David Johansen
David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) is 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.
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly...
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Above the Shadows
as RonA young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the...
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Married to the Mob
as 'The Priest'Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the...
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A Very Murray Christmas
as The BartenderBill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New York...
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Cats Don't Dance
as Bus Driver (voice)An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill...
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Let It Ride
as LooneyAn average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically,...
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
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200 Cigarettes
as Tiki BartenderIn 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships,...
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Freejack
as Brad CarterTime-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009...
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Mr. Nanny
as ThanatosA former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose...
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The Filth and the Fury
as Self (archive footage)Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an...
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Personality Crisis: One Night Only
as Self / Buster PoindexterA portrait of musician David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi featuring a live...
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Always at The Carlyle
as SelfThe iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well...
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End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)A years-in-the-making documentary on the legendary punk band the Ramones. Through a mixture of...
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Naked in New York
as OrangutangNaked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend,...
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Car 54, Where Are You?
as Officer Gunther ToodyBrash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis...
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Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
as AuggieRight after Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California, in 1955, a toy salesman in town for a...
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Mayor of the Sunset Strip
as SelfA look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney...
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Lightning in a Bottle
as SelfOn February 7th, 2003, renowned artists across multiple music genres and generations...
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Crooked Lines
as CharlieJohnny, Chris, Sal, and Joe are four petty crooks thrown together for the job of a lifetime. $1...
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Glass Chin
as Stanley LooriAfter going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing...
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The Harry Smith Project Live
as SelfHal Willner's Harry Smith Project concerts in London, New York and Los Angeles celebrated the...
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The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
as uncreditedThe Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington....
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New York Doll
as SelfA recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur "Killer" Kane, of the rock band The...
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Punk: Attitude
as HimselfA documentary on the music, performers, attitude and distinctive look that made up punk rock.
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New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
as HimselfIn the early 70’s, Rock photographer Bob Gruen and his wife Nadya purchased a portable Video...
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25 Years of Punk
as SelfLou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk...
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Candy Mountain
as uncreditedA mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker
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New York Rock at the BBC
as uncreditedCelebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the...
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The Deli
as The CabbieAn enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he...
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Campfire Stories
as Ranger BillTwo teens on their way to a backwoods party come across a beautiful young woman having car...
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Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
as uncreditedBandleader Vince Giordano keeps the Jazz Age alive with his 11-member band The Nighthawks,...
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Clockwork Orange County
as SelfMany objected to leather-jacket, spike-hair kids with tattoos. But, that did not dissuade a...
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September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
as SelfFilmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of...
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Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
as HimselfA stunningly-photographed, thought-provoking road trip into the heart of the poor white American...
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Nick and Jane
as CarterN.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building...
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New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
as HimselfOn March 16th, 2011, to kick off the release of their album "Dancing Backward in High Heels,"...
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The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
as SelfThe Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology of American Folk Music from its...
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Night Lunch
as SelfThis is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known...
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The Equalizer
as GarnetRobert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...
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Miami Vice
as uncreditedThe story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...
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Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical GuestA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
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Oz
as Eli ZabitzThe daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...
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Teen Titans
as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)Fighting for truth, justice and the last slice of pizza, these five superheroes are living proof...
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Centaurworld
as Beartaur (voice)Centaurworld follows a war horse who is transported from her embattled world to a strange land...
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Deadline
as uncreditedDeadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred...
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The Jim Henson Hour
as Himself (as Buster Poindexter)The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet...
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