John Waters
Age: 78 | From: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1946-04-22 09:06:45
Aliases: John S. Waters
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 159
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
Biography
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore church halls to underground audiences drawn by word of mouth and street leafleting campaigns. As his filmmaking grew more polished and his subject matter more shocking, his audiences grew bigger, and his write-ups in the Baltimore papers more outraged. By the early 1970s he was making features, which he managed to get shown in midnight screenings in art cinemas by sheer perseverance. Success came when Pink Flamingos (1972) - a deliberate exercise in ultra-bad taste - took off in 1973, helped no doubt by lead actor Divine's infamous dog-crap eating scene. Waters continued to make low-budget shocking movies with his Dreamland repertory company until Hollywood crossover success came with Hairspray (1988), and although his movies nowadays might now appear cleaned up and professional, they retain Waters' playfulness, and reflect his lifelong obsessions.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Pornmonger Man
The Blacklist
(2013) John Waters
RuPaul's Drag Race
(2009) Self - Special Guest
Explained
(2018) Narrator (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
(1993) R. Vincent Smith
Finding Your Roots
(2012) Self
21 Jump Street
(1987) Mr. Bean
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - PresenterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self | |
| 2023 | Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 2022 | Self (Archive Footage) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Self [archival] | |
| Self | ||
| Wendell Wilkins | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Himself | |
| Host | ||
| Host | ||
| Host | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Sir Butler | |
| O-Dor | ||
| N/A | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| William Castle | ||
| Self | ||
| 2016 | Sheffield | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2015 | First Class Passenger | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Cornelius | |
| Captain Tom (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| John Waters | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Self - Director | |
| William | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2011 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| The Yeti Lobster (voice) | ||
| Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self (archiveFootage) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Judge | ||
| Self - Special Guest | ||
| 2008 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator (Voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Flasher | ||
| Self | ||
| Movie Watcher | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Himself | ||
| N/A | ||
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| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame' | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2005 | Walter Hamerick | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Pete Peters (Archive Footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Pete Peters | |
| Self | ||
| 2003 | John Waters (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Self | |
| The Reverend | ||
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| 2000 | N/A | |
| Reporter | ||
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Mr. Haynes | |
| Pornmonger Man | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1998 | John Waters | |
| Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| 1994 | Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1993 | Roger (voice) | |
| R. Vincent Smith | ||
| Self | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| 1991 | N/A | |
| 1989 | John (voice) | |
| Robber #1 | ||
| 1988 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Fredrickson | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Mr. Bean | |
| 1986 | Used Car Guy | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1976 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self | |
| Self - Cameo (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1972 | Mr. J (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | Reporter (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Thanks | |
| 2019 | Thanks | |
| 2010 | Thanks | |
| 2007 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1969 | Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| 1964 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Associate Producer | |
| 1988 | Co-Producer | |
| 1981 | Producer | |
| 1977 | Producer | |
| 1974 | Producer | |
| 1972 | Producer | |
| 1970 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 1969 | Producer | |
| 1968 | Producer | |
| 1967 | Producer | |
| 1964 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Writer | |
| 2007 | Original Film Writer | |
| 2006 | Screenplay | |
| 2004 | Writer | |
| 2000 | Screenplay | |
| 1998 | Screenplay | |
| 1994 | Writer | |
| 1990 | Writer | |
| 1988 | Screenplay | |
| 1981 | Screenplay | |
| 1977 | Writer | |
| 1974 | Screenplay | |
| 1972 | Writer | |
| 1970 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 1969 | Writer | |
| 1968 | Writer | |
| 1967 | Writer | |
| 1964 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Novel | ||
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Additional Photography | |
| 1974 | Director of Photography | |
| 1972 | Director of Photography | |
| 1970 | Director of Photography | |
| Director of Photography | ||
| 1969 | Director of Photography | |
| 1968 | Director of Photography | |
| 1967 | Director of Photography | |
| 1964 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Editor | |
| 1972 | Editor | |
| 1970 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| 1969 | Editor | |
| 1968 | Editor | |
| 1967 | Editor | |
| 1964 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1969 | Original Music Composer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |