Nick Cave
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Australian Story
Self
1996
Series
Kylie
Self
2026
Film
Memoir of a Snail
Bill Clarke (voice)
2024
Film
Wings of Desire
Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
1987
Film
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bowery Saloon Singer
2007
Series
The Blues
Self
2003
Film
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
H.G. Wells
2021
Artsnight
Self
2015
Series
TAPE
Self
2018
Film
Broken English
Self
2026
Film
Johnny Suede
Freak Storm
1991
Series
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Why Are We Creative?
Self
2018
Film
The Creative Brain
Self
2019
Film
Prophet's Prey
Narrator
2015
Film
One More Time with Feeling
Self
2016
Film
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Self
2015
Film
20,000 Days on Earth
Self
2014
Film
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Self
2021
Film
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Self
2006
Film
L7: Pretend We're Dead
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
Self
1994
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Self
2020
Film
Die Haut - Sweat
Self
1994
Film
365 Day Project
Self
2007
Film
Fuse
Truck Driver (voice)
2018
Film
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
2011
Film
This Much I Know to Be True
Self
2022
Film
The Extraordinary Miss Flower
Self
2025
Film
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Self (segment "Straight to You")
2005
Film
All Tomorrow's Parties
Self
2009
Film
The Dirty Three
Self
2007
Film
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator
2025
Film
Pixote In Memoriam
Self
2007
Film
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
Self
2021
Film
Distant Sky
Self
2018
Film
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan
Self
1997
Film
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Self
1994
Film
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Self
2023
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
Self
2009
Film
The Song
Self
1991
Film
IDn4
Self
1991
Film
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Self
2007
Film
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
Self
2020
Film
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
Self
2015
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos
Self
1998
Film
Love Eats Up Life
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
Self
2020
Film
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Jerry
1997
Film
Goth at the BBC
Self
2014
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
Self
2025
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996
self
Film
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Self
2025
Film
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
Self
2023
Film
Dandy
1988
Film
IDn2
Entry
1990
Film
Stranded
Self
2015
Film
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
Self
2016
Film
Kings of Independence
Self
1987
Film
Baby Trouble Hole
Singer
1996
Film
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
Maynard
1988
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre
Self
2013
Film
The Harry Smith Project Live
Self
2006
Film
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
Self
2023
Film
IDn3
Self
1990
Film
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Self
1994
Film
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
Self
2005
Film
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal
Mr. Invisible
2020
Film
Snowman
Narrator
2017
Film
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story
Self
2001
Film
Do You Pray?
Narrator
2017
Film
Kylie at the BBC
Self
2022
Film
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land
Self
1987
Film
Boredom
Self
2017
Film
Blixa Bargeld
Self
2008
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008
Self
2008
Film
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)
Self
Film
The Road to God Knows Where
Self
1990
Film
Seele Brennt
Nick Cave
2005
Film
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert
Self
2025
Film
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Self
2017
Film
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock
Self
2023
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama
Self
2003
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream
Self
1992
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions
Self
2008
Film
Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten
2001
Film
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House
Self
2007
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son
Self
1990
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour
Self - vocals, piano
2007
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Paradiso
Self
1992
Film
The Making of Wild God
Nick Cave
2024
Film
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party
Self
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks
Self
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity
Self
1984
Film
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Self
2003
Listen With Pain
Self
2001
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits
Self
2014
Film
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022
2022
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey
Self
1988
Film
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later
Self
2020
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads
Self
1996
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part
Self
2001
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In
Self
1994
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call
Self
1997
Film
The Cat Piano
Narrator
2009
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Self
2004
Film
But We Had Music
(Voice)
2024
Film
Before They Were Gods
(voice)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead
Self
1985
Film
Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues
Self
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial
Self
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Self
2008
Film
On/Off: Mark Stewart
2009