narrator / Lip-Syncher / Talking Heads singer

TV Party

2005
as Himself

Fabricating Tom Zé

2006
as David Byrne

Talking Heads: Live in Rome

1980
as Vocals and Guitar

La promesa digital

2014
as David Byrne

Celia: The Queen

2008
as David Byrne

Beyond Ipanema

2009
as David Byrne

The Art of Amália

2000
as Introduction (English version)

Absolute Wilson

2006
as David Byrne

Dancing Barefoot

1995
as David Byrne

25 Years of Punk

2001
as David Byrne

The Vasulka Effect

2019
as David Byrne

Stop Making Sense

1984
as Vocals and Guitar

Decade

1989
as David Byrne

Director

Movie Îlé Aiyé 2004
Movie True Stories 1986
Movie David Byrne: Between The Teeth 1993
Movie Storytelling Giant 1988
Movie Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter 1990

Writer

Movie Îlé Aiyé 2004
Movie True Stories 1986

Producer

Movie Contemporary Color 2016
Movie Lynch Mob 2009
Movie True Stories 1986

Crew

Movie The Catherine Wheel: Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation 1982
Movie Beware of What You Wish For 2010
Movie America Is Waiting 1981

Guest Star

Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Melissa McCarthy; David Morrissey; David Byrne & St. Vincent
2013
Episode Saturday Night Live
John Mulaney / David Byrne
2020
Episode Saturday Night Live
Woody Harrelson/David Byrne
1989
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chadwick Boseman, Evan Rachel Wood, David Byrne, American Utopia
2019
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Ripa, David Byrne with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
2019
Episode Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries
Once in a Lifetime
1970
Episode The Colbert Report
David Byrne & St. Vincent
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Billy Porter, David Byrne, Kane Brown
2020
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Huma Abedin, David Byrne, American Utopia
2021
Episode The Max Headroom Show
David Byrne
1986
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Blake Shelton, Andrew Rannells, Tavi Gevinson, David Byrne & St. Vincent
2012
Episode The Daily Show
David Byrne
2018
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Diane Keaton, Dane DeHaan, David Byrne, Daley
2014
Episode Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Fire Drill
1995
Episode Coachella
Day 2 - David Byrne
2018
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Bob Newhart, Peter Jennings, David Byrne
1990
Episode Late Night with Seth Meyers
Anne Hathaway, David Byrne
2023
Episode StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
David Byrne
2015
Episode The Simpsons
Dude, Where's My Ranch?
2003
Episode WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
David Byrne Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions
2022

Musical Guest

Episode Later... with Jools Holland
Episode 4
1994
Episode The Academy Awards
The 95th Academy Awards 2023
2023