David Johansen

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Jan 09, 1950 (75 years old)
Death date
Feb 28, 2025

David Johansen

Known For

Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2h 7m
Movie 2022

Personality Crisis: One Night Only

A portrait of musician David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi featuring a live performance at Café Carlyle in New York City, where he performs as Buster Poindexter singing the Johansen songbook, along with new and archival interviews.

Above the Shadows
1h 51m
Movie 2019

Above the Shadows

A young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help of the one man who can see her.

Always at The Carlyle
1h 32m
Movie 2018

Always at The Carlyle

The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
1h 30m
Movie 2017

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

Bandleader Vince Giordano keeps the Jazz Age alive with his 11-member band The Nighthawks, vintage musical instruments, and a collection of more than 60,000 original arrangements from the 1920s and '30s.

A Very Murray Christmas
0h 56m
Movie 2015

A Very Murray Christmas

Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New York City. Through luck and perseverance, guests arrive at Gotham’s Carlyle Hotel to help him — dancing and singing in holiday spirit.

Clockwork Orange County
1h 13m
Movie 2012

Clockwork Orange County

Many objected to leather-jacket, spike-hair kids with tattoos. But, that did not dissuade a generation... No one realized that a little club in Costa Mesa, CA would end up spawning a multi-billion dollar youth culture that still endures today! It was the Cuckoos Nest of the late 70s and early 80s. With archival, unseen and new footage, the filmmakers compiled an intimate story about the beginning of a movement, a place of refuge for a youth culture, a fearful establishment and a police force that didnt understand what was happening.

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
1h 6m
Movie 2011

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery

On March 16th, 2011, to kick off the release of their album "Dancing Backward in High Heels," the New York Dolls, the godfathers of punk and glam rock, took it to the place where it all began, New York City's Lower East Side for a high styled High Def production.

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
1h 30m
Movie 2007

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

The Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology of American Folk Music from its initial compilation of 78 records from rural Americana to its 1952 release on Folkways Records, the urban folk revival of the 1960s, and its continuing influence on contemporary music.

Nick and Jane
1h 33m
Movie 1997

Nick and Jane

N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged and jumps into cab. Her driver is Nick. Jane and her friend Vickie have a plan - to make John jealous, they'll give Nick a false corporate identity and pass him off as Jane's new boyfriend.

The Deli
1h 36m
Movie 1997

The Deli

An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.

Biography

David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) 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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