David Johansen
Born: 1950-01-09
• 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.
Filmography
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
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
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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
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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
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Lightning in a Bottle
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Crooked Lines
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
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God Is On Their Side
Campfire Stories
25 Years of Punk
The Filth and the Fury
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New York Dolls: TV Treasures
200 Cigarettes
The Tic Code
Nick and Jane
The Deli
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
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Freejack
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Let It Ride
The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
Scrooged
Married to the Mob
Candy Mountain
Night Lunch