Acting
David Johansen
Jan 9, 1950 (died Feb 28, 2025, aged 75) Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
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
8.3
Teen Titans
Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
8.0
Oz
Eli Zabitz
7.4
Miami Vice
Singer at Party
6.8
Scrooged
Ghost of Christmas Past
7.2
The Equalizer
Garnet
6.0
Married to the Mob
'The Priest'
6.2
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
5.2
A Very Murray Christmas
The Bartender
5.5
Freejack
Brad Carter
7.2
Cats Don't Dance
Bus Driver (voice)
7.4
Centaurworld
Beartaur (voice)
6.7
Above the Shadows
Ron
5.8
200 Cigarettes
Tiki Bartender
5.1
Mr. Nanny
Thanatos
6.3
Let It Ride
Looney
Filmography
4.4
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022 · Self / Buster Poindexter
7.4
Centaurworld
2021 · Beartaur (voice)
6.7
Above the Shadows
2019 · Ron
6.7
Always at The Carlyle
2018 · Self
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2017
5.2
A Very Murray Christmas
2015 · The Bartender
5.0
Glass Chin
2014 · Stanley Loori
6.0
Clockwork Orange County
2012 · Self
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2011 · Himself
6.5
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007 · Self
Motherfucker: A Movie
2006 · Self
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006 · Self
7.1
Punk: Attitude
2005 · Self
6.8
New York Doll
2005 · Self
8.5
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005 · Himself
7.5
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2004 · Himself
7.6
Lightning in a Bottle
2004 · Self
8.3
Teen Titans
2003 · Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
7.6
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.8
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003 · Self
4.5
Crooked Lines
2003 · Charlie
3.0
Campfire Stories
2001 · Ranger Bill
7.0
25 Years of Punk
2001 · Self
6.9
The Filth and the Fury
2000 · Self (archive footage)
10.0
Deadline
2000 · Benny
5.8
200 Cigarettes
1999 · Tiki Bartender
5.9
The Tic Code
1998 · Marvin
8.0
Oz
1997 · Eli Zabitz
7.2
Cats Don't Dance
1997 · Bus Driver (voice)