Kid Creole
Born: 1950-08-12 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Thomas August Darnell Browder, aka August Darnell--who goes by the stage name Kid Creole--is an American singer, musician and songwriter. He co-founded Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band with his half-brother Stony Browder Jr., then went on to form and lead Kid Creole and the Coconuts. The latter band, with its trio of backing female singers (dubbed the Coconuts), draw upon musical influences as disparate as salsa, no wave, jazz, disco, pop music and big band. Darnell has written and produced for other artists and bands, such as Machine and Gichy Dan's Beachwood No. 9. He and the Coconuts have also contributed songs to numerous motion picture soundtracks, including "My Male Curiosity" for Against All Odds (1984).
Filmography
2024
- Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird ... (Original Music Composer)
- Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge ... (Original Music Composer)
2023
- Buckle Up as Self
2013
- Mood Indigo as Duke Ellington
- Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day as Self (archive footage)
2011
2010
2008
- Be Kind Rewind as West Coast Video Employee Passaic
- Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 3 as Self
2001
- Downtown '81 as Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
2000
1990
- The Forbidden Dance as Kid Creole
1989
- New York Stories ... (Original Music Composer)
- Identity Crisis as Thrift Shop Man
1988
- Obsession: A Taste for Fear as Bookmaker
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self - Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- Le monde est à vous as Self - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
- Bains de Minuit as Self - Guest
1986
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self