David Johansen
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday9 January 1950
Died28 February 2025 (age 75)
Place of birthStaten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Known credits56
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.
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022 · Self / Buster Poindexter
Centaurworld
2021 · Beartaur (voice)
Above the Shadows
2019 · Ron
Always at The Carlyle
2018 · Self
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2017
A Very Murray Christmas
2015 · The Bartender
Glass Chin
2014 · Stanley Loori
Clockwork Orange County
2012 · Self
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
2011
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2011 · Himself
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007 · Self
The Return of the New York Dolls
2006 · Himself
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006 · Self
Motherfucker: A Movie
2006 · Self
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005 · Himself
Punk: Attitude
2005 · Himself
New York Doll
2005 · Self
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2004 · Himself
Lightning in a Bottle
2004 · Self
Teen Titans
2003 · Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003 · Self
Crooked Lines
2003 · Charlie
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
God Is On Their Side
2002 · God
Campfire Stories
2001 · Ranger Bill
25 Years of Punk
2001 · Self
Deadline
2000 · Benny
The Filth and the Fury
2000 · Self (archive footage)
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
2000 · Himself
200 Cigarettes
1999 · Tiki Bartender
The Tic Code
1998 · Marvin
Nick and Jane
1997 · Carter
The Deli
1997 · The Cabbie
Oz
1997 · Eli Zabitz
Cats Don't Dance
1997 · Bus Driver (voice)
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
1995 · Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
Burnzy's Last Call
1995 · Andre
Car 54, Where Are You?
1994 · Officer Gunther Toody
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994 · Self
Naked in New York
1993 · Orangutang
Mr. Nanny
1993 · Thanatos
Mr. Nanny
1993 · Original Music Composer
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992 · Auggie
Freejack
1992 · Brad Carter
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Let It Ride
1989 · Looney
The Jim Henson Hour
1989 · Self
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