David Bowie

Also Known As: David Robert Jones , Tin Machine, David Jones, Davie Jones, デヴィッド・ボウイ, Девід Бові, دیوید بویی

Biography: 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).

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Adult: No

Birthday: January 08, 1947

Age: 78 years old

Gender: Male

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Deathday: January 10, 2016

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Known For:

The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Prestige
Basquiat
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
Der Reichstag
David Bowie - Live at The Elysee Montmartre Paris
David Bowie: Live at Montreux
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
The Last Temptation of Christ
Into the Night
The Velvet Underground
Yellowbeard
Bandslam
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
The Hunger
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Just a Gigolo
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Christiane F.
Imagine: John Lennon
Zoolander
Arthur and the Invisibles
The Filth and the Fury
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
WBCN and the American Revolution
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Labyrinth
August
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Absolute Beginners
Zappa
Gunslinger's Revenge
David Bowie: Love You Till Tuesday
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Live Aid
David Bowie: Live at Beat Club Musikladen
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World
Nine Inch Nails: Closure
The Linguini Incident
Live Aid Against All Odds
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Bowie: A Reality Tour
Mr. Rice's Secret
The Love We Make
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Tina Turner: Private Dancer Tour
Acoustic at the BBC
The Concert for New York City
David Bowie I Love You (Since I Was Six)
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
WHAM!
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Moonage Daydream
David Bowie: Earthling On TV
David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean
Everybody Loves Sunshine
Baal
Rockthology 2
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
David Bowie: Rockpalast
LOLA
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Montreal
The Image
The Looking Glass Murders
David Bowie: Out of this World
Inside the Labyrinth
David Bowie: The Serious Moonlight Tour
Burden
Night Flight: Born Again
David Bowie On Stage
Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
Bowie at the BBC
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
Dear Bowie
In Stillness and in Silence (Sacred)
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
David Bowie: Glass Spider
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
Are We Not Men?
Fame
David Bowie: Live by Request
David Bowie: Live at Riverside Studios '03
Queen: Greatest Flix II
Supergroups
Video AID
Inside the Music
David Bowie Is Happening Now
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
David Bowie at Live Aid
The 1980 Floor Show
David Bowie: Under Review 1976-79
David Bowie: Live At The Tokyo Dome
David Bowie: Sound and Vision
David Bowie: Starman
David Bowie On Stage: Live in Japan
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight Sydney
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Jim Henson Idea Man
Bowie at the BBC
David Bowie: The Man Who Stole the World
Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
The Nomi Song
Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
Vanilla Ice Archive
A Bing Crosby Christmas
Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle
DEVO
TIME
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
Classic Albums: Lou Reed - Transformer
My Way
David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
The Virgin Soldiers
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Clockwork Orange County
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story
David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
Ricochet
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
TV Party
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure
Group Madness
Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
The Oshima Gang
Night Lunch
Bowie: Glastonbury 2000
Why Are We Creative?
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Diamond Dogs Demo Video
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
David Bowie: Finding Fame
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
The World of Jim Henson
Das Prinzip Dada
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Soul Boys of the Western World
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
David Bowie: Five Years
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Live Aid
Kings of Glam
David Bowie: On the Rock Trail
The Genius of David Bowie
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
David Bowie: London Boy
David Bowie: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
Moby Doc
David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review
David Bowie: Live Olympia Paris
David Bowie - The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969 - 1971
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie - Music in Review
David bowie - Up Close and Personal
David Bowie - Total Rock Review
Hr. Vinterberg & Mr. Bowie
Glam Rock at the BBC
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Best of Bowie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
The Making of the 'Outside' Album
Twiggy
Pixies: Gouge
Thriller 40
The Snowman
David Bowie - In His Own Words
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (2024 Dolby Atmos Mix)
Luther: Never Too Much
The BRITs at 40
Moonage Ice Cream
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow
Blackstar
David Bowie Reality Live
Can Creativity Save the World?