Cast & creator
David Cronenberg
Best known for Star Trek: Discovery, Late Night with David Letterman, The South Bank Show
David Paul Cronenberg (born 15 March 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a principal originator of the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infectious diseases, and the intertwining of the psychological, physical, and technological. Cronenberg is best known for exploring these themes through sci-fi horror films such as Shivers (1975), Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), and The Fly (1986). However, he has also directed dramas, psychological thrillers, and gangster films. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences; he has earned critical acclaim and sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence. The Village Voice called him "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world". His films have won numerous awards, including the Special Jury Prize for Crash at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually but only at the request of the official jury, who in this case gave the award "for originality, for daring, and for audacity". From the 2000s to the 2020s, Cronenberg collaborated on several films with Viggo Mortensen, including A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011) and Crimes of the Future (2022). Seven of his films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, the most recent being The Shrouds (2024), which was screened at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Cronenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: David Paul Cronenberg
212
film credits
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television credits
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1966–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (235)
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Star Trek: Discovery
Dr. Kovich
2017
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
The South Bank Show
1978
The Fly
Gynecologist
1986The Fly
Screenplay
1986The Fly
Director
1986
Pacific Rim
Thanks
2013
Ready or Not: Here I Come
Chester Danforth
2026
Friday the 13th: The Series
Director
1987
Slasher
Spencer
2016
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
1989
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
2015
Alias
Dr. Brezzel
2001
Escape from New York
Thanks
1981
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
1976
Eastern Promises
Director
2007
Alias Grace
Reverend Verrenger
2017
Crash
Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
1996Crash
Producer
1996Crash
Director
1996Crash
Writer
1996
The Dead Don't Die
Thanks
2019
A History of Violence
Director
2005
Jason X
Dr. Wimmer
2001
The Dead Zone
Director
1983
Shortbus
Thanks
2006
Le Cercle
2005
Happy Town
Dr. Leichman
2010
A Dangerous Method
Director
2011
eXistenZ
Screenplay
1999eXistenZ
Producer
1999eXistenZ
Director
1999
Videodrome
Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
1983Videodrome
Writer
1983Videodrome
Director
1983
To Die For
Man at Lake
1995
Crimes of the Future
Director
2022Crimes of the Future
Writer
2022
Maps to the Stars
Director
2014
The Newsroom
Himself
1996SexTV
Self
1998SexTV
1998
Naked Lunch
Director
1991Naked Lunch
Writer
1991
The Shrouds
Director
2025The Shrouds
Writer
2025
The Double
Thanks
2014
Extreme Measures
Hospital Lawyer
1996
Nightbreed
Dr. Philip K. Decker
1990
Dead Ringers
Obstetrician (uncredited)
1988Dead Ringers
Director
1988Dead Ringers
Producer
1988Dead Ringers
Writer
1988
Humane
D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
2024
Into the Night
Group Supervisor
1985
Scanners
Director
1981Scanners
Writer
1981Teleplay
Director
1976Teleplay
Writer
1976
The Brood
Writer
1979The Brood
Director
1979
Spider
Director
2002Spider
Producer
2002
Slasher: Flesh & Blood
Spencer Galloway
2021
M. Butterfly
Director
1993
Leo
Original Film Writer
2023
Skinwalkers
Thanks
2006
Barney's Version
O'Malley Director #2
2010
To Each His Own Cinema
The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
2007To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007
Cosmopolis
Director
2012Cosmopolis
Screenplay
2012Cosmopolis
Producer
2012
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Walter
2020
Shivers
Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)
1975Shivers
Director
1975Shivers
Writer
1975
Falling
Dr. Klausner
2020Peep Show
Director
1975
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Self (archive footage)
2010
Joie de Vivre
Self
2026
Trial by Jury
Director
1994
Rabid
Original Film Writer
2019
Rabid
Writer
1977Rabid
Director
1977
I'm Losing You
Executive Producer
1998
The Stupids
Postal Supervisor
1996
Resurrection
Father Rousell
1999
Scanners II: The New Order
Characters
1991
Scanner Cop
Characters
1994
Scanners III: The Takeover
Characters
1992
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
The Judge
Det. Stobel
2001
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Last Night
Duncan
1998
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
2003
Sangre del Toro
Self (archive footage)
2025
Room 999
Self
2023
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Duncan (archive footage)
2004The Judge
Det. Stobel
2001Candy
Thanks
2013
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
Thanks
2005
Fast Company
Director
1979Fast Company
Screenplay
1979
Scanner Cop II
Characters
1995
Music, Fashion, Film
Self
2026
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Self
2010
Moonshine Highway
Clem Clayton
1996
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
Self
2019
The Plan
Executive Producer
2008
A Special Day
Self
2012
The Making of Dead Ringers
Self - Writer/Director
1988
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
2011
Too Commercial for Cannes
Self
2006
Tub
Thanks
2010Crank Up
Thanks
2010
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Self
1987
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Self
2004
The Drema
Thanks
2019
Crimes of the Future
Editor
1970Crimes of the Future
Producer
1970Crimes of the Future
Director
1970Crimes of the Future
Writer
1970Crimes of the Future
Director of Photography
1970
Resolving Power
Thanks
2001
The Nest
Dr. Molnar (voice)
2013The Nest
Director
2013The Nest
Writer
2013The Nest
Producer
2013
Blood & Donuts
Crime Boss
1995
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
Self (archive footage)
2002
Preludes
Director
2000
Cronenberg: The Early Years
Self
2011The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
Thanks
2014Citizens of Cosmopolis
Self
2012
Masters of Horror
Self
2002Citizens of Cosmopolis
Thanks
2012
Highway 61
Thanks
1991David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
1999
Naked Making Lunch
Self
1992
Cronenberg, à corps ouvert
2025
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Self
2005
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
Self
2000The Politics of the Dead Zone
Self
2006
Take One: Fear on Film
Self
1982
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
The Last Jew
2007At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
Director
2007At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
Writer
2007
Rewind
Rourke
2013
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
Interviewee
1982
Boozecan
Stan Coleburn
1994David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
Himself
The Death of David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
2023The Death of David Cronenberg
Director
2023The Death of David Cronenberg
Writer
2023
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
Director
2023Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
Writer
2023
The Grace of God
Psychiatrist
1998
Ape Sodom
Narrator
2016Ape Sodom
Additional Dialogue
2016
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
Thanks
2014
Henry & Verlin
Doc Fisher
1994Scales of Justice
Director
1990
Down to Sleep
Thanks
2011Lakeshore
Director
1972Lakeshore
Writer
1972Lakeshore
Director of Photography
1972Lakeshore
Editor
1972
Palace of Pleasure
1967
Tomorrow's Shadows
G.O.D. (voice)
2016
Tales from the Organ Trade
Narrator
2013
Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter
Thanks
2011
Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors
Production Manager
1973
Imagining 'Total Recall'
Thanks
2001
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
Self
2019
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
Himself
1997
From the Drain
Director of Photography
1967From the Drain
Director
1967From the Drain
Writer
1967From the Drain
Editor
1967Programme X
Director
1971
Blue
1992
Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Director
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Producer
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Writer
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Director of Photography
1969Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
Editor
1969
Buffalo Airport Visions
1967
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
Self
1990
Acts of Violence
Self
2006Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Director
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Writer
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Producer
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Director of Photography
1971Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Editor
1971
Camera
Writer
2000Camera
Director
2000On Screen!: Shivers
himself
2008Letter from Michelangelo
Director
1971Letter from Michelangelo
Writer
1971Letter from Michelangelo
Editor
1971Letter from Michelangelo
Director of Photography
1971
L’inquiétante absence
Self
2019In the Dirt
Director
1972In the Dirt
Writer
1972In the Dirt
Editor
1972In the Dirt
Director of Photography
1972Mental Saboteur
Thanks
2014Fort York
Director
1972Fort York
Writer
1972Fort York
Editor
1972Fort York
Director of Photography
1972Tourrettes
Director
1971Tourrettes
Writer
1971Tourrettes
Director of Photography
1971Tourrettes
Editor
1971
Transfer
Director of Photography
1966Transfer
Director
1966Transfer
Writer
1966Transfer
Producer
1966Transfer
Sound
1966Transfer
Editor
1966
Winter Garden
Director
1972Winter Garden
Editor
1972Winter Garden
Director of Photography
1972Don Valley
Director
1972Don Valley
Director of Photography
1972Don Valley
Editor
1972Don Valley
Writer
1972Karim
Thanks
2007Scarborough Bluffs
Director
1972Scarborough Bluffs
Writer
1972Scarborough Bluffs
Editor
1972Scarborough Bluffs
Director of Photography
1972