Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Filmography

As Cast

Wildwood (2026)
as Maxim (voice)
Wild Horse Nine (2026)
Ray Gunn (2026)
as Eyera (voice)
Who Is Martin Mull? (2026)
as Self
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)
as Father
Human Nature in Eleven Parts (2025)
as Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)
The Last Ride (2025)
as Self
Star.Wav (2024)
as The Caller
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience (2024)
as Self
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious (2022)
as Self
This Is Sparklehorse (2022)
as Self
Licorice Pizza (2021)
as Rex Blau
Ultra City Smiths (2021)
as The Narrator (voice)
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
as Hermit Bob
Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
as News Stand Owner (uncredited)
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
as Waller
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
The Moon’s Milk (2018)
as Captain Millipede (voice)
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 (2017)
as Self
Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox (2017)
as Self
Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015)
as Self
The Laughing Heart (2013)
as Narrator
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
as Zachariah Rigby
A Brief History of John Baldessari (2012)
as Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Twixt (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
The Monster of Nix (2011)
as Virgil (Voice)
The Book of Eli (2010)
as Engineer
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
as Devil
Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin (2009)
as Self
Tom Waits: Under Review (2008)
as Self
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur (2008)
as Self
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)
as Kneller
Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert] (2006)
as Self
The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
as Self / Sè stesso
Domino (2005)
as Wanderer
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
as Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
as Self
Mystery Men (1999)
as Doc Heller
Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit (1999)
as Self
Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers (1999)
as Self
Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA. (1998)
as Self
Coffee and Cigarettes III (1997)
as Tom
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
The Daily Show (1996)
as Self
Short Cuts (1993)
as Earl Piggot
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
as Self - Musical Guest
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
as R.M. Renfield
Until the End of the World (1991)
as Singer in Bar
Queens Logic (1991)
as Monte
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
as Wolf
The Fisher King (1991)
as Disabled Vet (uncredited)
Fishing with John (1991)
as Self
John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone (1990)
as Zack (Archive footage)
The Two Jakes (1990)
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
as Self
The Black Rider (1990)
as Himself
Cold Feet (1989)
as Kenny
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989)
as Silva
Mystery Train (1989)
as Radio DJ (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
as Lloyd (voice)
Tom Waits: Big Time (1988)
as Self
Candy Mountain (1988)
as Al Silk
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
as Self - Organ/Guitar
Greasy Lake (1988)
as Narrator
Ironweed (1987)
as Rudy
Down by Law (1986)
as Zack
Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy (1986)
as Himself
Tom Waits - Live On The Tube (1985)
as Self
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Irving Stark
The Stone Boy (1984)
as Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
The Outsiders (1983)
as Buck Merrill
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Benny
One from the Heart (1982)
as Trumpet player (uncredited)
Poetry in Motion (1982)
as Self
The Making of 'One from the Heart' (1982)
as Self
Wolfen (1981)
as Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)
Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace (1980)
as Self
Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight (1979)
as Self
Tom Waits for No One (1979)
as Self
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna (1978)
as Self
Paradise Alley (1978)
as Mumbles
Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time (1976)
as Self
Austin City Limits (1975)
as Self
Saturday Night Live (1975)
as Self - Musical Guest
Rockpalast (1974)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
as Self
Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade
as Self

As Crew

Roofman (2025)
Thanks
The Fallen (2010)
Music
Miral (2010)
Songs
To Live and to Die in Samarkand (2007)
Sound
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door (2001)
Lyricist
Bunny (1998)
Music, Music Producer, Songs
Night on Earth (1991)
Original Music Composer, Songs
The Black Rider (1990)
Original Music Composer
La fine della notte (1989)
Songs
Őrült és angyal (1989)
Music
Tom Waits: Big Time (1988)
Writer, Original Music Composer, Lighting Design
Down by Law (1986)
Songs
La première journée de Nicolas (1984)
Music
Rita Ritter (1984)
Original Music Composer
Streetwise (1984)
Music
One from the Heart (1982)
Original Music Composer, Songs
Tom Waits for No One (1979)
Music