Nick Cave
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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
Credits
Memoir of a Snail (2024)
as Bill Clarke (voice)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
as Bowery Saloon Singer
Wings of Desire (1987)
as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
as H.G. Wells
Johnny Suede (1991)
as Freak Storm
Fuse (2018)
as Truck Driver (voice)
One More Time with Feeling (2016)
as Self
Broken English (2026)
as Self
Pixote In Memoriam (2007)
as Self
20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
as Self
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait (1994)
as Self
Why Are We Creative? (2018)
as Self
The Song (1991)
as Self
IDn3 (1990)
as Self
The Creative Brain (2019)
as Self
IDn4 (1991)
as Self
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015)
as Self
Seele Brennt (2005)
as Nick Cave
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel (2021)
as Self
Baby Trouble Hole (1996)
as Singer
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025)
as Narrator
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party (2023)
as Self
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin (2015)
as Self
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2006)
as Self
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2023)
as Self
Distant Sky (2018)
as Self
365 Day Project (2007)
as Self
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (2016)
as Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (1994)
as Self
Prophet's Prey (2015)
as Narrator
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour (2025)
as Self
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988)
as Maynard
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads (1996)
as Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)
as Self
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende (2025)
as Self
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace (2020)
as Self
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1994)
as Self
Before They Were Gods (—)
as (voice)
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1997)
as Jerry
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House (2007)
as Self
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal (2020)
as Mr. Invisible
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)
as Self
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (2021)
as Self
The Dirty Three (2007)
as Self
IDn2 (1990)
as Entry
Kylie at the BBC (2022)
as Self
Goth at the BBC (2014)
as Self
The Extraordinary Miss Flower (2025)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son (1990)
as Self
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (2005)
as Self (segment "Straight to You")
This Much I Know to Be True (2022)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity (1984)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Paradiso (1992)
as Self
Dandy (1988)
Actor
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream (1992)
as Self
The Cat Piano (2009)
as Narrator
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call (1997)
as Self
Love Eats Up Life (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama (2003)
as Self
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party (2008)
as Self
All Tomorrow's Parties (2009)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In (1994)
as Self
Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten (2001)
Actor
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert (2025)
as Self
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007)
as Self
The Harry Smith Project Live (2006)
as Self
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York' (2005)
as Self
L7: Pretend We're Dead (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos (1998)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
as Self
Listen With Pain (2001)
as Self
Die Haut - Sweat (1994)
as Self
Boredom (2017)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey (1988)
as Self
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh (2023)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits (2014)
as Self
Snowman (2017)
as Narrator
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (2017)
as Self
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001)
as Self
Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues (2008)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part (2001)
as Self
Stranded (2015)
as Self
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later (2020)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996 (—)
as self
Do You Pray? (2017)
as Narrator
The Making of Wild God (2024)
as Nick Cave
Kings of Independence (1987)
as Self
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land (1987)
as Self
Blixa Bargeld (2008)
as Self
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan (1997)
as Self
FeeLee. History of a Single Label (2020)
as Self
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock (2023)
as Self
The Road to God Knows Where (1990)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008 (2008)
as Self
But We Had Music (2024)
as (Voice)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour (2007)
as Self - vocals, piano
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions (2008)
as Self
On/Off: Mark Stewart (2009)
Actor
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022 (2022)
Actor
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998) (—)
as Self
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn (2003)
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre (2013)
as Self