
Dave Grohl
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1969
- Birthplace
- Warren, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
- Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews
Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews TBA
as Self

Foo Fighters: Live at Pinkpop 2026 TBA
Actor

Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert TBA
Actor

Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection TBA
Actor

Shouting Through The Letterhole TBA
as Self (archive footage)

Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London TBA
as Self
- Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010
Them Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010 TBA
Actor

Are We Not Men? TBA
as Self

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt 2026
as Self

Other Voices Presents: Foo Fighters 2026
as Himself

The Best Summer 2026
as Self

Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters 2025
as Himself

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 2025
as Self

FireAid Benefit Concert 2025
as Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 2025
as Self

Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20 2023
as Self

Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits 2023
as self

I Hate Myself and I Want to Die 2023
as Self (archive footage)

Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023 2023
as Self

Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story 2023
as Self

Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023 2023
as Self

The Teacher 2023
as Self

Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts 2023
as Self

WINO: The Documentary 2023
Actor

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2022
as Self - Performer

Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary 2022
as Self (archive footage)

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert 2022
as Self

Gary Numan: Resurrection 2022
as Self

ABBA V Queen 2022
as Self (archive footage)

Foo Fighters: One Less Hero 2022
as Self

Studio 666 2022
as Dave Grohl, Executive Producer, Story

Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality 2022
as Self

Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021) 2021
as Self

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2021
as Self

Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage 2021
as Self (archive footage)

When Nirvana Came to Britain 2021
as Self (archive footage)

Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021 2021
as Self

Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World 2021
as Self - Performer

What Drives Us 2021
Director

Celebrating America 2021
as Self

I'm in the Band 2021
Actor
- Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters
Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters 2020
as Self

Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary 2020
Actor, Director, Executive Producer

Bill & Ted Face the Music 2020
as Dave Grohl

Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show 2020
as Self - Performer

The Big Night In 2020
as Self

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince 2020
as Self

FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America 2020
as Self - Performer

Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio 2019
as Self

Foo Fighters - Reading Festival 2019
as Self

Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019 2019
as Self

Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019 2019
as Self

Liam Gallagher: As It Was 2019
as Self

Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records 2018
as Self

Play 2018
as Self, Director

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 2018
as Self

Foo Fighters - Lollapalooza Berlin 2017 2018
as Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special 2017
as Self

Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017 2017
as Self

Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK 2017
as Self

Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History 2016
as Self

The Smart Studios Story 2016
Actor

The Road to ACL 2016
as Self

All Things Must Pass 2015
as Self
- Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring
Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring 2015
as Self - Vocals, Guitar

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2015
as Self

Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015 2015
as Self

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) 2015
as Self

Cobain: Montage of Heck 2015
as Self (archive footage)

Cássia 2015
as Self (archive footage)

Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro 2015
as Self - Vocals, Guitars

Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action 2014
as self

The Concert for Valor 2014
as Self - Performer

Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip 2014
as Self

Led Zeppelin Played Here 2014
as Self (archive footage)

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years 2014
as Self - Performer

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2014
as Self
- Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1
Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1 2014
as Himself

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles 2014
as Self

Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 2013
as Self - Nirvana

12-12-12 2013
Actor

Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All 2013
as Self

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony 2013
as Self

Sound City 2013
as Self, Producer, Actor's Assistant, Director

See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould 2012
as Self

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief 2012
as Self

Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival 2012
as Self

Foo Fighters - Reading Festival 2012
as Self

Bad Brains: A Band in DC 2012
as Self

A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney 2012
as Self
- The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song 2011
as Self

The Muppets 2011
as Animool

Nirvana: Live at the Paramount 2011
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals, Author

Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert 2011
as Self - Lead vocal
- Man With the Midas Touch
Man With the Midas Touch 2011
as Self

Foo Fighters -T in The Park 2011
as Self
- Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival
Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival 2011
as Self - Vocals

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses 2011
as Self

Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light 2011
as Self

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606 2011
as Self

Foo Fighters: Back and Forth 2011
as Self

Foo Fighters - Garage Tour 2011
as Self

Foo Fighters - Live in London 2011
as Self
- Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010
Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 2010
as Self
- Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010 2010
as Self

Nirvana: Live On Air 2010
as Self

Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust 2010
Actor

Lemmy 2010
as Self
- Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio
Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio 2009
as Self

Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits 2009
as Self

Nirvana: Live at Reading 2009
as Self - Drums
- Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606
Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606 2009
as Self

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who 2008
as Self

Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium 2008
as Self - Vocals, Guitars
- Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound
Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound 2008
as Self

D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary 2008
as Self

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream 2007
as Self

Foo Fighters: Hyde Park 2006
as Self

Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones 2006
as Self

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 2006
as Satan
- Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review 2006
as Self (archive footage)

Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero 2006
as Self
- Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review 2006
as Self
- VH1 Rock Honors
VH1 Rock Honors 2006
as Self

All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On 2006
as Self

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast 2005
as Self

The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' 2005
as Self (archive footage)

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind 2005
as Self
- Ten Years Later
Ten Years Later 2005
as Himself
- I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash 2005
as Self

Nirvana: With the Lights Out 2004
Actor

Lit: All Access 2004
as Self

I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry 2004
as Self

The Other Side of AIDS 2004
as self - Foo Fighters

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale 2004
as Self

Supergrass: A Home Movie 2004
as Self

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood 2003
Thanks

Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home 2003
as Self

Tenacious D: In the Studio 2003
as Self

The Work of Director Michel Gondry 2003
as Self

Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (Real #1) 2002
Actor

VH1 News Special: Grunge 2001
as Self (archive footage)

25 Years of Punk 2001
as Self

Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?' 2000
as Daniel (voice)

Free Tibet 1998
as Self - Foo Fighters

Touch 1997
Original Music Composer

David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC 1997
as Self

David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 1997
as Self

Hype! 1996
Actor
- Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995
Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995 1995
as Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! 1994
as Self - Drums

Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich 1994
Actor

RuPaul's Christmas Ball 1993
as Self

MTV Unplugged: Nirvana 1993
as Self

Nirvana: Unplugged In New York 1993
as Self - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals, Songs

Nirvana: Live and Loud 1993
as Self - Drums

Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal 1993
as Self - Drums, Vocals

Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az 1993
Actor

Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival 1993
as Self

1991: The Year Punk Broke 1992
as Self

Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso 1991
as Self

Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991 1991
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals

Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy 1991
as Self

Nirvana: Astoria Theater London 1991
Actor
- Nirvana: Live in Dallas
Nirvana: Live in Dallas 1991
as Self

Sub Pop Video Network Program 1 1991
as Self (archive footage)

Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991
as Dave Grohl

Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990 1990
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
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