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Best David Byrne Movies Ranked
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David Byrne Acting Filmography (81)
Changing Lanes
2026·Self
David Byrne at Coachella 2026
2026·Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025·Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025·Self
Monk in Pieces
2025·Self
We Want the Funk!
2025·Self
The Twits
2025·Gordon Sniffles (voice)
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
2023·Self (archive footage)
Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
Twyla Moves
2021·Self
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020·Self - Lead Singer & Performer
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2020·Self
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
2019·Self - Voice
Museum Town
2019·Self
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2019·David Byrne
Everything For All Reasons
2019·Self
Hream
2019·David Byrne
Triple-Chaser
2019·Narrator
The Making of True Stories
2018·Self
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
2018·Self
Real Life
2018·Narrator / Self
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
2017·Self
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016·Self
Contemporary Color
2016
Temporary Color
2016
We're Gonna Die
2015·David Byrne
Lennon or McCartney
2014·Self
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013·Self (archive footage)
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012·Self
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012
This Must Be the Place
2011·David Byrne
Ride, Rise, Roar
2011·Self
Talking Heads - Chronology
2011
Beyond Ipanema
2009·Self
Wandering Heart
2009·Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009·Self
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008·Self
Celia: The Queen
2008·Self
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008·Self (archive footage)
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
2008
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
2007·Self
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fabricating Tom Zé
2006·Self
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
2006·Self
TV Party
2005·Self
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
2005·Self
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
2004·Self
Dennis Cleveland
2004
Lubbock Lights
2003·Self
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
2003
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002·Self
25 Years of Punk
2001·Self
The Art of Amália
2000·Introduction (English version)
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
1998·Self - Host/Interviewer
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1998·Self
Lulu on the Bridge
1998·"Laughing Man" Escort
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
1998·Self
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
1998
David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex
1998·Self
Dancing Barefoot
1995·Self
Between the Teeth
1993
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
1993·Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990·Self
Beleza Tropical
1990·Self
Heavy Petting
1989·Self
Decade
1989·Self
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
1988·Self
Checking Out
1988·Bartender
True Stories
1986·Narrator / Lip-Syncher
Dead End Kids
1986·Minister
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
Report From L.A.
1986·Himself
Stop Making Sense
1984·Self - Vocals, Guitar
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
1984·Self
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
1982
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
1981
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
1980·Self - Vocals, guitar
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
1980·Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
The Blank Generation
1976·Self