Cracked Actor

Cracked Actor (or full title, Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie) is a 1975 television documentary film about the musician David Bowie, made by Alan Yentob for the BBC's Omnibus strand. It was first shown on BBC1 on 26 January 1975.

For the song which the documentary is named after, see Cracked Actor (song). For the 1974 Los Angeles recording released in 2017, see Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74).

Cracked Actor
Original titleCracked Actor
Directed byAlan Yentob (uncredited)
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byAlan Yentob
Cinematography
  • Michael D. Murphy
  • David Myers
Edited byTony Woollard
Music byDavid Bowie
Distributed by
  • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (UK) (TV)
  • NTR (2016) (Netherlands) (TV) (NPO3)
  • Yleisradio (YLE) (2019) (Finland) (TV)
Release date
  • 26 January 1975 (1975-01-26) (UK broadcast)
Running time
60 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom

It was filmed in 1974 when Bowie was struggling with cocaine addiction, and the documentary has become notable for showing his mental state during this period.

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