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David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington Indiana in 1954. A few years later, his father Nathan, a doctor, moved the family to sunny California. The move proved to be a good one because while attending Pasadena Community College, David hooked up with the Van Halen brothers and Michael Anthony to form the Mighty Van Halen hard rock band... See full bio »

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2013 The Footy Show (TV series)
– Episode #20.3 (2013) (writer: "Jump" - uncredited)
 
2011-2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #21.76 (2013) (writer: "Jump" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.75 (2013) (writer: "Hot for Teacher" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.61 (2012) (writer: "Jump" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.60 (2012) (writer: "Hot for Teacher" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.37 (2012) (writer: "Hot for Teacher" - uncredited)
See all 19 episodes »
 
2012 This Is 40 (writer: "Little Guitars")
 
2012 Argo (writer: "Dance the Night Away")
 
2012 Rock of Ages (writer: "Sister Christian / Just Like Paradise / Nothin' But a Good Time")
 
2012 That's My Boy (writer: "And The Cradle Will Rock", "Dance The Night Away")
 
2012 Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (documentary) (writer: "It's Showtime", "Drop In the Bucket" / performer: "It's Showtime", "Drop In the Bucket")
 
2011 The Green Hornet (writer: "Feel Your Love Tonight")
 
2010 Chuck (TV series)
– Chuck Versus the Three Words (2010) (performer: "Just Like Paradise" - uncredited)
 
2009 Glee (TV series)
– Mattress (2009) (writer: "Jump")
 
2009 Zombieland (writer: "Everybody Wants Some")
 
2008 American Idol (TV series)
– Hollywood Round 1 (2008) (performer: "Just A Gigolo")
 
2007 Superbad (writer: "Panama")
 
2006 Camping (performer: "California Girls")
 
2006 Rumble Roses XX (Video Game) (music: "Yankee Rose" / lyrics: "Yankee Rose")
 
2006 Air Guitar Nation (documentary) (writer: "Yankee Rose" / performer: "Yankee Rose")
 
2005 Herbie Fully Loaded (writer: "Jump")
 
2005 American Dad! (TV series)
– Threat Levels (2005) (writer: "Unchained")
 
2004 Gran Turismo 4 (Video Game) (writer: "Panama")
 
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (performer: "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody")
 
2004 Rumble Roses (Video Game) (writer: "Yankee Rose")
 
2004 I'm Sammy Hagar (short) (writer: "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love")
 
2004 High Chaparall (TV series documentary)
– Robert Englund (2004) (writer: "Jump" - uncredited)
 
2003 Project Gotham Racing 2 (Video Game) ("Look at All the People Here Tonight")
 
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Video Game) (performer: "Yankee Rose")
 
2000 Little Nicky (writer: "Running With the Devil")
 
1999-2000 Freaks and Geeks (TV series)
– Kim Kelly Is My Friend (2000) (writer: "Jamie's Cryin'")
– We've Got Spirit (2000) (writer: "Everybody Wants Some!!" - uncredited)
– Tests and Breasts (1999) (writer: "Little Dreamer")
– Beers and Weirs (1999) (writer: "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love")
– Pilot (1999) (writer: "Runnin' With the Devil")
 
2000 Ready to Rumble (writer: "Runnin' With The Devil")
 
2000 Mission to Mars (writer: "Dance The Night Away")
 
1999 Detroit Rock City (writer: "Running With The Devil")
 
1999 Big Daddy (writer: "Jump")
 
1999/I Lost & Found (writer: "Runnin' with the Devil")
 
1999 Olympic Glory (documentary short) (writer: "Hot For Teacher")
 
1999 Varsity Blues (writer: "Hot For Teacher")
 
1998 SLC Punk! (writer: "Hot For Teacher")
 
1997 Private Parts (writer: "Jamie's Cryin'", "Dance The Night Away")
 
1996 Sgt. Bilko (performer: "Bad Habits")
 
1993-1995 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Animation Sucks (1995) (performer: "She's My Machine")
– Eating Contest (1993) (performer: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
– Lawn & Garden (1993) (performer: "Just Like Paradise")
– Beware of the Butt (1993) (performer: "Yankee Rose")
 
1994 Airheads (writer: "I'm the One" / as D. Lee Roth)
 
1993 Van Halen Live: Right Here, Right Now (video) (writer: "Jump")
 
1989 How I Got Into College (performer: "Tobacco Road")
 
1987 Less Than Zero (music: "Bump 'N Grind" / lyrics: "Bump 'N Grind" / performer: "Bump 'N Grind")
 
1986 Moonlighting (TV series)
– The Son Also Rises (1986) (writer: "Yankee Rose" / performer: "Yankee Rose")
 
1986 One Crazy Summer (performer: "Easy Street")
 
1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills (performer: "CALIFORNIA GIRLS")
 
1986 David Lee Roth (video short) (performer: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody", "California Girls", "Yankee Rose", "Goin' Crazy")
 
1985 Better Off Dead... (writer: "Everybody Wants Some!!")
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
2002 No Holds Bar-B-Que (video)
 
1996 Van Halen: Video Hits Vol. 1 (video) (video "Hot for Teacher")
 
1986 David Lee Roth (video short)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2002 No Holds Bar-B-Que (video)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1986 David Lee Roth (video short)
Dave
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
2013 Revealed (TV series)
Himself
– David Lee Roth (2013) … Himself
 
2013 The Best Hit USA (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 March 2013 (2013) … Himself
 
2009 Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Video Game)
Himself (voice)
 
2007 Fashion News Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.18 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #5.36 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #2.156 (2006) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1995-2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Musical Guest
– Episode #14.99 (2006) … Himself/Musical Guest
– Episode #4.46 (1995) … Himself
 
2005 I Want to Be a Hilton (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 I Love the '90s: Part Deux (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 I Love the '90s (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1993 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 When Playboy Ruled the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Sopranos (TV series)
Himself
– All Happy Families (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The Van Halen Story: The Early Years (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 I Love the '80s Strikes Back (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1987 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 I Love the '70s (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1971 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 50 Sexiest Video Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995-2002 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 June 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 November 1997 (1997) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 1997 (1997) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 1996 (1996) … Himself
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2002 MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2002 The Rage Beyond the Stage: Sammy Hagar vs. David Lee Roth (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 No Holds Bar-B-Que (video)
Himself
 
2002 Colin's Sleazy Friends Rocks (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Bad Boys of Rock (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1984 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Stadium Rock (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 February 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1996 Van Halen: Video Hits Vol. 1 (video)
Himself (segments "Jump", "Panama" and "Hot for Teacher")
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 8 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 24 Hours in Rock and Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Hard 'N Heavy Volume 12 (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Heavy Metal (1989) … Himself
 
1989 America's Top 10 (TV series)
Himself
– Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of the 80's (1989) … Himself
 
1988 The 15th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1987 Queen: Magic Years, Volume One - A Visual Anthology (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The Late Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 October 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1985 MTV Video Music Awards 1985 (TV special)
Himself
 
1984 MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2009 20/20 (TV series documentary)
 
2008 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2004 Retrosexual: The 80's
Himself
 
2004 Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (video)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1984) Music video Frank Sinatra: "L.A. Is My Lady"

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | 9 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I don't get all the women that I want...I get all the women that want me. See more »

Trivia:

One of the few all-time famous rock stars who has never married. See more »

Trademark:

Long Blonde Hair See more »

Nickname:

Diamond Dave See more »

Star Sign:

Libra