David Bowie is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of pop music. Born David Jones, he changed his name to Bowie in the 1960s, to avoid confusion with the then well-known Davy Jones (lead singer of The Monkees). The 1960s were not a happy period for Bowie, who remained a struggling artist...See full bio »
2012Me and You
(writer: "Space Oddity", "Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola Space Oddity" / performer: "Space Oddity", "Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola Space Oddity")
2007What We Do Is Secret
(writer: "Queen Bitch", "Five Years", "Rock N' Roll Suicide" / performer: "Queen Bitch", "Five Years", "Rock N' Roll Suicide")
2007We Own the Night
(writer: "Let's Dance" / performer: "Let's Dance")
2007Control
(performer: "Drive-In Saturday", "The Jean Genie", "Warszawa" / "Drive-In Saturday", "The Jean Genie", "Sister Midnight", "Warszawa")
2005Loverboy
(writer: "Life On Mars?" / performer: "Life On Mars?")
2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
(writer: "Ziggy Stardust", "Starman", "Life on Mars", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Changes", "Rebel Rebel", "Lady Stardust", "Space Oddity", "Five Years", "Life on Mars?", "When I Live My Dream", "Queen Bitch" / performer: "Life on Mars", "Queen Bitch")
2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
(Video Game)
(writer: "Somebody Up There Likes Me" / as David Robert Jones / performer: "Somebody Up There Likes Me")
2004The Nomi Song
(documentary)
(music: "The Man Who Sold the World", "TVC 15", "Boys Keep Swinging" / lyrics: "The Man Who Sold the World", "TVC 15", "Boys Keep Swinging" / performer: "The Man Who Sold the World", "TVC 15", "Boys Keep Swinging")
2001Fat Girl
(writer: "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" / performer: "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" / "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell")
2001Intimacy
(writer: "Candidate" 1974, "The Motel" 1997 / performer: "Candidate" 1974, "The Motel" 1997)
1999Omikron: The Nomad Soul
(Video Game)
(writer: "Thursday's Child", "Something In The Air", "Survive", "Seven", "We All Go Through", "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell, "Omikron New Angels of Promise, "The Dreamers" / performer: "Thursday's Child", "Something In The Air", "Survive", "Seven", "We All Go Through", "The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell, "Omikron New Angels of Promise, "The Dreamers")
1993Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story
(TV documentary)
(performer: "Fame 90", "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide", "Ziggy Stardust", "The Jean Genie", "London, Bye, Ta-Ta", "John, I'm Only Dancing", "Rebel Rebel", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "All The Young Dudes", "Little Drummer Boy", "Under Pressure", "Dancing In The Street", "Young Americans", "Hang on to Yourself", "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday", "Helden", "Pallas Athena", "Miracle Goodnight", "The Wedding Song", "Be My Wife")
1993David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
(video documentary)
(writer: "You've Been Around", "Miracle Goodnight", "Black Tie White Noise", "Jump They Say" / performer: "You've Been Around", "Nite Flights", "Miracle Goodnight", "Black Tie White Noise", "I Feel Free", "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday", "Jump They Say")
1992Tin Machine: Live at the Docks
(video)
(writer: "Bus Stop", "Sacrifice Yourself", "Goodbye Mr. Ed", "I Can't Read", "Baby Universal", "You Can't Talk", "Under the God", "Betty Wrong", "Stateside", "You Belong in Rock & Roll", "One Shot", "Heaven's in Here", "Amlapura", "Crack City")
1983David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
(video documentary)
(performer: "Look Back In Anger", "Heroes", "What In The World", "Golden Years", "Fashion", "Let's Dance", "Breaking Glass", "Life On Mars?", "Sorrow", "Cat People Putting Out Fire", "China Girl", "Scary Monsters And Super Creeps", "Rebel Rebel", "White Light, White Heat", "Station To Station", "Cracked Actor", "Ashes To Ashes", "Space Oddity", "Young Americans")
1973Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
(documentary)
(writer: "Hang On to Yourself", "Ziggy Stardust", "Watch That Man", "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud", "All the Young Dudes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Moonage Daydream", "Space Oddity", "Cracked Actor", "Time", "The Width of a Circle", "Changes", "Suffragette City", "White Light/White Heat", "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" / performer: "Hang On to Yourself", "Ziggy Stardust", "Watch That Man", "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud", "All the Young Dudes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Moonage Daydream", "Space Oddity", "My Death", "Cracked Actor", "Time", "The Width of a Circle", "Changes", "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Suffragette City", "White Light/White Heat", "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" / as Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars)
1970Pierrot in Turquoise or The Looking Glass Murders
(TV short)
(writer: "When I Live My Dream", "Columbine", "The Mirror", "Threepenny Pierrot", "When I Live My Dream reprise" / performer: "When I Live My Dream", "Columbine", "The Mirror", "Threepenny Pierrot", "When I Live My Dream reprise")
I had no problem with people knowing I was bisexual. But I had no inclination to hold any banners or be a representative of any group of people. I knew what I wanted to be, which was a songwriter and a performer, and I felt that bisexuality became my headline over here for so long. America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do. (2002)
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Trivia:
He was originally supposed to play Max Zorin in
A View to a Kill, but the part went to Christopher Walken instead. Many years later he admitted, "It was simply a terrible script and I saw little reason for spending so long on something that bad, that workmanlike. And I told them so. I don't think anyone had turned down a major role in a Bond before...
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Trademark:
Known for having a different theme on almost every album
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