I'm Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor - Paperbackby Ian Dixon (Editor), Brendan Black (Editor) The first collection dedicated to David Bowie's acting career shows that his film characterisations and performance styles shift and reform as decoratively as his musical personas. Though he was described as the most influential pop artist of the 20th century, whose work became synonymous with mask, mystery, sexual excess and ch ch ch changing genres, Bowie also applied his genius to the craft of acting.