Nick Cave

Biography

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

156

Birth Date

1957-09-22 00:00:00

Birth Place

Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

Known For

• 

  20,000 Days on Earth
• 

  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling
• 

  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)
• 

  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996
• 

  Before They Were Gods
• 

  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour

Credits

• sound (36 credits)

  • Woyzeck

    music

    sound
    2026
  • The Circumventing Mind

    music

    sound
    2026
  • The Death of Bunny Munro

    original music composer

    sound

    - Show Man (2025) ... original music composer sound

    - Dead Man (2025) ... original music composer sound

    - Con Man (2025) ... original music composer sound

    - Cocksman (2025) ... original music composer sound

    - Salesman (2025) ... original music composer sound
    2025
  • Train Dreams

    songs

    sound
    2025
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour

    original music composer

    sound
    2025
  • Back to Black

    original music composer

    sound
    2024
  • The New Boy

    original music composer

    sound
    2023
  • DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

    original music composer

    sound

    - God of Forgiveness, God of Vengeance (2022) ... original music composer sound

    - The Bogeyman (2022) ... original music composer sound

    - Lionel (2022) ... original music composer sound

    - Cassandra (2022) ... original music composer sound

    - Silenced (2022) ... original music composer sound
    2022
  • Blonde

    original music composer

    sound
    2022
  • This Much I Know to Be True

    original music composer

    sound
    2022
  • The Velvet Queen

    original music composer

    sound
    2021
  • Kings

    original music composer

    sound
    2017
  • Wind River

    original music composer

    sound
    2017
  • War Machine

    original music composer

    sound
    2017
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling

    music

    sound
    2016
  • Hell or High Water

    original music composer

    sound
    2016
  • Prophet's Prey

    music

    sound
    2015
  • Far from Men

    original music composer

    sound
    2015
  • 20,000 Days on Earth

    original music composer

    sound
    2014
  • Tender

    original music composer

    sound
    2014
  • West of Memphis

    original music composer

    sound
    2012
  • Lawless

    original music composer

    sound
    2012
  • Submission

    music

    sound
    2011
  • The Road

    original music composer

    sound
    2009
  • Angel of the Wind

    music

    sound
    2008
  • The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

    original music composer

    sound
    2008
  • The English Surgeon

    original music composer

    sound
    2007
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    original music composer

    sound
    2007
  • The Proposition

    original music composer

    sound
    2005
  • The Goddess: How I Fell in Love. Film about the film

    music

    sound
    2004
  • Winged Migration

    theme song performance

    sound
    2001
  • Expelling the Demon

    music

    sound
    1999
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos

    music

    sound
    1998
  • To Have and to Hold

    original music composer

    sound
    1996
  • Just Visiting This Planet

    music

    sound
    1991
  • Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

    original music composer

    sound
    1988

• actors (107 credits)

  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996

    self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Before They Were Gods

    (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Broken English

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Extraordinary Miss Flower

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Making of Wild God

    Nick Cave

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Memoir of a Snail

    Bill Clarke (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • But We Had Music

    (Voice)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Kylie at the BBC

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • This Much I Know to Be True

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

    H.G. Wells

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • FeeLee. History of a Single Label

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal

    Mr. Invisible

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Love Eats Up Life

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Creative Brain

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Why Are We Creative?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Fuse

    Truck Driver (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Distant Sky

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • L7: Pretend We're Dead

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Boredom

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Do You Pray?

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Snowman

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: One More Time with Feeling

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Stranded

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Prophet's Prey

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Wilde Jahre West-Berlin

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    - 8/13/24 (Bowen Yang, Nick Cave) (2024) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2015
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Goth at the BBC

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • 20,000 Days on Earth

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • On/Off: Mark Stewart

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • All Tomorrow's Parties

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Cat Piano

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Blixa Bargeld

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • 365 Day Project

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Pixote In Memoriam

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    Bowery Saloon Singer

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Dirty Three

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour

    Self - vocals, piano

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Harry Smith Project Live

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Seele Brennt

    Nick Cave

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

    Self (segment "Straight to You")

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Listen With Pain

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

    Jerry

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Baby Trouble Hole

    Singer

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Die Haut - Sweat

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    - Greg Kinnear. J.J. Abrams, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (2008) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
    1993
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Paradiso

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Song

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • IDn4

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Johnny Suede

    Freak Storm

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Road to God Knows Where

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • IDn3

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • IDn2

    Entry

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Dandy

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

    Maynard

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Wings of Desire

    Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Kings of Independence

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Oscars

    - 98th Academy Awards (2026) ... Self actor actors
    1953

• writing (7 credits)

  • The Death of Bunny Munro

    novel

    writing

    - Show Man (2025) ... novel writing

    - Dead Man (2025) ... novel writing

    - Con Man (2025) ... novel writing

    - Cocksman (2025) ... novel writing

    - Salesman (2025) ... novel writing
    2025
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour

    author

    writing
    2025
  • 20,000 Days on Earth

    writer

    writing
    2014
  • Lawless

    screenplay

    writing
    2012
  • Millhaven

    author

    writing
    2011
  • The Proposition

    screenplay

    writing
    2005
  • Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

    writer

    writing
    1988

• production (1 credits)

  • The Death of Bunny Munro

    executive producer

    production

    - Show Man (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Dead Man (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Con Man (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Cocksman (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Salesman (2025) ... executive producer production
    2025

• creators (1 credits)

  • The Death of Bunny Munro

    creator

    creators
    2025

• crew (3 credits)

  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour

    compositor

    crew
    2025
  • Nocturama

    thanks

    crew
    2016
  • Dogs in Space

    thanks

    crew
    1986

• directing (1 credits)

  • Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace

    director

    directing
    2020