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David Johansen
Born: 1950-01-09 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Rated Filmography (37)
Sorted by Score8.5
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005
8.0
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994
8.0
Burnzy's Last Call
1995
8.0
Up Your Legs Forever
1971
7.7
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
7.6
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
7.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2004
7.2
Cats Don't Dance
1997
7.1
Punk: Attitude
2005
7.0
25 Years of Punk
2001
6.9
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003
6.9
The Filth and the Fury
2000
6.8
New York Doll
2005
6.8
Scrooged
1988
6.7
Above the Shadows
2019
6.7
Always at The Carlyle
2018
6.5
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
6.3
Let It Ride
1989
6.2
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
6.1
Candy Mountain
1988
6.0
Married to the Mob
1988
6.0
Clockwork Orange County
2012
5.9
The Tic Code
1998
5.8
200 Cigarettes
1999
5.7
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992
5.5
Freejack
1992
5.2
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
5.1
Mr. Nanny
1993
5.0
Night Lunch
1975
5.0
Glass Chin
2014
4.8
The Deli
1997
4.8
Naked in New York
1993
4.8
Nick and Jane
1997
4.5
Crooked Lines
2003
4.4
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022
3.4
Car 54, Where Are You?
1994
3.0
Campfire Stories
2001