Kid Creole
Actor
Biography
Thomas August Darnell Browder, aka August Darnell--who goes by the stage name Kid Creole--is an American singer, musician and songwriter. He co-founded Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band with his half-brother Stony Browder Jr., then went on to form and lead Kid Creole and the Coconuts. The latter band, with its trio of backing female singers (dubbed the Coconuts), draw upon musical influences as disparate as salsa, no wave, jazz, disco, pop music and big band. Darnell has written and produced for other artists and bands, such as Machine and Gichy Dan's Beachwood No. 9. He and the Coconuts have also contributed songs to numerous motion picture soundtracks, including "My Male Curiosity" for Against All Odds (1984).
Filmography
Mood Indigo
as Duke Ellington 2013
The Forbidden Dance
as Kid Creole 1990
Only You
as Self 1992
Downtown '81
as Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts 2001
Obsession: A Taste for Fear
as Bookmaker 1988
Identity Crisis
as Thrift Shop Man 1989
Bad Girls
as Self 1992
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Live In Paris 1985
as Self 2000
Buckle Up
as Self 2023
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
as Self (archive footage) 2013
Kid Creole and The Coconuts – Live At Rockpalast 1982
as Self 2012
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 4
as self 2010
Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Live in Montreal
as Self 1986
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
as Self 2011
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 3
as Self 2008