Cast
David Cronenberg
Directing
Cast
David Cronenberg
Known for
Directing
Born
1943-03-15
From
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as David Paul Cronenberg
Biography
David Paul Cronenberg (born 15 March 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a principal originator of the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infectious diseases, and the intertwining of the psychological, physical, and technological. Cronenberg is best known for exploring these themes through sci-fi horror films such as Shivers (1975), Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983), and The Fly (1986). However, he has also directed dramas, psychological thrillers, and gangster films. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences; he has earned critical acclaim and sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence. The Village Voice called him "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world". His films have won numerous awards, including the Special Jury Prize for Crash at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually but only at the request of the official jury, who in this case gave the award "for originality, for daring, and for audacity". From the 2000s to the 2020s, Cronenberg collaborated on several films with Viggo Mortensen, including A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011) and Crimes of the Future (2022). Seven of his films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, the most recent being The Shrouds (2024), which was screened at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Cronenberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★7.6
MOVIE2026
Ready or Not: Here I Come
as Chester Danforth
★7.4
MOVIE1986
The Fly
as Gynecologist
★6.5
MOVIE1996
Crash
as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1983
Videodrome
as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE2012
A Special Day
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1990
Nightbreed
as Dr. Philip K. Decker
★4.8
MOVIE2001
Jason X
as Dr. Wimmer
★5.4
MOVIE2024
Humane
as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
★6.0
MOVIE1996
Extreme Measures
as Hospital Lawyer
★6.6
MOVIE1995
To Die For
as Man at Lake
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Trial by Jury
as Director
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Into the Night
as Group Supervisor
★6.8
MOVIE2000
The American Nightmare
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Barney's Version
as O'Malley Director #2
★3.5
MOVIE2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1988
Dead Ringers
as Obstetrician (uncredited)
★3.0
MOVIE2016
Ape Sodom
as Narrator
★4.9
MOVIE1996
The Stupids
as Postal Supervisor
★6.1
MOVIE2012
Citizens of Cosmopolis
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2021
The Death of David Cronenberg
as David Cronenberg
★6.1
MOVIE1999
Resurrection
as Father Rousell
★5.6
MOVIE2020
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
as Walter
★6.4
MOVIE1975
Shivers
as Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1996
Moonshine Highway
as Clem Clayton
★6.5
MOVIE2007
To Each His Own Cinema
as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
★7.0
MOVIE1982
Take One: Fear on Film
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2020
Falling
as Dr. Klausner
★7.8
MOVIE2002
Masters of Horror
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1998
Last Night
as Duncan
★6.2
MOVIE2025
Sangre del Toro
as Self (archive footage)
★5.0
MOVIE2013
The Nest
as Dr. Molnar (voice)
MOVIE2008
On Screen!: Shivers
as himself
★7.8
MOVIE1999
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
★7.3
MOVIE1992
Naked Making Lunch
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Self (archive footage)
★8.5
MOVIE2006
Too Commercial for Cannes
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Duncan (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE2013
Rewind
as Rourke
MOVIE2011
Cronenberg: The Early Years
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2001
The Judge
as Det. Stobel
★5.0
MOVIE2007
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
as The Last Jew
★8.0
MOVIE1988
The Making of Dead Ringers
as Self - Writer/Director
MOVIE2026
Music, Fashion, Film
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Boozecan
as Stan Coleburn
MOVIE2016
Tomorrow's Shadows
as G.O.D. (voice)
★5.6
MOVIE2023
Room 999
as Self
MOVIE2025
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
★7.0
MOVIE1967
Palace of Pleasure
MOVIETBA
David Cronenberg, en chair et en os
as Himself
★8.0
MOVIE2006
Acts of Violence
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Henry & Verlin
as Doc Fisher
★6.5
MOVIE2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2013
Tales from the Organ Trade
as Narrator
MOVIE2025
Cronenberg, à corps ouvert
MOVIE2011
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1987
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1995
Blood & Donuts
as Crime Boss
★6.7
MOVIE2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2019
L’inquiétante absence
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1992
Blue
★8.5
MOVIE1990
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2005
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
as Self
★3.3
MOVIE1998
The Grace of God
as Psychiatrist
★6.0
MOVIE2006
The Politics of the Dead Zone
as Self
MOVIE1967
Buffalo Airport Visions
MOVIE2000
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1982
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
as Interviewee
★6.0
MOVIE1997
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
as Himself
★7.0
MOVIE2002
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2019
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2019
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
as Self