Nick Cave

Birthday: 22 September 1957, Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

Birth Name: Nicholas Edward Cave

Height: 189 cm

Nick Cave is a man of many talents. Musician. Songwriter. Screenwriter. Novelist. Actor. The Australian was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria in 1957, and would go onto form the alternative rock band Ni ...Show More

[on working with Warren Ellis of 'The Bad Seeds'] I think I bring out something in Warren that he do Show more [on working with Warren Ellis of 'The Bad Seeds'] I think I bring out something in Warren that he doesn't get on his own, and the same for me. I know that because of the difficulty that has always been for me to write songs. The process is very lonely. It was similar for music because I could never really tell, playing the chords on the piano, if the song was going to be great or just dead in the water when I showed it to the band. Now I have a kind of collaborator. It's just made the process so much more enjoyable and fruitful. Hide

It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe wha Show more It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say. Hide

I am not interested in anything that doesn't have a genuine heart to it. You've got to have soul in Show more I am not interested in anything that doesn't have a genuine heart to it. You've got to have soul in the hole. If that isn't there, I don't see the point. Hide

No one will ever be able to read a book by me, or see me in a film, or read about me robbing a bank Show more No one will ever be able to read a book by me, or see me in a film, or read about me robbing a bank without seeing me first as a rock singer. Hide

When I finish one thing, there is a pressing urge to do the next. At the moment it's threatening to Show more When I finish one thing, there is a pressing urge to do the next. At the moment it's threatening to cause a bit of disturbance. If you don't get your bag off the carousel in time, all the other bags start piling up behind. Hide

There's only a certain amount of songs you can write about pussy, murder, and God. I still have a fe Show more There's only a certain amount of songs you can write about pussy, murder, and God. I still have a few left in me. Hide

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and br Show more I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places. Hide

Nick Cave's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (20) as Creator (3)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 5

The Late Late Show with James Corden - Season 5

Distant Sky: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live In Copenhagen

Austin City Limits - Season 49

Lawless

Austin City Limits - Season 48

Prophet`s Prey

The Proposition

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 9

The Late Late Show with James Corden - Season 4

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (In My Own Time: A Portrait of Karen Dalton)

20,000 Days on Earth

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Season 4

This Much I Know to Be True

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Wings of Desire [Sub: Eng]

L7: Pretend We're Dead

Idiot Prayer

Later With Jools Holland - Season 62