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Nick Cave

Acting • 1957-09-22 • Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

Nicholas Edward Cave is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and film actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He has appeared in some 15 feature films and video shorts, plus a heap of documentaries. Nick Cave has also composed a large number of scores, some of them with his musical partner Warren Ellis.

Known For

Johnny Suede

Johnny Suede

1991

Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

1988

Memoir of a Snail

Memoir of a Snail

2024

Dandy

Dandy

1988

Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten

Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten

2001

Fuse

Fuse

2018

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Filmography

2026
KylieTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 8.6
2026
Broken EnglishFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig SuchendeFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2025
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God TourFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2025
The Extraordinary Miss FlowerFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2025
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE ConcertFilm
Self
2024
Memoir of a SnailFilm
Bill Clarke (voice)
★ 8.1
2024
But We Had MusicFilm
(Voice)
2024
The Making of Wild GodFilm
Nick Cave
2023
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. RexFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2023
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday PartyFilm
Self
★ 5.9
2023
Barry Humphries: The Last LaughFilm
Self
2023
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging RockFilm
Self
2022
This Much I Know to Be TrueFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2022
Kylie at the BBCFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2022
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022Film
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis WainFilm
H.G. Wells
★ 6.9
2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own TimeFilm
Self
★ 6.1
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2020
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra PalaceFilm
Self
★ 8.1
2020
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years LaterFilm
Self
★ 5.7
2020
The Private Death of Lizzy SiddalFilm
Mr. Invisible
★ 2.0
2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsTV
Self - Guest (archive footage) • 1 episodes
2020
FeeLee. History of a Single LabelFilm
Self
2019
The Creative BrainFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2019
Love Eats Up LifeFilm
Self (archive footage)
2018
Why Are We Creative?Film
Self
★ 7.5
2018
Distant SkyFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2018
TAPETV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2018
FuseFilm
Truck Driver (voice)
★ 7.0
2017
L7: Pretend We're DeadFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2017
Popular Voices at the BBCTV
Self (archive footage) • 3 episodes
2017
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsFilm
Self
2017
BoredomFilm
Self
2017
SnowmanFilm
Narrator
2017
Do You Pray?Film
Narrator
2016
One More Time with FeelingFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2016
The Beautiful Days of AranjuezFilm
Self
★ 4.4
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989Film
Self
★ 7.7
2015
Prophet's PreyFilm
Narrator
★ 7.4
2015
ArtsnightTV
Self • 1 episodes
2015
Wilde Jahre West-BerlinFilm
Self
2015
StrandedFilm
Self
2014
20,000 Days on EarthFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2014
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City LimitsFilm
Self
★ 8.6
2014
Goth at the BBCFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2013
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda TheatreFilm
Self
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2009
The Cat PianoFilm
Narrator
★ 7.4
2009
All Tomorrow's PartiesFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2009
Number One!TV
Self • 1 episodes
2009
On/Off: Mark StewartFilm
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four SessionsFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008Film
Self
★ 6.5
2008
Mutiny! The Last Birthday PartyFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2008
Hardtimes Killin' Floor BluesFilm
Self
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!Film
Self
2008
Blixa BargeldFilm
Self
2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordFilm
Bowery Saloon Singer
★ 7.1
2007
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the HouseFilm
Self
★ 5.9
2007
Pixote In MemoriamFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2007
365 Day ProjectFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2007
The Dirty ThreeFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2007
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues TourFilm
Self - vocals, piano
2007
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk MusicFilm
Self
2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your ManFilm
Self
★ 6.4
2006
The Harry Smith Project LiveFilm
Self
2005
The Work of Director Anton CorbijnFilm
Self (segment "Straight to You")
★ 7.8
2005
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'Film
Self
★ 7.6
2005
Seele BrenntFilm
Nick Cave
2004
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of OrpheusFilm
Self
2004
Hoping For PalestineFilm
2003
The BluesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2003
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must BurnFilm
Self
★ 4.8
2003
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: NocturamaFilm
Self
2001
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan StoryFilm
Self
★ 6.4
2001
Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende NeubautenFilm
★ 10.0
2001
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We PartFilm
Self
2001
No More Shall We Part: The Recording SessionsFilm
Himself
2001
Listen With PainFilm
Self
1998
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The VideosFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestFilm
Jerry
★ 8.0
1997
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's CallFilm
Self
1997
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowanFilm
Self
1996
Australian StoryTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
1996
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder BalladsFilm
Self
1996
Baby Trouble HoleFilm
Singer
1994
Freaks, Nerds & WeirdosFilm
Self
★ 7.5
1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A PortraitFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1994
September Songs: The Music of Kurt WeillFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1994
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love InFilm
Self
1994
Die Haut - SweatFilm
Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Musical Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1992
Later... with Jools HollandTV
★ 5.9
1992
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The ParadisoFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1992
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's DreamFilm
Self
1991
Johnny SuedeFilm
Freak Storm
★ 5.2
1991
IDn4Film
Self
1991
The SongFilm
Self
1990
The Road to God Knows WhereFilm
Self
★ 6.5
1990
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good SonFilm
Self
1990
IDn3Film
Self
1990
IDn2Film
Entry
1988
Ghosts... of the Civil DeadFilm
Maynard
★ 5.8
1988
DandyFilm
★ 6.8
1988
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender PreyFilm
Self
1987
Wings of DesireFilm
Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
★ 7.8
1987
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange LandFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1987
Kings of IndependenceFilm
Self
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the PricksFilm
Self
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My TrialFilm
Self
1985
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is DeadFilm
Self
1984
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to EternityFilm
Self
1978
The South Bank ShowTV
★ 5.6
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1