David Bowie
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
254
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-01-08
Day of death
2016-01-10 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
David Bowie
Biography
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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
Twin Peaks
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Dick Cavett Show
Wetten, dass..?
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Champs-Elysées
MTV Video Music Awards
Sacrée Soirée
Sacrée Soirée
Parkinson
The Prestige
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Omnibus
Bandslam
Theatre 625
Where Are They Now?
Extras
Zappa
Enigma
Pixies: Gouge
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
The Hunger
Dream On
Zoolander
Twiggy
Labyrinth
LOLA
ECHO-Verleihung
Ricochet
Night Lunch
Burden
August
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Frame
The Snowman
Seven Ages of Rock
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Musikladen
Arthur and the Invisibles
The World of Jim Henson
Auf los geht's los
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Système 2
WHAM!
Everybody Loves Sunshine
Just a Gigolo
The Last Temptation of Christ
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Cher
Best of Bowie
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
The Oshima Gang
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
This Is Pop
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV Party
Baal
Kings of Glam
Night Flight: Born Again
Basquiat
The Hunger
Bowie: The Final Act
Ready Steady Go!
Christiane F.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Into the Night
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Jim Henson Idea Man
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Rockthology 2
Yellowbeard
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Moonage Daydream
Live Aid
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
The Velvet Underground
Absolute Beginners
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Live Aid Against All Odds
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
The Making of the 'Outside' Album
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Full Stretch
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
The 1980 Floor Show
David Bowie: Rockpalast
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Imagine: John Lennon
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
The Linguini Incident
Live Aid
The Filth and the Fury
Thriller 40
Discovering Music
Moby Doc
The Concert for New York City
Inside the Labyrinth
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
DEVO
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Gunslinger's Revenge
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Luther: Never Too Much
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Why Are We Creative?
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Vanilla Ice Archive
The Image
Young Music Show
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
The Virgin Soldiers
The Dada Principle
Hits That Missed at the BBC
Group Madness
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
The Nomi Song
The Love We Make
Video AID
Can Creativity Save the World?
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
The BRITs at 40
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
David Bowie: Finding Fame
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Fame
Eno
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
David Bowie Is Happening Now
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Bowie at the BBC
Der Reichstag
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Glam Rock at the BBC
David Bowie: Five Years
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Are We Not Men?
Bowie at the BBC
Nine Inch Nails: Closure
Mr. Rice's Secret
David Bowie: Out of this World
Lou Reed - Transformer
Acoustic at the BBC
David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
WBCN and the American Revolution
Clockwork Orange County
Soul Boys of the Western World
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
Personne ne bouge !
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
TIME
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
Supergroups
Queen: Greatest Flix II
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
David Bowie - Best Of
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
David Bowie: Live by Request
David Bowie: Starman
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix)
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle
David Bowie: Glass Spider
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
My Music: A Classic Christmas
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
Queen: Champions of the World
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
David Bowie: London Boy
David Bowie: The Berlin Briefings
David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan
David Bowie: Sound and Vision
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow
Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
Dear Bowie
Bowie: A Reality Tour
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
David Bowie - Total Rock Review
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
David Bowie: Earthling On TV
Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
Moonage Ice Cream
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
David Bowie - PNE Live Rehearsal 1976
The Looking Glass Murders
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie: Live at Montreux
David Bowie: Live at Riverside Studios '03
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
David Bowie - Music in Review
David Bowie: Glastonbury Festival 2000
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
The Genius of David Bowie
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
David Bowie at Live Aid
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
David Bowie Reality Live
David Bowie - In His Own Words
David Bowie: Musikladen Extra
Diamond Dogs Demo Video
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
Inside the Music
David Bowie On Stage
David bowie - Up Close and Personal
