Dave Grohl
David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; the drummer for Them Crooked Vultures; and wrote all the music for his short-lived side projects Late! and Probot. He has also been involved with Queens of the Stone Age, and has performed session work for a variety of musicians, including Killing Joke, Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, Slash and Juliette Lewis. Dave Grohl has performed in over 30 bands since becoming a musician.
209 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 209
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The X-Files
1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Colbert Report
2005
Sesame Street
1969
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hot Ones
2015
Leute heute
1997
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Morning Show
2019
Drunk History
2013
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Austin City Limits
1975
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Classic Albums
1997
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
Skavlan
2009
Metalocalypse
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Duncanville
2020
The Muppets
2015
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
2015
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
The Muppets
2011
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Ryan's Mystery Playdate: Level Up
2019
Punk
2019
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
Saturday Night Live UK
2026
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
Soundbreaking
2016
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Viva La Bam
2003
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Lil' Bush
2007
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
2014
Studio 666
2022
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
Reel Stories
2018
The Best Summer
2026
Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015
Biography: KISStory
2021
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis
—
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
Celebrating America
2021
The Concert for Valor
2014
From Cradle to Stage
2021
The Grammys
1959
Lemmy
2010
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
All Things Must Pass
2015
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
The Big Night In
2020
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
2011
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
2018
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World
2021
Free Tibet
1998
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
2005
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
2012
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History
2016
Hype!
1996
Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All
2013
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
2005
Sound City
2013
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
25 Years of Punk
2001
Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium
2008
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
2022
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015
Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?'
2000
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
2019
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
2011
I've Been Twelve Forever
2004
The Other Side of AIDS
2004
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018
When Nirvana Came to Britain
2021
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
1993
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
2019
Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts
2023
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
2023
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
2008
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
2006
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
2017
Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
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VH1 News Special: Grunge
2001
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
2005
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2014
Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits
2023
Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
2020
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606
2011
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2015
Are We Not Men?
—
See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
2012
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
2011
ABBA V Queen
2022
Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK
2017
Lit: All Access
2004
The Teacher
2023
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
2008
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010
2010
Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021)
2021
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
1991
Cássia
2015
Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip
2014
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
2021
Nirvana: Live On Air
2010
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones
2006
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney
2012
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
2006
Foo Fighters - Garage Tour
2011
Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro
2015
Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1
2014
Nirvana: Live And Loud
1993
Foo Fighters -T in The Park
2011
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
2014
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
1997
I'm in the Band
2021
Nirvana: Live at Reading
2009
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
1993
Ten Years Later
2005
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
2010
Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023
2023
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
1993
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York (MTV Version)
1993
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio
2009
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
2023
WINO: The Documentary
2023
Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality
2022
Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019
2019
Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021
2021
The Road to ACL
2016
Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring
2015
Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017
2017
Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light
2011
Tenacious D: In the Studio
2003
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019
2019
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
2006
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
1990
Play
2018
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
2011
Shouting Through The Letterhole
—
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
1997
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
2022
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
1991
Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11
2013
Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London
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Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor
2006
The Smart Studios Story
2016
Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023
2023
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
1991
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
1991
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
1993
Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995
1995
Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio
2019
Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival
2011
Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust
2010
Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home
2003
Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015
2015
Gary Numan: Resurrection
2022
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
2006
Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010
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Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
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Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rockpalast
2009
Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20
2023
Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters
2025
Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (Real #1)
2002
Supergrass: A Home Movie
2004
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
2012
Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606
2009
Foo Fighters - Live in London
2011
Man With the Midas Touch
2011
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
2009
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
1991
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
2006
Other Voices Presents: Foo Fighters
2026
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony
2013
Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival
2012
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1993
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1994
Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters
2020
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
1991
