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![David Bowie In 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1976.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-the-man-who-fell-to-earth.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![David Bowie And Sydne Rome In 'Just A Gigolo' Just A Gigolo, 1978.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-just-a-gigolo.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Bowie The Elephant Man, 1980.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-elephant-man.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE, David Bowie, Tom Conti, 1983, (c)Universal/courtesy Everett Collection Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, 1983.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-merry-christmas-mr-lawrence.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Hunger, 1983.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-the-hunger.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![David Bowie In 'Into The Night' Into the Night, 1985.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-into-the-night.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Labyrinth, 1986.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-labyrinth.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, David Bowie as Pontius Pilate, 1988, © Universal/courtesy Everett Col The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-last-temptation-of-christ.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TWIN PEAKS : FIRE WALK WITH ME Twin Peaks, 1992.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-twin-peaks.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![1996 (L to R) David Bowie in the new movie "Basquiat" Basquiat, 1996.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-basquiat.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Zoolander, 2001.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-zoolander.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![(Pictured) David Bowie The Prestige, 2006.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-the-prestige.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis, 2007.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-spongebob.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![AUGUST, Josh Hartnett, David Bowie, 2008. ©First Look International/courtesy Everett Collection August, 2008.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david-bowie-august.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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