Editing Nick Cave (section)

== Acting ==
Cave's first film appearance was in [[Wim Wenders]]' 1987 film ''[[Wings of Desire]]'', in which he and the Bad Seeds are shown performing at a concert in Berlin.

Cave has made occasional appearances as an actor. He appears alongside [[Blixa Bargeld]] in the 1988 Peter Sempel film ''Dandy'', playing dice, singing and speaking from his Berlin apartment. He is most prominently featured in the 1989 film ''[[Ghosts… of the Civil Dead]]'', written and directed by [[John Hillcoat]], and in the 1991 film ''[[Johnny Suede]]'' with [[Brad Pitt]].

Cave appeared in the 2005 homage to [[Leonard Cohen]], ''[[Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man]]'', in which he performed "[[I'm Your Man (Leonard Cohen song)|I'm Your Man]]" solo, and "[[Suzanne (Leonard Cohen song)|Suzanne]]" with [[Julie Christensen]] and [[Perla Batalla]]. He also appeared in the 2007 film adaptation of Ron Hansen's novel ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford]]'', where he sings "[[Jesse James (folk song)|The Ballad of Jesse James]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.screendaily.com/the-assassination-of-jesse-james-by-the-coward-robert-ford/4034289.article |title=The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford |first=Lee |last=Marshall |date=3 September 2007 |access-date=14 August 2019 |magazine=[[Screen International#Screen Daily|Screen Daily]] |publisher=Media Business Insight Limited}}</ref> Cave and Warren Ellis are credited for the film's soundtrack.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rose |first=Kara |url=http://www.harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=12010 |title=Cave and Ellis For Jesse James Soundtrack |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070812014745/http://www.harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=12010 |archive-date=12 August 2007 |journal=[[Harp (magazine)|Harp]] |date=6 December 2007 |access-date=10 February 2019 |url-status=usurped |publisher=Guthrie, Inc.}}</ref> Nick Cave and his son Luke performed one of the songs on the soundtrack together. Luke played the triangle.<ref name="imdb.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2926712/|title=Luke Cave|website=IMDb.com|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref>

His interest in the work of [[Edward Gorey]] led to his participation in the [[BBC Radio 3]] programme ''Guest + Host = Ghost'', featuring [[Peter Blegvad]] and the radiophonic sound of the [[Langham Research Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/betweentheears/pip/aao11/ |title=Between The Ears – Guest + Host = Ghost |publisher=BBC |date=31 December 2005 |access-date=14 February 2013}}</ref>

Cave lent his voice in narrating the animated film ''[[The Cat Piano]]'' (2009). It was directed by [[Eddie White (director)|Eddie White]] and Ari Gibson (of [[the People's Republic of Animation]]), produced by Jessica Brentnall and features music by [[Benjamin Speed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catpianofilm.com/ |title=The Cat Piano |website=Catpianofilm.com |access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref>

He provided the voice of the character Bill Clarke in the  stop-motion film ''[[Memoir of a Snail]]'' (2024)  by [[Adam Elliot]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23770030/|title=Memoir of a Snail|website=IMDb.com|access-date=25 Feb 2025}}</ref>