David Johansen

Born: 1950-01-09, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2025-02-28

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.

Filmography

• Saturday Night Live (1975)
• Oz (1997)
• Centaurworld (2021)
• Scrooged (1988)
• Freejack (1992)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
• 200 Cigarettes (1999)
• Married to the Mob (1988)
• Mr. Nanny (1993)
• Above the Shadows (2019)
• Let It Ride (1989)
• Crooked Lines (2003)
• A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
• Naked in New York (1993)
• Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992)
• Campfire Stories (2001)
• Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2004)
• Glass Chin (2014)
• The Tic Code (1998)
• The Deli (1997)
• Candy Mountain (1988)
• Nick and Jane (1997)
• New York Rock at the BBC (2008)
• Burnzy's Last Call (1995)
• Punk: Attitude (2005)
• The Weinerville Chanukah Special (1995)
• New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery (2011)
• Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past (2017)
• The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session) (1989)