🎬David Bowie

David Robert Jones, 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 characterized 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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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Twiggy (2025)	(archival footage)	-	-
2	Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
3	DEVO (2024)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
4	Thriller 40 (2023)	Self (archive footage)		7.5
5	LOLA (2023)	Self - Singer (archive footage)		6
6	WHAM! (2023)	Self (archive footage)		6.5
7	Moonage Daydream (2022)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
8	Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (2022)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
9	Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022)	Self (archive footage)		7
10	The Velvet Underground (2021)	Self (voice)		7
11	Moby Doc (2021)	Self		7
12	Zappa (2020)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
13	The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (2019)	Self (archive footage)		7
14	Why Are We Creative? (2018)	Self		8
15	David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
16	Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2017)	Self - Musician (archive footage)		8
17	Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA (2017)	Jack Celliers (archive footage)		7
18	Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story (2017)	Self - Narrator (voice)	-	-
19	Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World (2016)	Self (archive footage)		3
20	Gimme Danger (2016)	archive footage	-	-
21	B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015)	Self		8
22	Blackstar (2015)	Director / Writer		10
23	Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
24	I Am Divine (2014)	Self (archive)	-	-
25	Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)	Phillip Jeffries		6.8
26	David Bowie Is Happening Now (2013)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
27	David Bowie: Five Years (2013)	Self (archive footage)		7.5
28	David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust (2012)	Self / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage)	-	-
29	David Bowie: Rare and Unseen (2010)	Self	-	-
30	David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers (2009)	Self	-	-
31	Bandslam (2009)	David Bowie		6
32	August (2008)	Cyrus Ogilvie	-	-
33	The Prestige (2006) Oscars 2007	Tesla		8.2
34	Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)	Maltazard (voice)		6
35	The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005)	Self (archive footage)		7
36	Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis (2004)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
37	The Nomi Song (2004)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
38	Pixies: Gouge (2004)	Self	-	-
39	Bowie: A Reality Tour (2004)	Director / Writer		8
40	Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles (2003)	Self - Interviewee		5
41	Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer (2001)	Self		7
42	Zoolander (2001)	David Bowie		6.8
43	Mr. Rice's Secret (2000)	Mr. William Rice		4
44	The Filth and the Fury (2000)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
45	Gunslinger's Revenge (1998)	Jack Sikora		6
46	Basquiat (1996)	Andy Warhol		6
47	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)	Phillip Jeffries		7.5
48	The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992)	Self		10
49	The Linguini Incident (1991)	Monte		6
50	Imagine: John Lennon (1988)	Self		7
51	The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)	Pontius Pilatus		6.6
52	Labyrinth (1986)	Jareth		7.8
53	Inside the Labyrinth (1986)	Self	-	-
54	Absolute Beginners (1986)	Vendice Partners		7
55	Into the Night (1985)	Colin Morris		7
56	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)	Celliers		8
57	Yellowbeard (1983)	The Shark (uncredited)		5
58	The Hunger (1983)	John Blaylock		6.4
59	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)	Self / Ziggy Stardust		7.8
60	Christiane F. (1981)	David Bowie		6.7
61	Just a Gigolo (1978)	Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski		5
62	David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen (1978)	Self - Keyboard, Vocals		8
63	The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)	Thomas Jerome Newton		6.7
64	The Image (1969)	The Boy	-	-
65	David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday (1969)	Self	-	-