25 Movie Talents We Lost In 2016

Also known by his personas Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom and the Thin White Duke, legendary icon David Bowie passed away in January after secretly battling cancer for eighteen months. Although best known for his acclaimed, eclectic and boundary-pushing musical career, Bowie had a prolific film career too appearing in over thirty films.

In 1976 he scooped a Saturn Award for Best Actor for his performance in Nicolas Roeg’s sci-fi drama The Man Who Fell to Earth, later playing a centuries-old bloodsucker in sexy vampire flick The Hunger and Jareth the Goblin King in Jim Henson’s cult fantasy Labyrinth.

He also made cameo appearances as himself in films like Zoolander and Bandslam and played other real-life people as diverse as Pontius Pilate, Nikola Tesla and Andy Warhol. RIP Bowie, you’ll be missed.