Acting credits
162
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
John Waters
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 141Series: 40Crew credits: 29
TMDB ID: 10367
IMDb ID: nm0000691
Known for: Directing
Born: April 22, 1946
Age: 79
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2025
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q314926
Also known as
John S. Waters • جان واترز
Other jobs
Director (16)Thanks (7)Original Music Composer (2)Associate Producer (1)Editor (1)Original Film Writer (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film. Other films he has written and directed include Desperate Living (1977), Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000). His films contain elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism. As an actor, Waters has appeared in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), 'Til Death Do Us Part (2007), Mangus! (2011), Excision (2012), Suburban Gothic (2014), and has appeared in the Child's Play franchise with Seed of Chucky (2004) and third season of the television series Chucky (2024). He hosted and produced the television series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You (2006). Throughout his career, Waters has often collaborated with actor and drag queen Divine and his regular cast of the Dreamlanders. More recently, he performs in his touring one-man show This Filthy World. Waters also works as a visual artist and across different media, such as installations, photography, and sculpture. The audiobooks he narrated for his books Carsick and Mr. Know-It-All were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 2015 and 2020, respectively. In 2018, Waters was named an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Waters.
4.7
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
as Stage Manager
2025 Movie
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
as Self
2025 Movie
1.0
It's Dorothy!
as Self
2025 Movie
6.0
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
as Self
2025 Movie
7.8
Marisa y Gomoso
Thanks
2025 Movie
As Time Goes By
2024 Movie
6.0
TURA!
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.8
Doc of Chucky
as Self
2024 Movie
7.8
Scala!!!
as Self
2024 Movie
6.9
Lynch/Oz
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
2023 Movie
6.6
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self
2023 Movie
5.0
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
as Self (Archival)
2022 Movie
6.5
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
2022 Movie
6.5
Living with Chucky
as Self
2022 Movie
8.5
The Book of Harth
as Self
2022 Movie
8.0
Tell Me Iggy
as Self
2022 Movie
7.0
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]
2021 Movie
6.8
The Velvet Underground
as Self
2021 Movie
5.6
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
as Himself
2020 Movie
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Host
2020 Movie
6.4
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Host
2020 Movie
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Host
2020 Movie
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020 Movie
5.3
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
as Self
2019 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Waters.
5.0
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Writer and Film Director • 1 eps
2025 Series
6.1
Digman!
as Magnus (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
1 eps
2022 Series
6.7
The Andy Warhol Diaries
as Self • 6 eps
2022 Series
7.8
Chucky
as Wendell Wilkins • 1 eps
2021 Series
6.7
Pride
as Self • 6 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Helluva Boss
as Rolando (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.0
Liverspots and Astronots
as O-Dor • 21 eps
2018 Series
7.5
Explained
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.6
FEUD
as William Castle • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.8
Search Party
as Sheffield • 2 eps
2016 Series
6.8
The New Yorker Presents
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
8.0
Clarence
as Captain Tom (voice) • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.4
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as John Waters • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.2
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.5
Fish Hooks
as The Yeti Lobster (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.9
Offspring
52 eps
2010 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.1
Indie Sex
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.5
'Til Death Do Us Part
13 eps
2007 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2007 Series