
Acting
Born January 9, 1950 · 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.

Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022

Above the Shadows
2019

Always at The Carlyle
2018

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
2017

A Very Murray Christmas
2015

Glass Chin
2014

Clockwork Orange County
2012
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
2011

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
2011

New York Rock at the BBC
2008

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007
The Return of the New York Dolls
2006

The Harry Smith Project Live
2006

Motherfucker: A Movie
2006

New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
2005

Punk: Attitude
2005

New York Doll
2005

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
2004

Lightning in a Bottle
2004

Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003

Crooked Lines
2003

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
God Is On Their Side
2002

Campfire Stories
2001

25 Years of Punk
2001

The Filth and the Fury
2000
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
2000

200 Cigarettes
1999

The Tic Code
1998

Nick and Jane
1997

The Deli
1997

Cats Don't Dance
1997

The Weinerville Chanukah Special
1995

Burnzy's Last Call
1995

Car 54, Where Are You?
1994

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994

Naked in New York
1993

Mr. Nanny
1993

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
1992

Freejack
1992

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990

Let It Ride
1989

The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
1989

Scrooged
1988

Married to the Mob
1988

Candy Mountain
1988

Night Lunch
1975