David Bowie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 8, 1947
- Died
- Jan 10, 2016 (aged 69)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 266
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).
Known for
The Prestige
2006Movie
Tesla
Zoolander
2001Movie
David Bowie
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999TV
Lord Royal Highness (voice)
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006Movie
Maltazard (voice)
Labyrinth
1986Movie
Jareth
Twin Peaks
1990TV
Phillip Jeffries (archive footage)
Filmography
Bowie: The Final Act
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Twiggy
2025Movie
(archival footage)
Enigma
2025Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Luther: Never Too Much
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix)
2024Movie
Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals
TIME
2024Movie
Narrator (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hits That Missed at the BBC
2024TV
Self (archive footage)
DEVO
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Eno
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dear Bowie
2023Movie
David Bowie
Thriller 40
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
WHAM!
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
LOLA
2023Movie
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022TV
Self (archive footage)
Moonage Daydream
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021Movie
Self
The Velvet Underground
2021Movie
Self (voice)
Moby Doc
2021Movie
Self
The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: Out of this World
2021Movie
Self
This Is Pop
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: London Boy
2021Movie
Self
Zappa
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020TV
Self (archive footage)
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
2020Movie
Self
The BRITs at 40
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
WBCN and the American Revolution
2019Movie
Self
David Bowie: Finding Fame
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
2018Movie
Self - Vocals
Why Are We Creative?
2018Movie
Self
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
2018Movie
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018Movie
Self - Singer
Der Reichstag
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017Movie
Jack Celliers (archive footage)
Glam Rock at the BBC
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
2017Movie
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
2017Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bowie at the BBC
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
2016Movie
Self
Gimme Danger
2016Movie
archive footage
David Bowie: The Berlin Briefings
2016Movie
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Burden
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Night Flight: Born Again
2016Movie
Self
David Bowie - In His Own Words
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Dada Principle
2016Movie
Self
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
2016Movie
Self
David Bowie: Sound and Vision
2016Movie
Self
David Bowie: Starman
2016Movie
Self
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
2015Movie
Self
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015Movie
Self
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
2015Movie
Self
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Soul Boys of the Western World
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014Movie
Phillip Jeffries
I Am Divine
2014Movie
Self (archive)
David Bowie Is Happening Now
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: Five Years
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Frame
2013TV
John Blaylock
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013Movie
Discovering Music
2013TV
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
2012Movie
Self - Singer, songwriter
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Clockwork Orange County
2012Movie
Self
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
2012Movie
Self / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage)
The Genius of David Bowie
2012Movie
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Personne ne bouge !
2012TV
Self
The Love We Make
2011Movie
Self
Acoustic at the BBC
2011Movie
Self
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010Movie
archive footage
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010Movie
Self
Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
2010Movie
Self
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bandslam
2009Movie
David Bowie
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
2009Movie
Self
Kings of Glam
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
August
2008Movie
Cyrus Ogilvie
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
2007Movie
Lord Royal Highness
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
2007Movie
Self
David Gilmour: Remember That Night
2007Movie
Self - Guest Artist
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
2007Movie
Self - Singer, Songwriter
David bowie - Up Close and Personal
2007Movie
Self - Singer, Songwriter
Seven Ages of Rock
2007TV
Self
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007Movie
Self
David Bowie - Music in Review
2007Movie
Self - Singer, Songwriter
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006Movie
Maltazard (voice)
The Prestige
2006Movie
Tesla
David Bowie - Total Rock Review
2006Movie
Self
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
2006Movie
Self
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
2006Movie
Self - Singer, Songwriter
Best of Bowie
2006Movie
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
2006Movie
Self
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
TV Party
2005Movie
Self
Extras
2005TV
David Bowie
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005Movie
Self
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005Movie
Self
Françoise Hardy : Tant de belles choses...
2005Movie
Self
Inside the Music
2005Movie
Self
Live Aid
2004Movie
Self
The Nomi Song
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bowie: A Reality Tour
2004Movie
Self
Rockthology 2
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Pixies: Gouge
2004Movie
Self
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003Movie
Self
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003Movie
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003Movie
Self
David Bowie: Live at Riverside Studios '03
2003Movie
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003Movie
Self - Interviewee
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003Movie
Self
Cher: The Farewell Tour
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: Reality Live
2003Movie
Self
David Bowie - Best Of
2002TV
Supergroups
2002Movie
Self
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
2002Movie
Self
David Bowie: Live at Montreux
2002Movie
Self
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
2002Movie
Self
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie: Live by Request
2002Movie
Self
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002Movie
Self
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
2001Movie
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self - Guest
The Concert for New York City
2001Movie
Self
Zoolander
2001Movie
David Bowie
Mr. Rice's Secret
2000Movie
Mr. William Rice
Bowie at the BBC
2000Movie
Self - Vocals
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
2000Movie
Self
The Filth and the Fury
2000Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000Movie
Self
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
1999Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999Movie
Self
Where Are They Now?
1999TV
Self
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999TV
Lord Royal Highness (voice)
Everybody Loves Sunshine
1999Movie
Bernie
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998Movie
Jack Sikora
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
1998Movie
Self
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1998Movie
Self
Parkinson
1998TV
Self - Guest / Performer
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
1998Movie
Self
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nine Inch Nails: Closure
1997Movie
Self
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
1997Movie
Self
David Bowie: Earthling On TV
1997Movie
Self
The Hunger
1997TV
The Host
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
1997Movie
Self
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
1997Movie
Self
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
1997Movie
Self - Interviewee
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996Movie
Self
Basquiat
1996Movie
Andy Warhol
David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow
1996Movie
self
TFI Friday
1996TV
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995TV
Self
David Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside"
1995Movie
Self
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
1995Movie
Self
Queen: Champions of the World
1995Movie
Self
The World of Jim Henson
1994Movie
Jareth (archive footage)
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994TV
self
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Musical Guest
Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush
1993Movie
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
1993Movie
Self
Full Stretch
1993TV
David Bowie
Later... with Jools Holland
1992TV
Blast 'Em
1992Movie
Self (uncredited)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992Movie
Phillip Jeffries
ECHO-Verleihung
1992TV
Self
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992Movie
Self
Queen: Greatest Flix II
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Linguini Incident
1991Movie
Monte
Lennon: A Tribute
1990Movie
Dream On
1990TV
Sir Roland Moorecock
Twin Peaks
1990TV
Phillip Jeffries (archive footage)
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
1990Movie
Self
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
1989Movie
Imagine: John Lennon
1988Movie
Self
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988Movie
Pontius Pilatus
David Bowie: Glass Spider
1988Movie
Self
Sacrée soirée
1987TV
Self (Clip) (archive footage), Self - Tin Machine
Inside the Labyrinth
1986Movie
Self
Labyrinth
1986Movie
Jareth
Absolute Beginners
1986Movie
Vendice Partners
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986Movie
Self
Live Aid
1985Movie
Self
David Bowie at Live Aid
1985Movie
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
1985Movie
Self
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985Movie
Celliers (archive footage)
Into the Night
1985Movie
Colin Morris
Video AID
1985Movie
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
1984Movie
Vic / Screaming Lord Byron
Ricochet
1984Movie
Self
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
1984Movie
Self
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
1984Movie
Self - Lead Vocals / Guitar
The Oshima Gang
1983Movie
Self
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983Movie
Self / Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
1983Movie
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
1983Movie
Self
Yellowbeard
1983Movie
The Shark (uncredited)
Group Madness
1983Movie
Self
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983Movie
Celliers
The Hunger
1983Movie
John Blaylock
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
1983Movie
Self (archive footage)
Baal
1982Movie
Baal
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Christiane F.
1981Movie
David Bowie
Wetten, dass..?
1981TV
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980Movie
Self
David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan
1978Movie
Self
Young Music Show
1978TV
Just a Gigolo
1978Movie
Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
1978Movie
Self - Keyboard, Vocals
David Bowie On Stage
1978Movie
David Bowie: Musikladen Extra
1978Movie
Self - Keyboard, Vocals
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977Movie
Self
The BRIT Awards
1977TV
Self
Auf los geht's los
1977TV
Self
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976Movie
Thomas Jerome Newton
Night Lunch
1975Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Musical Guest
Cher
1975TV
Self
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975Movie
Self
Système 2
1975TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Diamond Dogs Demo Video
1974Movie
Self / Harpie
David Bowie: The 1980 Floor Show
1973Movie
Self
Musikladen
1972TV
Self
The Looking Glass Murders
1970Movie
Cloud
The Virgin Soldiers
1969Movie
Soldier
The Image
1969Movie
The Boy
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
1969TV
Self
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
1969Movie
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967TV
Self
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
1967Movie
Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966TV
Self
Theatre 625
1964TV
Top of the Pops
1964TV
Self (archive footage)
Ready Steady Go!
1963TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Making of Shrek 2
Movie
Self
Are We Not Men?
Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Bowie - PNE Live Rehearsal 1976
Movie
Self - Vocals, Saxophone
David Bowie: Day-In Day-Out
Movie
David Bowie – A Legend in Review
Movie
Self