David Byrne

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.

Known For

Social! Distance Dance Club

Self - Vocals, Guitar

Stop Making Sense

Narrator / Lip-Syncher

True Stories

Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

Self

Heavy Petting

Self - Host/Interviewer

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

Self (archive footage)

Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

Self

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Self

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

Minister

Dead End Kids

Self

Twyla Moves

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This Must Be the Place

The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

Self

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

"Laughing Man" Escort

Lulu on the Bridge

Between the Teeth

Self

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

Self

The Making of True Stories

Self

O Homem Que Engarrafava Nuvens

Self

Ride, Rise, Roar

Self

Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime

Self

Fabricando Tom Zé

Self

Beyond Ipanema

Self - Voice

Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

Self

Celia: The Queen

Self

Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

Self

The Pogues Live at the Town and Country

Talking Heads - Chronology

Self

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

Self

Lennon or McCartney

Self

David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

Contemporary Color

Self

The Blank Generation

Self - Vocals, guitar

Talking Heads in concerto

Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

Self

TV Party

Self

Coração Vagabundo

Self

10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged

Self

25 Years of Punk

David Byrne

We're Gonna Die

Self

Museum Town

Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

David Byrne

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Self

Lubbock Lights

Self

Dancing Barefoot

Self

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

Self

Everything For All Reasons

Self

Decade

Self - Lead Singer & Performer

David Byrne's American Utopia

Bartender

Checking Out

Self

By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

Self

David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

Self

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Introduction (English version)

A Arte de Amália

La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

Self

Фили. История одного лейбла

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Hream

David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel

Temporary Color

Self

Summer of Love

Narrator

Triple-Chaser

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

Self (archive footage)

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

New York Rock at the BBC

Self

Beleza Tropical

Tom Zé: Astronauta Libertado

Dennis Cleveland

Self (archive footage)

Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé

Self

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Himself

Report From L.A.

Narrator / Self

Real Life

Self

Monk in Pieces

Self

We Want the Funk!

Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece

PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th

Gordon Sniffles (voice)

The Twits

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

78

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-05-14

Place of Birth

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Talking Heads