Personal Info
Known Credits
70
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1949-12-07 (76 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Pomona, California, USA
Also Known For
Thomas Alan Waits汤姆·威兹
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
Acting
2024 --
The Absence of Eden
| Hunley
2024 --
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience
| Self
2022 --
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
| Self
2021 --
Licorice Pizza
| Rex Blau
2019 --
Motherless Brooklyn
| News Stand Owner (uncredited)
2019 --
The Dead Don't Die
| Hermit Bob
2018 --
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
| Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
2018 --
The Old Man & the Gun
| Waller
2018 --
The Moon’s Milk
| Captain Millipede (voice)
2017 --
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
| Self
2017 --
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
| Self
2016 --
This Is Sparklehorse
| Self
2015 --
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
| Self
2013 --
The Laughing Heart
| Narrator
2012 --
Seven Psychopaths
| Zachariah Rigby
2012 --
A Brief History of John Baldessari
| Narrator
2011 --
Twixt
| Narrator (voice)
2011 --
The Monster of Nix
| Virgil (Voice)
2010 --
The Book of Eli
| Engineer
2009 --
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
| Devil
2009 --
Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
| Self
2008 --
Tom Waits: Under Review
| Self
2008 --
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
| Self
2007 --
Wristcutters: A Love Story
| Kneller
2006 --
Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight
| Self
2006 --
Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
| Self
2005 --
Domino
| Wanderer
2005 --
The Tiger and the Snow
| Self / Sè stesso
2004 --
Coffee and Cigarettes
| Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
2003 --
Bukowski: Born Into This
| Self
1999 --
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
| Self
1999 --
Mystery Men
| Doc Heller
1999 --
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
| Self
1997 --
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
| Narrator (voice)
1997 --
Coffee and Cigarettes III
| Tom
1993 --
Short Cuts
| Earl Piggot
1993 --
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
| Self
1992 --
Bram Stoker's Dracula
| R.M. Renfield
1991 --
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
| Wolf
1991 --
The Fisher King
| Disabled Vet (uncredited)
1991 --
Until the End of the World
| Singer in Bar
1991 --
Queens Logic
| Monte
1990 --
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
| Self
1990 --
The Two Jakes
| Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
1990 --
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
| Zack (Archive footage)
1989 --
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
| Silva
1989 --
Mystery Train
| Radio DJ (voice)
1989 --
Cold Feet
| Kenny
1988 --
Big Time
| Self
1988 --
Candy Mountain
| Al Silk
1988 --
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
| Self - Organ/Guitar
1987 --
Ironweed
| Rudy
1986 --
Down by Law
| Zack
1984 --
The Cotton Club
| Irving Stark
1984 --
The Stone Boy
| Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
1983 --
Rumble Fish
| Benny
1983 --
The Outsiders
| Buck Merrill
1982 --
Poetry in Motion
| Self
1982 --
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
| Self
1982 --
One from the Heart
| Trumpet player (uncredited)
1981 --
Wolfen
| Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)
1980 --
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
| Self
1979 --
Tom Waits for No One
| Self
1978 --
Paradise Alley
| Mumbles
1978 --
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
| Self
1977 --
Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
| Self