
David Johansen
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-01-09
- Died:
- 2025-02-28
- 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

Centaurworld

Above the Shadows

Always at The Carlyle

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

A Very Murray Christmas

Glass Chin

Clockwork Orange County
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery

New York Rock at the BBC

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
The Return of the New York Dolls

The Harry Smith Project Live

Motherfucker: A Movie

New York Dolls: All Dolled Up

Punk: Attitude

New York Doll
3-D Rocks

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Lightning in a Bottle

Teen Titans

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Crooked Lines

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
God Is On Their Side

Campfire Stories

25 Years of Punk

Deadline

The Filth and the Fury
New York Dolls: TV Treasures

200 Cigarettes

The Tic Code

Nick and Jane

The Deli

Oz

Cats Don't Dance

The Weinerville Chanukah Special

Burnzy's Last Call

Car 54, Where Are You?

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

Naked in New York

Mr. Nanny

Later... with Jools Holland

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

Freejack

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Let It Ride

The Jim Henson Hour

The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)

Scrooged

Married to the Mob

Candy Mountain

The Equalizer

Miami Vice

Night Lunch

Saturday Night Live

Up Your Legs Forever