John Waters
Directing
174
Acting Credits
20
Directed
Biography
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film. Other films he has written and directed include Desperate Living (1977), Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Seri...
Known For
Filmography
Gays Against Guns
2026
Kevin
2026
as Armando (Voice)
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025
as Self
It's Dorothy!
2025
as Self
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
2025
as Self
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
2025
as Stage Manager
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
as Self - Writer and Film Director
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
TURA!
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Doc of Chucky
2024
as Self
As Time Goes By
2024
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
as Self
Lynch/Oz
2023
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
Digman!
2023
as Magnus (voice)
The Book of Harth
2022
as Self
Tell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
Living with Chucky
2022
as Self
Fragments of Paradise
2022
as Self
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
2022
as Self (Archival)
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022
as Self
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
The Velvet Underground
2021
as Self
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
as Self [archival]
Pride
2021
as Self
Chucky
2021
as Wendell Wilkins
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
2020
as Himself
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Host
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Host
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Host
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020
Helluva Boss
2020
as Rolando (voice)
At the Video Store
2019
as Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019
as Self
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
2019
as Self
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
as Self
Sickies Making Films
2018
as Self
Mugworth
2018
as Sir Butler
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018
The Fancy Gentleman
2018
as Wadworth Thorndyke the Third
Female Trouble: On-Set Footage
2018
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Liverspots and Astronots
2018
as O-Dor
Mansfield 66/67
2017
as Self
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017
as Self
FEUD
2017
as William Castle
Wall Writers
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
2016
as Self
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
as Self
Search Party
2016
as Sheffield
The New Yorker Presents
2016
as Self
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
2015
as Self
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
as First Class Passenger
Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
2015
as Self
I Am Divine
2014
as Self
Suburban Gothic
2014
as Cornelius
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Clarence
2014
as Captain Tom (voice)
Jingle Bell Rocks!
2013
as Self
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013
as Self
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
2013
as Self
RuPaul Drives...
2013
as Self - Guest
The Blacklist
2013
as John Waters
Excision
2012
as William
Mansome
2012
as Self
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
as Self - Director
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
Mangus!
2011
as Jesus Christ
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011
as Self
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
Blank City
2011
as Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self
Beautiful Darling
2010
as Self
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
2010
as Self
Offspring
2010
Fish Hooks
2010
as Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice)
Fish Hooks
2010
as The Yeti Lobster (voice)
It Came from Kuchar
2009
as Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
2008
as Narrator
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
as Self
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
2008
as Self
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
as Self
Coven of the Heathenites
2008
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
The Junior Defenders
2007
as Narrator
Each Time I Kill
2007
as Movie Watcher
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
Hairspray
2007
as Flasher
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
as Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
Jessica the Hippo
2007
as Narrator (Voice)
'Til Death Do Us Part
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Indie Sex
2007
as Self
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
This Filthy World
2006
as Self
That Man: Peter Berlin
2006
as Self
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
2006
as Self
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
2006
as Self
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006
Jackass Number Two
2006
as Self
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
I, of the Cyclops
2006
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006
as Self
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
as Self
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
2005
as Self
Inside Deep Throat
2005
as Self
It Came from... Baltimore!!
2005
as Self
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Walter Hamerick
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest
Seed of Chucky
2004
as Pete Peters
Thinking XXX
2004
as Self
Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
2004
as Himself
A History of Sex
2003
as Self
Abby Singer
2003
as John Waters (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self - Guest
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
2002
as The Reverend
Sylvester: Mighty Real
2002
as Self
The Cockettes
2002
as Self
Memories of Oz
2001
as Self
Divine Trash
2000
as Self
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as John Waters
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
2000
as Self
Cecil B. Demented
2000
as Reporter
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
as Mr. Haynes
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
In Bad Taste
1999
as Self
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Pornmonger Man
Pecker
1998
as Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Anarchy TV
1998
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
Anthem
1997
as Self
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
God Save the Queens
1995
Serial Mom
1994
as Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited)
Family Album
1994
as Vincent
Growing Up with John Waters
1993
as Self
The Big Wet
1993
as Narrator
Frasier
1993
as Roger (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as R. Vincent Smith
HBO First Look
1992
Gastronomic Getaway
1991
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Robber #1
The Simpsons
1989
as John (voice)
Way USA!
1988
Hairspray
1988
as Dr. Fredrickson
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
as Self
21 Jump Street
1987
as Mr. Bean
Something Wild
1986
as Used Car Guy
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1985
Divine Waters
1985
as Self
Nuart Theatre no smoking PSA
1982
Edith's Shopping Bag
1976
as Self
Love Letter to Edie
1975
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Pink Flamingos
1972
as Mr. J (voice) (uncredited)
Mondo Trasho
1969
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)