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David Bowie — a musician, lyricist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, painter, art collector... and an excellent actor. The “Tribute to David Bowie” section offers a closer look at the acting work of one of the most charismatic artists of the 20th and 21st century.

In 1976, he played in the SF drama The Man Who Fell to Earth by Nicolas Roeg. That appearance gave him the Golden Scroll Awardof the American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. He also accompanied Marlena Dietrich in Just a Gigolo (1979), and played for David Lynch in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He achieved great popularity for his appearance in Labyrinth by Jim Henson, where he portrayed Jareth the Goblin King.

The musician has also portrayed historic figures. In Prestige by Christopher Nolan, David Bowie played the great inventor Nikola Tesla, in Basquiat by Julian Schnabel he was Andy Warhol, and also Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ by Martin Scorsese.

Bowie had the ability to look at his own image created by mass media with reserve. Appearing in one of the most absurd and irreverent scenes from Zoolander by Ben Stiller serves as a perfect example of that attitude. He was also a frequent voice-over actor in films, including films for children. For example, in he gave his voice to the master of evil Maltazard himself, in Arthur and the Invisibles. Quite interestingly, he denied the offer to play in the film series about James Bond, where he was to portray Max Zorin in A View to a Kill (1985), because — quote: „I didn't want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off cliffs.”

David Bowie played in dozens of film productions. It is worth mentioning that his songs have been featured in soundtracks for as many as 530 films. David Bowie was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for the theme composed for Cat People, and also for the BAFTA Award for the music to The Buddha of Suburbia.

Tribute to David Bowie

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