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Name
Kurt Cobain

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1967-02-20

Deathday
1994-04-05 (27 years old)

Place of Birth
Aberdeen, Washington, USA

Biography

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana.

Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993).

During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2021 When Nirvana Came to Britain as Self (archive footage)
2007 Kurt Cobain: About a Son as Self
2009 Nirvana: Live at Reading as Self - Vocals, Guitar
1994 Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! as Self - Vocals, Guitar (archive footage)
2004 Nirvana: With the Lights Out
1992 1991: The Year Punk Broke as Self
1998 Kurt & Courtney as Self (archive footage)
1993 Nirvana: Unplugged In New York as Self - Vocals, Guitar
1993 MTV Unplugged: Nirvana as Self
2011 Nirvana: Live at the Paramount as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
2023 The Teacher as Self (archive footage)
2009 Loki: Arnaldo Baptista as Self (archive footage)
2021 Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff as Self (archive footage)
2019 Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter as Self (archive footage)
2004 Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend as Self
2006 Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero as Self
2006 Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review as Self (archive footage)
1991 Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991 as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
2021 Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage as Self (archive footage)
2015 Soaked in Bleach as Self (archive footage)
2015 Cobain: Montage of Heck as Self (archive footage)
1991 Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso as Self
1993 Nirvana: Live and Loud as Self - Vocals, Guitar
2025 The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell as Self (archive footage)
2005 The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' as Self (archive footage)
2006 Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review as Self
1991 Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy as Self
2010 Nirvana: Live On Air as Self
1991 Nirvana: Live in Dallas as Self
2007 The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain as Self (archive footage)
2022 Foo Fighters: One Less Hero as Self (archive footage)
2006 All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On as Self
1991 Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit as Kurt Cobain
2011 Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses as Self
1996 Hype! as Self (archive footage)
1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos as Self
1993 Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
1991 Sub Pop Video Network Program 1 as Self (archive footage)
2005 The Work of Director Anton Corbijn as Self (segment "Heart-Shaped Box")
2004 (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale as Self
2018 Kurt Everywhere
2018 27: Gone Too Soon as Self (archive footage)
2001 25 Years of Punk as Self (archive footage)
1993 RuPaul's Christmas Ball as Self
2007 Welcome to My Castle! as Self
2012 Hit So Hard as Self (archive footage)
1990 Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990 as Self - Vocals, Guitar
2006 The Devil and Daniel Johnston as Self (Archival footage)
2023 I Hate Myself and I Want to Die as Self (archive footage)
2025 BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
2005 Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind as Self (archive footage)
1991 Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
1993 Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1994 Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1993 Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival as Self
2001 VH1 News Special: Grunge as Self (archive footage)
2021 Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage as Self (archive footage)
1989 Nirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989 as Self
Soon Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews as Self
2026 Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt as Self (archive footage)

2020 70 Years of Youth Revolt ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 The Nineties ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2012 Too Young to Die ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2019 The UnXplained ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
1990 The Word ( 1 episode )

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