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Kurt Cobain (1967–1994)

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Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He became withdrawn and anti-social... See full bio »

Born:

Kurt Donald Cobain
in Aberdeen, Washington, USA

Died:

(age 27) in Seattle, Washington, USA
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2013 The Voice UK (TV series)
– Blind Auditions 3 (2013) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
 
2013 Divorce (TV series)
– Episode #1.10 (2013) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2013 Sound City (documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "In Bloom", "Lithium", "Breed", "Something in the Way")
 
2012 The Voice (TV series)
– Live Show 3 (2012) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2012 Australia's Got Talent (TV series)
– Semi Final #1 (2012) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2011 Generació D (TV documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2011 Tu cara me suena (TV series)
– Episode #1.7 (2011) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2011 The Muppets (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Mickey Rourke/Miss Piggy/Mutemath (2011) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
– Episode #19.136 (2011) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
 
2011 Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta (TV documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2011 Movin' on Up (TV movie) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2010 Lamastalgia (TV series)
– Kadotettu sukupolvi - lama-ajan nuoret (2010) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2010 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) (writer: "The 'Priest' They Called Him" / performer: "The 'Priest' They Called Him")
 
2009 Ruby & the Rockits (TV series)
– Smells Like Teen Drama (2009) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2009 Casal Rock (TV series)
– El concert (2009) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
– Tot va bé? (2009) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
– Moguda a l'institut (2009) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2009 eXploitation CinemA (documentary short) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2008 Marley & Me (writer: "Lithium")
 
2008 Californication (TV series)
– In Utero (2008) (writer: "Heart Shaped Box" - uncredited)
 
2008 60/90 (TV series)
– Elvis i les Spice Girls (2008) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2008 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
– VaYakhel (2008) (music: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" / lyrics: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
– Ki Tisa (2008) (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box", "Something in the Way")
 
2008 Definitely, Maybe (writer: "Come As You Are" 1992)
 
2007 The Singing Bee (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (2007) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2007 Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Video Game) (writer: "Breed")
 
2007 Shoot 'Em Up (writer: "Breed")
 
2007 Lost (TV series)
– Through the Looking Glass (2007) (writer: "Scentless Apprentice")
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
– Episode #1.18 (2007) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come As You Are")
 
2006 Guitar Hero II (Video Game) ("HEART SHAPED BOX")
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Greatest Songs of All Time (2006) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
2006 The Eight (TV series)
– The King Ka (2006) (writer: "Lithium" - uncredited)
 
2005 Jarhead (writer: "Something in the Way")
 
2005 The Devil and Daniel Johnston (documentary) (writer: "Lithium")
 
2001 Shabatot VeHagim (TV series)
– Meriach Saruf (2001) (writer: "Lithium")
 
2001 Moulin Rouge! (writer: "ZIDLER'S RAP Medley")
 
2000 Cássia Eller: Com Você Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo - Ao Vivo (video) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
1999 Daria (TV series)
– The Lawndale File (1999) (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box")
 
1999 'Weird Al' Yankovic Live! (video) ("Smells Like Nirvana")
 
1994-1997 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1997) (writer: "Come as You Are" - uncredited)
– Code Name: Diamond Head (1994) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
1996 Jerry Maguire (writer: "Something in the Way")
 
1996 Hype! (documentary) (writer: "Negative Creep", "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
1995 The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book Four - Spoof of the Living Dead II (TV movie) (writer: "Serve the Servants")
 
1993-1994 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Butt Is It Art? (1994) (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box")
– Customers Suck (1993) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
 
1992-1993 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Charles Barkley/Nirvana (1993) (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box" - uncredited, "Rape Me" - uncredited)
– Rob Morrow/Nirvana (1992) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited, "Territorial Pissings" - uncredited)
 
1993 Inyan Shel Zman (TV series)
– Tmunat Matzav (1993) (writer: "Lithium" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
2004 Nirvana: With the Lights Out (video)
 
1993 Unplugged (TV series documentary)
– Nirvana (1993)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2012 Aqua Seafoam Shame (documentary) (in memory of)
 
2005 Last Days (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2011 Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
Himself
 
2009 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Kurt Cobain (2009) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2006 Kurt Cobain About a Son (documentary)
Narrator
 
2005 The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Heart-Shaped Box") (as Nirvana)
 
2004 (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (documentary short)
Himself
 
1994 Nirvana Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (video documentary)
Himself (also as Kurdt Kobain)
 
1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 Unplugged (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Nirvana (1993) … Himself
 
1992-1993 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself
– Charles Barkley/Nirvana (1993) … Himself (as Nirvana)
– Rob Morrow/Nirvana (1992) … Himself (as Nirvana)
 
1993 MTV Video Music Awards 1993 (TV special)
Himself - Performer (as Nirvana)
 
1992-1993 Raw Power (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 January 1993 (1993) … Himself (as Nirvana)
– Episode dated 5 September 1992 (1992) … Himself (as Nirvana)
– Episode dated 21 March 1992 (1992) … Himself (as Nirvana)
 
1992 1991: The Year Punk Broke (documentary)
Himself (Nirvana Vocalist/Guitarist)
 
1992 MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (TV special)
Himself - Nirvana Guitarist and Vocalist
 
1991 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 November 1991 (1991) … Himself (as Nirvana)
 
1990 Tonight with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1990) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (25 titles)
2012 Too Young to Die (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Pearl Jam Twenty (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Fantástico (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Movin' on Up (TV movie)
Himself (as Nirvana)
 
2011 Hit So Hard (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Loki - Arnaldo Baptista (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 60/90 (TV series)
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2007 Impact: Songs That Changed the World - Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2005 NotNa (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Britpop Story (TV documentary)
Himself (as Nirvana)
 
2004-2005 Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The Cobain Case (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Nirvana: With the Lights Out (video)
Himself
 
2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
 
2001 25 Years of Punk (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 SNL: 25 Years of Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 Kurt & Courtney (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Rock Babylon (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Hype! (documentary)
Himself - Nirvana
 
1994 Headbangers Ball (TV series)
 
1994 Raw Power (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1993) Album: "In Utero" (Geffen Records DGCD-24607) See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 3 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 13 Articles  | 17 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Kurdt Kobain | Nirvana

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play. See more »

Trivia:

His songs have been covered by bands ranging from Evanescence to hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver to female Japanese duo Cibo Matto. See more »

Trademark:

Shoulder-length blonde hair See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces