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David Johansen

David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) was an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter. David has appeared in several films including Car 54, Where Are You? and Scrooged with Bill Murray.

Known For: Acting

Born: Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA, 1950-01-09

Died: 2025-02-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Night Lunch	Self	50
2	1988	Candy Mountain	Keith Burns	57
3	1988	Married to the Mob	'The Priest'	60
4	1988	Scrooged	Ghost of Christmas Past	68
5	1989	The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)		0
6	1989	Let It Ride	Looney	63
7	1990	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)	62
8	1992	Freejack	Brad Carter	54
9	1992	Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel	Auggie	52
10	1993	Mr. Nanny	Thanatos	51
11	1993	Naked in New York	Orangutang	46
12	1994	September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill	Self	0
13	1994	Car 54, Where Are You?	Officer Gunther Toody	33
14	1995	Burnzy's Last Call	Andre	0
15	1995	The Weinerville Chanukah Special	Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)	0
16	1997	Cats Don't Dance	Bus Driver (voice)	72
17	1997	The Deli	The Cabbie	40
18	1997	Nick and Jane	Carter	40
19	1999	200 Cigarettes	Tiki Bartender	58
20	2000	New York Dolls: TV Treasures	Himself	38
21	2000	The Filth and the Fury	Self (archive footage)	70
22	2001	25 Years of Punk	Self	60
23	2001	Campfire Stories	Ranger Bill	23
24	2002	God Is On Their Side	God	0
25	2003	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	76
26	2003	Crooked Lines	Charlie	45
27	2003	Mayor of the Sunset Strip	Self	68
28	2004	Lightning in a Bottle	Self	73
29	2004	Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus	Himself	73
30	2005	New York Doll	Self	66
31	2005	Punk: Attitude	Himself	70
32	2005	New York Dolls: All Dolled Up	Himself	85
33	2006	MOFO NYC	Self	0
34	2006	The Harry Smith Project Live	Self	0
35	2006	The Return of the New York Dolls	Himself	48
36	2007	The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music	Self	0
37	2008	New York Rock at the BBC		65
38	2011	New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery	Himself	0
39	2011	New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television		0
40	2012	Clockwork Orange County	Self	60
41	2014	Glass Chin	Stanley Loori	47
42	2015	A Very Murray Christmas	The Bartender	53
43	2017	Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past		0
44	2018	Always at The Carlyle	Self	68
45	2019	Above the Shadows	Ron	68
46	2022	Personality Crisis: One Night Only	Self / Buster Poindexter	50

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest	70
2	1984	Miami Vice		75
3	1985	The Equalizer	Garnet	72
4	1989	The Jim Henson Hour	Himself (as Buster Poindexter)	89
5	1997	Oz	Eli Zabitz	80
6	2000	Deadline		0
7	2003	Teen Titans	Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)	84
8	2021	Centaurworld	Beartaur (voice)	74