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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-01-09 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

David Johansen

Biography:

David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) 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

Acting

2022

Personality Crisis: One Night Only as Self / Buster Poindexter

2021

Centaurworld as Beartaur (voice)

2019

2018

2017

2015

A Very Murray Christmas as The Bartender

2014

Glass Chin as Stanley Loori

2012

2011

2008

2007

2006

MOFO NYC as Self

2005

Punk: Attitude as Himself

2004

2003

Crooked Lines as Charlie
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teen Titans as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)

2002

2001

Campfire Stories as Ranger Bill

2000

The Filth and the Fury as Self (archive footage)

1999

200 Cigarettes as Tiki Bartender

1997

Cats Don't Dance as Bus Driver (voice)
The Deli as The Cabbie
Nick and Jane as Carter
Oz as Eli Zabitz

1995

The Weinerville Chanukah Special as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)

1994

Car 54, Where Are You? as Officer Gunther Toody

1993

Mr. Nanny as Thanatos
Naked in New York as Orangutang

1992

Freejack as Brad Carter

1990

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

1989

Let It Ride as Looney
The Jim Henson Hour as Himself (as Buster Poindexter)

1988

Scrooged as Ghost of Christmas Past
Married to the Mob as 'The Priest'
Candy Mountain as Keith Burns

1985

The Equalizer as Garnet

1984

1975

Night Lunch as Self
Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest

Sound

1993

Mr. Nanny as Original Music Composer

1988