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David Johansen

Cast & creator

David Johansen

1950-01-09 (died at 75) Staten Island, New York City, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live, Miami Vice

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.

Also known as: David Roger Johansen, David JoHansen, David Jo Hansen, Buster Poindexter, The New York City Dolls

Movies

51

film credits

Series

10

television credits

Career

59

1971–2022 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest · 1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Buster Poindexter · 1975

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Singer at Party · 1984

Later... with Jools Holland

Later... with Jools Holland

Acting · 1992

Oz

Eli Zabitz · 1997

Across film & television

Filmography (61)

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Buster Poindexter

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Singer at Party

Later... with Jools Holland

Later... with Jools Holland

Oz

Eli Zabitz

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Garnet

Teen Titans

Teen Titans

Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

Beartaur (voice)

The Jim Henson Hour

The Jim Henson Hour

Self

Deadline

Deadline

Benny

Married to the Mob

Married to the Mob

'The Priest'

Scrooged

Scrooged

Ghost of Christmas Past

Cats Don't Dance

Cats Don't Dance

Bus Driver (voice)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

Above the Shadows

Above the Shadows

Ron

Freejack

Freejack

Brad Carter

200 Cigarettes

200 Cigarettes

Tiki Bartender

Always at The Carlyle

Always at The Carlyle

Self

Mr. Nanny

Mr. Nanny

Thanatos

Mr. Nanny

Mr. Nanny

Original Music Composer

Let It Ride

Let It Ride

Looney

Naked in New York

Naked in New York

Orangutang

Car 54, Where Are You?

Car 54, Where Are You?

Officer Gunther Toody

The Filth and the Fury

The Filth and the Fury

Self (archive footage)

A Very Murray Christmas

A Very Murray Christmas

The Bartender

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Self

Lightning in a Bottle

Lightning in a Bottle

Self

Glass Chin

Glass Chin

Stanley Loori

Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Personality Crisis: One Night Only

Self / Buster Poindexter

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

25 Years of Punk

25 Years of Punk

Self

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

Auggie

Burnzy's Last Call

Burnzy's Last Call

Andre

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

Self

Campfire Stories

Campfire Stories

Ranger Bill

Crooked Lines

Crooked Lines

Charlie

The Tic Code

The Tic Code

Marvin

The Deli

The Deli

The Cabbie

Up Your Legs Forever

Up Your Legs Forever

Self - Legs(uncredited)

Nick and Jane

Nick and Jane

Carter

New York Rock at the BBC

New York Rock at the BBC

Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

Keith Burns

Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

Music

The Harry Smith Project Live

The Harry Smith Project Live

Self

The Weinerville Chanukah Special

The Weinerville Chanukah Special

Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)

Motherfucker: A Movie

Motherfucker: A Movie

Self

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

Self

New York Doll

New York Doll

Self

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

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

Night Lunch

Night Lunch

Self

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Himself

Punk: Attitude

Punk: Attitude

Himself

The Return of the New York Dolls

Himself

Clockwork Orange County

Clockwork Orange County

Self

3-D Rocks

Self

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

New York Dolls: All Dolled Up

New York Dolls: All Dolled Up

Himself

God Is On Their Side

God

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery

Himself

New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television

New York Dolls: TV Treasures

Himself