Tom Waits
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-12-07 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Pomona, California, USA
Also known As
Thomas Alan Waits
汤姆·威兹
Tom Waits
Biography
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Whittier, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a young boy. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter befor...
Acting
1983
as Buck Merrill
1983
as Benny
2004
as Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
2021
as Rex Blau
1986
as Zack
1993
as Earl Piggot
1991
as Singer in Bar
2005
as Self / Sè stesso
2010
as Engineer
2009
2007
as Kneller
1999
as Doc Heller
2017
1987
as Rudy
1988
as Self
1980
1988
as Al Silk
1988
as Self - Organ/Guitar
1991
as Monte
1991
2011
as Narrator (voice)
2012
as Zachariah Rigby
1989
as Kenny
2012
as Narrator
1999
2009
2006
2008
as Self
2006
2008
1978
as Self
1978
as Mumbles
2005
as Wanderer
-
as (voice)
1990
as Zack (Archive footage)
-
as The Caller
1989
as Silva
2013
as Narrator
1984
as Irving Stark
2022
1990
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
2015
1991
as Disabled Vet (uncredited)
2025
as Father
1999
as Self
2022
as Self
1982
as Trumpet player (uncredited)
1989
as Radio DJ (voice)
1979
as Self
2018
as Waller
1997
2017
2003
as Self
2018
as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
1984
as Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)
1982
as Self
2019
as Hermit Bob
2018
as Captain Millipede (voice)
2024
as Hunley
1990
1977
as Self
1981
as Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)
2019
as News Stand Owner (uncredited)
1982
1992
as R.M. Renfield
2011
as Virgil (Voice)
1997
as Narrator (voice)
2025
as Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)
1986
1985
as Self
1988
as Narrator
1987
Production
1991
as Original Music Composer
2001
as Original Music Composer
1989
as Songs
2010
as Music
2001
as Lyricist
2007
as Sound
1984
as Music
1977
as Music
1998
as Music
1998
as Music Producer
1986
as Songs
1982
as Original Music Composer
1979
as Music
1991
as Songs
1984
as Original Music Composer
1984
as Music
1988
as Writer
1989
as Music
2018
as Original Music Composer
1988
as Original Music Composer
1988
as Lighting Design
1990
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Songs
1987
as Music
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