Dave Grohl

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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 X-Files

Lobby Passerby (uncredited)

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Satan

The Muppets

Animool

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Dave Grohl

The Morning Show

Dave Grohl

Cobain: Montage of Heck

Self (archive footage)

The Daily Show

Self

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Other Voices Presents: Foo Fighters MOVIE	Himself
2026	Saturday Night Live UK TV	Self - Musical Guest
2026	The Best Summer MOVIE	Self
2025	Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters MOVIE	Himself
2025	Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt MOVIE	Self
2025	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert MOVIE	Self
2025	FireAid Benefit Concert MOVIE	Self
2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music MOVIE	Self
2025	SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night TV	Self
2024	Hot Ones Versus TV	Self
2023	Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20 MOVIE	Self
2023	Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits MOVIE	self
2023	I Hate Myself and I Want to Die MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023 MOVIE	Self
2023	Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story MOVIE	Self
2023	Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023 MOVIE	Self
2023	The Teacher MOVIE	Self
2023	Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts MOVIE	Self
2023	WINO: The Documentary MOVIE	Self
2022	2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MOVIE	Self - Performer
2022	Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert MOVIE	Self
2022	Gary Numan: Resurrection MOVIE	Self
2022	ABBA V Queen MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Foo Fighters: One Less Hero MOVIE	Self
2022	Studio 666 MOVIE	Dave Grohl
2022	Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality MOVIE	Self
2021	Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021) MOVIE	Self
2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MOVIE	Self
2021	Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	When Nirvana Came to Britain MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021 MOVIE	Self
2021	Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson TV	Self
2021	Biography: KISStory TV	Self
2021	Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World MOVIE	Self - Performer
2021	From Cradle to Stage TV	Self
2021	Celebrating America MOVIE	Self
2021	I'm in the Band MOVIE	Self
2020	Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters MOVIE	Self
2020	Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary MOVIE	Self
2020	Bill & Ted Face the Music MOVIE	Dave Grohl
2020	Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show MOVIE	Self - Performer
2020	The Big Night In MOVIE	Self
2020	Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince MOVIE	Self
2020	FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America MOVIE	Self - Performer
2020	Duncanville TV	Ronnie D (voice)
2019	The Morning Show TV	Dave Grohl
2019	Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio MOVIE	Self
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	Foo Fighters - Reading Festival MOVIE	Self
2019	Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019 MOVIE	Self
2019	Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019 MOVIE	Self
2019	Liam Gallagher: As It Was MOVIE	Self
2019	Ryan's Mystery Playdate: Level Up TV	Self
2019	Punk TV	Self
2018	Reel Stories TV	Self - Guest Star
2018	Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records MOVIE	Self
2018	Play MOVIE	Self
2018	Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 MOVIE	Self
2017	Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special MOVIE	Self
2017	Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017 MOVIE	Self
2017	Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK MOVIE	Self
2016	Soundbreaking TV	Self
2016	Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History MOVIE	Self
2016	The Smart Studios Story MOVIE	Self
2016	The Road to ACL MOVIE	Self
2015	All Things Must Pass MOVIE	Self
2015	The Muppets TV	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self - Guest/Musical Guest
2015	Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll TV	Dave Grohl
2015	Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring MOVIE	Self - Vocals, Guitar
2015	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MOVIE	Self
2015	Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015 MOVIE	Self
2015	Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) MOVIE	Self
2015	Cobain: Montage of Heck MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self - Guest
2015	Hot Ones TV	Self
2015	Cássia MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2015	Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro MOVIE	Self - Vocals, Guitars
2014	Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action MOVIE	self
2014	The Concert for Valor MOVIE	Self - Performer
2014	Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip MOVIE	Self
2014	Foo Fighters Sonic Highways TV	Self
2014	Led Zeppelin Played Here MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2014	Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years MOVIE	Self - Performer
2014	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MOVIE	Self
2014	Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1 MOVIE	Himself
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2014	The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles MOVIE	Self
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones TV	Self
2013	Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 MOVIE	Self - Nirvana
2013	Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All MOVIE	Self
2013	Drunk History TV	Memphis Mafia Member
2013	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony MOVIE	Self
2013	Sound City MOVIE	Self
2012	See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould MOVIE	Self
2012	12-12-12 \| The Concert for Sandy Relief MOVIE	Self
2012	Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival MOVIE	Self
2012	Foo Fighters - Reading Festival MOVIE	Self
2012	Bad Brains: A Band in DC MOVIE	Self
2012	A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney MOVIE	Self
2011	The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song MOVIE	Self
2011	The Muppets MOVIE	Animool
2011	Nirvana: Live at the Paramount MOVIE	Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
2011	Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert MOVIE	Self - Lead vocal
2011	Man With the Midas Touch MOVIE	Self
2011	Foo Fighters -T in The Park MOVIE	Self
2011	Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival MOVIE	Self - Vocals
2011	Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses MOVIE	Self
2011	Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light MOVIE	Self
2011	Foo Fighters: Back and Forth MOVIE	Self
2011	Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606 MOVIE	Self
2011	Foo Fighters - Garage Tour MOVIE	Self
2011	Foo Fighters - Live in London MOVIE	Self
2010	Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 MOVIE	Self
2010	Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010 MOVIE	Self
2010	Nirvana: Live On Air MOVIE	Self
2010	Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust MOVIE	Self
2010	Lemmy MOVIE	Self
2009	Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio MOVIE	Self
2009	Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rockpalast MOVIE	Self
2009	Nirvana: Live at Reading MOVIE	Self - Drums
2009	Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits MOVIE	Self
2009	Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606 MOVIE	Self
2009	Skavlan TV	Self - Guest
2008	VH1 Rock Honors: The Who MOVIE	Self
2008	Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium MOVIE	Self - Vocals, Guitars
2008	Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound MOVIE	Self
2008	D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary MOVIE	Self
2007	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream MOVIE	Self
2007	Lil' Bush TV	Self
2007	Seven Ages of Rock TV	Self
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self - Performer
2006	Foo Fighters: Hyde Park MOVIE	Self
2006	Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones MOVIE	Self
2006	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny MOVIE	Satan
2006	Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2006	Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero MOVIE	Self
2006	Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review MOVIE	Self
2006	Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor MOVIE	Self - Drums
2006	Metalocalypse TV	Self
2006	VH1 Rock Honors MOVIE	Self
2006	All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On MOVIE	Self
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self - Guest
2005	Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast MOVIE	Self
2005	The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2005	Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind MOVIE	Self
2005	Ten Years Later MOVIE	Himself
2005	I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash MOVIE	Self
2004	Nirvana: With the Lights Out MOVIE	Self
2004	Lit: All Access MOVIE	Self
2004	I've Been Twelve Forever MOVIE	Self
2004	The Other Side of AIDS MOVIE	self - Foo Fighters
2004	(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale MOVIE	Self
2004	Supergrass: A Home Movie MOVIE	Self
2003	Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home MOVIE	Self
2003	Tenacious D: In the Studio MOVIE	Self
2003	Viva La Bam TV	Self
2003	The Work of Director Michel Gondry MOVIE	Self
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Musical Guest
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2002	Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (Real #1) MOVIE	Self
2001	VH1 News Special: Grunge MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	25 Years of Punk MOVIE	Self
2000	Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?' MOVIE	Daniel (voice)
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self
1998	Free Tibet MOVIE	Self - Foo Fighters
1997	Leute heute TV	Self
1997	Classic Albums TV	Self - Interviewee
1997	David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC MOVIE	Self
1997	David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 MOVIE	Self
1996	Hype! MOVIE	Self
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1995	Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995 MOVIE	Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
1994	MTV Europe Music Awards TV	Self
1994	Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! MOVIE	Self - Drums
1994	Space Ghost Coast to Coast TV	Self
1994	Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich MOVIE	Self
1993	RuPaul's Christmas Ball MOVIE	Self
1993	Nirvana: Unplugged In New York MOVIE	Self - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals
1993	Nirvana - Unplugged In New York (MTV Version) MOVIE	Self
1993	Nirvana: Live And Loud MOVIE	Self - Drums
1993	Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal MOVIE	Self - Drums, Vocals
1993	Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az MOVIE	Self
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	The X-Files TV	Lobby Passerby (uncredited)
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self - Musical Guest
1993	Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival MOVIE	Self
1992	1991: The Year Punk Broke MOVIE	Self
1991	Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991 MOVIE	Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
1991	Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso MOVIE	Self
1991	Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy MOVIE	Self
1991	Nirvana: Astoria Theater London MOVIE	Self
1991	Nirvana: Live in Dallas MOVIE	Self
1991	Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit MOVIE	Dave Grohl
1991	Sub Pop Video Network Program 1 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1990	Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990 MOVIE	Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
1984	MTV Video Music Awards TV	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Musical Guest
1975	Austin City Limits TV	Self
1969	Sesame Street TV	Self
1959	The Grammys TV	Self
	Are We Not Men? MOVIE	Self
	Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010 MOVIE	Self
	Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London MOVIE	Self
	Shouting Through The Letterhole MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
	Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection MOVIE	Self
	Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert MOVIE	Self
	Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis TV	Self

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