---
name: "Marshall Crenshaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marshall-crenshaw"
fi1m_id: "marshall-crenshaw"
imdb_id: "nm0187409"
tmdb_id: 183566
wikidata_id: "Q6773536"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:19:00.073675+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."
---

# Marshall Crenshaw

## Identity

Marshall Crenshaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marshall-crenshaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marshall-crenshaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0187409
- **TMDB ID:** 183566
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6773536
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6773536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187409/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/183566

Actor. Born 11 November 1953 in Detroit.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1953, Detroit
- **Active:** 1986–1987
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6773536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187409/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/183566

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*La Bamba*](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marshall Crenshaw is an American musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist who has also acted in films. Born on 11 November 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, he performed in the musical *Beatlemania* before releasing his self-titled debut album in 1982.

Crenshaw portrayed Buddy Holly in the 1987 film *La Bamba*, performing the song "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" on screen and on the soundtrack. He and his band appeared in the high school reunion scenes of Francis Ford Coppola's *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986) and contributed to its soundtrack.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *La Bamba* (1987), Fi1m 72, as Buddy Holly — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Reunion Band — [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *On Tour: Marshall Crenshaw* (2013), as Performer
- *La Bamba* (1987), as Buddy Holly — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), as Reunion Band — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/peggy-sue-got-married.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/marshall-crenshaw