Tunde Adebimpe
Birthday: Born in 1975-02-26 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Deathday: Alive
Babatunde "Tunde" Adebimpe (born 1975) is an American musician, actor, and director best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. His vocal method often involves improvisation, the use of effects and repeating sampled loops. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tunde Adebimpe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Search Party
Character: Edwin
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears....
Pantheon
Character: Police / Stephen Gold (voice)
A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war....
Strange Planet
Character: Structural Engineer (voice)
Welcome to a distant planet not unlike our own, with hilarious yet poignant observations on life, love, and friendship—told in the most peculiar way....
We Baby Bears
Character: Unica's Dad / Flytrap (voice)
Follow Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear – as their younger baby selves – traveling in a magical box to fantastic new worlds searching for a place to call home. Along the way, they meet new friends, learn a few lessons and discover that “home” can mean wherever they are, as long as they’re together....
We Baby Bears
Character: Unica's Dad (voice)
Follow Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear – as their younger baby selves – traveling in a magical box to fantastic new worlds searching for a place to call home. Along the way, they meet new friends, learn a few lessons and discover that “home” can mean wherever they are, as long as they’re together....
Pantheon
Character: Stephen Gold / Waiter (voice)
A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war....
Superjail!
Character: (voice)
An eccentric warden and his staff run a bizarre maximum security prison full of dangerous prisoners....
Pantheon
Character: Stephen Gold (voice)
A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war....
Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Musical Guest
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest....
Perry Mason
Character: Singing Preacher
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime....
The Girlfriend Experience
Character: Ian Olsen
Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price....
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Character: Self
Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen....
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Character: Wendle
Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy....
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Character: Wendell
Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy....
Movie Credits
Jump Tomorrow
Character: George
When shy, straitlaced George meets vivacious, adorable Alicia, he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard, a lovesick, voluble Frenchman who overcomes George's sense of propriety and takes him on a meandering road trip to amour....
Rachel Getting Married
Character: Sidney Williams
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding....
No More Time
Character: Noah
A couple seeks refuge in a remote mountain town to escape a mysterious viral disease that makes people disappear or turn into murderers. As messengers emerge from the forest, the couple must decide who to trust and what to do to survive....
Twisters
Character: Dexter
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives....
Jorge
Character:
A lovelorn man is entranced by a beautiful girl who takes a ladybug from his neck....
The Heart
Character:
A lonely man grieves the death of his mother after an argument about groceries and an odd request in her will....
Nasty Baby
Character: Mo
A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a big nuisance....
Meet Me in the Bathroom
Character: Self - TV On The Radio
Set against the backdrop of 9/11, this documentary tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world....
7 Chinese Brothers
Character: Major Norwood
Larry is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Taking a part-time job vacuuming and washing windshields, Larry finds himself mixed up with hostile co-workers and unsatisfied customers, while also finding himself smitten with his lovely boss, Lupe Torrez. Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for man's best friend (his dog Arrow), and do his grandmother proud?...
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Character: Mr. Cobbwell
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges....
Night Shift
Character: Oliver 'Olly' Jeffries
Ollie Jeffries is an on-again, off-again actor. His long term gig as a bathroom attendant on this one night, forces Ollie to face a reality he’s not yet ready to embrace....
Other Music
Character: Self
A documentary highlighting the 20 year history of influential indie record store Other Music in Manhattan's East Village....
Nine Types of Light
Character: himself
Brooklyn's indie favorites TV on the Radio just released a film set to the music of their acclaimed 2011 album, Nine Types of Light. The movie, which runs for just more than an hour, includes music videos for each song on the album and is supposed to represent a visual interpretation of the record. Lead singer Tunde Adebimpe not only directed the Nine Types of Light film, but also storybooked it and helmed the video for "Forgotten." Additionally, the rest of the band worked with friends and film...
Marriage Story
Character: Sam
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes....
Cap
Character: Victor Benett
A hardworking teenager learns the harsh price of being cool when he dons a coveted status symbol in his L.A. high school. Medina Senghore, Tunde Adebimpe, Dusan Brown, Ellie Grace Siler and Aaron Joseph star in this short film. Written and directed by Marshall Tyler....
She Dies Tomorrow
Character: Brian
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys through what might be the last day of their lives....
Buddyhead: Punk Is Dead
Character: Self
This scorching collection of music videos compiled by Buddyhead, the hip online store and record label, includes contributions from more than two dozen post-punk, hard-core and indie rock bands. Among the artists are TV on the Radio, Jesus Lizard, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Enon, the Locust, Ted Leo, British Sea Power, the Fiery Furnaces, Psychedelic Freak, the Evaporators, Your Enemies Friends and many more....
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Character: The Performer
A reckless joyride into the darkest corners of popular music that delves deep into the mind of Mick Rock, the genius photographer who immortalized the seventies and the rise to rock stardom of many legendary musicians....
The Sleeping Negro
Character: Sheriff
Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity....
Ultrasound
Character: Dr. Conners
After his car breaks down, Glen spends one hell of an odd night with a married couple, setting into motion a chain of events that alter their lives plus those of several random strangers....
The Postal Service Zoom Auditions
Character: Self
Watch The Postal Service hold Zoom ‘auditions’ for new bandmembers including Slash, Anne Hathaway and “Weird Al” Yankovic....