David Johansen
Acting
Born 1950-01-09 · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA · Died 2025-02-28
David Roger Johansen (January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025) was an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter. David has appeared in several films including Car 54, Where Are You? and Scrooged with Bill Murray.
Acting
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Self / Buster Poindexter
Centaurworld
Beartaur (voice)
Above the Shadows
Ron
Always at The Carlyle
Self
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
A Very Murray Christmas
The Bartender
Glass Chin
Stanley Loori
Clockwork Orange County
Self
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
Himself
New York Rock at the BBC
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Self
The Return of the New York Dolls
Himself
The Harry Smith Project Live
Self
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
Himself
Punk: Attitude
Himself
New York Doll
Self
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Himself
Lightning in a Bottle
Self
Teen Titans
Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Self
Crooked Lines
Charlie
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
God Is On Their Side
God
Campfire Stories
Ranger Bill
25 Years of Punk
Self
Deadline
Benny
The Filth and the Fury
Self (archive footage)
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
Himself
