Danny Elfman
b. 1953 (age 73)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Actor
Composer
Daniel Elfman is a composer. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2002 BMI Film and TV Awards. Earlier in his career, Elfman lead the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.8
Send Help
2026 Composer
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★ 9.3
Los Lobos: Native Sons
2026 Self
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★ 6.2
Dracula
2025 Composer
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★ 6.5
Dead Man's Wire
2025 Composer
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★ 6.6
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 Composer
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★ 6.7
Bloody Bridget
2024 Composer
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★ 4.1
Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance
2023 Composer
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★ 5.7
White Noise
2022 Composer
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★ 6.9
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2021 Composer
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★ 4.7
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021 Composer
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Parker: A Spider Man Origin Story
2021 Composer
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★ 5.6
Dolittle
2020 Composer
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★ 8.0
Prop Culture
2020 Self
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★ 8.5
Stewart Copeland's Adventures in Music
2020 Self
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Joe Biden Biography (Biden Convention Film)
2020 Composer
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★ 5.6
Men in Black: International
2019 Composer
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★ 5.7
The Woman in the Window
2019 Composer
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★ 6.2
Dumbo
2019 Composer
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★ 6.4
The Grinch
2018 Composer
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★ 4.6
Fifty Shades Freed
2018 Composer
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★ 6.8
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 Composer
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★ 6.2
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
2018 Composer
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★ 6.0
Justice League
2017 Composer
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★ 4.6
Fifty Shades Darker
2017 Composer
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★ 5.4
The Circle
2017 Composer
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★ 6.2
Tulip Fever
2017 Composer
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A Glory Sewn
2017 Composer
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Tau
2017 Composer
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★ 6.5
The Girl on the Train
2016 Composer
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★ 6.2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 Composer
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★ 6.2
Before I Wake
2016 Composer
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★ 6.4
The Oscars
2016 Composer
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★ 7.3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 Composer
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★ 4.2
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 Composer
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★ 6.3
Goosebumps
2015 Composer
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★ 7.2
The End of the Tour
2015 Composer
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★ 6.9
Big Eyes
2014 Composer
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★ 6.8
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 Composer
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★ 6.5
Tales from the Crypt
2014 Composer
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★ 7.2
American Hustle
2013 Composer
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★ 6.3
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 Composer
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★ 6.6
Epic
2013 Composer
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★ 7.0
The Unknown Known
2013 Composer
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★ 6.2
Captain Sparky vs. the Flying Saucers
2013 Composer
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★ 7.7
Silver Linings Playbook
2012 Composer
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★ 6.8
Men in Black 3
2012 Composer
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★ 6.2
Dark Shadows
2012 Composer
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★ 6.9
Frankenweenie
2012 Composer
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★ 6.8
Hitchcock
2012 Composer
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★ 6.6
Promised Land
2012 Composer
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Gun Test
2012 Composer
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★ 7.1
Real Steel
2011 Composer
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★ 6.7
Restless
2011 Composer
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★ 4.8
Do Not Disturb
2011 Composer
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★ 7.2
A Conversation with Danny Elfman and Tim Burton
2011 Self
Composer
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★ 6.4
Alice in Wonderland
2010 Composer
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★ 7.3
The Next Three Days
2010 Composer
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★ 5.9
The Wolfman
2010 Composer
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★ 7.1
DemiUrge Emesis
2010 Actor
Narrator
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The Fight for the Last Cookie
2010 Composer
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★ 6.5
Terminator Salvation
2009 Composer
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★ 6.7
Notorious
2009 Composer
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★ 6.7
Taking Woodstock
2009 Composer
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★ 7.9
Der Klang Hollywoods - Max Steiner & seine Erben
2009 Self
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The Dollar
2009 Composer
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★ 6.7
Wanted
2008 Composer
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★ 7.0
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 Composer
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★ 7.5
Milk
2008 Composer
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★ 7.4
Standard Operating Procedure
2008 Composer
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★ 8.2
Proud Iza
2008 Actor
Composer
Cat
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★ 7.0
The Kingdom
2007 Composer
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★ 6.8
Meet the Robinsons
2007 Composer
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★ 6.2
Arkham Asylum Fan Film
2007 Composer
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★ 6.8
Finding Kraftland
2007 Self
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Unsound
2007 Composer
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The 18th Annual International Palm Springs Film Festival Awards
2007 Self
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★ 5.9
Nacho Libre
2006 Composer
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★ 6.3
Charlotte's Web
2006 Composer
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★ 7.5
Deep Sea
2006 Composer
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★ 6.7
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 Composer
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★ 7.4
Corpse Bride
2005 Composer
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★ 7.7
The Making of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
2005 Self
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★ 8.3
No Experience Needed
2005 Composer
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★ 7.5
Spider-Man 2
2004 Composer
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The 15th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards
2004 Self
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★ 7.9
Big Fish
2003 Composer
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★ 5.7
Hulk
2003 Composer
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★ 6.8
The Score
2003 Self
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★ 7.4
Spider-Man
2002 Composer
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★ 6.2
Men in Black II
2002 Composer
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★ 7.2
Red Dragon
2002 Composer
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★ 5.7
Planet of the Apes
2001 Composer
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★ 5.6
Spy Kids
2001 Composer
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★ 8.2
Mazer World
2001 Composer
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★ 6.9
The Family Man
2000 Composer
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★ 6.3
Proof of Life
2000 Composer
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★ 7.3
Sleepy Hollow
1999 Composer
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★ 6.6
Instinct
1999 Composer
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★ 6.2
Anywhere But Here
1999 Composer
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★ 7.5
A Simple Plan
1998 Composer