Acting
Nick Cave
Born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
166 credits
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
Acting 115
- TBANick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996Filmself
- TBANick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)FilmSelf
- TBABefore They Were GodsFilm(voice)
- 2026KylieSeriesSelf
- 2026Broken EnglishFilmSelf
- 2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughFilmNarrator
- 2025Wim Wenders: Der ewig SuchendeFilmSelf
- 2025The Extraordinary Miss FlowerFilmSelf
- 2025Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God TourFilmSelf
- 2025Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE ConcertFilmSelf
- 2024Memoir of a SnailFilmBill Clarke (voice)
- 2024The Making of Wild GodFilmNick Cave
- 2024But We Had MusicFilm(Voice)
- 2023Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday PartyFilmSelf
- 2023AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. RexFilmSelf
- 2023Barry Humphries: The Last LaughFilmSelf
- 2023Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging RockFilmSelf
- 2022This Much I Know to Be TrueFilmSelf
- 2022Kylie at the BBCFilmSelf
- 2022Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022Film
- 2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainFilmH.G. Wells
- 2021Karen Dalton: In My Own TimeFilmSelf
- 2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelFilmSelf
- 2020Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra PalaceFilmSelf
- 2020Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years LaterFilmSelf
- 2020The Private Death of Lizzy SiddalFilmMr. Invisible
- 2020Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsSeriesSelf - Guest (archive footage)
- 2020FeeLee. History of a Single LabelFilmSelf
- 2019The Creative BrainFilmSelf
- 2019Love Eats Up LifeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Why Are We Creative?FilmSelf
- 2018Distant SkyFilmSelf
- 2018TAPESeriesSelf
- 2018FuseFilmTruck Driver (voice)
- 2017L7: Pretend We're DeadFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Popular Voices at the BBCSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2017BoredomFilmSelf
- 2017Do You Pray?FilmNarrator
- 2017SnowmanFilmNarrator
- 2017Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsFilmSelf
- 2016One More Time with FeelingFilmSelf
- 2016The Beautiful Days of AranjuezFilmSelf
- 2015Prophet's PreyFilmNarrator
- 2015B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989FilmSelf
- 2015ArtsnightSeriesSelf
- 2015StrandedFilmSelf
- 2015Wilde Jahre West-BerlinFilmSelf
- 201420,000 Days on EarthFilmSelf
- 2014Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City LimitsFilmSelf
- 2014Goth at the BBCFilmSelf
- 2013Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda TheatreFilmSelf
- 2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardFilmSelf
- 2009The Cat PianoFilmNarrator
- 2009All Tomorrow's PartiesFilmSelf
- 2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkFilmSelf
- 2009On/Off: Mark StewartFilm
- 2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four SessionsFilmSelf
- 2008Mutiny! The Last Birthday PartyFilmSelf
- 2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008FilmSelf
- 2008Hardtimes Killin' Floor BluesFilmSelf
- 2008Blixa BargeldFilmSelf
- 2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!FilmSelf
- 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordFilmBowery Saloon Singer
- 2007Pixote In MemoriamFilmSelf
- 2007Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the HouseFilmSelf
- 2007365 Day ProjectFilmSelf
- 2007The Dirty ThreeFilmSelf
- 2007Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues TourFilmSelf - vocals, piano
- 2007The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk MusicFilmSelf
- 2006Leonard Cohen: I'm Your ManFilmSelf
- 2006The Harry Smith Project LiveFilmSelf
- 2005The Work of Director Anton CorbijnFilmSelf (segment "Straight to You")
- 2005The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'FilmSelf
- 2005Seele BrenntFilmNick Cave
- 2004Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of OrpheusFilmSelf
- 2003The BluesSeriesSelf
- 2003The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must BurnFilmSelf
- 2003Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: NocturamaFilmSelf
- 2001If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan StoryFilmSelf
- 2001Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende NeubautenFilm
- 2001Listen With PainFilmSelf
- 2001Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We PartFilmSelf
- 2001No More Shall We Part: The Recording SessionsFilmHimself
- 1998Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The VideosFilmSelf
- 1997Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestFilmJerry
- 1997The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowanFilmSelf
- 1997Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's CallFilmSelf
- 1996Australian StorySeriesSelf
- 1996Baby Trouble HoleFilmSinger
- 1996Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder BalladsFilmSelf
- 1994Nick Cave: Straight To You - A PortraitFilmSelf
- 1994Freaks, Nerds & WeirdosFilmSelf
- 1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt WeillFilmSelf
- 1994Die Haut - SweatFilmSelf
- 1994Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love InFilmSelf
- 1992Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The ParadisoFilmSelf
- 1992Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's DreamFilmSelf
- 1991Johnny SuedeFilmFreak Storm
- 1991IDn4FilmSelf
- 1991The SongFilmSelf
- 1990The Road to God Knows WhereFilmSelf
- 1990IDn2FilmEntry
- 1990IDn3FilmSelf
- 1990Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good SonFilmSelf
- 1988Ghosts... of the Civil DeadFilmMaynard
- 1988DandyFilm
- 1988Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender PreyFilmSelf
- 1987Wings of DesireFilmSelf - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
- 1987Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange LandFilmSelf
- 1987Kings of IndependenceFilmSelf
- 1986Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the PricksFilmSelf
- 1986Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My TrialFilmSelf
- 1985Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is DeadFilmSelf
- 1984Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to EternityFilmSelf
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf
Directing 1
Writing 7
Created 1
Music 38
- TBAThe Circumventing MindFilmMusic
- TBAWoyzeckFilmMusic
- 2025Train DreamsFilmSongs, Vocals
- 2025The Death of Bunny MunroSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God TourFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Back to BlackFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2023The New BoyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StorySeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2022BlondeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022This Much I Know to Be TrueFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2021The Velvet QueenFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Wind RiverFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017War MachineFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017KingsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Hell or High WaterFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2016One More Time with FeelingFilmMusic, Original Music Composer
- 2015Far from MenFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2015Prophet's PreyFilmMusic
- 201420,000 Days on EarthFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2014TenderFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2012LawlessFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2012West of MemphisFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2012A Few Hours of SpringFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2012Days of GraceFilmMusic
- 2011SubmissionFilmMusic
- 2009The RoadFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2008The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an OutlawFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2008Angel of the WindFilmMusic
- 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2007The English SurgeonFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2005The PropositionFilmOriginal Music Composer, Vocals
- 2004The Goddess: How I Fell in Love. Film about the filmFilmMusic
- 2001Winged MigrationFilmTheme Song Performance
- 1999Expelling the DemonFilmMusic
- 1998Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The VideosFilmMusic
- 1996To Have and to HoldFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Just Visiting This PlanetFilmMusic
- 1988Ghosts... of the Civil DeadFilmOriginal Music Composer
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