David Byrne

Known For: Sound

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: May 14, 1952 (72 years old)

Place of Birth: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

David Byrne (born May 14, 1952) is a Scottish-American musician most associated with his role as a founding member and principal songwriter of Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and has worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, and non-fiction. He has received Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and Golden Globe awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2024

Actor Himself

Does Anybody Have Any Questions: Making Stop Making Sense

2023

Actor self

Stop Making Sense: Deluxe Collector’s Edition

Original Music Composer

John Mulaney: Baby J

Musician

John Mulaney: Baby J

2022

Songs

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2021

Actor

Social! Distance Dance Club

Actor Self

Twyla Moves

2020

Actor Self

David Byrne's American Utopia

Actor Self

FeeLee. History of a Single Label

Music

David Byrne's American Utopia

Executive Producer

David Byrne's American Utopia

Writer

David Byrne's American Utopia

2019

Actor Self

Museum Town

Actor David Byrne

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Actor Self

Everything For All Reasons

Actor David Byrne

Hream

Actor Narrator

Triple-Chaser

Actor Self - Voice

Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

2018

Actor Self

David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

Actor Self

The Making of True Stories

2017

Actor Self

Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads

2016

Actor

Contemporary Color

Actor Self

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Actor

Temporary Color

Producer

Contemporary Color

Musician

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

2015

Actor David Byrne

We're Gonna Die

2014

Actor Self

Lennon or McCartney

2013

Actor Self (archive footage)

Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

2012

Actor

La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

Actor Self

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

2011

Actor Self

Ride, Rise, Roar

Actor

Talking Heads - Chronology

Actor David Byrne

This Must Be the Place

Original Music Composer

This Must Be the Place

2009

Actor Self

Beyond Ipanema

Actor Self

Wandering Heart

Actor Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Actor

Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

2008

Actor Self

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Actor Self

Celia: The Queen

Actor Self (archive footage)

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Actor

New York Rock at the BBC

Original Music Composer

The Vanguard

2007

Actor Self

David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

2006

Actor Self

Fabricating Tom Zé

Actor Self

By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

2005

Actor Self

TV Party

2004

Actor Self

The Pogues Live at the Town and Country

Director

Îlé Aiyé

2003

Actor Self

Lubbock Lights

Actor

David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel

Original Music Composer

Young Adam

2002

Actor Self

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

2001

Actor Self

25 Years of Punk

2000

Actor Introduction (English version)

The Art of Amália

1998

Actor Self

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

Actor "Laughing Man" Escort

Lulu on the Bridge

Actor Self

Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

Actor Self - Host/Interviewer

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

1995

Actor Self

Dancing Barefoot

1994

Second Assistant Director

After 68

1993

Actor

David Byrne: Between The Teeth

Actor Self

10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged

Director

David Byrne: Between The Teeth

1990

Actor Self

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Actor

Summer of Love

Actor Self

Beleza Tropical

Director

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1989

Actor Self

Heavy Petting

Actor Self

Decade

Actor Bartender

Checking Out

Producer

Umbabarauma

1988

Actor Self

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

Original Music Composer

Married to the Mob

Director

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

Writer

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

1987

Original Music Composer

The Last Emperor

1986

Actor Narrator / Lip-Syncher

True Stories

Actor

The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

Actor Minister

Dead End Kids

Director

True Stories

Writer

True Stories

Original Music Composer

True Stories

Main Title Theme Composer

Something Wild

Songs

True Stories

1984

Actor Self - Vocals, Guitar

Stop Making Sense

Actor Self

Talking Heads vs. Television

Original Music Composer

Stop Making Sense

Sound Supervisor

Stop Making Sense

Creative Consultant

Talking Heads vs. Television

1982

Actor

Talking Heads live at Montreux Jazz Festival

Music

The Catherine Wheel

1981

Actor

Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

Music

Mea Culpa

Music

America Is Waiting

1980

Actor Self - Vocals, guitar

Talking Heads - Live in Rome

Actor Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

Actor Self

Talking Heads - Live at Capitol Theater

Director

Talking Heads - Live at Capitol Theater

1979

Actor David Byrne

Talking Heads - South Bank Show

1977

Actor Self

Talking Heads Live in Toronto

Director

Talking Heads Live in Toronto

1976

Actor Self

The Blank Generation

Others

Actor David Byrne

David Byrne - Live in Zagreb

Actor David Byrne

David Byrne - Sessions At West 54th

Actor David Byrne

David Byrne & St. Vincent - Album De La Semaine

Actor David Byrne

David Byrne - Live From Congress Hall

Actor Self

Talking Heads Live in Syracuse 1978

Actor Self

Talking Heads Live at Armadillo World

Actor Self

Stop Making Sense Q and A

Actor Live

David Byrne Live in Buenos Aires

Actor Self

David Byrne Live in Miami