- Films
- 15
- Avg rating
- 6.52
- Peak run
- 1981’86
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
David by the numbers
Average
6.52
13 rated films
Vote weighted
6.72
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±1.10
rating spread
Career
33y
1976 to 2008
Total votes
2.08M
across every film
Best
8.5
The Prestige
Worst
6.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Newest first
Filmography
| 2008 | August | Cyrus Ogilvie | 5.3 | 4,468 |
| 2006 |  The Prestige | Tesla | 8.5 | 1.63M |
| 1999 | Mr. Rice's Secret | Mr. Rice | · | 708 |
| 1998 | Il mio West | Jack Sikora | 4.5 | 1,037 |
| 1998 | B.U.S.T.E.D | Bernie | · | 789 |
| 1996 |  Basquiat | Andy Warhol | 6.9 | 24,147 |
| 1992 |  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Phillip Jeffries | 7.3 | 120K |
| 1991 | The Linguini Incident | Monte | 6.2 | 2,227 |
| 1986 | Absolute Beginners | Vendice Partners | 5.6 | 4,012 |
| 1986 |  Labyrinth | Jareth | 7.3 | 167K |
| 1983 |  The Hunger | John Blaylock | 6.6 | 32,579 |
| 1983 |  Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | Celliers | 7.2 | 22,795 |
| 1981 |  Christiane F. | David Bowie | 7.5 | 36,108 |
| 1978 | Just a Gigolo | Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski | 5.4 | 1,319 |
| 1976 |  The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | 6.5 | 31,682 |
Takes
On David Bowie
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