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=== 1990s === In 1991, Bowie reteamed with Landis for an episode of the [[HBO]] sitcom ''[[Dream On (TV Series)|Dream On]]'' and played a disgruntled restaurant employee opposite [[Rosanna Arquette]] in ''[[The Linguini Incident]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Landis |first=John |title=Director John Landis on David Bowie: "A Gentleman" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-john-landis-david-bowie-855480 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=13 January 2016 |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101164809/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-john-landis-david-bowie-855480 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bowie portrayed the mysterious [[FBI]] agent [[Phillip Jeffries]] in [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me]]'' (1992). The prequel to the [[Twin Peaks|television series]] was poorly received at the time of its release, but has since been critically reevaluated.<ref>{{cite web |last=Conterio |first=Martyn |title=Fire Walk With Me: how David Lynch's film went from laughing stock to the key to Twin Peaks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/sep/02/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-david-lynch |website=The Guardian |date=2 September 2017 |access-date=5 October 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116045324/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/sep/02/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-david-lynch |url-status=live }}</ref> He took a small but pivotal role as his friend [[Andy Warhol]] in ''[[Basquiat (film)|Basquiat]]'', artist/director [[Julian Schnabel]]'s 1996 biopic of [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], another artist he considered a friend and colleague.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|loc=chap. 6}} Bowie co-starred in [[Giovanni Veronesi]]'s [[Spaghetti Western]] ''Il Mio West'' (1998, released as ''[[Gunslinger's Revenge]]'' in the US in 2005) as the most feared gunfighter in the region.{{sfn|Thompson|2006|p=195}} He played the ageing gangster Bernie in Andrew Goth's ''[[Everybody Loves Sunshine]]'' (1999, released in the US as ''B.U.S.T.E.D.''),<ref>{{cite web |last=Bulut |first=Selim |title=That time David Bowie and Goldie starred in a gangster film |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/38053/1/that-time-david-bowie-and-goldie-starred-in-a-gangster-film |website=Dazed Digital |date=13 November 2017 |access-date=12 October 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012160158/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/38053/1/that-time-david-bowie-and-goldie-starred-in-a-gangster-film |url-status=live }}</ref> and appeared as the host in the second season of the television horror anthology series ''[[The Hunger (TV series)|The Hunger]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |title=Bowie sates 'Hunger' |url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/bowie-sates-hunger-1117488581/ |website=Variety |date=16 November 1998 |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020131244/https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/bowie-sates-hunger-1117488581/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1999, Bowie voiced two characters in the [[Dreamcast]] game ''Omikron: The Nomad Soul'', his only appearance in a video game.<ref>{{cite web |last=Griffin |first=Andrew |title=David Bowie dead: Singer and actor appeared in bizarre Dreamcast video game 'Omikron: The Nomad Soul' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/david-bowie-dead-singer-and-actor-appeared-in-bizarre-dreamcast-video-game-omikron-the-nomad-soul-a6806071.html |website=The Independent |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=29 October 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029144909/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/david-bowie-dead-singer-and-actor-appeared-in-bizarre-dreamcast-video-game-omikron-the-nomad-soul-a6806071.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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