Kurt Cobain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 20, 1967
- Died
- Apr 5, 1994 (aged 27)
- Place of birth
- Aberdeen, Washington, USA
- Credits
- 68
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana.
Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993).
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
Known for
Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Soaked in Bleach
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
1993Movie
Self - Vocals, Guitar
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006Movie
Self (Archival footage)
Kurt & Courtney
1998Movie
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
2025Movie
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Teacher
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
When Nirvana Came to Britain
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020TV
Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained
2019TV
Self (archive footage)
27: Gone Too Soon
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kurt Everywhere
2018Movie
The Nineties
2017TV
Self (archive footage)
Soaked in Bleach
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Too Young to Die
2012TV
Self (archive footage)
Hit So Hard
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
2011Movie
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
2011Movie
Self
Nirvana: Live On Air
2010Movie
Self
Nirvana: Live at Reading
2009Movie
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Welcome to My Castle!
2007Movie
Self
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
2007Movie
Self
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
2006Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
2006Movie
Self
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
2006Movie
Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006Movie
Self (Archival footage)
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
2006Movie
Self
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005Movie
Self (segment "Heart-Shaped Box")
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004Movie
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
2004Movie
Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004Movie
Self
VH1 News Special: Grunge
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
25 Years of Punk
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
Kurt & Courtney
1998Movie
Self (archive footage)
Storyville
1997TV
Classic Albums
1997TV
Self (archive footage)
Hype!
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994Movie
Self - Vocals, Guitar (archive footage)
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994Movie
Self
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1994Movie
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
1993Movie
Self
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
1993Movie
Self - Vocals, Guitar
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
1993Movie
Self
Nirvana: Live and Loud
1993Movie
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
1993Movie
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1993Movie
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
1993Movie
Self
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992Movie
Self
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
1991Movie
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
1991Movie
Self
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
1991Movie
Self
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
1991Movie
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
1991Movie
Self
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991Movie
Kurt Cobain
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
1990Movie
Self - Vocals, Guitar
The Word
1990TV
Nirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989
1989Movie
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self
Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews
Movie
Self