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