David Johansen

Person Details

Birthday: 1950-01-09 09:45:51

Aliases: David Roger Johansen , David JoHansen , David Jo Hansen , Buster Poindexter , The New York City Dolls , The New York Dolls , New York Dolls

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 4

Most Famous Work

Biography

David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) is 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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	Self / Buster Poindexter	Personality Crisis: One Night Only 2022-10-12 Movie
2021	Beartaur (voice)	Centaurworld 2021-07-30 TV Show
2019	Ron	Above the Shadows 2019-05-31 Movie
2018	Self	Always at The Carlyle 2018-05-11 Movie
2017	N/A	Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past 2017-01-13 Movie
2015	The Bartender	A Very Murray Christmas 2015-12-04 Movie
2014	Stanley Loori	Glass Chin 2014-04-19 Movie
2012	Self	Clockwork Orange County 2012-07-04 Movie
2011	N/A	New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television 2011-11-22 Movie
	Himself	New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery 2011-03-16 Movie
2008	N/A	New York Rock at the BBC 2008-06-24 Movie
2007	Self	The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music 2007-02-01 Movie
	N/A	Motherfucker: A Movie 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Himself	The Return of the New York Dolls 2006-11-21 Movie
	Self	The Harry Smith Project Live 2006-11-07 Movie
2005	Himself	New York Dolls: All Dolled Up 2005-12-06 Movie
	Himself	Punk: Attitude 2005-07-04 Movie
	Self	New York Doll 2005-01-20 Movie
2004	Himself	Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus 2004-07-09 Movie
	N/A	Lightning in a Bottle 2004-02-12 Movie
2003	Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)	Teen Titans 2003-07-19 TV Show
	Self	Mayor of the Sunset Strip 2003-06-17 Movie
	Charlie	Crooked Lines 2003-05-18 Movie
	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones 2003-01-19 Movie
2002	God	God Is On Their Side 2002-01-01 Movie
2001	Ranger Bill	Campfire Stories 2001-10-01 Movie
	Self	25 Years of Punk 2001-04-19 Movie
2000	N/A	Deadline 2000-10-02 TV Show
	Self (archive footage)	The Filth and the Fury 2000-03-29 Movie
	Himself	New York Dolls: TV Treasures 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Tiki Bartender	200 Cigarettes 1999-02-26 Movie
1997	Carter	Nick and Jane 1997-11-14 Movie
	The Cabbie	The Deli 1997-11-07 Movie
	Eli Zabitz	Oz 1997-07-12 TV Show
	Bus Driver (voice)	Cats Don't Dance 1997-03-26 Movie
1995	Andre	Burnzy's Last Call 1995-01-01 Movie
1994	Officer Gunther Toody	Car 54, Where Are You? 1994-01-28 Movie
	Self	September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill 1994-01-25 Movie
1993	Orangutang	Naked in New York 1993-11-10 Movie
	Thanatos	Mr. Nanny 1993-04-02 Movie
1992	Brad Carter	Freejack 1992-01-17 Movie
1991	Auggie	Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 1990-05-03 Movie
1989	Looney	Let It Ride 1989-08-18 Movie
	N/A	The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session) 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Ghost of Christmas Past	Scrooged 1988-11-22 Movie
	'The Priest'	Married to the Mob 1988-08-19 Movie
	N/A	Candy Mountain 1988-01-20 Movie
1985	Garnet	The Equalizer 1985-09-18 TV Show
1984	N/A	Miami Vice 1984-09-16 TV Show
1975	Self	Night Lunch 1975-12-09 Movie
	Self - Musical Guest	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
	Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)	The Weinerville Chanukah Special Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv