Tom Waits

Acting

Born December 7, 1949

From Pomona, California, USA

Also known as Thomas Alan Waits, 汤姆·威兹

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 gr...

Filmography

Ray Gunn

Eyera (voice)

2026

Wild Horse Nine

2026

Wildwood

(voice)

2026

Father Mother Sister Brother

Father

20256.4

The Last Ride

Self

2025

Human Nature in Eleven Parts

Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)

2025

Star.Wav

The Caller

20245.5

The Absence of Eden

Hunley

20245.5

Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience

Self

2024

This Is Sparklehorse

Self

2022

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

Self

2022

Licorice Pizza

Rex Blau

20216.9

Motherless Brooklyn

News Stand Owner (uncredited)

20196.7

The Dead Don't Die

Hermit Bob

20195.4

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")

20187.1

The Old Man & the Gun

Waller

20186.4

The Moon’s Milk

Captain Millipede (voice)

2018

Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30

Self

2017

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

Self

20176.6

Keith Richards: Under the Influence

Self

20156.7

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The Laughing Heart

Narrator

20134.0

Seven Psychopaths

Zachariah Rigby

20126.8

A Brief History of John Baldessari

Narrator

20125.3

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

20127.6

Twixt

Narrator (voice)

20115.1

The Monster of Nix

Virgil (Voice)

20117.0

The Book of Eli

Engineer

20106.8

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Devil

20096.4

Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin

Self

20093.8

—

Tom Waits: Under Review

Self

20084.0

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

Self

20086.8

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Kneller

20077.0

Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]

Self

20063.8

The Tiger and the Snow

Self / Sè stesso

20056.7

Domino

Wanderer

20055.9

Coffee and Cigarettes

Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")

20046.9

Bukowski: Born Into This

Self

20036.8

—

Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit

Self

19993.8

Mystery Men

Doc Heller

19995.9

—

Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers

Self

1999

Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Self

1998

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

Narrator (voice)

19977.3

Coffee and Cigarettes III

Tom

19977.2

Short Cuts

Earl Piggot

19937.2

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Self

19938.0

Bram Stoker's Dracula

R.M. Renfield

19927.5

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Wolf

19916.5

The Fisher King

Disabled Vet (uncredited)

19917.3

Until the End of the World

Singer in Bar

19916.7

Queens Logic

Monte

19915.8

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Self

1990

The Two Jakes

Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

19906.0

The Black Rider

Himself

1990

—

John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone

Zack (Archive footage)

1990

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

Silva

19898.3

Mystery Train

Radio DJ (voice)

19897.3

Cold Feet

Kenny

19894.1

Tom Waits: Big Time

Self

19887.3

Candy Mountain

Al Silk

19886.1

Greasy Lake

Narrator

19884.2

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Self - Organ/Guitar

19887.6

Ironweed

Rudy

19876.3

Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy

Himself

1986

Down by Law

Zack

19867.3

Tom Waits - Live On The Tube

Self

1985

The Cotton Club

Irving Stark

19846.5

The Stone Boy

Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)

19847.0

Rumble Fish

Benny

19837.0

The Outsiders

Buck Merrill

19837.2

Poetry in Motion

Self

19828.0

The Making of 'One from the Heart'

Self

19828.5

One from the Heart

Trumpet player (uncredited)

19826.0

Wolfen

Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)

19816.0

Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace

Self

1980

Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight

Self

19793.8

—

Tom Waits for No One

Self

19795.1

Paradise Alley

Mumbles

19785.9

—

Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna

Self

19788.0

—

Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time

Self

1976

—

Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade

Self

N/A6.5