David Johansen
Acting
Born: January 9, 1950 · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 28, 2025 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Scrooged
1988
Teen Titans
2003
Oz
1997
Miami Vice
1984
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
Freejack
1992
Married to the Mob
1988
Mr. Nanny
1993
Cats Don't Dance
1997
Above the Shadows
2019
200 Cigarettes
1999
Photos (3)
Movies (25)
Scrooged
Ghost of Christmas Past
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Freejack
Brad Carter
Cats Don't Dance
Bus Driver (voice)
Married to the Mob
'The Priest'
Mr. Nanny
Thanatos
Above the Shadows
Ron
200 Cigarettes
Tiki Bartender
A Very Murray Christmas
The Bartender
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Auggie
Let It Ride
Looney
Naked in New York
Orangutang
Crooked Lines
Charlie
Glass Chin
Stanley Loori
The Deli
The Cabbie
Car 54, Where Are You?
Officer Gunther Toody
Nick and Jane
Carter
Candy Mountain
Keith Burns
The Tic Code
Marvin
Burnzy's Last Call
Andre
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
Campfire Stories
Ranger Bill
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2017
The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
1989
TV Shows (7)
Saturday Night Live
Buster Poindexter · 4 eps
Miami Vice
Singer at Party · 1 eps
Oz
Eli Zabitz · 3 eps
Teen Titans
Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice) · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Garnet · 1 eps
Centaurworld
Beartaur (voice) · 3 eps
Deadline
Benny · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (21)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps
The Jim Henson Hour
Self · 1 eps
Always at The Carlyle
Self
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Himself
The Filth and the Fury
Self (archive footage)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Self
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
Night Lunch
Self
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Self / Buster Poindexter
Lightning in a Bottle
Self
New York Doll
Self
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Self
Up Your Legs Forever
Self - Legs(uncredited)
Punk: Attitude
Himself
25 Years of Punk
Self
Clockwork Orange County
Self
The Harry Smith Project Live
Self
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Self
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
Himself
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
Himself