Acting
Tom Waits
- Titles
- 93movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 1988 and 2018 with 3 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 12top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Big Time76/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor4.1average 2.0
- Satire & Parody3.9average 2.3
- Dark Humor4.4average 2.9
- Wit & Wordplay5.1average 3.7
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
- Crime4.6average 3.7
- Nostalgia4.5average 3.6
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Family Dynamics3.7, average 4.7
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
- Coming of Age2.2, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 4
- Ensemble Cast 3
- Dialogue-Driven 3
- Moral Dilemmas 3
- Deadpan Humor 2
- Offbeat 2
- Absurdist Humor 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
- Conversational 2
- Surreal Fantasy 2
- Dreamlike Narrative 2
- Magical Realism 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jim JarmuschDirectorThe Dead Don't Die, Father Mother Sister Brother, Coffee and Cigarettes, Night on Earth, Down by Law, +1 more
Frederick ElmesCinematographerThe Dead Don't Die, Father Mother Sister Brother, Coffee and Cigarettes, Night on Earth, Coffee and Cigarettes III
Roberto BenigniActorCoffee and Cigarettes, Night on Earth, Down by Law
Colin FarrellActorSeven Psychopaths, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Iggy PopActorCoffee and Cigarettes, Coffee and Cigarettes III
Armin Mueller-StahlActorNight on Earth, Rita Ritter
Steve BuscemiActorThe Dead Don't Die, Coffee and Cigarettes
Robert RedfordActorThe Last Castle, The Old Man & the Gun
John LurieActorDown by Law, John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
Danny GloverActorThe Dead Don't Die, The Old Man & the Gun
Terry GilliamActorThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Monster of Nix
Adam DriverActorThe Dead Don't Die, Father Mother Sister Brother
Movies and TV shows
68
2020s
6 titles · average score 62
as Narrator "Laughing Heart" (archive footage)
48
as Hunley
as Narrator (Voice)
65
TV show · as The Narrator (voice)
70
as Rex Blau
2010s
14 titles · average score 64
54
as Hermit Bob
67
as News Stand Owner (uncredited)
65
as Waller
71
as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
as Singer in Bar (uncredited)
as Narrator
69
as Zachariah Rigby
as Narrator
69
as Virgil (Voice)
49
as Narrator (voice)
67
as Engineer
Music
2000s
7 titles · average score 67
70
as Kneller
59
as Wanderer
69
as Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")
70
Original Music Composer
Lyricist
1990s
14 titles · average score 68
59
as Doc Heller
66
Music, Music Producer
as Narrator (voice)
74
as Earl Piggot
74
as R.M. Renfield
76
Original Music Composer, Songs
74
as Disabled Vet (uncredited)
67
as Singer in Bar
Original Music Composer
60
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
1980s
21 titles · average score 68
44
as Kenny
82
TV show · as Lloyd (voice)
76
Original Music Composer, Writer
as Narrator
61
as Al Silk
74
as Zack
Original Music Composer
78
Music
65
as Irving Stark
71
as Buck Merrill
70
as Benny
62
as Trumpet player (uncredited)
1970s
4 titles · average score 57
57
as Mumbles
TV show