Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993). During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
65 acting credits
Acting · 65
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Classic Albums
1997
The UnXplained
2019
The Nineties
2017
Too Young to Die
2012
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
Cobain: Montage of Heck
2015
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
2005
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992
Hype!
1996
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
2005
27: Gone Too Soon
2018
Hit So Hard
2012
Soaked in Bleach
2015
25 Years of Punk
2001
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
2007
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
1993
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
2011
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
2025
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
2006
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
2021
VH1 News Special: Grunge
2001
Kurt & Courtney
1998
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
2023
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
2019
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
1993
The Teacher
2023
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
2021
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
1993
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
2006
When Nirvana Came to Britain
2021
Nirvana: Live And Loud
1993
Nirvana: Live On Air
2010
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
2009
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York (MTV Version)
1993
Nirvana: Live at Reading
2009
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
1991
Welcome to My Castle!
2007
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
1991
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
1991
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
2006
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
2007
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
1993
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
2025
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
2004
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
1990
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
1991
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
2022
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
2011
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
2006
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
1991
Kurt Everywhere
2018
Bloody Pearl
2025
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1994
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1993
Nirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989
1989
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
1991