There’s more to Bowie the actor than just Labyrinth. He was directed by Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Tony Scott, and Nicholas Roeg.
The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1976
Bowie was perfectly cast as the bewildered, beguiling alien Thomas Jerome Newton in Nicholas Roeg's sci-fi piece – his big-screen debut.
The ultimate outsider, Bowie fits the bill for an alien visitor who can't understand Earth culture. It's a somewhat incoherent film but Bowie makes it his own.
The New York Times wrote at the time: "Mr. Bowie gives an extraordinary performance. The details, the chemistry of this tall pale figure with black-rimmed eyes are clearly not human. Yet he acquires a moving, tragic force as the stranger caught and destroyed in a strange land."
The Elephant Man, 1980
Bowie won rave reviews for his stage debut, which opened in Denver in 1980.
Variety said in its review: "Playing a man too ugly to draw a freak audience, and too human to survive within a distorted body, Bowie shows a mastery of movement and of vocal projection."
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