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.

Career Overview

Nick Cave has 157 screen credits in a career dating back to 1984. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Damiel and Cassiel Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include One More Time with Feeling, 20,000 Days on Earth, Before They Were Gods. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 157
Birth Date: 1957-09-22 00:00:00
Birth Place: Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

Damiel and Cassiel Collection (1 titles)
Wind River Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Warren Ellis (7 collaborations)
Earl Cave (3 collaborations)
George Vjestica (3 collaborations)
Jim Sclavunos (3 collaborations)
Vanluke Watson (2 collaborations)
Thomas Benski (2 collaborations)
James Wilson (2 collaborations)
Thomas Wydler (2 collaborations)
Martyn Casey (2 collaborations)
Andrew Dominik (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (108 credits)
- Before They Were Gods
  (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- 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
- 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
- Kylie Minogue: Summer 2019 - Live At Glastonbury
  Self
  
  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
- 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
  
  - 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
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
- 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
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