Tom Waits: movies and TV shows
Tom Waits has 112 credits in the archive: 103 films and 9 TV series, from 1961 to 2026. Highest rated: Rockpalast (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1961 – 2026 · busiest year: 1988 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wildwood | (voice) | Film | — | 76 |
| 2026 | Wild Horse Nine | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2026 | Ray Gunn | Eyera (voice) | Film | — | 76 |
| 2025 | Roofman | Film | 7.1 | 75 | |
| 2025 | Father Mother Sister Brother | Father | Film | 6.4 | 75 |
| 2025 | Human Nature in Eleven Parts | Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2025 | The Last Ride | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 2024 | The Absence of Eden | Hunley | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2024 | Star.Wav | The Caller | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2024 | Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2022 | This Is Sparklehorse | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2022 | Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza | Rex Blau | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2021 | Ultra City Smiths | The Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2019 | The Dead Don't Die | Hermit Bob | Film | 5.4 | 69 |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | News Stand Owner (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon") | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun | Waller | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2018 | The Moon’s Milk | Captain Millipede (voice) | Film | — | 68 |
| 2017 | Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox | Self | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2017 | Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2015 | Keith Richards: Under the Influence | Self | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2013 | The Laughing Heart | Narrator | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Zachariah Rigby | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2012 | A Brief History of John Baldessari | Narrator | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 2011 | Twixt | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 2011 | The Monster of Nix | Virgil (Voice) | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Engineer | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 2010 | Miral | Film | 5.8 | 60 | |
| 2010 | The Fallen | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Devil | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2009 | Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin | Self | Film | 3.8 | 59 |
| 2008 | Tom Waits: Under Review | Self | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 2008 | One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur | Self | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2007 | Wristcutters: A Love Story | Kneller | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2007 | To Live and to Die in Samarkand | Film | — | 57 | |
| 2006 | Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert] | Self | Film | 3.8 | 56 |
| 2005 | Domino | Wanderer | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 2005 | The Tiger and the Snow | Self / Sè stesso | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2004 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Tom (segment "Somewhere in California") | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 2003 | Bukowski: Born Into This | Self | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2001 | Stille Nacht V: Dog Door | Film | 5.8 | 51 | |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Doc Heller | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1999 | Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 1999 | Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit | Self | Film | 3.8 | 49 |
| 1998 | Bunny | Film | 6.6 | 48 | |
| 1998 | Bunny | Film | 6.6 | 48 | |
| 1998 | Bunny | Film | 6.6 | 48 | |
| 1998 | Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA. | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 1997 | Coffee and Cigarettes III | Tom | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1997 | Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Earl Piggot | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1993 | Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Self | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | R.M. Renfield | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Disabled Vet (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Until the End of the World | Singer in Bar | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1991 | Night on Earth | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1991 | Night on Earth | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1991 | Fishing with John | Self | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1991 | Queens Logic | Monte | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Wolf | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1990 | The Black Rider | Film | 7.5 | 40 | |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1990 | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1990 | The Black Rider | Himself | Film | — | 40 |
| 1990 | John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone | Zack (Archive footage) | Film | — | 40 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Lloyd (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1989 | Mystery Train | Radio DJ (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1989 | Őrült és angyal | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1989 | Cold Feet | Kenny | Film | 4.1 | 39 |
| 1989 | Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Silva | Film | 8.3 | 39 |
| 1989 | La fine della notte | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1988 | Candy Mountain | Al Silk | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Organ/Guitar | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1988 | Tom Waits: Big Time | Self | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1988 | Tom Waits: Big Time | Film | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1988 | Tom Waits: Big Time | Film | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1988 | Tom Waits: Big Time | Film | 7.3 | 38 | |
| 1988 | Greasy Lake | Narrator | Film | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Rudy | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1986 | Down by Law | Zack | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1986 | Down by Law | Film | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1986 | Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy | Himself | Film | — | 36 |
| 1985 | Tom Waits - Live On The Tube | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Irving Stark | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1984 | Rita Ritter | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1984 | Streetwise | Film | 7.6 | 34 | |
| 1984 | The Stone Boy | Petrified man at carnival (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1984 | La première journée de Nicolas | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1983 | The Outsiders | Buck Merrill | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish | Benny | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1982 | One from the Heart | Trumpet player (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1982 | One from the Heart | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1982 | One from the Heart | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1982 | The Making of 'One from the Heart' | Self | Film | 8.5 | 32 |
| 1982 | Poetry in Motion | Self | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1981 | Wolfen | Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1980 | Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace | Self | Film | — | 30 |
| 1979 | Tom Waits for No One | Self | Film | 5.1 | 29 |
| 1979 | Tom Waits for No One | Film | 5.1 | 29 | |
| 1979 | Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight | Self | Film | 3.8 | 29 |
| 1978 | Paradise Alley | Mumbles | Film | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1978 | Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna | Self | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1976 | Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time | Self | Film | — | 26 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits | Self | TV | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1974 | Rockpalast | TV | 10.0 | 24 | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 11 |
| Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade | Self | Film | 6.5 | — |