Tom Waits
Age: 74 | From: Pomona, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1949-12-07 22:27:30
Aliases: Thomas Alan Waits
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Pomona, California, USA
Homepage: http://www.tomwaits.com/
Movie Involvements: 54
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including Down By Law, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Wristcutters: A Love Story. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart. Lyrically, Waits' songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals of grotesque, often seedy characters and places – although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' 55", performed by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", performed by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2010, Waits was chosen to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Waits currently lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife, Kathleen Brennan, and three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Waits, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Austin City Limits
(1975) Self
Bram Stoker's Dracula
(1992) R.M. Renfield
The Book of Eli
(2010) Engineer
The Outsiders
(1983) Buck Merrill
Domino
(2005) Wanderer
Rumble Fish
(1983) Benny
Motherless Brooklyn
(2019) News Stand Owner (uncredited)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
(2009) DevilActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hunley | |
| 2022 | Self | |
| Himself | ||
| 2021 | Rex Blau | |
| The Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2019 | News Stand Owner (uncredited) | |
| Hermit Bob | ||
| 2018 | Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon") | |
| Waller | ||
| Captain Millipede (voice) | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2013 | Narrator | |
| 2012 | Zachariah Rigby | |
| Narrator | ||
| 2011 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Virgil (Voice) | ||
| 2010 | Engineer | |
| 2009 | Devil | |
| Himself | ||
| 2008 | Himself | |
| Himself | ||
| 2007 | Kneller | |
| 2006 | Himself | |
| 2005 | Himself / Sè stesso | |
| Wanderer | ||
| 2004 | Tom | |
| 2003 | Himself | |
| 1999 | Himself | |
| Doc Heller | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1997 | The Narrator | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1993 | Self - Musical Guest | |
| Earl Piggot | ||
| Self | ||
| Tom | ||
| 1992 | R.M. Renfield | |
| 1991 | Wolf | |
| Self | ||
| Disabled Vet (uncredited) | ||
| Singer in Bar (uncredited) | ||
| Monte | ||
| 1990 | Self | |
| Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Zack (Archive footage) | ||
| 1989 | N/A | |
| Silva | ||
| Radio DJ (voice) | ||
| Kenny | ||
| 1988 | Himself | |
| Al Silk | ||
| Self - Organ/Guitar | ||
| 1987 | Rudy | |
| 1986 | Zack | |
| 1984 | Irving Stark | |
| Petrified man at carnival (uncredited) | ||
| 1983 | Benny | |
| Buck Merrill | ||
| 1982 | Himself | |
| Himself | ||
| Trumpet player (uncredited) | ||
| 1981 | Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited) | |
| 1980 | Himself | |
| 1979 | Himself | |
| Himself | ||
| 1978 | Mumbles | |
| himself | ||
| 1977 | Himself | |
| 1975 | Self - Musical Guest | |
| Self | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| (voice) | ||
| Himself | ||
| The Caller | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
![Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]](https://storage.flixi.com/movie/poster_path/w92/410853_tom-waits-burma-shave-live-concert.jpg "Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]")
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Music | |
| 2007 | Sound | |
| 2001 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1998 | Music | |
| Music Producer | ||
| 1991 | Original Music Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| 1990 | Music | |
| 1989 | Songs | |
| 1986 | Music | |
| 1984 | Music | |
| Music | ||
| 1982 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1979 | Music | |
| 1977 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Lyricist | |
| 1988 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
