David Johansen
Acting Born Jan 9, 1950 Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits
Biography
David Roger Johansen (January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025) 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.
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Full filmography
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Buster Poindexter
- Miami Vice (1984) as Singer at Party
- The Equalizer (1985) as Garnet
- Oz (1997) as Eli Zabitz
- Teen Titans (2003) as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
- Centaurworld (2021) as Beartaur (voice)
- Deadline (2000) as Benny
- The Jim Henson Hour (1989) as Self
- Scrooged (1988) as Ghost of Christmas Past
- Cats Don't Dance (1997) as Bus Driver (voice)
- Married to the Mob (1988) as 'The Priest'
- Freejack (1992) as Brad Carter
- Above the Shadows (2019) as Ron
- Let It Ride (1989) as Looney
- Mr. Nanny (1993) as Thanatos
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
- 200 Cigarettes (1999) as Tiki Bartender
- Glass Chin (2014) as Stanley Loori
- The Deli (1997) as The Cabbie
- A Very Murray Christmas (2015) as The Bartender
- Naked in New York (1993) as Orangutang
- The Filth and the Fury (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992) as Auggie