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- In 1990, he had a small role in the gangster movie The Krays.
- In 1999, he addressed the Oxford Union Society at a meeting of the student debating society.
- In 2000, Courtney was profiled in a three-part observational documentary series called Dave Courtney's Underworld, produced for Channel Five. The series followed the launch of Courtney's celebrity career, as well as his trial for involvement in a police corruption case. The series ends with Courtney being found 'not guilty' and his celebrations with friends. The story of the making of the series is featured in Courtney's book The Ride's Back On.
- In 2003, California punk rock band Rancid featured a song entitled "David Courtney" on their 6th release, Indestructible.
- Artist Tricky samples him on the song "Dave Courtney", which appears on the album Product of the Environment (featuring a number of British gangsters).
- He performs the spoken intro and outro to the song "Hell 2 Pay" by Oi! band The Business.
- He recorded a version of "I Fought The Law" with Scottish pop-punks Mute in 2001 which gave himself and the band exposure in the daily tabloids. The song re-written by Mute frontman Jay Burnett (now with Wendigo) is a hybrid of the original Sonny Curtis track and the more recent story regarding Dave Courtney's infamous court case featured in Stop The Ride.
- He is currently involved with various movie projects in the UK, and in 2005 became involved in a development deal with a California film and television production company. He continues to perform his Audience with.. events.
- He was featured on the UK science show Brainiac: Science Abuse where he was enlisted to attempt to break into 'The unbreakable safe'. He didn't succeed.
- He made several appearances on Channel 5 show The People vs. Jerry Sadowitz.
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