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David Bowie

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David Bowie

David Bowie is an actor born on January 8, 1947 in London, England, UK. He died on January 10, 2016, aged 69. He is known for Labyrinth, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and The Hunger. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
January 8, 1947
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Died
January 10, 2016
Also known as
David Robert Jones · Tin Machine · David Jones

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).

Filmography

  1. 2024Jim Henson Idea Manas Self (archive footage)
  2. 2023Thriller 40as Self (archive footage)
  3. 2023WHAM!as Self (archive footage)
  4. 2023LOLAas Self - Singer (archive footage)
  5. 2022Moonage Daydreamas Self (archive footage)
  6. 2022Freddie Mercury: The Final Actas Self (archive footage)
  7. 2022Mickey: The Story of a Mouseas Self (archive footage)
  8. 2021The Velvet Undergroundas Self (voice)
  9. 20211971: The Year That Music Changed Everythingas Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
  10. 2021This Is Popas Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
  11. 2020Zappaas Self (archive footage)
  12. 2019The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Storyas Self (archive footage)
  13. 2019David Bowie: Finding Fameas Self (archive footage)
  14. 2017Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODAas Jack Celliers (archive footage)
  15. 2017Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rockas Self - Musician (archive footage)
  16. 2017David Bowie: The Last Five Yearsas Self (archive footage)
  17. 2016Gimme Dangeras archive footage
  18. 2016Bowie: The Man Who Changed the Worldas Self (archive footage)
  19. 2015B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989as Self
  20. 2014Soul Boys of the Western Worldas Self (archive footage)
  21. 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing Piecesas Phillip Jeffries
  22. 2014I Am Divineas Self (archive)
  23. 2013David Bowie: Five Yearsas Self (archive footage)
  24. 2012David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardustas Self / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage)
  25. 2009Bandslamas David Bowie
  26. 2008Augustas Cyrus Ogilvie
  27. 2007SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantisas Lord Royal Highness
  28. 2007David Gilmour: Remember That Nightas Self - Guest Artist
  29. 2007Scott Walker: 30 Century Manas Self · Executive producer
  30. 2006Arthur and the Invisiblesas Maltazard (voice)
  31. 2006The Prestigeas Tesla
  32. 2005Extrasas David Bowie · 1 episode
  33. 2004The Nomi Songas Self (archive footage)
  34. 2003Mayor of the Sunset Stripas Self
  35. 2001Zoolanderas David Bowie
  36. 2000The Filth and the Furyas Self (archive footage)
  37. 1999SpongeBob SquarePantsas Lord Royal Highness (voice) · 1 episode
  38. 1998Gunslinger's Revengeas Jack Sikora
  39. 1997The Hungeras The Host · 22 episodes
  40. 1996Basquiatas Andy Warhol
  41. 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Meas Phillip Jeffries
  42. 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concertas Self
  43. 1991The Linguini Incidentas Monte
  44. 1990Dream Onas Sir Roland Moorecock · 2 episodes
  45. 1990Twin Peaksas Phillip Jeffries (archive footage) · 1 episode
  46. 1988Imagine: John Lennonas Self
  47. 1988The Last Temptation of Christas Pontius Pilatus
  48. 1986Labyrinthas Jareth
  49. 1986Absolute Beginnersas Vendice Partners
  50. 1985Live Aidas Self
  51. 1985Into the Nightas Colin Morris
  52. 1984David Bowie: Serious Moonlightas Self - Lead Vocals / Guitar
  53. 1983Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Marsas Self / Ziggy Stardust
  54. 1983Yellowbeardas The Shark (uncredited)
  55. 1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrenceas Celliers
  56. 1983The Hungeras John Blaylock
  57. 1981Christiane F.as David Bowie
  58. 1978Just a Gigoloas Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski
  59. 1976The Man Who Fell to Earthas Thomas Jerome Newton
  60. 1964Top of the Popsas Self (archive footage) · 1 episode