---
name: "David Johansen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-johansen"
fi1m_id: "david-johansen"
imdb_id: "nm0423774"
tmdb_id: 57116
wikidata_id: "Q370155"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 January 1950"
died: "28 February 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:44:59.485174+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Johansen

## Identity

David Johansen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-johansen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-johansen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0423774
- **TMDB ID:** 57116
- **Wikidata ID:** Q370155
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57116

Actor. Born 9 January 1950 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. Died 28 February 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 January 1950, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 28 February 2025
- **Also known as:** David Roger Johansen, David JoHansen, David Jo Hansen, Buster Poindexter, The New York City Dolls, The New York Dolls, New York Dolls
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57116

## Biography

David Johansen (9 January 1950 – 28 February 2025) was an American singer, songwriter and actor. He was the lead singer of the proto-punk band the New York Dolls and performed under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.

Johansen appeared in several films and television series. He played the Ghost of Christmas Past, depicted as a chain-smoking taxi driver, in the 1988 film *Scrooged*. Other credits include roles in *Married to the Mob* (1988), *Let It Ride* (1989), *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie* (1990), *Freejack* (1992), *Mr. Nanny* (1993), *Oz* (1997) and *A Very Murray Christmas* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rollingstone.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, as Ghost of Christmas Past — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Centaurworld* (2021), series, as Beartaur (voice)
- *Above the Shadows* (2019), as Ron
- *Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past* (2017), Actor
- *A Very Murray Christmas* (2015), as The Bartender
- *Glass Chin* (2014), as Stanley Loori
- *New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television* (2011), Actor
- *New York Rock at the BBC* (2008), Actor
- *Teen Titans* (2003), series, as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
- *Crooked Lines* (2003), as Charlie
- *God Is On Their Side* (2002), as God
- *Campfire Stories* (2001), as Ranger Bill
- *Deadline* (2000), series, as Benny
- *200 Cigarettes* (1999), as Tiki Bartender
- *The Tic Code* (1998), as Marvin
- *Nick and Jane* (1997), as Carter
- *The Deli* (1997), as The Cabbie
- *Oz* (1997), series, as Eli Zabitz — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), as Bus Driver (voice)
- *The Weinerville Chanukah Special* (1995), as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
- *Burnzy's Last Call* (1995), as Andre
- *Car 54, Where Are You?* (1994), as Officer Gunther Toody
- *Naked in New York* (1993), as Orangutang
- *Mr. Nanny* (1993), as Thanatos · Original Music Composer
- *Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel* (1992), as Auggie
- *Freejack* (1992), as Brad Carter
- *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie* (1990), as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
- *Let It Ride* (1989), as Looney
- *The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)* (1989), Actor
- *Scrooged* (1988), as Ghost of Christmas Past — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Married to the Mob* (1988), as 'The Priest'
- *Candy Mountain* (1988), as Keith Burns · Music
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Garnet
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Singer at Party — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Gallery

- ![David Johansen](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-e3f76856f982.jpg) David Johansen — Montecruz Foto from Berlin, Alemania, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/David_Johansen_at_SO36.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Johansen of New York Dolls. Copyright Diego DeNicola 2007](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-26220c24879d.jpg) David Johansen of New York Dolls. Copyright Diego DeNicola 2007 — Diego DeNicola from Melburn, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/New_York_Dolls_-_David_Johansen_%28453845412%29.jpg/1280px-New_York_Dolls_-_David_Johansen_%28453845412%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Morrissey with David Johansen - Troxy - Saturday 22nd July 2023](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-ab3d08428a53.jpg) Morrissey with David Johansen - Troxy - Saturday 22nd July 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MorrisseyTroxy220723_%283_of_48%29_%2853065544990%29.jpg/1280px-MorrisseyTroxy220723_%283_of_48%29_%2853065544990%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Morrissey with David Johansen - Troxy - Saturday 22nd July 2023](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-78fbcb80100b.jpg) Morrissey with David Johansen - Troxy - Saturday 22nd July 2023 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/MorrisseyTroxy220723_%282_of_48%29_%2853065337414%29.jpg/1280px-MorrisseyTroxy220723_%282_of_48%29_%2853065337414%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Johansen](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-709333d8706d.jpg) David Johansen — Image via TMDB
- ![David Johansen](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-079490a78f1e.jpg) David Johansen — Image via TMDB
- ![Photo at NY Dolls concert, 2008](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-ac3296a8b627.jpg) Photo at NY Dolls concert, 2008 — Alaney2k, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/David_Johansen_2008.JPG/1280px-David_Johansen_2008.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Presentación de la mítica banda New York Dolls en Buenos Aires. Teatro Flores (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/5553472/gallery-30b430e0fc5d.jpg) Presentación de la mítica banda New York Dolls en Buenos Aires. Teatro Flores (2009) — Montecruz Foto from Berlin, Alemania, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/David_Johansen_%283459348095%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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