David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), 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 characterised 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).
The Man Who Fell to Earth
(Thomas Jerome Newton)
The Prestige
(Tesla)
Basquiat
(Andy Warhol)
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
(Self - Interviewee)
Der Reichstag
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: Live at Montreux
(Self)
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
(Self)
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
(Self)
The Last Temptation of Christ
(Pontius Pilatus)
Into the Night
(Colin Morris)
The Velvet Underground
(Self (voice))
Yellowbeard
(The Shark (uncredited))
Bandslam
(David Bowie)
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
(Self (archive footage))
The Hunger
(John Blaylock)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(Celliers)
Just a Gigolo
(Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski)
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
(Self - Interviewee)
Christiane F.
(David Bowie)
Imagine: John Lennon
(Self)
Zoolander
(David Bowie)
Arthur and the Invisibles
(Maltazard (voice))
The Filth and the Fury
(Self (archive footage))
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
(Self)
WBCN and the American Revolution
(Self)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
(Self / Ziggy Stardust)
Labyrinth
(Jareth)
August
(Cyrus Ogilvie)
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
(Self (archive footage))
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
(Self)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
(Self)
Absolute Beginners
(Vendice Partners)
Zappa
(Self (archive footage))
Gunslinger's Revenge
(Jack Sikora)
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
(Self)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(Self)
David Bowie: Live BBC Radio Theatre
(Self)
Live Aid
(Self)
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
(Self - Keyboard, Vocals)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
(Self (archive footage))
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
(Self (archive footage))
Nine Inch Nails: Closure
(Self (uncredited))
The Linguini Incident
(Monte)
Live Aid Against All Odds
(Self)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Bowie: A Reality Tour
(Self)
Mr. Rice's Secret
(Mr. William Rice)
The Love We Make
(Self)
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
(Self)
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
(Self)
Acoustic at the BBC
(Self)
The Concert for New York City
(Self)
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
(Self)
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
(Self)
WHAM!
(Self (archive footage))
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
(Self (archive footage))
Moonage Daydream
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: Earthling On TV
(Self)
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
(Vic / Screaming Lord Byron)
Baal
(Baal)
Everybody Loves Sunshine
(Bernie)
Rockthology 2
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
(Self)
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: Rockpalast
(Self)
LOLA
(Self - Singer (archive footage))
Cracked Actor
(Self)
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
(Self)
The Image
(The Boy)
The Looking Glass Murders
(Cloud)
David Bowie: Out of this World
(Self)
Inside the Labyrinth
(Self)
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
(Self)
Burden
(Self (archive footage))
Night Flight: Born Again
(Self)
David Bowie On Stage
David Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
(Self)
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
David Bowie at the BBC
(self (performer))
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
(Self - Lead Vocals / Guitar)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
(Phillip Jeffries)
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
(Self)
Dear Bowie
(David Bowie)
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
(Self)
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
(Self)
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: Glass Spider
(Self)
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
(Self)
Are We Not Men?
(Self (archive footage))
Fame
(Himself (voice))
David Bowie: Live by Request
(Self)
David Bowie - Live at Hammersmith Studios in London
(Self)
Queen: Greatest Flix II
(Self (archive footage))
Supergroups
(Self)
Video AID
(Self)
Inside the Music
(Self)
David Bowie Is Happening Now
(Self (archive footage))
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
(Self)
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie at Live Aid
The 1980 Floor Show
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
(Self)
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
(Self)
Bowie at the BBC
(Self)
David Bowie: Sound and Vision
(Self)
David Bowie: Starman
(Self)
David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan
(Self)
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
(Self / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage))
Jim Henson Idea Man
(Jareth (archive footage))
Bowie at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
(Self (archive footage))
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
(Self)
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
(Self)
The Nomi Song
(Self (archive footage))
Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
Vanilla Ice Archive
(Self (archive footage))
A Bing Crosby Christmas
(Self (archive footage))
The Sacred Triangle: Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973
(Self (archive footage))
Devo
(Self (archive footage))
TIME
(HIMSELF)
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Eno
(Self (archive footage))
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
(Self)
My Way
(Self (archive footage))
David Gilmour - Remember That Night
(Self - Guest Artist)
The Virgin Soldiers
(Soldier)
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
(Self)
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
(Self)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
(Self (archive footage))
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
(Self)
Clockwork Orange County
(Self)
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
(Self)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(Special Agent Phillip Jeffries)
Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story
(Self - Narrator (voice))
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
(Self)
Ricochet
(Self)
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
(Self)
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
(Self)
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
(Self)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
(Self)
TV Party
(Self)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
(Self (archive footage))
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
(Self)
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
(Self)
Group Madness
(Self)
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
(Self (archive footage))
The Oshima Gang
(Self)
Night Lunch
(Self)
Glastonbury 2000
(Self - Vocals)
Why Are We Creative?: The Centipede's Dilemma
(Self)
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
(Self (archive footage))
Diamond Dogs Demo Video
(Self / Harpie)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: Finding Fame
(Self (archive footage))
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
(Self)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
(Self)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
(Self (archive footage))
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
(Jack Celliers (archive footage))
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
(Self)
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
(Self)
The World of Jim Henson
(Jareth (archive footage))
Das Prinzip Dada
(Self)
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
(Self)
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
(Self)
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
(Lord Royal Highness)
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
(Celliers (archive footage))
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
(Self)
Soul Boys of the Western World
(Self (archive footage))
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
(Singer)
David Bowie: Five Years
(Self (archive footage))
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
(Self (archive footage))
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
(Self - Musician (archive footage))
Live Aid
(Self)
Kings of Glam
(Self (archive footage))
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
(Self (archive footage))
The Genius of David Bowie
(Self - Performer (archive footage))
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
(Self)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(Self)
David Bowie: London Boy
(Self)
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
(Self)
Moby Doc
(Self)
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
(Self - Singer, Songwriter)
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
(Self)
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
(Self - Singer, Songwriter)
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
(Self - Singer, songwriter)
David Bowie - Music in Review
(Self - Singer, Songwriter)
David Bowie - Total Rock Review
(Self)
David bowie - Up Close and Personal
(Self - Singer, Songwriter)
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
(Self)
Glam Rock at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
The Dancing Man of L.A.
(Self (archive footage))
Best of Bowie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
(Self)
The Making of the 'Outside' Album
(Self)
Twiggy
((archival footage))
David Bowie - The Rise of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie - Heathen
Pixies: Gouge
(Self)
Dream On
(Sir Roland Moorecock)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
(Self - Guest)
Extras
(David Bowie)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
(Self (archive footage))
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
(Self)
Discovering Music
(Self (archive footage))
Ready Steady Go!
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Musical Guest)
The Hunger
(The Host)
Where Are They Now?
(Self)
Cher
(Self)
This Is Pop
(Self (archive footage))
Die Harald Schmidt Show
(Self)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Musical Guest)
Full Stretch
(David Bowie)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
MTV Video Music Awards
(Self)
Musikladen
(Self)
Hits That Missed at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
(Self (archive footage))
The Frame
(John Blaylock)
Twin Peaks
(Phillip Jeffries)
Twin Peaks
(Phillip Jeffries (archive footage))
ECHO-Verleihung
(Self)
Auf los geht's los
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Musikladen
Young Music Show
Système 2
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
(Self (archive footage))
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Personne ne bouge!
(Self)
Unsere kleine Show
(Self)
Seven Ages of Rock
(Self)
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
(self)
Parkinson
(Self)
Magic Hunter
(Executive Producer)
The Looking Glass Murders
(Writer)
Journey Through the Labyrinth
(Thanks)
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
(Writer)
Moonage Daydream
(Music)
Fame
(Music)
Fame
(Lyricist)
Trailer for Forbidden Lovers
(Thanks)
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
(Director)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
(Songs)
Labyrinth
(Songs)
Radio On
(Songs)
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
(Music)
Cat People
(Theme Song Performance)
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
(Original Music Composer)
We Will Rock You
(Songs)
Lazarus
(Original Music Composer)
The Changing Same
(Music)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
(Songs)
Sound and Vision
(Sound)
The SpongeBob Musical - Hebrew Adaptation
(Original Music Composer)
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
(Executive Producer)
When the Wind Blows
(Main Title Theme Composer)
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
(Writer)
Bowie: A Reality Tour
(Writer)
Laurel Canyon
(Thanks)
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
(Thanks)
Lazarus
(Music)
Lazarus
(Writer)
Best of Bowie
(Director)
The Buddha of Suburbia
(Music)