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Nick Cave
Nick Cave

Nick Cave

Acting•Born September 22, 1957 (age 68)•Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

Biography

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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV Series2015
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV Series1993
The Oscars
7.0

The Oscars

TV Series1953
Australian Story
5.3

Australian Story

TV Series1996
Memoir of a Snail
8.1

Memoir of a Snail

Movie2024
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7.1

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Movie2007
Wings of Desire
7.8

Wings of Desire

Movie1987
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
6.9

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Movie2021

Filmography

2026
Kylie

as Self

TV
2026
Broken English

as Self

Movie
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

as Narrator

Movie
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende

as Self

Movie
2025
The Extraordinary Miss Flower

as Self

Movie
2025
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour

as Self

Movie
2025
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert

as Self

Movie
2024
The Making of Wild God

as Nick Cave

Movie
2024
Memoir of a Snail

as Bill Clarke (voice)

Movie
2024
But We Had Music

as (Voice)

Movie
2023
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

as Self

Movie
2023
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock

as Self

Movie
2023
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

as Self

Movie
2023
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

as Self

Movie
2022
Kylie at the BBC

as Self

Movie
2022
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022
Movie
2022
This Much I Know to Be True

as Self

Movie
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as H.G. Wells

Movie
2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

as Self

Movie
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

as Self

Movie
2020
FeeLee. History of a Single Label

as Self

Movie
2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments

as Self - Guest (archive footage)

TV
2020
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace

as Self

Movie
2020
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later

as Self

Movie
2020
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal

as Mr. Invisible

Movie
2019
Love Eats Up Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2019
The Creative Brain

as Self

Movie
2018
Why Are We Creative?

as Self

Movie
2018
Fuse

as Truck Driver (voice)

Movie
2018
TAPE

as Self

TV
2018
Distant Sky

as Self

Movie
2017
Popular Voices at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

as Self

Movie
2017
Boredom

as Self

Movie
2017
Do You Pray?

as Narrator

Movie
2017
Snowman

as Narrator

Movie
2016
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

as Self

Movie
2016
One More Time with Feeling

as Self

Movie
2015
Stranded

as Self

Movie
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

TV
2015
Prophet's Prey

as Narrator

Movie
2015
Artsnight

as Self

TV
2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989

as Self

Movie
2015
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin

as Self

Movie
2014
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits

as Self

Movie
2014
Goth at the BBC

as Self

Movie
2014
20,000 Days on Earth

as Self

Movie
2013
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre

as Self

Movie
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

as Self

Movie
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

as Self

Movie
2009
On/Off: Mark Stewart
Movie
2009
All Tomorrow's Parties

as Self

Movie
2009
The Cat Piano

as Narrator

Movie
2008
Blixa Bargeld

as Self

Movie
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008

as Self

Movie
2008
Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues

as Self

Movie
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions

as Self

Movie
2008
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party

as Self

Movie
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

as Self

Movie
2007
365 Day Project

as Self

Movie
2007
Pixote In Memoriam

as Self

Movie
2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

as Bowery Saloon Singer

Movie
2007
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House

as Self

Movie
2007
The Dirty Three

as Self

Movie
2007
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

as Self

Movie
2007
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour

as Self - vocals, piano

Movie
2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

as Self

Movie
2006
The Harry Smith Project Live

as Self

Movie
2005
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'

as Self

Movie
2005
Seele Brennt

as Nick Cave

Movie
2005
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

as Self (segment "Straight to You")

Movie
2004
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

as Self

Movie
2003
The Blues

as Self

TV
2003
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn

as Self

Movie
2003
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama

as Self

Movie
2001
Listen With Pain

as Self

Movie
2001
Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten
Movie
2001
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part

as Self

Movie
2001
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story

as Self

Movie
1998
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos

as Self

Movie
1997
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan

as Self

Movie
1997
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call

as Self

Movie
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

as Jerry

Movie
1996
Baby Trouble Hole

as Singer

Movie
1996
Australian Story

as Self

TV
1996
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads

as Self

Movie
1994
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

as Self

Movie
1994
Die Haut - Sweat

as Self

Movie
1994
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In

as Self

Movie
1994
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

as Self

Movie
1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait

as Self

Movie
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
1992
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream

as Self

Movie
1992
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Paradiso

as Self

Movie
1991
The Song

as Self

Movie
1991
IDn4

as Self

Movie
1991
Johnny Suede

as Freak Storm

Movie
1990
The Road to God Knows Where

as Self

Movie
1990
IDn3

as Self

Movie
1990
IDn2

as Entry

Movie
1990
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son

as Self

Movie
1988
Dandy
Movie
1988
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey

as Self

Movie
1988
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

as Maynard

Movie
1987
Wings of Desire

as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Movie
1987
Kings of Independence

as Self

Movie
1987
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land

as Self

Movie
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial

as Self

Movie
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks

as Self

Movie
1985
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead

as Self

Movie
1984
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity

as Self

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
—
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996

as self

Movie
—
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)

as Self

Movie
—
Before They Were Gods

as (voice)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 22, 1957
Place of BirthWarracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
Popularity1.0