Cine AI
David Johansen

David Johansen

Actor · Born 1950-01-09 · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Get the app Browse on web

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Scrooged (1988) — Ghost of Christmas Past
  2. Teen Titans (2003) — Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
  3. Oz (1997) — Eli Zabitz
  4. Miami Vice (1984) — Singer at Party
  5. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Musical Guest
  6. A Very Murray Christmas (2015) — The Bartender
  7. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) — Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
  8. Freejack (1992) — Brad Carter
  9. Married to the Mob (1988) — 'The Priest'
  10. Mr. Nanny (1993) — Thanatos
  11. Cats Don't Dance (1997) — Bus Driver (voice)
  12. Above the Shadows (2019) — Ron
  13. 200 Cigarettes (1999) — Tiki Bartender
  14. Let It Ride (1989) — Looney
  15. Centaurworld (2021) — Beartaur (voice)
  16. The Filth and the Fury (2000) — Self (archive footage)
  17. The Equalizer (1985) — Garnet
  18. End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  19. Punk: Attitude (2005) — Himself
  20. Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) — Self
  21. Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) — Officer Gunther Toody
  22. Always at The Carlyle (2018) — Self
  23. Naked in New York (1993) — Orangutang
  24. New York Doll (2005) — Self
  25. Glass Chin (2014) — Stanley Loori
  26. Candy Mountain (1988) — Keith Burns
  27. The Jim Henson Hour (1989) — Self
  28. Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992) — Auggie
  29. Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2004) — Himself
  30. The Tic Code (1998) — Marvin
  31. Campfire Stories (2001) — Ranger Bill
  32. Lightning in a Bottle (2004) — Self
  33. Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2022) — Self / Buster Poindexter
  34. The Deli (1997) — The Cabbie
  35. Nick and Jane (1997) — Carter
  36. Night Lunch (1975) — Self
  37. New York Dolls: All Dolled Up (2005) — Himself
  38. New York Dolls: TV Treasures (2000) — Himself
  39. The Return of the New York Dolls (2006) — Himself
  40. Crooked Lines (2003) — Charlie