David Bowie
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
246
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
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Twin Peaks
Wetten, dass..?
Champs-Elysées
Sacrée Soirée
Sacrée Soirée
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
MTV Video Music Awards
The Dick Cavett Show
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Parkinson
Dream On
The Prestige
Omnibus
Extras
Where Are They Now?
Arthur and the Invisibles
The Hunger
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Système 2
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
Musikladen
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
ECHO-Verleihung
Auf los geht's los
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix)
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
Can Creativity Save the World?
Labyrinth
Zoolander
The Looking Glass Murders
Enigma
David Bowie: Five Years
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
DEVO
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
The Frame
Cher
Christiane F.
Zappa
Are We Not Men?
Yellowbeard
Bowie at the BBC
David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Hunger
Imagine: John Lennon
Mr. Rice's Secret
This Is Pop
Ready Steady Go!
David Bowie: Finding Fame
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Seven Ages of Rock
Clockwork Orange County
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
August
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Moonage Daydream
The Filth and the Fury
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The Concert for New York City
The Velvet Underground
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
Basquiat
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
Video AID
Why Are We Creative?
WHAM!
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Absolute Beginners
Unsere kleine Show
Luther: Never Too Much
Twiggy
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
The Snowman
Ricochet
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Acoustic at the BBC
Bandslam
Into the Night
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Moby Doc
LOLA
Thriller 40
The Virgin Soldiers
The Dancing Man of L.A.
The Linguini Incident
The Oshima Gang
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
David Bowie Is Happening Now
Everybody Loves Sunshine
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Baal
Live Aid
The World of Jim Henson
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Just a Gigolo
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
Inside the Labyrinth
Best of Bowie
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Burden
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Group Madness
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Night Flight: Born Again
Pixies: Gouge
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
David Bowie: London Boy
Personne ne bouge!
The 1980 Floor Show
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Full Stretch
Young Music Show
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Night Lunch
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
Soul Boys of the Western World
Gunslinger's Revenge
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Hits That Missed at the BBC
Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
Vanilla Ice Archive
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Kings of Glam
Live Aid
David Bowie - Total Rock Review
TV Party
Discovering Music
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
The Love We Make
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
David Bowie - Best Of
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
Live Aid Against All Odds
David Bowie: Live at Riverside Studios '03
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
Placebo: This Search For Meaning
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
WBCN and the American Revolution
The Making of the 'Outside' Album
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
Supergroups
David Bowie: Glass Spider
Rockthology 2
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Bowie at the BBC
Fame
Das Prinzip Dada
TIME
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
My Music: A Classic Christmas
David Bowie: Rockpalast
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
The Image
Bowie: A Reality Tour
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
Glam Rock at the BBC
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
David Bowie: Sound and Vision
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
The BRITs at 40
Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle
Queen: Greatest Flix II
Der Reichstag
David Bowie: Live by Request
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
Nine Inch Nails: Closure
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
David Bowie at Live Aid
David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
David Bowie: The Berlin Briefings
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Diamond Dogs Demo Video
The Nomi Song
David Bowie: Out of this World
Dear Bowie
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
David Bowie: Earthling On TV
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie Reality Live
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
David Bowie - Music in Review
David Bowie: Live at Montreux
David Bowie On Stage
David Bowie - In His Own Words
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
David Bowie: Starman
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
David Bowie - PNE Live Rehearsal 1976
The Genius of David Bowie
Moonage Ice Cream
Inside the Music
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
David bowie - Up Close and Personal
David Bowie: Musikladen Extra
