David Johansen

Actor

Born: January 9, 1950 (75 years old)

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.

Filmography (32)

• Teen Titans (2003, ★ 8.4)
• The Jim Henson Hour (1989, ★ 8.8)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997, ★ 7.2)
• End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003, ★ 7.6)
• Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Lightning in a Bottle (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Miami Vice (1984, ★ 7.5)
• Oz (1997, ★ 8)
• Centaurworld (2021, ★ 7.4)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990, ★ 6.2)
• Scrooged (1988, ★ 6.8)
• New York Doll (2005, ★ 6.8)
• Let It Ride (1989, ★ 6.4)
• Always at The Carlyle (2018, ★ 6.7)
• Punk: Attitude (2005, ★ 7)
• The Equalizer (1985, ★ 7.1)
• Freejack (1992, ★ 5.5)
• Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992, ★ 5.2)
• Mr. Nanny (1993, ★ 5.1)
• 200 Cigarettes (1999, ★ 5.8)
• Married to the Mob (1988, ★ 6)
• The Filth and the Fury (2000, ★ 6.9)
• Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003, ★ 6.8)
• Glass Chin (2014, ★ 5)
• Candy Mountain (1988, ★ 5.8)
• Above the Shadows (2019, ★ 6.7)
• Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2022, ★ 4.4)
• A Very Murray Christmas (2015, ★ 5.2)
• The Tic Code (1998, ★ 5.8)
• Naked in New York (1993, ★ 4.5)