David Cronenberg

Biography

David Paul Cronenberg CC OOnt (born March 15, 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.

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Known For

Star Trek: Discovery

Dr. Kovich

Slasher

Spencer

Kulturzeit

self

Pig Goat Banana Cricket

Dr. Cronenbird (voice)

Prisoners of Gravity

Self

The Newsroom

Himself

Alias

Dr. Brezzel

Happy Town

Dr. Leichman

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Ready or Not: Here I Come
2025	The Shrouds	Corpse
2024	Humane	D.O.C.S. Commercials Narrator
2023	Room 999	Self
2021	The Death of David Cronenberg	David Cronenberg
2020	Falling	Dr. Klausner
2020	Disappearance at Clifton Hill	Walter
2019	L’ inquiétante absence	Self
2019	Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece	Self
2019	A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now	Self
2016	Tomorrow's Shadows	G.O.D. (voice)
2016	Ape Sodom	Narrator
2013	Tales from the Organ Trade	Narrator
2013	Rewind	Rourke
2013	The Nest	Dr. Molnar (voice)
2012	Citizens of Cosmopolis	Self
2012	A Special Day	Self
2011	Produce Your Own Damn Movie!	Self
2011	David Cronenberg: The Early Years	Self
2010	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Self
2010	Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics	Self (archive footage)
2010	Barney's Version	O'Malley Director #2
2008	On Screen!: Shivers	himself
2007	To Each His Own Cinema	The Suicidal Man (segment "At the suicide of the last Jew ...")
2007	At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World	The Last Jew
2006	Too Commercial for Cannes	Self
2006	Acts of Violence	Self
2006	The Politics of the Dead Zone	Self
2005	The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter	Self
2004	Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh	Self
2004	Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche	Duncan (archive footage)
2003	100 Greatest Sexy Moments	Self
2002	Masters of Horror	Self
2002	By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X"	Self(archive footage)
2001	Jason X	Dr. Wimmer
2001	The Judge	Det. Stobel
2000	The American Nightmare	Self
2000	Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier	Self
1999	Resurrection	Father Rousell
1999	David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
1998	Last Night	Duncan
1998	The Grace of God	Psychiatrist
1997	David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme	Himself
1996	Crash	Auto Wreck Salesman (voice) (uncredited)
1996	Extreme Measures	Hospital Lawyer
1996	The Stupids	Postal Supervisor
1996	Moonshine Highway	Clem Clayton
1995	To Die For	Man at Lake
1995	Blood & Donuts	Crime Boss
1994	Henry & Verlin	Doc Fisher
1994	Boozecan	Stan Coleburn
1994	Trial by Jury	Director
1992	Naked Making Lunch	Self
1992	Blue
1990	Nightbreed	Dr. Philip K. Decker
1990	Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard	Self
1988	Dead Ringers	Obstetrician (uncredited)
1988	The Making of Dead Ringers	Self - Writer/Director
1986	The Fly	Gynecologist
1986	Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg	Self
1985	Into the Night	Group Supervisor
1983	Videodrome	Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
1982	Take One: Fear on Film	Self
1982	The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome	Interviewee
1975	Shivers	Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)
1967	Palace of Pleasure
1967	Buffalo Airport Visions
	David Cronenberg, en chair et en os	Himself

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma	Self - Guest
2017	Alias Grace	Reverend Verrenger
2017	Star Trek: Discovery	Dr. Kovich
2016	Slasher	Spencer
2015	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Dr. Cronenbird (voice)
2010	Happy Town	Dr. Leichman
2005	Le Cercle
2001	Alias	Dr. Brezzel
2001	The Judge	Det. Stobel
1998	SexTV	Self
1998	SexTV
1996	The Newsroom	Himself
1995	Kulturzeit	self
1989	Prisoners of Gravity	Self