
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-08-12
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Kid Creole
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).
Known For

Be Kind Rewind
as West Coast Video Employee Passaic

Mood Indigo
as Duke Ellington

The Forbidden Dance
as Kid Creole

Only You
as Self

Downtown '81
as Self - Vocals and Guitar, Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Wetten, dass..?
as Self

Obsession: A Taste for Fear
as Bookmaker

Identity Crisis
as Thrift Shop Man

Bad Girls

Sacrée soirée
as Self - Kid Creole and the Coconuts