Nick Cave

Known for: Acting

Born: 1957-09-22 (age 68)

From: Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

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 (117)

TV★ 8.6
Kylie
2026
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Broken English
2026
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.0
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Extraordinary Miss Flower
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
2025
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert
2025
as Self
MOVIE
The Making of Wild God
2024
as Nick Cave
MOVIE★ 8.0
Memoir of a Snail
2024
as Bill Clarke (voice)
MOVIE
But We Had Music
2024
as (Voice)
MOVIE
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
2023
as Self
MOVIE
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Kylie at the BBC
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022
2022
MOVIE★ 7.2
This Much I Know to Be True
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as H.G. Wells
MOVIE★ 5.8
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as Self
MOVIE
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2020
as Self
TV
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.1
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal
2020
as Mr. Invisible
MOVIE
Love Eats Up Life
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Kylie Minogue: Summer 2019 - Live At Glastonbury
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Creative Brain
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Why Are We Creative?
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fuse
2018
as Truck Driver (voice)
TV★ 7.0
TAPE
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Distant Sky
2018
as Self
TV
Popular Voices at the BBC
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
L7: Pretend We're Dead
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2017
as Self
MOVIE
Snowman
2017
as Narrator
MOVIE
Boredom
2017
as Self
MOVIE
Do You Pray?
2017
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
One More Time with Feeling
2016
as Self
MOVIE
Stranded
2015
as Self
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.4
Prophet's Prey
2015
as Narrator
TV
Artsnight
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015
as Self
MOVIE
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.6
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Goth at the BBC
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
20,000 Days on Earth
2014
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009
as Self
MOVIE
On/Off: Mark Stewart
2009
MOVIE★ 6.5
All Tomorrow's Parties
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Cat Piano
2009
as Narrator
MOVIE
Blixa Bargeld
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008
2008
as Self
MOVIE
Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party
2008
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Pixote In Memoriam
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
as Bowery Saloon Singer
MOVIE★ 5.9
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Dirty Three
2007
as Self
MOVIE
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour
2007
as Self - vocals, piano
MOVIE★ 6.5
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
2006
as Self
MOVIE
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
2005
as Self
MOVIE
Seele Brennt
2005
as Nick Cave
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005
as Self (segment "Straight to You")
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.4
The Blues
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn
2003
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama
2003
as Self
MOVIE
Listen With Pain
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten
2001
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos
1998
as Self
MOVIE
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan
1997
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
as Jerry
MOVIE
Baby Trouble Hole
1996
as Singer
TV★ 5.3
Australian Story
1996
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
as Self
MOVIE
Die Haut - Sweat
1994
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
1994
as Self
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Paradiso
1992
as Self
MOVIE
The Song
1991
as Self
MOVIE
IDn4
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Johnny Suede
1991
as Freak Storm
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Road to God Knows Where
1990
as Self
MOVIE
IDn3
1990
as Self
MOVIE
IDn2
1990
as Entry
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dandy
1988
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
1988
as Maynard
MOVIE★ 7.8
Wings of Desire
1987
as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
MOVIE
Kings of Independence
1987
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land
1987
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial
1986
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks
1986
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead
1985
as Self
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity
1984
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE
Before They Were Gods
—
as (voice)
MOVIE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996
—
as self
MOVIE
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)
—
as Self