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Milestones
- 2002: Released album "Heathen" to positive reviews;
- 1997: Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (February 12)
- 1997: Co-founded the art book publishing house 21
- 1996: Portrayed Andy Warhol in "Basquiat"
- 1994: Served as executive producer on "Magic Hunter" and "Mesmer"
- 1988: Acted the part of Pontius Pilate in Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ"
- 1988: First network TV special, "David Bowie: Glass Spider Tour" (ABC)
- 1986: Played Jareth, King of the Goblins, in Jim Henson's "Labyrinth"
- 1985: Appeared in Martin Scorsese's "Into the Night"
- 1983: Portrayed 150-year-old vampire in "The Hunger"; Bowie's aging scene is considered one of the film's highlights
- 1982: Appeared in BBC-TV production of Bertolt Brecht's "Baal"
- 1982: Was splendid as a WWII British major in Nagisa Oshima's first English-language film, "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"
- 1981: Broadway acting debut as John Merrick in "The Elephant Man"
- 1979: Portrayed Prussian war veteran in "Just a Gigolo", notable as Marlene Dietrich's last film
- 1977: US TV debut (taped in London), "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas" special; performed duet of "Little Drummer Boy" with Crosby
- 1977: Toured Europe and America as Iggy Pop's pianist; had produced Pop's albums "Raw Power","The Idiot" and "Lust for Life"
- 1976: Starred in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (directed by Nicolas Roeg), his first significant feature work
- 1975: Collaborated with John Lennon on "Fame", song from the "Young Americans" album which became his first Number 1 single in the USA
- 1973: Feature film debut as performer and songwriter, the concert documentary, "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (not released in the USA until 1984)
- 1972: Told MELODY MAKER he was gay, enjoying the idea of a cult growing around his androgynous image
- 1969: First hit record, "Space Oddity"; an international smash at the time of the US moon landing, it peaked at Number 5 in the UK
- 1969: Feature debut in a bit part in "The Virgin Soldiers"
- 1969: Started Beckenham Arts Lab to experiment with theater and music
- 1968: With co-star from "The Pistol Shot", started Feathers, a mime troupe
- 1967: Apprenticed in Lindsay Kemp's mime troupe, exchanging musical scores for pantomime lessons
- Acted in a 15-minute short ("The Image"), a commercial for ice cream and a BBC-TV play, "The Pistol Shot"
- To avoid confusion with child actor and The Monkees member Davy Jones, changed name from David Jones to David Bowie; adopted Bowie after the Bowie knife
- Mimed at some T. Rex concerts
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