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Portrait of Nick Cave

Nick Cave

Acting

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.

Born: September 22, 1957

Place of Birth: Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

Known For

Poster for 365 Day Project
Movie

365 Day Project

10.0
Poster for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos
Movie

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos

9.0
Poster for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions
Movie

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions

9.0
Poster for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
Movie

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour

9.0
Poster for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits
Movie

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits

8.6
Poster for Memoir of a Snail
Movie

Memoir of a Snail

8.1
Poster for Distant Sky
Movie

Distant Sky

8.0
Poster for Broken English
Movie

Broken English

8.0
Poster for Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Movie

Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende

8.0
Poster for The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Movie

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

7.9

Filmography

2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

as Narrator

2025
Broken English

as Self

2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende

as Self

2025
The Extraordinary Miss Flower

as Self

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

as Self

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

as Self

2024
The Making of Wild God

as Nick Cave

2024
Memoir of a Snail

as Bill Clarke (voice)

2024
But We Had Music

as (Voice)

2023
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

as Self

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

as Self

2023
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

as Self

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

as Self

2022
Kylie at the BBC

as Self

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

as Self

2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as H.G. Wells

2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

as Self

2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

as Self

2020
FeeLee. History of a Single Label

as Self

2020
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace

as Self

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

as Self

2020
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal

as Mr. Invisible

2019
Love Eats Up Life

as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Creative Brain

as Self

2018
Why Are We Creative?

as Self

2018
Fuse

as Truck Driver (voice)

2018
TAPE

as Self

2018
Distant Sky

as Self

2017
Popular Voices at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead

as Self (archive footage)

2016
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

as Self

2016
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling

as Self

2016
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

as Self

2015
Stranded

as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

2015
Prophet's Prey

as Narrator

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

as Self

2015
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin

as Self

2014
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits

as Self

2014
Goth at the BBC

as Self

2014
20,000 Days on Earth

as Self

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

as Self

2012
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 12: Nocturama)

as Self

2012
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 14: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!)

as Self

2012
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 13: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus)

as Self

2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

as Self

2011
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 10: The Boatman's Call)

as Self

2011
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 9: Murder Ballads)

as Self

2011
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 11: No More Shall We Part)

as Self

2011
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 8: Let Love In)

as Self

2010
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 5: Tender Prey)

as Self

2010
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 6: The Good Son)

as Self

2010
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 7: Henry's Dream)

as Self

2009
On/Off: Mark Stewart
2009
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 2: The Firstborn is Dead)

as Self

2009
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 1: From Her to Eternity)

as Self

2009
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 4: Your Funeral... My Trial)

as Self

2009
Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 3: Kicking Against the Pricks)

as Self

2009
All Tomorrow's Parties

as Self

2009
The Cat Piano

as Narrator

2008
Blixa Bargeld

as Self

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

as Self

2008
Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues

as Self

2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions

as Self

2008
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party

as Self

2007
365 Day Project
2007
Pixote In Memoriam

as Self

2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

as Bowery Saloon Singer

2007
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House

as Self

2007
The Dirty Three

as Self

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

as Self

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

as Self - vocals, piano

2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

as Self

2006
The Harry Smith Project Live

as Self

2005
The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’

as Self

2005
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

as Self (segment "Straight to You")

2003
The Blues

as Self

2003
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn

as Self

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

as Self

1998
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos

as Self

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

as Self

1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

as Jerry

1996
Baby Trouble Hole

as Singer

1996
Australian Story

as Self

1994
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

as Self

1994
Die Haut - Sweat

as Self

1994
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

as Self

1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait

as Self

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

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

as Self

1991
The Song

as Self

1991
IDn4

as Self

1991
Johnny Suede

as Freak Storm

1990
The Road to God Knows Where

as Self

1990
IDn3

as Self

1990
IDn2

as Entry

1988
Dandy
1988
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

as Maynard

1987
Wings of Desire

as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

1987
Kings of Independence

as Self

1987
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land

as Self

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996

as self

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

as Self