Tom Waits
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
Bram Stoker's Dracula
R.M. Renfield
The Book of Eli
Engineer
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
Seven Psychopaths
Zachariah Rigby
Licorice Pizza
Rex Blau
The Fisher King
Disabled Vet (uncredited)
The Outsiders
Buck Merrill
Night on Earth
Original Music Composer
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Filmography
Acting (88)
Movies (79)
Wild Horse Nine
2026 UpcomingNov 5
Wildwood
2026 Upcomingas (voice)
Oct 23
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025as Father
Human Nature in Eleven Parts
2025as Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)
The Last Ride
2025as Self
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience
2024as Self
The Absence of Eden
2024as Hunley
This Is Sparklehorse
2022as Self
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022as Self
Licorice Pizza
2021as Rex Blau
Motherless Brooklyn
2019as News Stand Owner (uncredited)
The Dead Don't Die
2019as Hermit Bob
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
The Old Man & the Gun
2018as Waller
The Moon’s Milk
2018as Captain Millipede (voice)
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
2017as Self
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
2017as Self
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015as Self
The Laughing Heart
2013as Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012as (archive footage)
Seven Psychopaths
2012as Zachariah Rigby
A Brief History of John Baldessari
2012as Narrator
The Monster of Nix
2011as Virgil (Voice)
Twixt
2011as Narrator (voice)
The Book of Eli
2010as Engineer
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009as Devil
Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
2009as Self
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
2008as Self
Tom Waits: Under Review
2008as Self
Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007as Kneller
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Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
2006as Self
Domino
2005as Wanderer
The Tiger and the Snow
2005as Self / Sè stesso
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004as Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003as Self
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
1999as Self
Mystery Men
1999as Doc Heller
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
1999as Self
Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1998as Self
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997as Tom
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997as Narrator (voice)
Short Cuts
1993as Earl Piggot
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993as Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992as R.M. Renfield
The Fisher King
1991as Disabled Vet (uncredited)
Until the End of the World
1991as Singer in Bar
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991as Wolf
Queens Logic
1991as Monte
The Two Jakes
1990as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
1990as Zack (Archive footage)
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990as Self
Mystery Train
1989as Radio DJ (voice)
Cold Feet
1989as Kenny
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989as Silva
Tom Waits: Big Time
1988as Self
Greasy Lake
1988as Narrator
Candy Mountain
1988as Al Silk
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988as Self - Organ/Guitar
Ironweed
1987as Rudy
Down by Law
1986as Zack
Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy
1986as Himself
Tom Waits - Live On The Tube
1985as Self
The Cotton Club
1984as Irving Stark
The Stone Boy
1984as Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
The Outsiders
1983as Buck Merrill
Rumble Fish
1983as Benny
One from the Heart
1982as Trumpet player (uncredited)
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982as Self
Poetry in Motion
1982as Self
Wolfen
1981as Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
1980as Self
Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight
1979as Self
Tom Waits for No One
1979as Self
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
1978as Self
Paradise Alley
1978as Mumbles
Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
1977as Self
Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time
1976as Self
Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade
as Self
Star.Wav
as The Caller
Television (9)
Ultra City Smiths
2021as The Narrator (voice)
The Daily Show
1996as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Musical Guest
Fishing with John
1991as Self
The Simpsons
1989as Lloyd (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Musical Guest
Austin City Limits
1975as Self
Rockpalast
1974
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
Crew (24)
Movies (24)
Roofman
2025Thanks
MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)
2018Original Music Composer
Miral
2010Songs
The Fallen
2010Music
To Live and to Die in Samarkand
2007Sound
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
2001Lyricist
Bunny
1998Music
Bunny
1998Music Producer
Night on Earth
1991Original Music Composer
Night on Earth
1991Songs
The Black Rider
1990Original Music Composer
Őrült és angyal
1989Music
La fine della notte
1989Songs
Tom Waits: Big Time
1988Lighting Design
Tom Waits: Big Time
1988Original Music Composer
Tom Waits: Big Time
1988Writer
Down by Law
1986Songs
La première journée de Nicolas
1984Music
Streetwise
1984Music
Rita Ritter
1984Original Music Composer
One from the Heart
1982Original Music Composer
One from the Heart
1982Songs
Tom Waits for No One
1979Music
Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
1977Music
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