David Cronenberg

ActorDirectorWriterCrewProducer Mar 15 (age 83) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1966–2026 (60 year career)

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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 directe…

Known For

Film

Pacific Rim

Thanks

Film

The Fly

Gynecologist

Film

Eastern Promises

Director

Film

A History of Violence

Director

Film

Escape from New York

Thanks

Film

Videodrome

Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)

Film

The Dead Zone

Director

Film

eXistenZ

Director

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (70)

Ready or Not: Here I Come

2026

as Chester Danforth

7.7

Sangre del Toro

2025

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

2025

Cronenberg, à corps ouvert

2025

Humane

2024

as D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator

5.4

Room 999

2023

as Self

5.6

The Death of David Cronenberg

as David Cronenberg

Falling

as Dr. Klausner

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

2020

as Walter

5.5

L’inquiétante absence

2019

as Self

8.0

Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece

2019

as Self

7.0

A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now

as Self

Ape Sodom

as Narrator

Tomorrow's Shadows

as G.O.D. (voice)

Rewind

2013

as Rourke

5.7

The Nest

2013

as Dr. Molnar (voice)

5.0

Tales from the Organ Trade

as Narrator

A Special Day

as Self

Citizens of Cosmopolis

2012

as Self

6.1

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

2011

as Self

David Cronenberg: The Early Years

2011

as Self

Barney's Version

2010

as O'Malley Director #2

7.0

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

2010

as Self

6.5

On Screen!: Shivers

2008

as himself

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")

6.5

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

2007

as The Last Jew

6.5

The Politics of the Dead Zone

as Self

Acts of Violence

as Self

Too Commercial for Cannes

2006

as Self

8.5

The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter

2005

as Self

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

2004

as Duncan (archive footage)

5.0

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

2004

as Self

6.5

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

as Self

Masters of Horror

as Self

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"

2002

as Self(archive footage)

Jason X

as Dr. Wimmer

The Judge

as Det. Stobel

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

6.7

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier

2000

as Self

Resurrection

1999

as Father Rousell

6.1

David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh

Last Night

as Duncan

The Grace of God

as Psychiatrist

David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme

1997

as Himself

5.0

Crash

1996

as Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)

Extreme Measures

as Hospital Lawyer

The Stupids

as Postal Supervisor

Moonshine Highway

as Clem Clayton

To Die For

as Man at Lake

Blood & Donuts

as Crime Boss

Henry & Verlin

as Doc Fisher

Trial by Jury

as Director

Boozecan

as Stan Coleburn

Blue

Naked Making Lunch

as Self

Nightbreed

as Dr. Philip K. Decker

6.4

Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

1990

as Self

7.0

Dead Ringers

1988

as Obstetrician (uncredited)

7.1

The Making of Dead Ringers

1988

as Self - Writer/Director

8.0

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg

as Self

The Fly

as Gynecologist

Into the Night

as Group Supervisor

Videodrome

as Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)

7.2

Take One: Fear on Film

1982

as Self

7.0

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

1982

as Interviewee

7.3

Shivers

1975

as Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)

6.4

Palace of Pleasure

1967

7.0

Buffalo Airport Visions

1967

David Cronenberg, en chair et en os

as Himself

Television (16)

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

2023

as Self - Guest

Slasher: Flesh & Blood

2021

as Spencer

Star Trek: Discovery

2017

as Dr. Kovich

7.0

Alias Grace

2017

as Reverend Verrenger

7.2

Pig Goat Banana Cricket

2015

as Dr. Cronenbird (voice)

Happy Town

as Dr. Leichman

Le Cercle

Alias

as Dr. Brezzel

The Judge

as Det. Stobel

SexTV

SexTV

as Self

The Newsroom

as Himself

Kulturzeit

as self

Prisoners of Gravity

as Self

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

Cérémonie des César

as Self - Presenter

Crew (148)

Movies (141)

The Shrouds

Director

The Shrouds

Writer

Leo

Original Film Writer

Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection

2023

Director

5.1

Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection

Writer

Crimes of the Future

Director

Crimes of the Future

Writer

The Death of David Cronenberg

2021

Director

6.1

The Death of David Cronenberg

Writer

The Dead Don't Die

Thanks

Rabid

Original Film Writer

The Drema

Thanks

Ape Sodom

Additional Dialogue

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk

Thanks

Maps to the Stars

Director

The Double

Thanks

Mental Saboteur

Thanks

The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'

Thanks

Pacific Rim

Thanks

The Nest

Director

The Nest

Writer

Candy

Thanks

Cosmopolis

Director

Cosmopolis

Producer

Cosmopolis

Screenplay

Citizens of Cosmopolis

Thanks

A Dangerous Method

Director

Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter

2011

Thanks

2.0

Down to Sleep

2011

Thanks

Tub

2010

Thanks

4.4

Crank Up

2010

Thanks

The Plan

2008

Executive Producer

To Each His Own Cinema

Director

Eastern Promises

Director

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

2007

Director

6.5

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

2007

Writer

6.5

Karim

2007

Thanks

Shortbus

Thanks

Skinwalkers

Thanks

A History of Violence

2005

Director

7.2

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

Thanks

Spider

Director

Spider

Producer

Imagining 'Total Recall'

2001

Thanks

7.0

Resolving Power

2001

Thanks

Preludes

2000

Director

Camera

Director

Camera

Writer

eXistenZ

Director

eXistenZ

Producer

eXistenZ

Screenplay

I'm Losing You

Executive Producer

Crash

Director

Crash

Producer

Crash

Writer

Scanner Cop II

Characters

Scanner Cop

Characters

M. Butterfly

Director

Scanners III: The Takeover

Characters

Naked Lunch

Director

Naked Lunch

Writer

Scanners II: The New Order

Characters

Highway 61

Thanks

Dead Ringers

Director

Dead Ringers

Producer

Dead Ringers

Writer

The Fly

Director

The Fly

Screenplay

The Dead Zone

Director

Videodrome

Director

Videodrome

Writer

Escape from New York

Thanks

Scanners

Director

Scanners

Writer

The Brood

Director

The Brood

Writer

Fast Company

Director

Fast Company

Screenplay

Rabid

Director

Rabid

Writer

The Italian Machine

Director

The Italian Machine

Writer

Shivers

Director

Shivers

Writer

Across This Land with Stompin' Tom Connors

1973

Production Manager

5.5

Don Valley

1972

Director

Don Valley

1972

Director of Photography

Don Valley

1972

Editor

Don Valley

1972

Writer

Fort York

1972

Director

Fort York

1972

Director of Photography

Fort York

1972

Editor

Fort York

1972

Writer

Lakeshore

1972

Director

Lakeshore

1972

Director of Photography

Lakeshore

1972

Editor

Lakeshore

1972

Writer

Scarborough Bluffs

1972

Director

Scarborough Bluffs

1972

Director of Photography

Scarborough Bluffs

1972

Editor

Scarborough Bluffs

1972

Writer

In the Dirt

1972

Director

In the Dirt

1972

Director of Photography

In the Dirt

1972

Editor

In the Dirt

1972

Writer

Winter Garden

1972

Director

Winter Garden

1972

Director of Photography

Winter Garden

1972

Editor

Letter from Michelangelo

1971

Director

Letter from Michelangelo

1971

Director of Photography

Letter from Michelangelo

1971

Editor

Letter from Michelangelo

1971

Writer

Jim Ritchie Sculptor

1971

Director

Jim Ritchie Sculptor

1971

Director of Photography

Jim Ritchie Sculptor

1971

Editor

Jim Ritchie Sculptor

1971

Producer

Jim Ritchie Sculptor

1971

Writer

Tourrettes

1971

Director

Tourrettes

1971

Director of Photography

Tourrettes

1971

Editor

Tourrettes

1971

Writer

Crimes of the Future

1970

Director

4.8

Crimes of the Future

1970

Director of Photography

Crimes of the Future

Editor

Crimes of the Future

Producer

Crimes of the Future

Writer