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David Byrne

Age · 74 Born · May 14, 1952 From · Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK Films · 74

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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.

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Known for

The Twits poster

Monk in Pieces poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Career timeline

2026

2025

Gordon Sniffles (voice) · 2025

Monk in Pieces Notable

We Want the Funk!

2024

2023

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário

Self (archive footage) · 2023

2021

2020

David Byrne's American Utopia Notable

Self - Lead Singer & Performer · 2020

FeeLee. History of a Single Label

2019

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch Notable

David Byrne · 2019

Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged Notable

Self - Voice · 2019

Everything For All Reasons

2018

David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

2017

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

2016

Contemporary Color

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Notable

Temporary Color

2015

We're Gonna Die

David Byrne · 2015

2014

Lennon or McCartney

2013

Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

Self (archive footage) · 2013

2012

Paul Simon: Under African Skies Notable

La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

2011

Talking Heads - Chronology

This Must Be the Place Notable

David Byrne · 2011

Ride, Rise, Roar Notable

2009

Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut Notable

Wandering Heart

2008

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Self (archive footage) · 2008

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

New York Rock at the BBC

2007

David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell Notable

Self (archive footage) (uncred · 2007

2006

Fabricating Tom Zé

By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston Notable

2005

TV Party Notable

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

Frequently appears with

Margo Martindale

Credenza Twit (voice)

Jim Twit (voice)

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

Beesha Balti (voice)

Full filmography

Changing Lanes poster

The Twits poster

Monk in Pieces poster

We Want the Funk! poster

We Want the Funk!

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Eno poster

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário poster

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário

Twyla Moves poster

David Byrne's American Utopia poster

David Byrne's American Utopia

FeeLee. History of a Single Label poster

FeeLee. History of a Single Label

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch poster

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged poster

Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

Everything For All Reasons poster

Everything For All Reasons

Triple-Chaser poster

Hream poster

Museum Town poster

David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018 poster

David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

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

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

Contemporary Color poster

Contemporary Color

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