David Bowie
Age: N/A | From: London, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: David Robert Jones , Tin Machine , David Jones , Davie Jones , デヴィッド・ボウイ , Девід Бові
Gender: Male
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Homepage: https://www.davidbowie.com
Movie Involvements: 204
TV Involvements: 24
Most Famous Work
Biography
David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. “Space Oddity” became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single “Starman” and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterized as “plastic soul,” initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the Berlin Trilogy. Heroes (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes,” its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and “Under Pressure,” a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
Most Famous Work
Die Harald Schmidt Show
(1995) Self
Twin Peaks
(1990) Phillip Jeffries (archive footage)
MTV Video Music Awards
(1984) Self
Ready Steady Go!
(1963) Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
(1966) Self
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(1992) Special Agent Phillip Jeffries
The Prestige
(2006) Tesla
Where Are They Now?
(1999) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self (archive footage) | |
| HIMSELF | ||
| Jareth (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2023 | David Bowie | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Singer (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Self (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2018 | Self - Vocals | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Singer | ||
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jack Celliers (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Musician (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2016 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Phillip Jeffries | ||
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| John Blaylock | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2012 | Self - Singer, songwriter | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| self (performer) | ||
| Self / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Performer (archive footage) | ||
| 2011 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| David Bowie | ||
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cyrus Ogilvie | ||
| 2007 | Lord Royal Highness | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest Artist | ||
| Self - Singer, Songwriter | ||
| Self - Singer, Songwriter | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Singer, Songwriter | ||
| 2006 | Maltazard (voice) | |
| Tesla | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Singer, Songwriter | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| David Bowie | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Self | |
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| David Bowie | ||
| 2000 | Mr. William Rice | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Bernie | ||
| 1998 | Jack Sikora | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1997 | Self (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| The Host | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| 1996 | Self | |
| Andy Warhol | ||
| Self | ||
| 1995 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Jareth (archive footage) | |
| self | ||
| 1993 | Self - Musical Guest | |
| Self | ||
| David Bowie | ||
| 1992 | Special Agent Phillip Jeffries | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Monte | ||
| 1990 | Sir Roland Moorecock | |
| Phillip Jeffries | ||
| Phillip Jeffries (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1989 | N/A | |
| 1988 | Self | |
| Pontius Pilatus | ||
| Self | ||
| 1986 | Self | |
| Jareth | ||
| Vendice Partners | ||
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Celliers (archive footage) | ||
| Colin Morris | ||
| Self | ||
| 1984 | Self | |
| Vic / Screaming Lord Byron | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Lead Vocals / Guitar | ||
| 1983 | Self | |
| Self / Ziggy Stardust | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| The Shark (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Celliers | ||
| John Blaylock | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1982 | Baal | |
| Self | ||
| 1981 | David Bowie | |
| Self | ||
| 1980 | Self | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski | ||
| Self - Keyboard, Vocals | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1976 | Himself (voice) | |
| Thomas Jerome Newton | ||
| 1975 | Self | |
| Self - Musical Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Self / Harpie | |
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1972 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Cloud | |
| 1969 | Soldier | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| The Boy | ||
| 1968 | Self - Guest | |
| 1967 | Self | |
| 1966 | Self | |
| 1963 | Self | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2022 | Music | |
| 2019 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2018 | Original Music Composer | |
| Music | ||
| 2017 | Sound | |
| 2004 | Songs | |
| 2001 | Music | |
| 1993 | Music | |
| 1986 | Main Title Theme Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| 1983 | Songs | |
| 1982 | Songs | |
| Theme Song Performance | ||
| 1979 | Songs | |
| 1976 | Music | |
| 1969 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Writer | |
| 2004 | Writer | |
| 1984 | Writer | |
| 1983 | Writer | |
| 1976 | Lyricist | |
| 1970 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Thanks | |
| 2007 | Thanks | |
| 2005 | Thanks | |
| 2003 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Executive Producer | |
| 1994 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |