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.
2026KylieTV showas Self · 2 episodes
2026Broken EnglishMovieas Self
2025The Death of Bunny MunroTV showNovel · Executive Producer · Original Music Composer · Creator · 6 episodes
2025Train DreamsMovieSongs · Vocals
2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughMovieas Narrator
2025Wim Wenders: Der ewig SuchendeMovieas Self
2025The Extraordinary Miss FlowerMovieas Self
2025Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God TourMovieas Self · Author · Compositor · Original Music Composer
2025Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE ConcertMovieas Self
2024The Making of Wild GodMovieas Nick Cave2024Memoir of a SnailMovieas Bill Clarke (voice)
2024But We Had MusicMovieas (Voice)
2024Back to BlackMovieOriginal Music Composer
2023Barry Humphries: The Last LaughMovieas Self
2023Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging RockMovieas Self
2023Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday PartyMovieas Self
2023AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. RexMovieas Self
2023The New BoyMovieOriginal Music Composer
2022Kylie at the BBCMovieas Self
2022DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryTV showOriginal Music Composer · 10 episodes
2022BlondeMovieOriginal Music Composer
2022Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022Movie2022This Much I Know to Be TrueMovieas Self · Original Music Composer
2021The Velvet QueenMovieOriginal Music Composer2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainMovieas H.G. Wells
2021Karen Dalton: In My Own TimeMovieas Self
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelMovieas Self
2020FeeLee. History of a Single LabelMovieas Self
2020Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra PalaceMovieas Self · Director
2020Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years LaterMovieas Self
2020The Private Death of Lizzy SiddalMovieas Mr. Invisible
2019Love Eats Up LifeMovieas Self (archive footage)2019The Creative BrainMovieas Self
2018Why Are We Creative?Movieas Self
2018FuseMovieas Truck Driver (voice)
2018TAPETV showas Self · 1 episodes
2018Distant SkyMovieas Self
2017Popular Voices at the BBCTV showas Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
2017KingsMovieOriginal Music Composer
2017L7: Pretend We're DeadMovieas Self (archive footage)
2017Wind RiverMovieOriginal Music Composer
2017War MachineMovieOriginal Music Composer
2017Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsMovieas Self
2017BoredomMovieas Self
2017Do You Pray?Movieas Narrator
2017SnowmanMovieas Narrator2016The Beautiful Days of AranjuezMovieas Self2016One More Time with FeelingMovieas Self · Music · Original Music Composer
2016NocturamaMovieThanks
2016Hell or High WaterMovieOriginal Music Composer
2015StrandedMovieas Self2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes2015Prophet's PreyMovieas Narrator · Music2015B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989Movieas Self
2015Far from MenMovieOriginal Music Composer
2015Wilde Jahre West-BerlinMovieas Self
2014Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City LimitsMovieas Self
2014Goth at the BBCMovieas Self201420,000 Days on EarthMovieas Self · Writer · Original Music Composer
2014TenderMovieOriginal Music Composer
2013Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda TheatreMovieas Self
2012West of MemphisMovieOriginal Music Composer
2012A Few Hours of SpringMovieOriginal Music Composer
2012LawlessMovieScreenplay · Original Music Composer
2012Days of GraceMovieMusic
2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardMovieas Self
2011MillhavenMovieAuthor
2009The RoadMovieOriginal Music Composer
2009On/Off: Mark StewartMovie
2009All Tomorrow's PartiesMovieas Self2009The Cat PianoMovieas Narrator
2008Blixa BargeldMovieas Self
2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008Movieas Self
2008Hardtimes Killin' Floor BluesMovieas Self
2008Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four SessionsMovieas Self
2008Mutiny! The Last Birthday PartyMovieas Self
2008The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an OutlawMovieOriginal Music Composer
2007365 Day ProjectMovieas Self
2007Pixote In MemoriamMovieas Self
2007The English SurgeonMovieOriginal Music Composer2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordMovieas Bowery Saloon Singer · Original Music Composer
2007Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the HouseMovieas Self
2007The Dirty ThreeMovieas Self
2007The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk MusicMovieas Self
2007Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues TourMovieas Self - vocals, piano2006Leonard Cohen: I'm Your ManMovieas Self
2006The Harry Smith Project LiveMovieas Self
2005The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'Movieas Self
2005Seele BrenntMovieas Nick Cave
2005The PropositionMovieScreenplay · Original Music Composer · Vocals
2005The Work of Director Anton CorbijnMovieas Self (segment "Straight to You")
2004Hoping For PalestineMovie
2004The Goddess: How I Fell in Love. Film about the filmMovieMusic2003The BluesTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2003The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must BurnMovieas Self
2001Winged MigrationMovieTheme Song Performance
2001Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende NeubautenMovie
2001If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan StoryMovieas Self
1999Expelling the DemonMovieMusic
1998Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The VideosMovieas Self · Music
1997The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowanMovieas Self
1997Rhinoceros Hunting in BudapestMovieas Jerry
1996To Have and to HoldMovieOriginal Music Composer
1996Baby Trouble HoleMovieas Singer
1996Australian StoryTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1994Freaks, Nerds & WeirdosMovieas Self
1994Die Haut - SweatMovieas Self
1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt WeillMovieas Self
1994Nick Cave: Straight To You - A PortraitMovieas Self1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV showas Self - Musical Guest · 1 episodes
1992Later... with Jools HollandTV show9 episodes
1992Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The ParadisoMovieas Self
1991The SongMovieas Self
1991IDn4Movieas Self1991Johnny SuedeMovieas Freak Storm
1990The Road to God Knows WhereMovieas Self
1990IDn3Movieas Self
1990IDn2Movieas Entry
1988DandyMovie1988Ghosts... of the Civil DeadMovieas Maynard · Writer · Original Music Composer1987Wings of DesireMovieas Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
1987Kings of IndependenceMovieas Self
1987Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange LandMovieas Self
1986Dogs in SpaceMovieThanks
1978The South Bank ShowTV show1 episodes1953The OscarsTV showas Self · 1 episodes
—Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996Movieas self
—Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)Movieas Self
—Before They Were GodsMovieas (voice)
—WoyzeckMovieMusic