Name
David Johansen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-01-09
Deathday
2025-02-28 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
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In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, lo...
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Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New Y...
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- 1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
- 1992 Freejack as Brad Carter
- 1988 Scrooged as Ghost of Christmas Past
- 2005 New York Doll as Self
- 1992 Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel as Auggie
- 1993 Mr. Nanny as Thanatos
- 1989 Let It Ride as Looney
- 2001 Campfire Stories as Ranger Bill
- 1994 September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill as Self
- 2018 Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2011 New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery as Himself
- 2005 New York Dolls: All Dolled Up as Himself
- 2000 New York Dolls: TV Treasures as Himself
- 2006 The Return of the New York Dolls as Himself
- 1995 Burnzy's Last Call as Andre
- 1999 200 Cigarettes as Tiki Bartender
- 1988 Married to the Mob as 'The Priest'
- 1994 Car 54, Where Are You? as Officer Gunther Toody
- 1997 Cats Don't Dance as Bus Driver (voice)
- 2022 Personality Crisis: One Night Only as Self / Buster Poindexter
- 1995 The Weinerville Chanukah Special as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
- 2014 Glass Chin as Stanley Loori
- 1997 The Deli as The Cabbie
- 2015 A Very Murray Christmas as The Bartender
- 1975 Night Lunch as Self
- 2003 Crooked Lines as Charlie
- 2002 God Is On Their Side as God
- 2003 End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
- 2000 The Filth and the Fury as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip as Self
- 2017 Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
- 2012 Clockwork Orange County as Self
- 2007 The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music as Self
- 2005 Punk: Attitude as Himself
- 2004 Lightning in a Bottle as Self
- 2004 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus as Himself
- 1997 Nick and Jane as Carter
- 1988 Candy Mountain as Keith Burns
- 2006 Motherfucker: A Movie as Self
- 2001 25 Years of Punk as Self
- 1993 Naked in New York as Orangutang
- 2019 Above the Shadows as Ron
- 1989 The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
- 2006 The Harry Smith Project Live as Self
- 2008 New York Rock at the BBC
- 1998 The Tic Code as Marvin
- 1971 Up Your Legs Forever as Self - Legs(uncredited)
- 2005 3-D Rocks as Self
- 2003 Teen Titans ( 1 episode ) as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Singer at Party
- 2000 Deadline ( 1 episode ) as Benny
- 1997 Oz ( 3 episodes ) as Eli Zabitz
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Garnet
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2021 Centaurworld ( 3 episodes ) as Beartaur (voice)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 4 episodes ) as Buster Poindexter
- 1989 The Jim Henson Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
