Dave Grohl
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- Warren, Ohio, USA
Biography
David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; the drummer for Them Crooked Vultures; and wrote all the music for his short-lived side projects Late! and Probot. He has also been involved with Queens of the Stone Age, and has performed session work for a variety of musicians, including Killing Joke, Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, Slash and Juliette Lewis. Dave Grohl has performed in over 30 bands since becoming a musician.
Known For
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Filmography
Are We Not Men?
Movie · as Self
Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010
Movie
Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London
Movie · as Self
Shouting Through The Letterhole
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
Movie
Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie
Foo Fighters: Live at Pinkpop 2026
Movie
Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews
Movie · as Self
Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Movie · as Self
Other Voices Presents: Foo Fighters
Movie · as Himself
The Best Summer
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live UK
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie · as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie · as Self
Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters
Movie · as Himself
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hot Ones Versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023
Movie · as Self
The Teacher
Movie · as Self
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits
Movie · as self
Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023
Movie · as Self
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
WINO: The Documentary
Movie
Studio 666
Movie · as Dave Grohl
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality
Movie · as Self
ABBA V Queen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Movie · as Self
Gary Numan: Resurrection
Movie · as Self
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self - Performer
Paul McCartney at Glastonbury Festival
TV · as Self · 1 ep
When Nirvana Came to Britain
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021)
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021
Movie · as Self
I'm in the Band
Movie
Celebrating America
Movie · as Self
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World
Movie · as Self - Performer
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
From Cradle to Stage
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Biography: KISStory
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters
Movie · as Self
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
Movie · as Self - Performer
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Movie · as Self
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Movie · as Self - Performer
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Movie · as Dave Grohl
Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
Movie
The Big Night In
Movie · as Self
Duncanville
TV · as Ronnie D (voice) · 1 ep
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio
Movie · as Self
The Morning Show
TV · as Dave Grohl · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Punk
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Ryan's Mystery Playdate
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Movie · as Self
Play
Movie · as Self
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Lollapalooza Berlin 2017
Movie · as Dave Grohl
Reel Stories
TV · as Self - Guest Star · 1 ep
Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
Movie · as Self
The Road to ACL
Movie · as Self
The Smart Studios Story
Movie
Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History
Movie · as Self
Soundbreaking
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Cássia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
All Things Must Pass
Movie · as Self
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Movie · as Self
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitars
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
TV · as Dave Grohl · 1 ep
The Muppets
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest/Musical Guest · 1 ep
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Concert for Valor
Movie · as Self - Performer
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1
Movie · as Himself
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie · as Self
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Movie · as Self - Performer
Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip
Movie · as Self
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
Movie · as self
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
TV · as Self · 8 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All
Movie · as Self
Sound City
Movie · as Self
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11
Movie · as Self - Nirvana
12-12-12
Movie
Drunk History
TV · as Memphis Mafia Member · 1 ep
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Movie · as Self
See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival
Movie · as Self
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Movie · as Self
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606
Movie · as Self
The Muppets
Movie · as Animool
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
Movie · as Self - Lead vocal
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
Movie · as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
Man With the Midas Touch
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Garage Tour
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival
Movie · as Self - Vocals
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters -T in The Park
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light
Movie · as Self
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Live in London
Movie · as Self
Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust
Movie
Lemmy
Movie · as Self
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
Movie · as Self
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live On Air
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live at Reading
Movie · as Self - Drums
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
Movie · as Self
Skavlan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitars
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Movie · as Self
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
Movie · as Self
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Movie · as Self
Lil' Bush
TV · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self, Self - Performer · 2 eps
Seven Ages of Rock
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Movie · as Satan
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
Movie · as Self
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
Movie · as Self
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
Movie · as Self
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones
Movie · as Self
VH1 Rock Honors
Movie · as Self
Metalocalypse
TV · 1 ep
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Movie · as Self
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Movie · as Self
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
Movie · as Self
Ten Years Later
Movie · as Himself
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
Movie
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Movie · as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Movie · as Self
Lit: All Access
Movie · as Self
The Other Side of AIDS
Movie · as self - Foo Fighters
Supergrass: A Home Movie
Movie · as Self
Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home
Movie · as Self
Tenacious D: In the Studio
Movie · as Self
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Movie · as Self
Viva La Bam
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest, Self - Guest/Musical Guest · 9 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (Real #1)
Movie
25 Years of Punk
Movie · as Self
VH1 News Special: Grunge
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?'
Movie · as Daniel (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Free Tibet
Movie · as Self - Foo Fighters
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
Movie · as Self
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
Movie · as Self
Classic Albums
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hype!
Movie
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995
Movie · as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Movie · as Self - Drums
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
Movie
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV · 1 ep
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
Movie · as Self - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live and Loud
Movie · as Self - Drums
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
Movie · as Self - Drums, Vocals
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
Movie
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
Movie · as Self
The X-Files
TV · as Lobby Passerby (uncredited) · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 3 eps
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Movie · as Self
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 7 eps
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
Movie · as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Movie · as Dave Grohl
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
Movie
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
Movie · as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
The Word
TV · 1 ep
Rock in Rio
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Musical Guest, Self (uncredited) · 4 eps
Austin City Limits
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sesame Street
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 1 ep