
Tom Waits
Known for: Acting
Born: December 7, 1949
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

Down by Law
1986

Tom Waits: Big Time
1988

Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
1980

A Brief History of John Baldessari
2012
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
1999

Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
2009
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Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
2006
Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade
Tom Waits: Under Review
2008

Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight
1979
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
1978

Star.Wav
2024

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
The Laughing Heart
2013

Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience
2024

Father Mother Sister Brother
2025
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
1999
Tom Waits for No One
1979

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
2017

The Moon’s Milk
2018

Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
1977
Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time
1976

Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy
1986

Tom Waits - Live On The Tube
1985

The Last Ride
2025

Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1998

The Black Rider
1990

Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
2017

Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997

Cold Feet
1989

Greasy Lake
1988

Ray Gunn
2026

Licorice Pizza
2021

Candy Mountain
1988
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
1990

Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015

The Monster of Nix
2011

Human Nature in Eleven Parts
2025

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022

The Old Man & the Gun
2018

The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982

Wild Horse Nine
2026

Short Cuts
1993

The Tiger and the Snow
2005

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009

Seven Psychopaths
2012

This Is Sparklehorse
2022

The Dead Don't Die
2019

The Absence of Eden
2024

Coffee and Cigarettes
2004

The Book of Eli
2010

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
2008

Poetry in Motion
1982

Ironweed
1987

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988

Queens Logic
1991

Bukowski: Born Into This
2003

Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990

Paradise Alley
1978

Mystery Train
1989

The Stone Boy
1984

The Outsiders
1983

Rumble Fish
1983

Mystery Men
1999

Wildwood
2026

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993

Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007

The Cotton Club
1984

Twixt
2011

Domino
2005

Until the End of the World
1991

One from the Heart
1982

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018

Motherless Brooklyn
2019

The Fisher King
1991

The Two Jakes
1990

Wolfen
1981

The Daily Show
1996

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Ultra City Smiths
2021

Austin City Limits
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Fishing with John
1991

The Simpsons
1989

Rockpalast
1974

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012