Acting

Nick Cave

Born 1957-09-22 · 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.

Credits

Newest first

Kylie
as Self
2026
Broken English
as Self
2026
The Death of Bunny Munro
Novel
2025
The Death of Bunny Munro
Executive Producer
2025
The Death of Bunny Munro
Original Music Composer
2025
The Death of Bunny Munro
Creator
2025
Train Dreams
Songs
2025
Train Dreams
Vocals
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self
2025
The Extraordinary Miss Flower
as Self
2025
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
as Self
2025
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert
as Self
2025
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
Author
2025
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
Compositor
2025
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
Original Music Composer
2025
The Making of Wild God
as Nick Cave
2024
Memoir of a Snail
as Bill Clarke (voice)
2024
But We Had Music
as (Voice)
2024
Back to Black
Original Music Composer
2024
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
as Self
2023
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock
as Self
2023
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
as Self
2023
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
as Self
2023
The New Boy
Original Music Composer
2023
Kylie at the BBC
as Self
2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Original Music Composer
2022
Blonde
Original Music Composer
2022
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022
2022
This Much I Know to Be True
as Self
2022
This Much I Know to Be True
Original Music Composer
2022
The Velvet Queen
Original Music Composer
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as H.G. Wells
2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
as Self
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
2021
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
as Self
2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
2020
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
as Self
2020
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
Director
2020
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later
as Self
2020
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal
as Mr. Invisible
2020
Love Eats Up Life
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Creative Brain
as Self
2019
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018
Fuse
as Truck Driver (voice)
2018
TAPE
as Self
2018
Distant Sky
as Self
2018
Popular Voices at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Kings
Original Music Composer
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Wind River
Original Music Composer
2017
War Machine
Original Music Composer
2017
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
as Self
2017
Boredom
as Self
2017
Do You Pray?
as Narrator
2017
Snowman
as Narrator
2017
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
as Self
2016
One More Time with Feeling
as Self
2016
One More Time with Feeling
Music
2016
One More Time with Feeling
Original Music Composer
2016
Nocturama
Thanks
2016
Hell or High Water
Original Music Composer
2016
Stranded
as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Prophet's Prey
as Narrator
2015
Prophet's Prey
Music
2015
Artsnight
as Self
2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
as Self
2015
Far from Men
Original Music Composer
2015
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
as Self
2015
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits
as Self
2014
Goth at the BBC
as Self
2014
20,000 Days on Earth
as Self
2014
20,000 Days on Earth
Writer
2014
20,000 Days on Earth
Original Music Composer
2014
Tender
Original Music Composer
2014
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre
as Self
2013
West of Memphis
Original Music Composer
2012
A Few Hours of Spring
Original Music Composer
2012
Lawless
Screenplay
2012