Actor
David Johansen
76 years · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA · 44 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 44
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022 · Self / Buster Poindexter
On fuboTV
Above the Shadows
2019 · Ron
On Plex
Always at The Carlyle
2018 · Self
On Kanopy
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2017 · Actor
A Very Murray Christmas
2015 · The Bartender
Glass Chin
2014 · Stanley Loori
Clockwork Orange County
2012 · Self
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2011 · Himself
New York Rock at the BBC
2008 · Actor
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007 · Self
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006 · Self
Motherfucker: A Movie
2006 · Self
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005 · Himself
Punk: Attitude
2005 · Self
New York Doll
2005 · Self
On Kanopy
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2004 · Himself
Lightning in a Bottle
2004 · Self
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003 · Self
On Pluto TV
Crooked Lines
2003 · Charlie
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Campfire Stories
2001 · Ranger Bill
25 Years of Punk
2001 · Self
The Filth and the Fury
2000 · Self (archive footage)
200 Cigarettes
1999 · Tiki Bartender