David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; the drummer for Them Crooked Vultures; and wrote all the music for his short-lived side projects Late! and Probot. He has also been involved with Queens of the Stone Age, and has performed session work for a variety of musicians, including Killing Joke, Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, Slash and Juliette Lewis. Dave Grohl has performed in over 30 bands since becoming a musician.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2026
The Daily Show
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2021
Late Show with David Letterman
1995
Saturday Night Live
2012
The Graham Norton Show
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Sesame Street
2019
The Colbert Report
2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2010
The X-Files
1996

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
220
Directing
6
Writing
2
Producing
5
Sound
3
Crew
2
2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
as Self
2026
Other Voices Presents: Foo Fighters
as Himself
2026
The Best Summer
as Self
2026
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Performer
2026
Saturday Night Live UK
as Self - Musical Guest
2026
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest/Musical Guest
2026
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
2026
Rock in Rio
as Self - Performer
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters
as Himself
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2023
Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts
as Self
2023
Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023
as Self
2023
The Teacher
as Self
2023
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
as Self
2023
Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits
as self
2023
Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20
as Self
2023
Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023
as Self
2023
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
as Self (archive footage)
2023
WINO: The Documentary
2023
Austin City Limits
as Self
2022
Studio 666
as Dave Grohl
2022
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
as Self
2022
Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality
as Self
2022
ABBA V Queen
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
as Self
2022
Gary Numan: Resurrection
as Self
2022
Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Performer
2022
Hot Ones
as Self
2022
Duncanville
as Ronnie D (voice)
2022
Paul McCartney at Glastonbury Festival
as Self
2021
When Nirvana Came to Britain
as Self (archive footage)
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021)
as Self
2021
Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021
as Self
2021
I'm in the Band
2021
Celebrating America
as Self
2021
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World
as Self - Performer
2021
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2021
From Cradle to Stage
as Self
2021
Biography: KISStory
as Self
2021
The Morning Show
as Dave Grohl
2021
Reel Stories
as Self - Guest Star
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
as Self
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2021
Leute heute
as Self
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2020
Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters
as Self
2020
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
as Self - Performer
2020
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
as Self
2020
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
as Self - Performer
2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
as Dave Grohl
2020
Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
2020
The Big Night In
as Self
2020
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self
2020
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2019
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
as Self
2019
Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019
as Self
2019
Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019
as Self
2019
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
as Self
2019
Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio
as Self
2019
Punk
as Self
2019
Sesame Street
as Self
2019
Ryan's Mystery Playdate
as Self
2018
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
as Self
2018
Play
as Self
2018
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
as Self
2017
Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017
as Self
2017
Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK
as Self
2017
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
as Self
2016
The Road to ACL
as Self
2016
The Smart Studios Story
2016
Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History
as Self
2016
Soundbreaking
as Self
2016
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2015
Cássia
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Cobain: Montage of Heck
as Self (archive footage)
2015
All Things Must Pass
as Self
2015
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
as Self
2015
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2015
Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
2015
Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015
as Self
2015
Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro
as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2015
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
as Dave Grohl
2015
The Muppets
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Concert for Valor
as Self - Performer
2014
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2014
Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1
as Himself
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
as Self
2014
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
as Self - Performer
2014
Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip
as Self
2014
Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action
as self
2014
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
as Self
2014
The Daily Show
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2013
Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All
as Self
2013
Sound City
as Self
2013
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony
as Self
2013
Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11
as Self - Nirvana
2013
12-12-12
2013
Drunk History
as Memphis Mafia Member
2013
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2013
The Colbert Report
as Self - Guest
2012
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
as Self
2012
See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
as Self
2012
Foo Fighters - Reading Festival
as Self
2012
Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival
as Self
2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self
2012
A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney
as Self
2012
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
2011
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
as Self
2011
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606
as Self
2011
The Muppets
as Animool
2011
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
as Self - Lead vocal
2011
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
2011
Man With the Midas Touch
as Self
2011
Foo Fighters - Garage Tour
as Self
2011
Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival
as Self - Vocals
2011
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
as Self
2011
Foo Fighters -T in The Park
as Self
2011
Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light
as Self
2011
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
as Self
2011
Foo Fighters - Live in London
as Self
2011
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
2010
Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust
2010
Lemmy
as Self
2010
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
as Self
2010
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010
as Self
2010
Nirvana: Live On Air
as Self
2010
Metalocalypse
2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
2009
Nirvana: Live at Reading
as Self - Drums
2009
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio
as Self
2009
Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606
as Self
2009
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
as Self
2009
The Grammys
as Self
2008
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
as Self
2008
Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium
as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
2008
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary
as Self
2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
as Self
2007
Lil' Bush
2007
Seven Ages of Rock
as Self
2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
as Satan
2006
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
as Self
2006
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
as Self
2006
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
as Self
2006
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
as Self
2006
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones
as Self
2006
VH1 Rock Honors
as Self
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self
2005
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
as Self
2005
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
as Self
2005
Ten Years Later
as Himself
2005
Classic Albums
as Self - Interviewee
2004
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
as Self
2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
as Self
2004
Lit: All Access
as Self
2004
The Other Side of AIDS
as self - Foo Fighters
2004
Supergrass: A Home Movie
as Self
2004
Viva La Bam
as Self
2003
Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home
as Self
2003
Tenacious D: In the Studio
as Self
2003
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
as Self
2002
Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (Real #1)
2001
25 Years of Punk
as Self
2001
VH1 News Special: Grunge
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?'
as Daniel (voice)
2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
2000
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self
1999
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1998
Free Tibet
as Self - Foo Fighters
1998
Later... with Jools Holland
1997
David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
as Self
1997
David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC
as Self
1997
TFI Friday
1996
Hype!
1996
The X-Files
as Lobby Passerby (uncredited)
1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1995
Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995
as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Musical Guest
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
as Self - Drums
1994
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1993
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
as Self - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals
1993
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
as Self
1993
Nirvana: Live and Loud
as Self - Drums
1993
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
as Self - Drums, Vocals
1993
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
as Self
1993
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1993
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
as Self
1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke
as Self
1992
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1991
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
1991
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
as Self
1991
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
as Self
1991
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
as Self
1991
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
as Dave Grohl
1991
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
1991
The Word
1990
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
Are We Not Men?
as Self
Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010
Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London
as Self
Shouting Through The Letterhole
as Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Foo Fighters: Live at Pinkpop 2026
Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews
as Self
Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis
as Self