David Johansen
Acting
Born: 1950-01-09 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
Buster Poindexter
Miami Vice
Singer at Party
Oz
Eli Zabitz
Teen Titans
Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
The Equalizer
Garnet
The Jim Henson Hour
Self
Centaurworld
Beartaur (voice)
Scrooged
Ghost of Christmas Past
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Freejack
Brad Carter
Cats Don't Dance
Bus Driver (voice)
Married to the Mob
'The Priest'
Deadline
Benny
200 Cigarettes
Tiki Bartender
Above the Shadows
Ron
Mr. Nanny
Thanatos
Let It Ride
Looney
Crooked Lines
Charlie
Night Lunch
Self
A Very Murray Christmas
The Bartender
Naked in New York
Orangutang
The Filth and the Fury
Self (archive footage)
Always at The Carlyle
Self
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Auggie
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Self
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Self / Buster Poindexter
Glass Chin
Stanley Loori
The Deli
The Cabbie
Campfire Stories
Ranger Bill
Car 54, Where Are You?
Officer Gunther Toody
Candy Mountain
Keith Burns
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Himself
The Tic Code
Marvin
Lightning in a Bottle
Self
New York Doll
Self
25 Years of Punk
Self
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Punk: Attitude
Himself
Nick and Jane
Carter