David Lynch
Directing
151
Acting Credits
70
Directed
Biography
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Lynch received critical acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities. In his 58-year career, he was awarded numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2006 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019. In 2007, a panel of critics convened by The Guardian announced that "after all the discussion, no one coul...
Known For
Filmography
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2026
as Self
What Would David Lynch Do?
2026
as Self (Archived Footage)
Fifty Shades of Verity
2026
as Scarity
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
as Self - Filmmaker
David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Beatles '64
2024
as Self
Lynch/Oz
2023
as Self (archival footage)
The Fabelmans
2022
as John Ford
This Is Sparklehorse
2022
as Self
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
2021
as Self
Moby Doc
2021
as Self
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
as Self
David Lynch: The Virtual Life
2020
as himself
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self
The Original Image - David Lynch
2019
David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film
2019
as Himself
Curtains Up
2018
Why Are We Creative?
2018
as Self
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self
Lucky
2017
as Howard
David Lynch: The Art Life
2017
as Self
The Black Ghiandola
2017
as Man In Black
Rocksteppy
2017
as Himself
WHAT DID JACK DO?
2017
as Detective
Girlfriend's Day
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
2017
as Self
Tell It Martin
2017
as Self
The Polish Accountant
2017
as Self
The Number of Completion
2017
as Self
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
2017
as Self
Bad Binoculars
2017
as Self
Two Blue Balls
2017
as Self
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
2017
as Self
Behind the Red Curtain
2017
as Self
A Pot of Boiling Oil
2017
as Self
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
as Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
2017
as Self
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
2017
as Self
Plankton Salesmen
2017
as Self (archive footage)
David Lynch: Insight
2017
as Self
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Night Flight: Born Again
2016
as Self
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016
as Self
Shadows of Paradise
2016
On Meditation
2016
as Self
The Music of David Lynch
2016
as Self
Along for the Ride
2016
as Self
The Reality of Truth
2016
as Self
Brand: A Second Coming
2015
as Self
Rammstein in Amerika
2015
as Self
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Gordon Cole
It's a Beautiful World
2014
as Self
My Beautiful Broken Brain
2014
as Self
The 8th Floor
2014
as Self
Between Two Worlds
2014
as Self
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
2014
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self
Professor Goudet's Lessons
2013
as Self
Side by Side
2012
as Self
Meditation, Creativity, Peace
2012
as Self
Memory Film
2012
Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
2011
as Himself
2012: Time for Change
2010
as Self
David Wants to Fly
2010
as Self
When Lynch Met Lucas
2010
Brunes et Blondes
2010
as Self
David Lynch in Oslo
2010
as Self
Louie
2010
as Jack Dall
The Way of Samodelkin
2009
as Stranger in a dream
The Soul Detective
2009
as Himself
Great Directors
2009
as Self
La Traversée du désir
2009
as Self
Red Fish
2009
as O Sábio
The Cleveland Show
2009
The Cleveland Show
2009
as Gus (voice)
Early Experiments
2008
Hollyshorts Greeting
2008
as Himself
Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
2008
as Self
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008
as Self
Critic
2008
as Self (voice)
Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
2007
as Himself
Dynamic:01: The Best of DavidLynch.com
2007
as himself
The Sound of Lynch
2007
A Slice of Lynch
2007
as Self
Lynch (one)
2007
as Self
Lynch 2
2007
as Self
Out Yonder — Chicken
2007
Inland Empire
2006
as Bucky J, the gaffer (voice)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
Legends
2006
as Self
David Lynch: 1985
2005
as Self
Robot Chicken
2005
as Mad Scientist (voice)
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
2004
as Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004
as Self
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
as Self
Boat
2003
as The Man
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003
as Self
Lamp
2003
as Self
Out Yonder — Teeth
2003
Does That Hurt You?
2003
as Self
Return to Mulholland Drive
2003
as Self
Un film et son époque
2003
as Self
I Don't Know Jack
2002
as Self
Mysteries of Love
2002
as Self (archive footage)
BlueBob Egg
2002
as Billy Groper
Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
2002
The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
2002
as Self
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Eraserhead Stories
2001
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
as Self
DumbLand
2001
as Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Gus (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as David Lynch (voice)
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
1998
as Self
Independent Focus
1998
as Self
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997
as Self
Scene by Scene
1997
as Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self
Nadja
1995
as Morgue Receptionist
Lumière & Company
1995
as Self
Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
1994
as Himself
Made in the USA
1993
as Self
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Gordon Cole
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
as Self
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self
Twin Peaks
1990
as Gordon Cole
David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
1989
as Self
Cinéma, de notre temps
1989
as David Lynch
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
Zelly & Me
1988
as Willie
No Frank in Lumberton
1988
as Self
Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
1987
as Himself
Dune
1984
as Spice Miner (uncredited)
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
The Elephant Man
1980
as Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
Heart Beat
1980
as Painter (uncredited)
The Amputee
1974
as The Nurse
Film '72
1971
as Self
Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
1967
The Oscars
1953
as Self