Nick Cave
Known for acting · Born 22 September 1957 · 69 · Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
160 credits
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.
Known for
Lawless
2012
The Proposition
2005
20,000 Days on Earth
2014
One More Time with Feeling
2016
Prophet's Prey
2015
The Cat Piano
2009
This Much I Know to Be True
2022
Johnny Suede
1991
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
1988
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015
Distant Sky
2018
Acting (118)
2026KylieSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2026Broken EnglishSelfFilm
2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarratorFilm
2025Wim Wenders: Der ewig SuchendeSelfFilm
2025The Extraordinary Miss FlowerSelfFilm
2025Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God TourSelfFilm
2025Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE ConcertSelfFilm
2024Memoir of a SnailBill Clarke (voice)Film
2024The Making of Wild GodNick CaveFilm
2024But We Had Music(Voice)Film
2023Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday PartySelfFilm
2023AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. RexSelfFilm
2023Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging RockSelfFilm
2023Barry Humphries: The Last LaughSelfFilm
2022This Much I Know to Be TrueSelfFilm
2022Kylie at the BBCSelfFilm
2022Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022Film
2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainH.G. WellsFilm
2021Karen Dalton: In My Own TimeSelfFilm
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelSelfFilm
2020Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra PalaceSelfFilm
2020Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years LaterSelfFilm
2020The Private Death of Lizzy SiddalMr. InvisibleFilm
2020FeeLee. History of a Single LabelSelfFilm
2020Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsSelf - Guest (archive footage)Series
2019The Creative BrainSelfFilm
2019Love Eats Up LifeSelf (archive footage)Film
2018Why Are We Creative?SelfFilm
2018Distant SkySelfFilm
2018TAPESelfSeries
2018FuseTruck Driver (voice)Film
2017L7: Pretend We're DeadSelf (archive footage)Film
2017BoredomSelfFilm
2017Do You Pray?NarratorFilm
2017SnowmanNarratorFilm
2017Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsSelfFilm
2017Popular Voices at the BBCSelf (archive footage) · 3 episodesSeries
2016One More Time with FeelingSelfFilm
2016The Beautiful Days of AranjuezSelfFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
2015B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989SelfFilm
2015Prophet's PreyNarratorFilm
2015Wilde Jahre West-BerlinSelfFilm
2015StrandedSelfFilm
2015ArtsnightSelfSeries
201420,000 Days on EarthSelfFilm
2014Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City LimitsSelfFilm
2014Goth at the BBCSelfFilm
2013Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda TheatreSelfFilm
2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardSelfFilm
2009The Cat PianoNarratorFilm
2009All Tomorrow's PartiesSelfFilm
2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkSelfFilm
2009On/Off: Mark StewartFilm
2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four SessionsSelfFilm
2008Mutiny! The Last Birthday PartySelfFilm
2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008SelfFilm
2008Hardtimes Killin' Floor BluesSelfFilm
2008Blixa BargeldSelfFilm
2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!SelfFilm
2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordBowery Saloon SingerFilm
2007Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the HouseSelfFilm
2007Pixote In MemoriamSelfFilm
2007365 Day ProjectSelfFilm
2007The Dirty ThreeSelfFilm
2007Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues TourSelf - vocals, pianoFilm
2007The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk MusicSelfFilm
2006Leonard Cohen: I'm Your ManSelfFilm
2006The Harry Smith Project LiveSelfFilm
2005The Work of Director Anton CorbijnSelf (segment "Straight to You")Film
2005The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'SelfFilm
2005Seele BrenntNick CaveFilm
2004Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of OrpheusSelfFilm
2003The BluesSelfSeries
2003The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must BurnSelfFilm
2003Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: NocturamaSelfFilm
2001If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan StorySelfFilm
2001Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende NeubautenFilm
2001Listen With PainSelfFilm
2001Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We PartSelfFilm
2001No More Shall We Part: The Recording SessionsHimselfFilm
1998Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The VideosSelfFilm
1997Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestJerryFilm
1997The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowanSelfFilm
1997Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's CallSelfFilm
1996Australian StorySelfSeries
1996Baby Trouble HoleSingerFilm
1996Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder BalladsSelfFilm
1994Freaks, Nerds & WeirdosSelfFilm
1994Nick Cave: Straight To You - A PortraitSelfFilm
1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt WeillSelfFilm
1994Die Haut - SweatSelfFilm
1994Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love InSelfFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Musical GuestSeries
1992Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The ParadisoSelfFilm
1992Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's DreamSelfFilm
1991Johnny SuedeFreak StormFilm
1991IDn4SelfFilm
1991The SongSelfFilm
1990The Road to God Knows WhereSelfFilm
1990IDn2EntryFilm
1990IDn3SelfFilm
1990Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good SonSelfFilm
1988Ghosts... of the Civil DeadMaynardFilm
1988DandyFilm
1988Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender PreySelfFilm
1987Wings of DesireSelf - Nick Cave and The Bad SeedsFilm
1987Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange LandSelfFilm
1987Kings of IndependenceSelfFilm
1986Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the PricksSelfFilm
1986Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My TrialSelfFilm
1985Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is DeadSelfFilm
1984Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to EternitySelfFilm
1978The South Bank ShowSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
—Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996selfFilm
—Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)SelfFilm
—Before They Were Gods(voice)Film
Crew (2)
2016NocturamaThanksFilm
1986Dogs in SpaceThanksFilm
Directing (1)
2020Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra PalaceDirectorFilm
Sound (32)
2025Train DreamsSongs, VocalsFilm
2024Back to BlackOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2023The New BoyOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2022DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryOriginal Music ComposerSeries
2022BlondeOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2022This Much I Know to Be TrueOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2021The Velvet QueenOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2017Wind RiverOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2017War MachineOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2017KingsOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2016Hell or High WaterOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2016One More Time with FeelingMusic, Original Music ComposerFilm
2015Far from MenOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2015Prophet's PreyMusicFilm
2014TenderOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2012West of MemphisOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2012A Few Hours of SpringOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2012Days of GraceMusicFilm
2011SubmissionMusicFilm
2009The RoadOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2008The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an OutlawOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2008Angel of the WindMusicFilm
2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2007The English SurgeonOriginal Music ComposerFilm
2004The Goddess: How I Fell in Love. Film about the filmMusicFilm
2001Winged MigrationTheme Song PerformanceFilm
1999Expelling the DemonMusicFilm
1998Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The VideosMusicFilm
1996To Have and to HoldOriginal Music ComposerFilm
1991Just Visiting This PlanetMusicFilm
—The Circumventing MindMusicFilm
—WoyzeckMusicFilm
Writing (7)
2025The Death of Bunny MunroNovel, Executive Producer, Original Music Composer, CreatorSeries
2025Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God TourAuthor, Compositor, Original Music ComposerFilm
201420,000 Days on EarthWriter, Original Music ComposerFilm
2012LawlessScreenplay, Original Music ComposerFilm
2011MillhavenAuthorFilm
2005The PropositionScreenplay, Original Music Composer, VocalsFilm
1988Ghosts... of the Civil DeadWriter, Original Music ComposerFilm