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Kurt Cobain
Komponist, Darsteller, Weitere Beteiligte
Born February 20, 1967Died April 5, 1994 (27 years)
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana.
Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993).
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993).
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
Kurt Cobain Filmography
| 2025 | Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? · as Self - Nirvana |
| 2024 | Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music · as Self |
| 2023 | Spin's 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was a Thing (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Nothing Compares · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Gamestop: Rise of the Players · as Self |
| 2022 | Foo Fighters: One Less Hero · as Self |
| 2021 | Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | When Nirvana Came to Britain · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Count Me In · as Self |
| 2021 | Woodstock 99: Peace Love and Rage · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The UnXplained (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads · as Self |
| 2018 | 27: Gone Too Soon · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Maddman: The Steve Madden Story · as Self |
| 2017 | Pop Life (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | The Nineties (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Soaked in Bleach · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | The Glamour & the Squalor · as Self |
| 2015 | Provokation · as Self |
| 2015 | Cobain: Montage of Heck · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | The Joy of the Guitar Riff · as Self |
| 2013 | Sound City · as Self |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Too Young To Die (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Nirvana: Live at the Paramount · as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar |
| 2011 | Pearl Jam Twenty · as Self |
| 2011 | Hit So Hard · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Nirvana: Live On Air · as Self |
| 2009 | Nirvana: Live at Reading · as Self - Vocals, Guitar |
| 2008 | 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs · as Self |
| 2008 | Loki: Arnaldo Baptista · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Nirvana: In Utero Under Review · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Kurt Cobain About a Son · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Anton Corbijn · as Self (segment "heart-Shaped Box") |
| 2005 | Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | The Devil and Daniel Johnston · as Self (archival Footage) |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | 25 Years of Punk · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1999 | SNL: 25 Years of Music · as Self |
| 1998 | Kurt & Courtney · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Dancing in the Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Nirvana Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! · as Self - Vocals, Guitar (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | Nirvana: Unplugged In New York · as Self - Vocals, Guitar |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Nirvana: Live And Loud · as Self - Vocals, Guitar |
| 1993 | Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York · as Kurt Cobain |
| 1993 | 1993 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1992 | 1991: The Year Punk Broke · as Self |
| 1992 | 1992 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Nirvana Guitarist And Vocalist |
| 1991 | Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso · as Self |
| 1991 | Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991 · as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars |
| 1991 | Nirvana: Live in Dallas · as Self |
| 1991 | Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit · as Kurt Cobain |
| 1991 | Sub Pop Video Network Program 1 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1989 | MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Headbangers Ball (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self - Nirvana |
| 2004 | Nirvana: With the Lights Out · as Composer |
| 1989 | MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2012 | Nirvana: Teen Spirits · as Cast |
| 2004 |
| 2011 | Nirvana: Live at the Paramount · as Author |
| 1993 | Nirvana: Unplugged In New York · as Songs |
| 1991 | Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit · as Vocals |
| 1991 | Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit · as Lyricist |