John Waters: movies and TV shows
John Waters has 79 credits in the archive: 51 films and 28 TV series, from 1974 to 2024. Highest rated: The Doctor Blake Mysteries (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 2024 · busiest year: 1987 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy | (voice) | TV | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2024 | Better Man | Michael Parkinson | Film | 7.6 | 75 |
| 2024 | The Rooster | Norris | Film | 5.3 | 75 |
| 2022 | Darby and Joan | Ian Kirkhope | TV | 6.1 | 73 |
| 2022 | Blaze | Magistrate | Film | 5.4 | 73 |
| 2020 | The End | Henry | TV | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2020 | Halifax: Retribution | Ryan | TV | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2020 | Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears | Professor Linnaeus | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2018 | Mystery Road | Travis James | TV | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2017 | 2:22 | Bill | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2017 | Three Summers | Eamon | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 2014 | ANZAC Girls | Colonel Thomas Fiaschi | TV | 7.1 | 65 |
| 2013 | Mickey Mouse | (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 2013 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Bernie Thompson | TV | 7.8 | 64 |
| 2013 | Return to Nim's Island | Booker | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2012 | The Mystery of a Hansom Cab | Mark Frettlby | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2011 | Bubble Guppies | Baron von Bland (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2011 | Kapyong | Narrator | Film | — | 62 |
| 2010 | Offspring | TV | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2010 | Centre Place | Jack Houghton | Film | 4.2 | 61 |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 2009 | Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation | Self - Contestant | TV | 3.3 | 60 |
| 2008 | Underbelly | John Hatton MP | TV | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2008 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 3.7 | 59 |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2007 | Ten Pound Poms | Narrator | Film | — | 58 |
| 2006 | The Bouncer | Dave | Film | — | 57 |
| 2006 | Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’ | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2006 | Carnivore Reflux | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2005 | Stealth | Black Ops Doctor | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2004 | Fireflies | Perry Luscombe | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 2004 | Wonders of Australia's National Parks | Narrator | TV | 10.0 | 55 |
| 2003 | Evil Never Dies | Professor Arkin | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 2003 | Totally Gay! | Self | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2002 | Young Lions | Senior Detective Bill Martin | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Lost World | Lento | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1999 | Chameleon II: Death Match | Henry Kubica | Film | 3.3 | 50 |
| 1999 | The Sugar Factory | Sam Lejeune | Film | 4.3 | 50 |
| 1998 | All Saints | Mike Vlasek | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1998 | The Real Macaw | Dr. Lance Hagen | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1997 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Oscar Drake | TV | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1995 | Singapore Sling: Midnight Orchid | John Stamford | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1994 | The Man from Snowy River | Damien Winters | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1994 | Singapore Sling | John Stamford | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1994 | Ebbtide | Michael Suresch | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1992 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Pontius Pilate | Film | — | 43 |
| 1991 | Kelly | Mr. Nichols | TV | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1991 | Which Way Home | Steve Hannah | Film | 4.3 | 42 |
| 1990 | All The Rivers Run II | Brenton Edwards | TV | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1990 | Heaven Tonight | Johnny Dysart | Film | 4.3 | 41 |
| 1990 | The Rivers Run | Brenton Edwards | Film | — | 41 |
| 1988 | Grievous Bodily Harm | Morris Martin | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1988 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Tom Garfield | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1988 | Captain Johnno | Frank | Film | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1987 | Passion Flower | Leslie Gaitland | Film | 4.3 | 38 |
| 1987 | Nancy Wake | Henri Fiocca | TV | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1987 | The Christmas Visitor | Patrick O'Day | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1987 | The Last of the Mohicans | Hawkeye Bumppo (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1987 | Going Sane | Martin Brown | Film | 2.5 | 38 |
| 1986 | Alice to Nowhere | Johnny Parson | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1985 | The Perfectionist | Stuart Gunn | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1985 | I Can't Get Started | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1984 | High Country | Ben Lomax | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1983 | All the Rivers Run | Brenton Edwards | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1982 | Attack Force Z | Ted King | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1980 | Breaker Morant | Cpt. Alfred Taylor | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1979 | Demolition | Film | 3.8 | 30 | |
| 1979 | The Prophecies of Nostradamus | Host | Film | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1978 | The Scalp Merchant | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1978 | Cass | Mike | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1978 | Weekend of Shadows | Rabbit | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1977 | Summerfield | David Abbott | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1977 | The Getting of Wisdom | Rev. Shepherd | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | Chris Merchant | TV | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1976 | The Adventures of Eliza Fraser | David Bracefell | Film | 5.1 | 27 |
| 1976 | End Play | Mark Gifford | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1976 | The Haunting of Hewie Dowker | Hewie Dowker | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1974 | Rush | Sergeant Robert McKellar | TV | 6.0 | 25 |
| Nothing, Number 2 | Cameron Kerr | Film | — | — |