David Byrne
Known for
Music and sound
Born
May 14, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.
Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads.
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Best known work
The Simpsons
1989
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
The Last Emperor
1987
This Must Be the Place
2011
Saturday Night Live
1975
Something Wild
1986
Stop Making Sense
1984
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Married to the Mob
1988Filmography
TBA
TBA
David Byrne: Who Is The Sky?as Self, Producer, Music
2026
MuskSongs
2026
Changing Lanesas Self
2025
Breakdown: 1975as Self (archive footage)
2025
The Twitsas Gordon Sniffles (voice), Songs
2025
Monk in Piecesas Self
2025
We Want the Funk!as Self
2025
2025
2024
Enoas Self
2023
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionárioas Self (archive footage)
2023
John Mulaney: Baby JMusician, Original Music Composer
2022
Miley's New Year's Eve Partyas Self
2022
2021
2021
Twyla Movesas Self
2020
2020
David Byrne's American Utopiaas Self - Lead Singer & Performer, Music, Executive Producer, Writer, Producer
2020
2020
2019
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunchas David Byrne
2019
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unpluggedas Self - Voice
2019
Everything For All Reasonsas Self
2019
Triple-Chaseras Narrator