Biography
Hailed by many as the founding father of "glam rock," David Bowie defied any conventions of what a star is and blurred the lines between music and performance art. Embracing the avant-garde, Bowie created futuristic, androgynous characters to represent the music he released in the form of seminal rock albums such as Space Oddity (1969), The Man Who Sold the World (1970), and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972). …
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Career Milestones
2006 | Cast as an inventor and electrical wizard in the Christopher Nolan-directed "The Prestige" | |
| Set to score the Broadway musical that will be based on the life of Bruce Lee | ||
| Voice featured in "Arthur and the Minimoys," a live-action/computer-animated fantasy feature based on a popular French children's book by filmmaker Luc Besson, who is directing the project | ||
2002 | Released album "Heathen" to positive reviews; | |
1997 | Co-founded the art book publishing house 21 | |
1997 | Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (February 12) | |
1996 | Portrayed Andy Warhol in "Basquiat" | |
1994 | Served as executive producer on "Magic Hunter" and "Mesmer" | |
1988 | First network TV special, "David Bowie: Glass Spider Tour" (ABC) | |
1988 | Acted the part of Pontius Pilate in Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" | |
1986 | Played Jareth, King of the Goblins, in Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" | |
1985 | Appeared in Martin Scorsese's "Into the Night" | |
1983 | Portrayed 150-year-old vampire in "The Hunger"; Bowie's aging scene is considered one of the film's highlights | |
1982 | Was splendid as a WWII British major in Nagisa Oshima's first English-language film, "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" | |
1982 | Appeared in BBC-TV production of Bertolt Brecht's "Baal" | |
1981 | Broadway acting debut as John Merrick in "The Elephant Man" | |
1979 | Portrayed Prussian war veteran in "Just a Gigolo", notable as Marlene Dietrich's last film | |
1977 | US TV debut (taped in London), "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas" special; performed duet of "Little Drummer Boy" with Crosby | |
1977 | Toured Europe and America as Iggy Pop's pianist; had produced Pop's albums "Raw Power","The Idiot" and "Lust for Life" | |
1976 | Starred in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (directed by Nicolas Roeg), his first significant feature work | |
1975 | Collaborated with John Lennon on "Fame", song from the "Young Americans" album which became his first Number 1 single in the USA | |
1973 | Feature film debut as performer and songwriter, the concert documentary, "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (not released in the USA until 1984) | |
1972 | Told MELODY MAKER he was gay, enjoying the idea of a cult growing around his androgynous image | |
| Mimed at some T. Rex concerts | ||
1969 | Feature debut in a bit part in "The Virgin Soldiers" | |
1969 | Started Beckenham Arts Lab to experiment with theater and music | |
1969 | First hit record, "Space Oddity"; an international smash at the time of the US moon landing, it peaked at Number 5 in the UK | |
1968 | With co-star from "The Pistol Shot", started Feathers, a mime troupe | |
| Acted in a 15-minute short ("The Image"), a commercial for ice cream and a BBC-TV play, "The Pistol Shot" | ||
1967 | Apprenticed in Lindsay Kemp's mime troupe, exchanging musical scores for pantomime lessons | |
| To avoid confusion with child actor and The Monkees member Davy Jones, changed name from David Jones to David Bowie; adopted Bowie after the Bowie knife | ||
Awards
1982 | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture in Cat People |