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David Byrne

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: Sound

Born: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK, 1952-05-14

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Blank Generation	Self	58
2	1980	Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre	Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar	90
3	1980	Talking Heads: Live in Rome	Self - Vocals, guitar	63
4	1981	Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert		90
5	1982	Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival		0
6	1984	Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime	Self	0
7	1984	Stop Making Sense	Self - Vocals, Guitar	83
8	1986	Dead End Kids	Minister	0
9	1986	The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July		0
10	1986	Report From L.A.	Himself	0
11	1986	True Stories	Narrator / Lip-Syncher	67
12	1988	Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant	Self	78
13	1988	Checking Out	Bartender	44
14	1989	Heavy Petting	Self	56
15	1989	Decade	Self	70
16	1990	Summer of Love	Self	0
17	1990	Beleza Tropical	Self	0
18	1990	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter	Self	0
19	1993	Between the Teeth		40
20	1993	10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged	Self	85
21	1995	Dancing Barefoot	Self	57
22	1998	Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart	Self	70
23	1998	Lulu on the Bridge	"Laughing Man" Escort	58
24	1998	Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th	Self - Host/Interviewer	0
25	1998	Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th	Self	0
26	2000	The Art of Amália	Introduction (English version)	70
27	2001	25 Years of Punk	Self	60
28	2002	Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s	Self	0
29	2003	Lubbock Lights	Self	100
30	2003	David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel		0
31	2004	Dennis Cleveland		0
32	2004	The Pogues Live at the Town and Country	Self	80
33	2005	TV Party	Self	70
34	2006	By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston	Self	0
35	2006	Fabricating Tom Zé	Self	40
36	2007	NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	75
37	2007	David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas	Self	0
38	2008	Celia: The Queen	Self	0
39	2008	New York Rock at the BBC		65
40	2008	Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece		0
41	2008	The Man Who Bottled Clouds	Self	0
42	2008	Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell	Self (archive footage)	64
43	2009	Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB	Self	80
44	2009	Wandering Heart	Self	50
45	2009	Beyond Ipanema	Self	0
46	2009	Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut		0
47	2011	Ride, Rise, Roar	Self	77
48	2011	This Must Be the Place	David Byrne	70
49	2011	Talking Heads - Chronology		50
50	2012	La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles		50
51	2012	Paul Simon: Under African Skies	Self	72
52	2013	Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day	Self (archive footage)	0
53	2014	Lennon or McCartney	Self	52
54	2015	We're Gonna Die	David Byrne	60
55	2016	Temporary Color		0
56	2016	Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall	Self	70
57	2016	Contemporary Color		68
58	2017	Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads	Self	100
59	2018	David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018	Self	0
60	2018	The Making of True Stories	Self	0
61	2018	Real Life	Narrator / Self	0
62	2019	Museum Town	Self	0
63	2019	Hream	David Byrne	0
64	2019	Triple-Chaser	Narrator	0
65	2019	Everything For All Reasons	Self	58
66	2019	Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged	Self - Voice	90
67	2019	John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch	David Byrne	71
68	2020	FeeLee. History of a Single Label	Self	0
69	2020	David Byrne's American Utopia	Self - Lead Singer & Performer	75
70	2021	Twyla Moves	Self	0
71	2021	Social! Distance Dance Club		0
72	2023	Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé	Self (archive footage)	0
73	2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self	79
74	2025	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert	Self	73
75	2025	We Want the Funk!	Self	95
76	2025	Monk in Pieces	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
3	1975	Austin City Limits	Self	62
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest	70
5	1985	The Max Headroom Show	Self	75
6	1989	The Simpsons	David Byrne (voice)	80
7	1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Self	78
8	1997	Sessions at West 54th	Self - Host	80
9	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
10	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
11	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
12	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
13	2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Self	67
14	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
15	2020	Stars in the House	Self - Winner	0
16	2020	BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America	Self	76