Tom Waits
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Whittier, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Gener...
Known For
Filmography
Wildwood
2026
as Maxim (voice)
Wild Horse Nine
2026
Ray Gunn
2026
as Eyera (voice)
Who Is Martin Mull?
2026
as Self
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025
as Father
Human Nature in Eleven Parts
2025
as Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)
The Last Ride
2025
as Self
Star.Wav
2024
as The Caller
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience
2024
as Self
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022
as Self
This Is Sparklehorse
2022
as Self
Licorice Pizza
2021
as Rex Blau
Ultra City Smiths
2021
as The Narrator (voice)
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hermit Bob
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as News Stand Owner (uncredited)
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Waller
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
The Moon’s Milk
2018
as Captain Millipede (voice)
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
2017
as Self
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
2017
as Self
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015
as Self
The Laughing Heart
2013
as Narrator
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Zachariah Rigby
A Brief History of John Baldessari
2012
as Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Twixt
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The Monster of Nix
2011
as Virgil (Voice)
The Book of Eli
2010
as Engineer
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Devil
Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
2009
as Self
Tom Waits: Under Review
2008
as Self
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
2008
as Self
Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007
as Kneller
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Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
2006
as Self
The Tiger and the Snow
2005
as Self / Sè stesso
Domino
2005
as Wanderer
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003
as Self
Mystery Men
1999
as Doc Heller
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
1999
as Self
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
1999
as Self
Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1998
as Self
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997
as Tom
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Short Cuts
1993
as Earl Piggot
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
as R.M. Renfield
Until the End of the World
1991
as Singer in Bar
Queens Logic
1991
as Monte
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
as Wolf
The Fisher King
1991
as Disabled Vet (uncredited)
Fishing with John
1991
as Self
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
1990
as Zack (Archive footage)
The Two Jakes
1990
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self
The Black Rider
1990
as Himself
Cold Feet
1989
as Kenny
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
as Silva
Mystery Train
1989
as Radio DJ (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Lloyd (voice)
Tom Waits: Big Time
1988
as Self
Candy Mountain
1988
as Al Silk
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Organ/Guitar
Greasy Lake
1988
as Narrator
Ironweed
1987
as Rudy
Down by Law
1986
as Zack
Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy
1986
as Himself
Tom Waits - Live On The Tube
1985
as Self
The Cotton Club
1984
as Irving Stark
The Stone Boy
1984
as Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
The Outsiders
1983
as Buck Merrill
Rumble Fish
1983
as Benny
One from the Heart
1982
as Trumpet player (uncredited)
Poetry in Motion
1982
as Self
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982
as Self
Wolfen
1981
as Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
1980
as Self
Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight
1979
as Self
Tom Waits for No One
1979
as Self
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
1978
as Self
Paradise Alley
1978
as Mumbles
Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time
1976
as Self
Austin City Limits
1975
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
Rockpalast
1974
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self