David Lynch

Directing · Born 1946-01-20 in Missoula, Montana, USA

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 could fault the conclusion that David Lynch is the most important filmmaker of the current era." Lynch studied painting before he began making short films in the late 1960s. His first feature-length film was the independent surrealist film Eraserhead (1977), which saw success as a midnight movie. He…

Filmography

• The Fabelmans as John Ford
• Inland Empire as Bucky J
• Side by Side as Self
• The Elephant Man as Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
• Lucky as Howard
• David Lynch: The Art Life as Self
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Gordon Cole
• Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
• Zelly & Me as Willie
• I Don't Know Jack as Self

TV

• Louie as Jack Dall
• Twin Peaks as Gordon Cole
• Robot Chicken as Mad Scientist (voice)
• Family Guy as Gus (voice)
• Un film et son époque as Self
• The Cleveland Show
• The Oscars as Self
• This Is Pop as Self (archive footage)
• Family Guy as David Lynch (voice)
• Independent Focus as Self