Dave Grohl
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2025
Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters as Himself
2025Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt as Self
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2025FireAid Benefit Concert as Self
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
2023Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20 as Self
2023Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits as self
2023I Hate Myself and I Want to Die as Self (archive footage)
2023Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023 as Self
2023Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story as Self
2023Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023 as Self
2023The Teacher as Self
2023Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts as Self
2023WINO: The Documentary
20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self - Performer
2022Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary as Self (archive footage)
2022Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert as Self
2022Gary Numan: Resurrection as Self
2022ABBA V Queen as Self (archive footage)
2022Foo Fighters: One Less Hero as Self
2022Studio 666 as Dave Grohl
2022Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality as Self
2021Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021) as Self
20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2021Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage as Self (archive footage)
2021When Nirvana Came to Britain as Self (archive footage)
2021Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021 as Self
2021Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson as Self
2021Biography: KISStory as Self
2021Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World as Self - Performer
2021From Cradle to Stage as Self
2021Celebrating America as Self
2021I'm in the Band
2020Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters as Self
2020Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
2020Bill & Ted Face the Music as Dave Grohl
2020Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show as Self - Performer
2020Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince as Self
2020FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America as Self - Performer
2020Duncanville as Ronnie D (voice)
2019The Morning Show as Dave Grohl
2019Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Foo Fighters - Reading Festival as Self
2019Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019 as Self
2019Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019 as Self
2019Liam Gallagher: As It Was as Self
2019Ryan's Mystery Playdate: Level Up as Self
2019Punk as Self
2018Reel Stories as Self - Guest Star
2018Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records as Self
2018Play as Self
2018Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2017Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special as Self
2017Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017 as Self
2017Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK as Self
2016Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History as Self
2016The Smart Studios Story
2016The Road to ACL as Self
2015All Things Must Pass as Self
2015The Muppets as Self
2015Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll as Dave Grohl
2015Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring as Self - Vocals, Guitar
2015Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2015Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015 as Self
2015Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) as Self
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
2015Cobain: Montage of Heck as Self (Archive footage)
2015Hot Ones as Self
2015Cássia as Self (archive footage)
2015Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2014The Concert for Valor as Self - Performer
2014Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip as Self
2014Foo Fighters Sonic Highways as Self
2014Led Zeppelin Played Here as Self (archive footage)
2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Performer
2014Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2014Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1 as Himself
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 as Self - Nirvana
2013Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All as Self
2013Drunk History as Memphis Mafia Member
2013Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony as Self
2013Sound City as Self
2012See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould as Self
201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
2012Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival as Self
2012Foo Fighters - Reading Festival as Self
2012Bad Brains: A Band in DC as Self
2011The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song as Self
2011The Muppets as Animool
2011Nirvana: Live at the Paramount as Self : Drums & Backing vocals
2011Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert as Self - Lead vocal
2011Man With the Midas Touch as Self
2011Foo Fighters -T in The Park as Self
2011Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival as Self - Vocals
2011Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses as Self
2011Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light as Self
2011Foo Fighters: Back and Forth as Self
2011Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606 as Self
2011Foo Fighters - Garage Tour as Self
2011Foo Fighters - Live in London as Self
2010Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 as Self
2010Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010 as Self
2010Nirvana: Live On Air as Self
2010Lemmy as Self
2009Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio as Self
2009Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rockpalast as Self
2009Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits as Self
2009Nirvana: Live at Reading as Self - Drums
2009Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606 as Self
2009Skavlan as Self - Guest
2008VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
2008Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2008Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound as Self
2007Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream as Self
2007Lil' Bush
2007Seven Ages of Rock as Self
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006Foo Fighters: Hyde Park as Self
2006Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones as Self
2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Satan
2006Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review as Self (archive footage)
2006Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
2006Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review as Self
2006Juliette And The Licks - Four On The Floor as Self - Drums
2006Metalocalypse
2006VH1 Rock Honors as Self
2006All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On as Self
2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self
2005The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' as Self (archive footage)
2005Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind as Self
2004Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004Lit: All Access as Self
2004I've Been Twelve Forever as Self
2004The Other Side of AIDS as self - Foo Fighters
2004(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale as Self
2004Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self
2003Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home as Self
2003Tenacious D: In the Studio as Self
2003Viva La Bam as Self
2003The Work of Director Michel Gondry as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Musical Guest
2002Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (Real #1)
2001VH1 News Special: Grunge as Self (archive footage)
200125 Years of Punk as Self
2000Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?' as Daniel (voice)
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
1998Free Tibet as Self - Foo Fighters
1997Leute heute as Self
1997Classic Albums as Self - Interviewee
1997David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC as Self
1997David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 as Self
1996Hype!
1996The Daily Show as Self
1995Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995 as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
1994MTV Europe Music Awards as Self
1994Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! as Self - Drums
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1993RuPaul's Christmas Ball as Self
1993Nirvana: Unplugged In New York as Self - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals
1993Nirvana Unplugged In New York Original MTV Version as Self
1993Nirvana: Live And Loud as Self - Drums
1993Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal as Self - Drums, Vocals
1993Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1993The X-Files as Lobby Passerby (uncredited)
1993Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
19921991: The Year Punk Broke as Self
1991Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991 as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
1991Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso as Self
1991Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy as Self
1991Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
1991Nirvana: Live in Dallas as Self
1991Sub Pop Video Network Program 1 as Self (archive footage)
1991Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
1990Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990 as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1975Austin City Limits as Self
1969Sesame Street as Self
1959The Grammys as Self
—Are We Not Men? as Self
—Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London as Self
—Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
—Shouting Through The Letterhole as Self (archive footage)
—Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010
—Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust
—Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
—Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis as Self