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David Bowie Died at age: 69

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    David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades

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    Twiggy

    (archival footage) ( Actor )

    ... 2025

    Eno

    Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

    ... 2024

    Jim Henson Idea Man

    Jareth (archive footage) ( Actor )

    ... 2024

Fullname:

David Bowie

Date of Birth:

Jan 08, 1947

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jan 10, 2016

Biography of

David Bowie

    David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and seven gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

    Born and raised in South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise.

    After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. Bowie also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).

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Filmography of

David Bowie

Found 165 Movies in total

Twiggy

(archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2025

Eno

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

Jareth (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

My Way

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

DEVO

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2023

WHAM!

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

LOLA

Self - Singer (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Moonage Daydream

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

Music

... 2022

... 2022

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2021

The Velvet Underground

Self (voice) ( Actor )

... 2021

Moby Doc

Self ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2021

Zappa

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde

The Boy (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2020

... 2019

... 2019

David Bowie: Finding Fame

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Glastonbury 2000

Self - Vocals ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2018

... 2018

... 2018

Der Reichstag

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Jack Celliers (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Glam Rock at the BBC

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

Self - Musician (archive footage) ( Actor )

Thanks

... 2017

Princess Diana: Her Life, Her Death, the Truth

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story

Self - Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2017

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Bowie at the BBC

Self (Archival Footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

Burden

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2016

... 2016

... 2016

David Bowie: Starman

Self ( Actor )

... 2016

David Bowie: On the Rock Trail

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2015

... 2015

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Soul Boys of the Western World

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Phillip Jeffries ( Actor )

... 2014

David Bowie Is Happening Now

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2013

David Bowie: Five Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2012

... 2012

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust

Self / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

The Genius of David Bowie

Self - Performer (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

The Love We Make

Self ( Actor )

... 2011

Acoustic at the BBC

Self ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2010

... 2010

... 2010

Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Bandslam

David Bowie ( Actor )

... 2009

... 2009

Kings of Glam

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2008

August

Cyrus Ogilvie ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

... 2007

David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review

Self - Singer, Songwriter ( Actor )

... 2007

David bowie - Up Close and Personal

Self - Singer, Songwriter ( Actor )

... 2007

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Self ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2007

David Bowie - Music in Review

Self - Singer, Songwriter ( Actor )

... 2007

Arthur and the Invisibles

Maltazard (voice) ( Actor )

... 2006

The Prestige

Nikola Tesla ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2006

... 2006

David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust

Self - Singer, Songwriter ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2006

The Work of Director Mark Romanek

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

TV Party

Self ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

... 2005

Inside the Music

Self ( Actor )

... 2005

Live Aid

Self ( Actor )

... 2004

The Nomi Song

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

David Bowie - A Reality Tour

Self ( Actor )

Writer

... 2004

... 2004

... 2004

Pixies: Gouge

Self ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2003

... 2003

... 2003

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

Self - Interviewee ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2003

Supergroups

Self ( Actor )

... 2002

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Self - Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2002

... 2002

David Bowie: Best of Bowie

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

Director

... 2002

... 2002

... 2002

... 2001

... 2001

Zoolander

David Bowie ( Actor )

... 2001

Mr. Rice's Secret

Mr. William Rice ( Actor )

... 2000

... 2000

The Filth and the Fury

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

... 2000

... 1999

... 1999

... 1999

Gunslinger's Revenge

Jack Sikora ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1998

A Bing Crosby Christmas

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1998

Nine Inch Nails: Closure

Himself ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1997

... 1997

... 1997

... 1997

David Bowie: An Earthling at 50

Self - Interviewee ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1996

Basquiat

Andy Warhol ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1996

... 1995

... 1995

The World of Jim Henson

Jareth (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Phillip Jeffries ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1992

Queen: Greatest Flix II

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

The Linguini Incident

Monte ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1990

Imagine: John Lennon

Self ( Actor )

... 1988

The Last Temptation of Christ

Pontius Pilatus ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1988

Inside the Labyrinth

Self ( Actor )

... 1986

Labyrinth

Jareth ( Actor )

Music

... 1986

Absolute Beginners

Vendice Partners ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1986

Live Aid

Self ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto

Celliers (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1985

Into the Night

Colin Morris ( Actor )

... 1985

Ricochet

Self ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1984

David Bowie: Serious Moonlight

Self - Lead Vocals / Guitar ( Actor )

... 1984

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Self / Ziggy Stardust ( Actor )

Songs

... 1983

Yellowbeard

The Shark (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Group Madness

Self ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1983

The Hunger

John Blaylock ( Actor )

... 1983

Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1983

Baal

Baal ( Actor )

... 1982

Christiane F.

David Bowie ( Actor )

... 1981

... 1980

... 1978

Just a Gigolo

Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski ( Actor )

... 1978

David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen

Self - Keyboard, Vocals ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1977

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Thomas Jerome Newton ( Actor )

... 1976

Cracked Actor

Self ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1973

The Virgin Soldiers

Soldier ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1967