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David Byrne

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Born May 14, 1952 · Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

Also known as Talking Heads

Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Webby Lifetime Achievement Award · 2008
  • Academy AwardBest Original Score · 1988
  • Bessie Awards
  • David di DonatelloBest Score
  • Tony AwardBest Original Score · 2024 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Original Song · 2023 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Original Score · 1988 · nominated

Filmography46 titles

Stop Making Sense

1984as Self - Vocals, Guitar

Monk in Pieces

2025as Self

Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

2009

The Simpsons

1989as David Byrne (voice)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025as Self

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993as Self

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022Songs

Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America

2020as Self

David Byrne's American Utopia

2020as Self - Lead Singer & Performer

The Last Emperor

1987Original Music Composer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

John Mulaney: Baby J

2023Musician, Original Music Composer

Under African Skies

2012as Self

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

2019as David Byrne

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

2016as Self

This Must Be the Place

2011as David Byrne

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Musical Guest

Contemporary Color

2016Producer

StarTalk

2015as Self

Until the End of the World

1991as Self

True Stories

1986as Narrator / Lip-Syncher

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

2016Musician

Something Wild

1986Main Title Theme Composer

60 Minutes

1968as Self

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025as Self

We Want the Funk!

2025as Self

Austin City Limits

1975as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Musical Guest

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

2008as Self (archive footage)

The Twits

2025as Gordon Sniffles (voice)

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003as Self

Married to the Mob

1988Original Music Composer

Lulu on the Bridge

1998as "Laughing Man" Escort

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

Heavy Petting

1989as Self

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011as Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self - Musical Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self - Guest

She Hate Me

2004Thanks

The Truth About Charlie

2002Thanks

Checking Out

1988as Bartender

Changing Lanes

2026as Self

Twyla Moves

2021as Self

Hream

2019as David Byrne

Museum Town

2019as Self

Celia: The Queen

2008as Self