David Johansen
ActingBorn
January 9, 1950
Died
February 28, 2025
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
Filmography
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022
Above the Shadows
2019
Always at The Carlyle
2018
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2017
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
Glass Chin
2014
Clockwork Orange County
2012
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
2011
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2011
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007
The Return of the New York Dolls
2006
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006
Motherfucker: A Movie
2006
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005
Punk: Attitude
2005
New York Doll
2005
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2004
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003
Crooked Lines
2003
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
God Is On Their Side
2002
Campfire Stories
2001
25 Years of Punk
2001
The Filth and the Fury
2000
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
2000
200 Cigarettes
1999
The Tic Code
1998
Nick and Jane
1997
The Deli
1997
Cats Don't Dance
1997
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
1995
Burnzy's Last Call
1995
Car 54, Where Are You?
1994
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994
Naked in New York
1993
Mr. Nanny
1993
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992
Freejack
1992
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Let It Ride
1989
The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
1989
Scrooged
1988
Married to the Mob
1988
Candy Mountain
1988
Night Lunch
1975