Tunde Adebimpe
Biography
Tunde Adebimpe is an American musician, songwriter and actor who was born in St. Louis in 1975. He is best known as a co-founder and singer of the Brooklyn band TV on the Radio, which he started in 2001 with Dave Sitek. He wrote and recorded with the group from its debut, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004), through Return to Cookie Mountain (2006) and Dear Science (2008), and stayed for Nine Types of Light (2011) and Seeds (2014). Acting ran alongside the music: he starred in the 2001 indie film Jump Tomorrow and played the groom in Rachel Getting Married (2008), later appearing in Nasty Baby (2015) and Twisters (2024). He has also voiced characters in animated series including Pantheon and appeared in the 2024 series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Thee Black Boltz, his first solo album, arrived in 2025.
51years old
Turns 52 on February 25in 134 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Babatunde Omoroga Adebimpe (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 16 years2008 to 2024
Genres
- Drama43%, 3 films
- Documentary29%, 2 films
- Music29%, 2 films
- Sci-Fi29%, 2 films
- Thriller29%, 2 films
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Behind the camera
In 2013, Adebimpe took on both directing and animating duties for the music video of "The Blast the Bloom," a single from Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band.
Behind the camera
Adebimpe put out Plague Hero in 2009, a self-published painted art comic. It shows a boxing match between two anthropomorphic characters, and some copies came with a DVD of song sketches and animations.
Tunde Adebimpe movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Tunde Adebimpe shares two films with Karen O, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Kristen Wiig's page
Josh Lucas's page
Anne Hathaway's page
Mark Margolis's page
Chris Messina's page
Lee Isaac ChungDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by Lee Isaac Chung
All films by Jonathan Demme
All films by Amy Seimetz
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