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- Talking Heads: 77
- Changing Lanes → Self
- David Byrne at Coachella 2026 → Self
- The Twits → Gordon Sniffles (voice)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert → Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music → Self
- We Want the Funk! → Self
- Monk in Pieces → Self
- Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário → Self (archive footage)
- Twyla Moves → Self
- Social! Distance Dance Club
- Stars in the House (TV) → Self - Winner
- David Byrne's American Utopia → Self - Lead Singer & Performer
- BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America (TV) → Self
- FeeLee. History of a Single Label → Self
- John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch → David Byrne
- Museum Town → Self
- Triple-Chaser → Narrator
- Everything For All Reasons → Self
- Hream → David Byrne
- Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged → Self - Voice
- Real Life → Narrator / Self
- The Making of True Stories → Self
- David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018 → Self
- Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads → Self
- Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall → Self
- Contemporary Color
- Temporary Color
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV) → Self - Musical Guest
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (TV) → Self
- We're Gonna Die → David Byrne
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV) → Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV) → Self
- Lennon or McCartney → Self
- Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day → Self (archive footage)
- Paul Simon: Under African Skies → Self
- La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
- The Jonathan Ross Show (TV) → Self - Guest
- This Must Be the Place → David Byrne
- Ride, Rise, Roar → Self
- Talking Heads - Chronology
- Wandering Heart → Self
- Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB → Self
- Beyond Ipanema → Self
- Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
- Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
- Celia: The Queen → Self
- New York Rock at the BBC
- The Man Who Bottled Clouds → Self
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell → Self (archive footage)
- NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell → Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas → Self
- Fabricating Tom Zé → Self
- By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston → Self
- TV Party → Self
- Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth → Self
- The Pogues Live at the Town and Country → Self
- Dennis Cleveland
- Real Time with Bill Maher (TV) → Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV) → Self - Musical Guest
- Lubbock Lights → Self
- David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
- Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s → Self
- 25 Years of Punk → Self
- The Art of Amália → Introduction (English version)
- Lulu on the Bridge → "Laughing Man" Escort
- Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart → Self
- Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th → Self
- Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th → Self - Host/Interviewer
- PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
- David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex → Self
- Sessions at West 54th (TV) → Self - Host
- Dancing Barefoot → Self
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV) → Self
- Late Show with David Letterman (TV) → Self - Musical Guest
- 10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged → Self
- Between the Teeth
- Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter → Self
- Beleza Tropical → Self
- The Simpsons (TV) → David Byrne (voice)
- Decade → Self
- Heavy Petting → Self
- Checking Out → Bartender
- Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant → Self
- True Stories → Narrator / Lip-Syncher
- Dead End Kids → Minister
- The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
- Report From L.A. → Himself
- The Max Headroom Show (TV) → Self
- Stop Making Sense → Self - Vocals, Guitar
- Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime → Self
- Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
- Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
- Talking Heads: Live in Rome → Self - Vocals, guitar
- Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre → Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- The Blank Generation → Self
- Saturday Night Live (TV) → Self - Musical Guest
- Austin City Limits (TV) → Self
- 60 Minutes (TV) → Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self
- The Oscars (TV) → Self