David Johansen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1950
- Died
- February 28, 2025 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Movie · as Self / Buster Poindexter
Centaurworld
TV · as Beartaur (voice) · 3 eps
Above the Shadows
Movie · as Ron
Always at The Carlyle
Movie · as Self
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
Movie
A Very Murray Christmas
Movie · as The Bartender
Glass Chin
Movie · as Stanley Loori
Clockwork Orange County
Movie · as Self
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
Movie · as Himself
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
Movie
New York Rock at the BBC
Movie
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Movie · as Self
The Return of the New York Dolls
Movie · as Himself
Motherfucker: A Movie
Movie · as Self
The Harry Smith Project Live
Movie · as Self
New York Doll
Movie · as Self
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
Movie · as Himself
Punk: Attitude
Movie · as Self
3-D Rocks
Movie · as Self
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie · as Self
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Movie · as Himself
Crooked Lines
Movie · as Charlie
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Movie · as Self
Teen Titans
TV · as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice) · 1 ep
God Is On Their Side
Movie · as God
Campfire Stories
Movie · as Ranger Bill
25 Years of Punk
Movie · as Self
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
Movie · as Himself
The Filth and the Fury
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Deadline
TV · as Benny · 1 ep
200 Cigarettes
Movie · as Tiki Bartender
The Tic Code
Movie · as Marvin
Cats Don't Dance
Movie · as Bus Driver (voice)
The Deli
Movie · as The Cabbie
Nick and Jane
Movie · as Carter
Oz
TV · as Eli Zabitz · 3 eps
Burnzy's Last Call
Movie · as Andre
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
Movie · as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Movie · as Self
Car 54, Where Are You?
Movie · as Officer Gunther Toody
Mr. Nanny
Movie · as Thanatos
Naked in New York
Movie · as Orangutang
Freejack
Movie · as Brad Carter
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Movie · as Auggie
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 1 ep
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Movie · as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Let It Ride
Movie · as Looney
The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
Movie
The Jim Henson Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scrooged
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Past
Married to the Mob
Movie · as 'The Priest'
Candy Mountain
Movie · as Keith Burns
The Equalizer
TV · as Garnet · 1 ep
Miami Vice
TV · as Singer at Party · 1 ep
Night Lunch
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Musical Guest, Buster Poindexter · 2 eps
Up Your Legs Forever
Movie · as Self - Legs(uncredited)