
David Bowie
David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. “Space Oddity” became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single “Starman” and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterized as “plastic soul,” initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the Berlin Trilogy. Heroes (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes,” its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and “Under Pressure,” a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
261 acting credits · 3 directing credits
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Saturday Night Live
1975

Top of the Pops
1964

Twin Peaks
1990

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995

Champs-Elysées
1982

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

MTV Video Music Awards
1984

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Sacrée soirée
1987

Wetten, dass..?
1981

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Omnibus
1967

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Theatre 625
1964

Thriller 40
2023

SpongeBob SquarePants
1999

The Prestige
2006

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
1994

Extras
2005

Dream On
1990

Parkinson
1998

The Hunger
1997
Where Are They Now?
1999

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Système 2
1975

Musikladen
1972

The Frame
2013

Cher
1975
ECHO-Verleihung
1992

The BRIT Awards
1977

Arthur and the Invisibles
2006

This Is Pop
2021

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992

Labyrinth
1986

Zoolander
2001

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022

Ready Steady Go!
1963

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021

Auf los geht's los
1977

The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
1969

Christiane F.
1981

Seven Ages of Rock
2007

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983

70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014

The Hunger
1983

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Full Stretch
1993

Basquiat
1996

Into the Night
1985

Jim Henson Idea Man
2024

The Concert for New York City
2001

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986

Live Aid
1985

Yellowbeard
1983

Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
1985
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2017

LOLA
2023

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980

Enigma
2025

Bandslam
2009

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003

WHAM!
2023

Bowie: The Final Act
2025

Just a Gigolo
1978

Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996

Twiggy
2025

Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003

Imagine: John Lennon
1988

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
2022

Personne ne bouge !
2012

SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
2007

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015

The Love We Make
2011

The BRITs at 40
2020

Moonage Daydream
2022

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019

Gunslinger's Revenge
1998

Discovering Music
2013

Everybody Loves Sunshine
1999

The World of Jim Henson
1994

August
2008

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014

The Nomi Song
2004

Absolute Beginners
1986

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023

Zappa
2020

Luther: Never Too Much
2024

David Bowie: The Last Five Years
2017

Why Are We Creative?
2018

Live Aid
2004

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
2017

DEVO
2024

Night Lunch
1975

Young Music Show
1978

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004

The Velvet Underground
2021

I Am Divine
2014

The Virgin Soldiers
1969

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023

Soul Boys of the Western World
2014

Gimme Danger
2016

My Music: A Classic Christmas
2019

The Linguini Incident
1991

The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000

Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
2016

David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003

Queen: Champions of the World
1995

David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2007

Hits That Missed at the BBC
2024

Live Aid Against All Odds
2005

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
2012

Baal
1982

Group Madness
1983

Night Flight: Born Again
2016

David Bowie: Five Years
2013

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002

Can Creativity Save the World?
2024

The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005

A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998

Nine Inch Nails: Closure
1997

The Filth and the Fury
2000

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007

Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
2016

Inside the Labyrinth
1986

The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021

Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
2018

Mr. Rice's Secret
2000

Der Reichstag
2017

Placebo: This Search for Meaning
2024

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
2020

Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
2001

David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
1969

Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
1985

David Bowie: Finding Fame
2019

Eno
2024

Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
2017

Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010

David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
1984

Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush
1993

TV Party
2005

David Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975

Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle
2010

The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013

Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002

WBCN and the American Revolution
2019

Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
2006

Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
2009

Pixies: Gouge
2004

David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
2000

Clockwork Orange County
2012

Burden
2016

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010

David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
1984

Acoustic at the BBC
2011

Françoise Hardy : Tant de belles choses...
2005

The Dada Principle
2016
The Looking Glass Murders
1970

The Oshima Gang
1983

Moby Doc
2021

David Bowie: Rockpalast
1996

Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
1983

Glam Rock at the BBC
2017

David Bowie: Live at Riverside Studios '03
2003

David Bowie - Best Of
2002

Are We Not Men?
—

The Image
1969

David Bowie: Best of Bowie
2002

TIME
2024

David Bowie: Out of this World
2021

David Bowie - In His Own Words
2016
Fame
1976

Video AID
1985

In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
1998

Goldie: When Saturn Returns
1998

David Bowie Is Happening Now
2013

Kings of Glam
2008

David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
1984

Diamond Dogs Demo Video
1974

Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
1995

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977

David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
1978

Bowie: A Reality Tour
2004

David Bowie: Glass Spider
1988

Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
2003

David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
1997

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1998

Rockthology 2
2004

Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994

Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
2015

David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
2006

David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
2009

NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
1967

The Magic Voices of Pop
2021

David Bowie: The 1980 Floor Show
1973

David Bowie: Sound and Vision
2016

David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
1997

Bowie at the BBC
2000

David Bowie: London Boy
2021

David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
1990
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
1983

David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
1997

David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
2012

David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan
1978

David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
2010

Ricochet
1984

David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
1997

Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
2002

David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
2016

Queen: Greatest Flix II
1991

Supergroups
2002

Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
2018

Inside the Music
2005

David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
1999

David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
1983

Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
2020

Best of Bowie
2006

David Bowie - Total Rock Review
2006

David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
1993

David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
2007

David Bowie: Reality Live
2003

Dear Bowie
2023

David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix)
2024

David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
2007

David Bowie - PNE Live Rehearsal 1976
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David Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside"
1995

The Genius of David Bowie
2012

Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
2015

David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
2006

David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow
1996

David Bowie at Live Aid
1985

David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
2015

David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
2016

David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
2002

Bowie at the BBC
2017

David Bowie: The Berlin Briefings
2016

David Bowie: Day-In Day-Out
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David Bowie: Earthling On TV
1997

David Bowie: Live by Request
2002

BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
2018

David Bowie - Music in Review
2007

David bowie - Up Close and Personal
2007

David Bowie: Musikladen Extra
1978

Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
1989

David Bowie: Live at Montreux
2002

David Bowie On Stage
1978

David Bowie: Starman
2016