Nick Cave
Born: 1957-09-22 in Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- Kylie as Self
- Broken English as Self
2025
- Train Dreams ... (Songs)
- The Death of Bunny Munro ... (Novel)
- Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough as Narrator
- Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende as Self
- The Extraordinary Miss Flower as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour as Self
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert as Self
2024
- Memoir of a Snail as Bill Clarke (voice)
- Back to Black ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Making of Wild God as Nick Cave
- But We Had Music as (Voice)
2023
- The New Boy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh as Self
- AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex as Self
- Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party as Self
- Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock as Self
2022
- DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story ... (Original Music Composer)
- Blonde ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kylie at the BBC as Self
- This Much I Know to Be True as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022
2021
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as H.G. Wells
- Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
- The Velvet Queen ... (Original Music Composer)
- Karen Dalton: In My Own Time as Self
2020
2019
- Kylie Minogue: Summer 2019 - Live At Glastonbury as Self
- The Creative Brain as Self
- Love Eats Up Life as Self (archive footage)
2018
- TAPE as Self
- Why Are We Creative? as Self
- Distant Sky as Self
- Fuse as Truck Driver (voice)
2017
- Wind River ... (Original Music Composer)
- War Machine ... (Original Music Composer)
- Kings ... (Original Music Composer)
- L7: Pretend We're Dead as Self (archive footage)
- Popular Voices at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- Do You Pray? as Narrator
- Snowman as Narrator
- Boredom as Self
- Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds as Self
2016
- Hell or High Water ... (Original Music Composer)
- Nocturama ... (Thanks)
- One More Time with Feeling as Self
- The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Artsnight as Self
- Prophet's Prey as Narrator
- Far from Men ... (Original Music Composer)
- B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 as Self
- Wilde Jahre West-Berlin as Self
- Stranded as Self
2014
- Tender ... (Original Music Composer)
- 20,000 Days on Earth as Self
- Goth at the BBC as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits as Self
2013
2012
- Lawless ... (Screenplay)
- West of Memphis ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Few Hours of Spring ... (Original Music Composer)
2011
- Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard as Self
- Submission ... (Music)
- Millhaven ... (Author)
2009
- The Road ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Cat Piano as Narrator
- All Tomorrow's Parties as Self
- No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York as Self
- On/Off: Mark Stewart
2008
- The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw ... (Original Music Composer)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! as Self
- Angel of the Wind ... (Music)
- Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party as Self
- Blixa Bargeld as Self
- Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008 as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions as Self
2007
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Bowery Saloon Singer
- Pixote In Memoriam as Self
- 365 Day Project as Self
- The Dirty Three as Self
- The English Surgeon ... (Original Music Composer)
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House as Self
- The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour as Self - vocals, piano
2006
- Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man as Self
- The Harry Smith Project Live as Self
2005
- The Proposition ... (Screenplay)
- Seele Brennt as Nick Cave
- The Story of 'Fairytale of New York' as Self
- The Work of Director Anton Corbijn as Self (segment "Straight to You")
2004
2003
- The Blues as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama as Self
- The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn as Self
2001
- Winged Migration ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Listen With Pain as Self
- Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part as Self
- If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story as Self
1999
- Expelling the Demon ... (Music)
1998
1997
1996
- Australian Story as Self
- To Have and to Hold ... (Original Music Composer)
- Baby Trouble Hole as Singer
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads as Self
1994
- Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos as Self
- Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait as Self
- September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In as Self
- Die Haut - Sweat as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Musical Guest
1992
1991
- Johnny Suede as Freak Storm
- Just Visiting This Planet ... (Music)
- IDn4 as Self
- The Song as Self
1990
- IDn2 as Entry
- IDn3 as Self
- The Road to God Knows Where as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son as Self
1988
- Ghosts... of the Civil Dead as Maynard
- Dandy
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey as Self
1987
- Wings of Desire as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
- Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land as Self
- Kings of Independence as Self
1986
- Dogs in Space ... (Thanks)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks as Self
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial as Self
1985
1984
1953
- The Oscars as Self