Tom Waits

Career timeline

1. 1949 · Born

   Born in Pomona, California, USA

2. 1974 · Screen debut

   Rockpalast (TV)

3. 1988 · Writing debut

   Tom Waits: Big Time (Movie)

4. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

5. 2026 · Latest release

   Wild Horse Nine (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1970s

16 1980s

13 1990s

4 2000s

12 2010s

7 2020s

• Drama28
• Comedy19
• Crime11
• Fantasy8
• Thriller7
• Romance7

Highest-rated title Wildwood 2026 8.5 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Tom Waits in our catalogue.

Cate Blanchett

2 titles together

1. 2026 Ray Gunn Upcoming as Eye-Ra (voice) Movie
2. 2026 Wild Horse Nine as Jim 8.0 Movie
3. 2026 Wildwood as Maxim (voice) 8.5 Movie
4. 2025 Father Mother Sister Brother as Father 6.4 Movie
5. 2025 Human Nature in Eleven Parts as Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage) Movie
6. 2024 Star.Wav as The Caller Movie
7. 2021 Licorice Pizza as Rex Blau 6.9 Movie
8. 2021 Ultra City Smiths as The Narrator (voice) 6.6 TV
9. 2019 Motherless Brooklyn as News Stand Owner (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
10. 2019 The Dead Don't Die as Hermit Bob 5.4 Movie
11. 2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon") 7.1 Movie
12. 2018 The Old Man & the Gun as Waller 6.4 Movie
13. 2018 The Moon’s Milk as Captain Millipede (voice) Movie
14. 2013 The Laughing Heart as Narrator Movie
15. 2012 Seven Psychopaths as Zachariah Rigby 6.8 Movie
16. 2012 A Brief History of John Baldessari as Narrator Movie
17. 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) 7.5 Movie
18. 2011 Twixt as Narrator (voice) 5.1 Movie
19. 2011 The Monster of Nix as Virgil (Voice) Movie
20. 2010 The Book of Eli as Engineer 6.8 Movie
21. 2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Devil 6.4 Movie
22. 2007 Wristcutters: A Love Story as Kneller 7.0 Movie
23. 2005 Domino as Wanderer 5.9 Movie
24. 2004 Coffee and Cigarettes as Tom (segment "Somewhere in California") 6.9 Movie
25. 1999 Mystery Men as Doc Heller 5.9 Movie
26. 1997 Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight as Narrator (voice) Movie
27. 1997 Coffee and Cigarettes III as Tom 7.2 Movie
28. 1993 Short Cuts as Earl Piggot 7.2 Movie
29. 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula as R.M. Renfield 7.4 Movie
30. 1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Wolf 6.6 Movie
31. 1991 The Fisher King as Disabled Vet (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
32. 1991 Until the End of the World as Singer in Bar 6.7 Movie
33. 1991 Queens Logic as Monte 5.8 Movie
34. 1990 The Two Jakes as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) 6.0 Movie
35. 1990 John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone as Zack (Archive footage) Movie
36. 1989 The Simpsons as Lloyd (voice) 8.0 TV
37. 1989 Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Silva Movie
38. 1989 Mystery Train as Radio DJ (voice) 7.3 Movie
39. 1989 Cold Feet as Kenny Movie
40. 1988 Candy Mountain as Al Silk Movie
41. 1988 Greasy Lake as Narrator Movie
42. 1987 Ironweed as Rudy 6.4 Movie
43. 1986 Down by Law as Zack 7.4 Movie
44. 1984 The Cotton Club as Irving Stark 6.5 Movie
45. 1984 The Stone Boy as Petrified man at carnival (uncredited) Movie
46. 1983 Rumble Fish as Benny 7.0 Movie
47. 1983 The Outsiders as Buck Merrill 7.2 Movie
48. 1982 One from the Heart as Trumpet player (uncredited) 6.0 Movie
49. 1981 Wolfen as Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited) 5.9 Movie
50. 1978 Paradise Alley as Mumbles 6.0 Movie
51. 1974 Rockpalast TV

1. 1991 Night on Earth 7.5 Movie
2. 1990 The Black Rider Movie
3. 1988 Tom Waits: Big Time 7.5 Movie
4. 1984 Rita Ritter Movie
5. 1982 One from the Heart 6.0 Movie

1. 1988 Tom Waits: Big Time 7.5 Movie

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