David Johansen
Acting
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.
As actor 56
Saturday Night Live
1975
Miami Vice
1984
Oz
1997
Teen Titans
2003
The Equalizer
1985
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
Centaurworld
2021
Scrooged
1988
Married to the Mob
1988
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Freejack
1992
Deadline
2000
Mr. Nanny
1993
Cats Don't Dance
1997
200 Cigarettes
1999
Above the Shadows
2019
Night Lunch
1975
Let It Ride
1989
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
Crooked Lines
2003
Always at The Carlyle
2018
Naked in New York
1993
Candy Mountain
1988
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992
The Filth and the Fury
2000
The Deli
1997
Car 54, Where Are You?
1994
Glass Chin
2014
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2004
Punk: Attitude
2005
Campfire Stories
2001
The Tic Code
1998
New York Doll
2005
25 Years of Punk
2001
Burnzy's Last Call
1995
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
Nick and Jane
1997
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
Motherfucker: A Movie
2006
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
1995
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006
Clockwork Orange County
2012
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005
The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
1989
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
2011
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2011
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2017
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
2000
The Return of the New York Dolls
2006
God Is On Their Side
2002