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David Johansen

Actor / Musician / Songwriter | * 01/09/1950 (74) | Staten Island, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled David Jo Hansen; born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, and for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged. ()

David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) is 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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Comedies | Documentaries

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Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. ...

Kick-Ass

R

2010 | 3.6/5 | 1h 57min
Action, Crime
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In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world. ...

Adventureland

R

2009 | 3.2/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Drama
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Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Ev ...

Scrooged

PG-13

1988 | 3.4/5 | 1h 41min
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
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An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day. ...

Let It Ride

PG-13

1989 | 3.2/5 | 1h 30min
Comedy
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Movies with David Johansen as Actor(40)

as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)2023 The Weinerville Chanukah Special
as himself2022 Personality Crisis: One Night Only
as Ron2019 Above the Shadows
2017 Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
as The Bartender2015 A Very Murray Christmas
as Stanley Loori2014 Glass Chin
as himself2012 Clockwork Orange County
as himself2011 New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2007 Motherfucker: A Movie
2007 The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2006 The Harry Smith Project Live
as himself2005 Punk: Attitude
as himself2005 New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
as himself2005 New York Doll
2004 Lightning in a Bottle
as Charlie2003 Crooked Lines
2003 End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
as himself2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip
as himself2003 Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
as God2002 God Is On Their Side
as Ranger Bill2001 Campfire Stories
as himself2001 25 Years of Punk
as Self (archive footage)2000 The Filth and the Fury
as Tiki Bartender1999 200 Cigarettes
as The Cabbie1997 The Deli
as Bus Driver (voice)1997 Cats Don't Dance
as Carter1997 Nick and Jane
as Andre1995 Burnzy's Last Call
1994 September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill
as Officer Gunther Toody1994 Car 54, Where Are You?
as Thanatos1993 Mr. Nanny
as Orangutang1993 Naked in New York
as Brad Carter1992 Freejack
as Auggie1991 Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Looney1989 Let It Ride
1988 Candy Mountain
as Ghost of Christmas Past1988 Scrooged
as 'The Priest'1988 Married to the Mob
as himself1975 Night Lunch

TV Shows/Series with David Johansen as Actor(7)

as Beartaur (voice)2021 Centaurworld
as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)2003 Teen Titans
2000 Deadline
as Eli Zabitz1997 Oz
as Garnet1985 The Equalizer
1984 Miami Vice
as Self - Musical Guest1975 Saturday Night Live

Movies with David Johansen as Crew(1)

Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Mr. Nanny

Full Name: David Johansen
Born: Monday, 01/09 1950 (January) in Staten Island, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 74 years + 108 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Port Richmond High School
Member of: New York Dolls
Record Label: Columbia Records
Spouses (current/former): Cyrinda Foxe
Other names for David Johansen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"David Roger Johansen"
"David Jo Hansen"
"Buster Poindexter"
"The New York City Dolls"
"The New York Dolls"
"New York Dolls"
David Johansen frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (29x, Actor)
Dee Bradley Baker (26x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (25x, Actor)
Bill Hader (21x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (17x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (15x, Actor)
Will Forte (14x, Actor)
Amy Poehler (9x, Actress)
Albert Brooks (9x, Actor)
Darrell Hammond (8x, Actor)
Melanie Hutsell (8x, Actress)
Paul Simon (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:74406, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024