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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2024
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2008
The South Bank Show
2003
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Australian Story
2024
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
The Oscars
2026
Wind River
2017
Hell or High Water
2016
Train Dreams
2025
Memoir of a Snail
2024
The Road
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
119
Directing
1
Writing
7
Producing
1
Sound
41
Crew
3
2026
Broken English
as Self
2026
The Oscars
as Self
2026
Kylie
as Self
2025
The Extraordinary Miss Flower
as Self
2025
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
as Self
2025
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert
as Self
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
as Self
2024
Memoir of a Snail
as Bill Clarke (voice)
2024
The Making of Wild God
as Nick Cave
2024
But We Had Music
as (Voice)
2024
Australian Story
as Self
2024
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2023
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party
as Self
2023
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
as Self
2023
Kingdom in the Sky: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Live at Hanging Rock
as Self
2023
Barry Humphries: The Last Laugh
as Self
2022
This Much I Know to Be True
as Self
2022
Kylie at the BBC
as Self
2022
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live in Montreux 2022
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as H.G. Wells
2021
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time
as Self
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
2020
The Private Death of Lizzy Siddal
as Mr. Invisible
2020
Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' No More Shall We Part, 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later
as Self
2020
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace
as Self
2020
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
as Self
2020
TAPE
as Self
2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
2019
The Creative Brain
as Self
2019
Love Eats Up Life
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Fuse
as Truck Driver (voice)
2018
Distant Sky
as Self
2018
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Boredom
as Self
2017
Do You Pray?
as Narrator
2017
Snowman
as Narrator
2017
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
as Self
2017
Popular Voices at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2016
One More Time with Feeling
as Self
2016
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
as Self
2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
as Self
2015
Prophet's Prey
as Narrator
2015
Wilde Jahre West-Berlin
as Self
2015
Stranded
as Self
2015
Artsnight
as Self
2014
Goth at the BBC
as Self
2014
20,000 Days on Earth
as Self
2014
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Austin City Limits
as Self
2013
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Fonda Theatre
as Self
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
as Self
2009
The Cat Piano
as Narrator
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
2009
All Tomorrow's Parties
as Self
2009
On/Off: Mark Stewart
2008
Hardtimes Killin' Floor Blues
as Self
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Four Sessions
as Self
2008
Blixa Bargeld
as Self
2008
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party
as Self
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: BBC Appearances Collection 1989 - 2008
as Self
2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
as Self
2008
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
2007
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: God Is in the House
as Self
2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
as Bowery Saloon Singer
2007
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Abattoir Blues Tour
as Self - vocals, piano
2007
365 Day Project
as Self
2007
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
as Self
2007
The Dirty Three
as Self
2007
Pixote In Memoriam
as Self
2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
as Self
2006
The Harry Smith Project Live
as Self
2005
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
as Self (segment "Straight to You")
2005
The Story of 'Fairytale of New York'
as Self
2005
Seele Brennt
as Nick Cave
2004
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
as Self
2003
The Birthday Party: Pleasure Heads Must Burn
as Self
2003
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nocturama
as Self
2003
The Blues
as Self
2003
The South Bank Show
2001
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story
as Self
2001
Listen With Pain
as Self
2001
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part
as Self
2001
Listen with Pain: 20 Years of Einstürzende Neubauten
2001
No More Shall We Part: The Recording Sessions
as Himself
1998
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Videos
as Self
1997
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan
as Self
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
as Jerry
1997
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call
as Self
1996
Baby Trouble Hole
as Singer
1996
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads
as Self
1994
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
as Self
1994
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
as Self
1994
Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait
as Self
1994
Die Haut - Sweat
as Self
1994
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Let Love In
as Self
1992
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live at The Paradiso
as Self
1992
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream
as Self
1992
Later... with Jools Holland
1991
Johnny Suede
as Freak Storm
1991
IDn4
as Self
1991
The Song
as Self
1990
The Road to God Knows Where
as Self
1990
IDn2
as Entry
1990
IDn3
as Self
1990
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son
as Self
1988
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
as Maynard
1988
Dandy
1988
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey
as Self
1987
Wings of Desire
as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
1987
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land
as Self
1987
Kings of Independence
as Self
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks
as Self
1986
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial
as Self
1985
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead
as Self
1984
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity
as Self
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Bizarre Festival 1996
as self
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - A Short Film (1978-1998)
as Self
Before They Were Gods
as (voice)