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. In...
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The Outsiders
As Buck Merrill
Rumble Fish
As Benny
Coffee and Cigarettes
As Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
Licorice Pizza
As Rex Blau
Down by Law
As Zack
Short Cuts
As Earl Piggot
Until the End of the World
As Singer in Bar
The Tiger and the Snow
As Self / Sè stesso
The Book of Eli
As Engineer
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
As Devil
Wristcutters: A Love Story
As Kneller
Mystery Men
As Doc Heller
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
As Self
Ironweed
As Rudy
Big Time
As Self
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
As Self
Candy Mountain
As Al Silk
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
As Self - Organ/Guitar
Queens Logic
As Monte
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
As Wolf
Twixt
As Narrator (voice)
Seven Psychopaths
As Zachariah Rigby
Cold Feet
As Kenny
A Brief History of John Baldessari
As Narrator
Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
As Self
Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
As Self
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
As Self
Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade
As Self
Tom Waits: Under Review
As Self
Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight
As Self
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
As Self
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
As Self
Paradise Alley
As Mumbles
Domino
As Wanderer
Wildwood
As (voice)
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
As Zack (Archive footage)
Star.Wav
As The Caller
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
As Silva
The Laughing Heart
As Narrator
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience
As Self
The Cotton Club
As Irving Stark
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
As Self
The Two Jakes
As Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
As Self
The Fisher King
As Disabled Vet (uncredited)
Father Mother Sister Brother
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
As Self
This Is Sparklehorse
As Self
One from the Heart
As Trumpet player (uncredited)
Mystery Train
As Radio DJ (voice)
Tom Waits for No One
As Self
The Old Man & the Gun
As Waller
Coffee and Cigarettes III
As Tom
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
As Self
Bukowski: Born Into This
As Self
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
As Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
The Stone Boy
As Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
Poetry in Motion
As Self
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
As Self
The Dead Don't Die
As Hermit Bob
The Moon’s Milk
As Captain Millipede (voice)
The Absence of Eden
As Hunley
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
As Self
Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
As Self
Wolfen
As Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)
Motherless Brooklyn
As News Stand Owner (uncredited)
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
As Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
As R.M. Renfield
The Monster of Nix
As Virgil (Voice)
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
As Narrator (voice)
The Daily Show
As Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
As Self - Musical Guest
Ultra City Smiths
As The Narrator (voice)
Austin City Limits
As Self
Saturday Night Live
As Self - Musical Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
As Self
Fishing with John
As Self
The Simpsons
As Lloyd (voice)