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Dave Grohl

Actor

Dave Grohl

  • Born: 14 January 1969, Warren, Ohio, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $320 million

Dave Grohl is an American musician and filmmaker known for his dynamic presence and versatility. He is best recognized as the frontman of the Foo Fighters and as the drummer for Nirvana. Grohl's career spans decades, marked by his contributions to rock music…

About Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl is an American musician and filmmaker known for his dynamic presence and versatility. He is best recognized as the frontman of the Foo Fighters and as the drummer for Nirvana. Grohl's career spans decades, marked by his contributions to rock music and his engaging personality. His distinctive voice and energetic performances have made him a beloved figure in the music industry.

Born
14 January 1969, Warren, Ohio, USA
Known for
Acting
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Spouses
Jordyn Blum (2003-present)
Children
3 children: Violet Maye Grohl, Harper Willow Grohl, Ophelia Saint Grohl
Parents
James Grohl, Virginia Grohl
Estimated net worth
$320 million

Fun facts about Dave Grohl

  • Dave Grohl recorded the first Foo Fighters album entirely by himself, playing all the instruments.
  • He once performed with legendary musicians like Paul McCartney and Led Zeppelin.

Famous Dave Grohl quotes

“This is a dream come true.”
Sound City (2013)
“You can't be a rock star without a sense of humor.”
The Muppets (2011)
“The best thing about music is that it never stops.”
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011)

Dave Grohl: coming up

  • The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All (TV, Theme Song Performance)8 January 2027

Credits and dates: TMDB.

Dave Grohl filmography

Cast (221)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt MovieSelf
2026Other Voices Presents: Foo Fighters MovieHimself8.0
2026Saturday Night Live UK TVSelf - Musical Guest4.9
2026The Best Summer MovieSelf
2025Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters MovieHimself
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert MovieSelf6.7
2025FireAid Benefit Concert MovieSelf8.5
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music MovieSelf7.7
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night TVSelf8.0
2024Hot Ones Versus TVSelf8.8
Show 211 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2023Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 20 MovieSelf
2023Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits Movieself8.0
2023I Hate Myself and I Want to Die MovieSelf (archive footage)
2023Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023 MovieSelf
2023Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story MovieSelf8.0
2023Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023 MovieSelf
2023The Teacher MovieSelf
2023Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts MovieSelf10.0
2023WINO: The Documentary MovieUnknown character
20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MovieSelf - Performer8.2
2022Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary MovieSelf (archive footage)8.5
2022Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert MovieSelf7.9
2022Gary Numan: Resurrection MovieSelf7.3
2022ABBA V Queen MovieSelf (archive footage)
2022Paul McCartney at Glastonbury Festival TVSelf
2022Foo Fighters: One Less Hero MovieSelf9.0
2022Studio 666 MovieDave Grohl5.8
2022Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality MovieSelf
2021Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021) MovieSelf10.0
20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MovieSelf4.0
2021Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage MovieSelf (archive footage)7.2
2021When Nirvana Came to Britain MovieSelf (archive footage)7.4
2021Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021 MovieSelf
2021Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson TVSelf7.4
2021Biography: KISStory TVSelf7.8
2021Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World MovieSelf - Performer7.6
2021From Cradle to Stage TVSelf5.8
2021Celebrating America MovieSelf6.7
2021I'm in the Band MovieUnknown character7.5
2020Amazon Music Holiday Plays: Foo Fighters MovieSelf
2020Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary MovieUnknown character7.5
2020Bill & Ted Face the Music MovieDave Grohl5.9
2020Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show MovieSelf - Performer
2020The Big Night In MovieSelf9.0
2020Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince MovieSelf7.9
2020FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America MovieSelf - Performer4.0
2020Duncanville TVRonnie D (voice)7.7
2019The Morning Show TVDave Grohl7.7
2019Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio MovieSelf
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show TVSelf6.2
2019Foo Fighters - Reading Festival MovieSelf
2019Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019 MovieSelf
2019Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019 MovieSelf
2019Liam Gallagher: As It Was MovieSelf6.7
2019Ryan's Mystery Playdate TVSelf6.0
2019Punk TVSelf7.9
2018Reel Stories TVSelf - Guest Star7.0
2018Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records MovieSelf7.9
2018Play MovieSelf6.0
2018Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 MovieSelf
2017Foo Fighters - Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special MovieSelf
2017Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017 MovieSelf
2017Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK MovieSelf
2016Soundbreaking TVSelf7.8
2016Desert Age: A Rock and Roll Scene History MovieSelf6.0
2016The Smart Studios Story MovieUnknown character8.0
2016The Road to ACL MovieSelf
2015All Things Must Pass MovieSelf7.2
2015The Muppets TVSelf7.0
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Guest/Musical Guest6.1
2015Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll TVDave Grohl5.9
2015Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring MovieSelf - Vocals, Guitar8.5
2015Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MovieSelf7.0
2015Foo Fighters - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015 MovieSelf
2015Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) MovieSelf6.9
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden TVSelf5.1
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden TVSelf - Guest5.1
2015Cobain: Montage of Heck MovieSelf (archive footage)7.6
2015Hot Ones TVSelf7.1
2015Cássia MovieSelf (archive footage)7.4
2015Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro MovieSelf - Vocals, Guitars
2014Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in Action Movieself
2014The Concert for Valor MovieSelf - Performer8.6
2014Slash: Raised On the Sunset Strip MovieSelf6.2
2014Foo Fighters Sonic Highways TVSelf8.0
2014Led Zeppelin Played Here MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2014Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years MovieSelf - Performer
2014Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MovieSelf5.9
2014Making Of The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1 MovieHimself
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf - Guest/Musical Guest5.1
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf5.8
2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles MovieSelf7.1
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones TVSelf5.0
2013Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 MovieSelf - Nirvana5.0
201312-12-12 MovieUnknown character5.0
2013Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All MovieSelf8.0
2013Drunk History TVMemphis Mafia Member6.9
2013Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony MovieSelf8.5
2013Sound City MovieSelf7.4
2012See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould MovieSelf
201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief MovieSelf6.9
2012Foo Fighters - Global Citizen Festival MovieSelf
2012Foo Fighters - Reading Festival MovieSelf10.0
2012Bad Brains: A Band in DC MovieSelf6.6
2012A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney MovieSelf8.0
2011The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song MovieSelf6.0
2011The Muppets MovieAnimool6.7
2011Nirvana: Live at the Paramount MovieSelf - Drums, Backing Vocals8.1
2011Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert MovieSelf - Lead vocal
2011Man With the Midas Touch MovieSelf
2011Foo Fighters -T in The Park MovieSelf7.0
2011Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival MovieSelf - Vocals
2011Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses MovieSelf
2011Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light MovieSelf
2011Foo Fighters: Back and Forth MovieSelf7.6
2011Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606 MovieSelf7.0
2011Foo Fighters - Garage Tour MovieSelf7.0
2011Foo Fighters - Live in London MovieSelf
2010Tenacious D Live at BlizzCon 2010 MovieSelf6.0
2010Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Rock am Ring 2010 MovieSelf
2010Nirvana: Live On Air MovieSelf
2010Them Crooked Vultures: Teenage Cancer Trust MovieUnknown character
2010Lemmy MovieSelf7.6
2009Them Crooked Vultures - Live at Canal+ Studio MovieSelf10.0
2009Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits MovieSelf6.0
2009Nirvana: Live at Reading MovieSelf - Drums7.3
2009Foo Fighters - Live Performance from Studio 606 MovieSelf
2009Skavlan TVSelf - Guest5.0
2008VH1 Rock Honors: The Who MovieSelf
2008Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium MovieSelf - Vocals, Guitars8.2
2008Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound MovieSelf
2008D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary MovieSelf7.2
2007Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream MovieSelf7.7
2007Lil' Bush TVUnknown character5.5
2007Seven Ages of Rock TVSelf9.2
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf - Performer7.2
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2006Foo Fighters: Hyde Park MovieSelf7.3
2006Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones MovieSelf8.0
2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny MovieSatan6.8
2006Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2006Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero MovieSelf8.0
2006Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review MovieSelf
2006Metalocalypse TVUnknown character7.6
2006VH1 Rock Honors MovieSelf
2006All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On MovieSelf6.4
2005The Colbert Report TVSelf - Guest7.0
2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast MovieSelf2.0
2005The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen' MovieSelf (archive footage)
2005Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind MovieSelf7.0
2005Ten Years Later MovieHimself
2005I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash MovieSelf
2004Nirvana: With the Lights Out MovieUnknown character7.5
2004Lit: All Access MovieSelf10.0
2004I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry MovieSelf6.8
2004The Other Side of AIDS Movieself - Foo Fighters3.0
2004(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale MovieSelf7.0
2004Supergrass: A Home Movie MovieSelf
2003Foo Fighters - Everywhere But Home MovieSelf7.4
2003Tenacious D: In the Studio MovieSelf10.0
2003Viva La Bam TVSelf6.6
2003The Work of Director Michel Gondry MovieSelf8.5
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show TVSelf5.6
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Musical Guest5.3
2002Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (Real #1) MovieUnknown character
2001VH1 News Special: Grunge MovieSelf (archive footage)
200125 Years of Punk MovieSelf7.0
2000Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?' MovieDaniel (voice)7.3
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TVSelf5.3
1998Free Tibet MovieSelf - Foo Fighters8.0
1997Leute heute TVSelf5.2
1997Classic Albums TVSelf - Interviewee7.7
1997David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live in NYC MovieSelf
1997David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 MovieSelf8.5
1996Hype! MovieUnknown character7.4
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1996TFI Friday TVUnknown character7.1
1995Foo Fighters - I'm OK, Eur OK - Live Brixton, UK 1995 MovieSelf - Guitar, Lead Vocals
1994MTV Europe Music Awards TVSelf10.0
1994Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! MovieSelf - Drums7.6
1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast TVUnknown character7.8
1994Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich MovieUnknown character
1993RuPaul's Christmas Ball MovieSelf10.0
1993MTV Unplugged: Nirvana MovieSelf8.8
1993Nirvana: Unplugged In New York MovieSelf - Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals8.7
1993Nirvana: Live and Loud MovieSelf - Drums8.9
1993Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal MovieSelf - Drums, Vocals10.0
1993Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az MovieUnknown character
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993The X-Files TVLobby Passerby (uncredited)8.4
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Musical Guest6.5
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf6.5
1993Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival MovieSelf8.0
19921991: The Year Punk Broke MovieSelf6.8
1992Later... with Jools Holland TVUnknown character5.9
1991Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991 MovieSelf - Drums, Backing Vocals7.8
1991Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso MovieSelf8.5
1991Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy MovieSelf7.0
1991Nirvana: Astoria Theater London MovieUnknown character
1991Nirvana: Live in Dallas MovieSelf
1991Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit MovieDave Grohl7.7
1991Sub Pop Video Network Program 1 MovieSelf (archive footage)9.0
1990Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990 MovieSelf - Drums, Backing Vocals
1990The Word TVUnknown character6.0
1985Rock in Rio TVSelf - Performer
1984MTV Video Music Awards TVSelf7.8
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Musical Guest6.9
1975Austin City Limits TVSelf6.3
1969Sesame Street TVSelf7.1
1959The Grammys TVSelf8.6
TBALive Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis TVSelf5.5
TBAFoo Fighters - Music Video Collection MovieUnknown character
TBAAre We Not Men? MovieSelf
TBAFoo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert MovieUnknown character
TBAFoo Fighters: Live at Pinkpop 2026 MovieUnknown character
TBAFoo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London MovieSelf
TBAShouting Through The Letterhole MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
TBAThem Crooked Vultures (2010) Live at BBC Radio 1, London, UK on March 24, 2010 MovieUnknown character
TBANirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews MovieSelf

Crew (19)

YearTitleRoleRating
2027The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All TVTheme Song Performance · Sound
2022Studio 666 MovieExecutive Producer · Production5.8
2022Studio 666 MovieStory · Writing5.8
2021From Cradle to Stage TVDirector · Directing5.8
2021From Cradle to Stage TVExecutive Producer · Production5.8
Show 14 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
2021What Drives Us MovieDirector · Directing6.8
2020Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary MovieExecutive Producer · Production7.5
2020Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary MovieDirector · Directing7.5
2018Play MovieDirector · Directing6.0
2014Foo Fighters Sonic Highways TVDirector · Directing8.0
2014Foo Fighters Sonic Highways TVExecutive Producer · Production8.0
2014Foo Fighters Sonic Highways TVCreator · Creator8.0
2013Sound City MovieActor's Assistant · Crew7.4
2013Sound City MovieDirector · Directing7.4
2013Sound City MovieProducer · Production7.4
2011Nirvana: Live at the Paramount MovieAuthor · Writing8.1
2003Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood MovieThanks · Crew4.8
1997Touch MovieOriginal Music Composer · Sound5.6
1993Nirvana: Unplugged In New York MovieSongs · Sound8.7

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Questions about Dave Grohl

What are some highlights of Dave Grohl's career?

Some highlights include his time as the drummer for Nirvana, founding the Foo Fighters, and directing the documentary 'Sound City.' He has received numerous awards for his contributions to music.

Has Dave Grohl won any major awards?

Yes, Dave Grohl has won multiple Grammy Awards, including Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Rock Album for his work with the Foo Fighters.

What was Dave Grohl's first film role?

Dave Grohl's first film role was in the 1992 documentary '1991: The Year Punk Broke,' which features Nirvana's rise to fame.

What are some of Dave Grohl's most successful films?

Some successful films include 'Sound City,' 'Foo Fighters: Back and Forth,' and his appearance in 'The Muppets.'

What is known about Dave Grohl's personal life?

Dave Grohl is married to Jordyn Blum, and they have three daughters together. He is known for his down-to-earth personality and philanthropic efforts.

What is Dave Grohl's estimated net worth?

Dave Grohl's estimated net worth is around $320 million, largely due to his successful music career and various projects.

What notable milestones has Dave Grohl achieved in filmography?

Notable milestones include directing 'Sound City,' participating in various documentaries, and making guest appearances in films and television shows.

What genres of music is Dave Grohl known for?

Dave Grohl is primarily known for rock music but has also explored punk, alternative, and even heavy metal genres throughout his career.