Tom Waits
Born in Pomona, California, USA — Dec 07 1949
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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 Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit…
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Tom Waits's Credits
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The Simpsons
Lloyd (voice)
Austin City Limits
Self
Roofman
Crew
Rockpalast
Bram Stoker's Dracula
R.M. Renfield
The Book of Eli
Engineer
Father Mother Sister Brother
Father
The Outsiders
Buck Merrill
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
Ultra City Smiths
The Narrator (voice)
Seven Psychopaths
Zachariah Rigby
Licorice Pizza
Rex Blau
The Dead Don't Die
Hermit Bob
Domino
Wanderer
The Fisher King
Disabled Vet (uncredited)
Mystery Men
Doc Heller
Short Cuts
Earl Piggot
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Devil
Night on Earth
Sound
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Twixt
Narrator (voice)
Down by Law
Zack
Rumble Fish
Benny
Ironweed
Rudy
Wild Horse Nine
Wildwood
(voice)
The Old Man & the Gun
Waller
Wolfen
Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)
Until the End of the World
Singer in Bar
The Absence of Eden
Hunley
Mystery Train
Radio DJ (voice)
Motherless Brooklyn
News Stand Owner (uncredited)
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Kneller
One from the Heart
Trumpet player (uncredited)
The Cotton Club
Irving Stark
Paradise Alley
Mumbles
The Two Jakes
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Fishing with John
Self
Miral
Sound
Cold Feet
Kenny
Coffee and Cigarettes
Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
Queens Logic
Monte
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Wolf
The Stone Boy
Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
Bunny
Sound
The Tiger and the Snow
Self / Sè stesso
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Self
Rita Ritter
Sound
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self
Candy Mountain
Al Silk
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
Greasy Lake
Narrator
Streetwise
Sound
To Live and to Die in Samarkand
Sound
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Self
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Organ/Guitar
Tom Waits: Big Time
Self
Star.Wav
The Caller
The Last Ride
Self
This Is Sparklehorse
Self
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Silva
The Moon’s Milk
Captain Millipede (voice)
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Tom
The Fallen
Sound
Tom Waits - Live On The Tube
Self
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Narrator (voice)
Human Nature in Eleven Parts
Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
Self
Poetry in Motion
Self
MARC RIBOT FEAT. TOM WAITS – Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)
Sound
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
Self
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
Tom Waits for No One
Self
The Monster of Nix
Virgil (Voice)
A Brief History of John Baldessari
Narrator
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
Self
La fine della notte
Sound
Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
Self
The Laughing Heart
Narrator
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
Zack (Archive footage)
La première journée de Nicolas
Sound
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Self
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
Self
Tom Waits: Under Review
Self
The Black Rider
Sound
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
Self
Őrült és angyal
Sound
Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
Self
Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade
Self
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
Self
Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
Self
Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time
Self
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience
Self
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
Self
Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy
Himself
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Writing
Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Self
Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight
Self