Person
David Byrne
Sound · Born 1952-05-14 · Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
David Byrne (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
60 Minutes
Self
Filmography
- 2026Changing LanesSelf
- 2025The TwitsGordon Sniffles (voice)
- 2025Monk in PiecesSelf
- 2025We Want the Funk!Self
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf
- 2024EnoSelf
- 2023Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista VisionárioSelf (archive footage)
- 2023John Mulaney: Baby JMusician
- 2022Everything Everywhere All at OnceSongs
- 2021Social! Distance Dance Club
- 2021Twyla MovesSelf
- 2020BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin AmericaSelf
- 2020David Byrne's American UtopiaSelf - Lead Singer & Performer
- 2020FeeLee. History of a Single LabelSelf
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf - Winner
- 2019John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch BunchDavid Byrne
- 2019Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV UnpluggedSelf - Voice
- 2019Everything For All ReasonsSelf
- 2019Triple-ChaserNarrator
- 2019HreamDavid Byrne
- 2019Museum TownSelf
- 2018The Making of True StoriesSelf
- 2018Real LifeNarrator / Self
- 2018David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018Self
- 2017Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking HeadsSelf
- 2016Contemporary Color
- 2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected WorldMusician
- 2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the WallSelf
- 2016Temporary Color
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Musical Guest
- 2015We're Gonna DieDavid Byrne
- 2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf
- 2014Lennon or McCartneySelf
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
- 2013Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's DaySelf (archive footage)
- 2012Paul Simon: Under African SkiesSelf
- 2012La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
- 2011Talking Heads - Chronology
- 2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf - Guest
- 2011This Must Be the PlaceDavid Byrne
- 2011Ride, Rise, RoarSelf
- 2009Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
- 2009Beyond IpanemaSelf
- 2009Wandering HeartSelf
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf
- 2008Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur RussellSelf (archive footage)
- 2008The Man Who Bottled CloudsSelf
- 2008New York Rock at the BBC
- 2008Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
- 2008Celia: The QueenSelf
- 2008The VanguardOriginal Music Composer
- 2007David Byrne - Live from Austin TexasSelf
- 2007NY77: The Coolest Year in HellSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006Fabricating Tom ZéSelf
- 2006By the Ways, a Journey with William EgglestonSelf
- 2005TV PartySelf
- 2005Stranger: Bernie Worrell on EarthSelf
- 2004The Pogues Live at the Town and CountrySelf
- 2004Îlé AiyéDirector
- 2004She Hate MeThanks
- 2004Dennis Cleveland
- 2003David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
- 2003Young AdamOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Lubbock LightsSelf
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Musical Guest
- 2002The Truth About CharlieThanks
- 2002Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970sSelf
- 2002In Spite of Wishing and WantingMusic
- 200125 Years of PunkSelf
- 2000The Art of AmáliaIntroduction (English version)
- 1998Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54thSelf
- 1998PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
- 1998Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54thSelf - Host/Interviewer
- 1998Lulu on the Bridge"Laughing Man" Escort
- 1998Lou Reed: Rock and Roll HeartSelf
- 1998David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran RexSelf
- 1997Sessions at West 54thSelf - Host
- 1995Dancing BarefootSelf
- 1994After 68Second Assistant Director
- 1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastSelf
- 1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Musical Guest
- 199310000 Maniacs: MTV UnpluggedSelf
- 1993Between the Teeth
- 1991Until the End of the WorldSelf
- 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterSelf
- 1990Beleza TropicalSelf
- 1989The SimpsonsDavid Byrne (voice)
- 1989DecadeSelf
- 1989Heavy PettingSelf
- 1989Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill PlymptonMusic
- 1989UmbabaraumaProducer
- 1988Checking OutBartender
- 1988Married to the MobOriginal Music Composer
- 1988Talking Heads: Storytelling GiantSelf
- 1987The Last EmperorOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Something WildMain Title Theme Composer
- 1986True StoriesNarrator / Lip-Syncher
- 1986The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
- 1986Report From L.A.Himself
- 1986Dead End KidsMinister
- 1985Alive from Off CenterTheme Song Performance
- 1985The Max Headroom ShowSelf
- 1984Stop Making SenseSelf - Vocals, Guitar
- 1984Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A LifetimeSelf
- 1982Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
- 1982The Catherine WheelMusic
- 1981Mea CulpaMusic
- 1981America Is WaitingMusic
- 1981Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
- 1980Talking Heads: Live in RomeSelf - Vocals, guitar
- 1980Talking Heads: Capitol TheatreSelf - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- 1976The Blank GenerationSelf
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest
- 1975Austin City LimitsSelf
- 196860 MinutesSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Talking Heads: 77
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