John Waters
22. aprill 1946 (80 aastat), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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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8.0 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.0 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
8.0 Simpsonid
1989
6.4 The Daily Show
1996
6.4 The Daily Show
1996
6.1 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
5.1 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
6.4 Late Show with David Letterman
1993
7.6 The Blacklist
2013
7.7 Frasier
1993
7.2 The Graham Norton Show
2007
6.1 Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Filmograafia
- 2023Lynch/Oz (Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice))
- 2023Little Richard: I Am Everything (Self)
- 2022Living with Chucky (Self)
- 2022The Book of Harth (Self)
- 2022Tell Me Iggy (Self)
- 2021Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida (Self [archival])
- 2021The Velvet Underground (Self)
- 2021My Life with the Waters (Self)
- 2015Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story (Self)
- 2014Suburban Gothic (Cornelius)
- 2014I Am Divine (Self)
- 2013Jingle Bell Rocks! (Self)
- 2013Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open (Self)
- 2012Excision (William)
- 2012Mansome (Self)
- 2011The Advocate for Fagdom (Self)
- 2011Mangus! (Jesus Christ)
- 2011These Amazing Shadows (Self)
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (Self)
- 2010Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
- 2010Beautiful Darling (Self)
- 2009It Came from Kuchar (Self)
- 2008The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (Narrator)
- 2008Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (Self)
- 2007Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (Self)
- 2006This Filthy World (Self)
- 2006This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame')
- 2006The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway (Self)
- 2006Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (Self)
- 2006Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
- 200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (Self)
- 2006Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 2006That Man: Peter Berlin (Self)
- 2004Seed of Chucky (Pete Peters)
- 2004Thinking XXX (Self)
- 2003A History of Sex (Self)
- 2002Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (The Reverend)
- 2000Divine Trash (Self)
- 1999Sweet and Lowdown (Mr. Haynes)
- 1999In Bad Taste (Self)
- 1999Yesterday's Tomorrows (Self)
- 1995God Save the Queens
- 1989Homer and Eddie (Robber #1)
- 1986Something Wild (Used Car Guy)
- 1975Love Letter to Edie (Self)
- 1972Roosad flamingod (Mr. J (narration) (uncredited))
- -Mary Woronov: Cult Queen (Self)
- -The Brandon Novak Story (Self)
- 2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (Self)
- 2026Return to Mortville (Self)
- 2026Gays Against Guns
- 2025Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh (Stage Manager)
- 2025Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus (Self)
- 2025It's Dorothy! (Self)
- 2024As Time Goes By
- 2024Doc of Chucky (Self)
- 2022Don't Fall in Love with Yourself (Self (Archival))
- 2020The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo (Himself)
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (Host)
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (Host)
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (Host)
- 2020Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
- 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (Self)
- 2019Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (Self)
- 2019Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’ (Self)
- 2018Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
- 2018Female Trouble: On-Set Footage
- 2016In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole (Self)
- 2015Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment (Self)
- 2014The Last Impresario (Self)
- 2012Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (Self - Director)
- 2010The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice! (Self)
- 2009For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (Self)
- 2007You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" (Self)
- 2007The Roots of 'Hairspray' (Self)
- 2006Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (Self)
- 2004Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low (Himself)
- 2002The Cockettes (Self)
- 2000Cecil B. Demented (Reporter)
- 1998Pecker (Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited))
- 1998Anarchy TV
- 1997Anthem (Self)
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1996Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
- 1996The Daily Show (Self - Guest)
- 1993The Big Wet (Narrator)
- 1993Frasier (Roger (voice))
- 1989Simpsonid (John (voice))
- 1988Hairspray (Dr. Fredrickson)
- 198721 Jump Street (Mr. Bean)
- 1985Divine Waters (Self)
- 1982Nuart Theatre No Smoking PSA (Self)
- 1969Mondo Trasho (Reporter (voice) (uncredited))
- -Baltigore (The Broker)
- -Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
- -New Line: Independent Legacies (Self)
- 2026Kevin (Armando (voice))
- 2025TURA! (Self)
- 2025L’estate di Joe, Liz e Richard (Self)
- 2025Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (Self - Writer and Film Director)
- 2024Scala!!! (Self)
- 2023Digman! (Magnus (voice))
- 2022Fragments of Paradise (Self)
- 2022Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
- 2022The Andy Warhol Diaries (Self)
- 2021Chucky (Wendell Wilkins)
- 2021Pride (Self)
- 2020Helluva Boss (Rolando (voice))
- 2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (Self - Host)
- 2019At the Video Store (Self)
- 2018Mugworth (Sir Butler)
- 2018Liverspots and Astronots (O-Dor)
- 2018Explained (Narrator (voice))
- 2018Sickies Making Films (Self)
- 2017Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution (Self)
- 2017FEUD (William Castle)
- 2017Mansfield 66/67 (Self)
- 2016Search Party (Sheffield)
- 2016Wall Writers (Narrator (voice))
- 2016Whatever Happened to Gelitin (Self)
- 2016The New Yorker Presents (Self)
- 2015Alvin ja koopaoravad: Oravad rattas (First Class Passenger)
- 2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Self - Guest)
- 2015Tab Hunter Confidential (Self)
- 2014Clarence (Captain Tom (voice))
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (Self - Guest)
- 2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Self)
- 2013The Blacklist (John Waters)
- 2013RuPaul Drives... (Self - Guest)
- 2013The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies (Self)
- 2012Finding Your Roots (Self)
- 2011Blank City (Self)
- 2010Fish Hooks (The Yeti Lobster (voice))
- 2010Fish Hooks (Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice))
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Self - Guest)
- 2009RuPaul's Drag Race (Self - Guest Judge)
- 2009RuPaul's Drag Race (Self - Special Guest)
- 2008Starz Inside: In the Gutter (Self)
- 2008New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation (Self)
- 2008Coven of the Heathenites (Self)
- 2007365 Day Project (Self)
- 2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (Self)
- 2007The Junior Defenders (Narrator)
- 2007Jessica the Hippo (Narrator (Voice))
- 2007Indie Sex (Self)
- 2007Hairspray (Flasher)
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (Self)
- 2007Each Time I Kill (Movie Watcher)
- 2007'Til Death Do Us Part
- 2007The Graham Norton Show (Self - Guest)
- 2006Jackass Number Two (Self)
- 2006I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (Self)
- 2006The Henry Rollins Show
- 2006Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
- 2006Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
- 2006(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style (Self)
- 2006Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (Self)
- 2006Meet The Kuchar Brothers
- 2006I, of the Cyclops
- 2005The Colbert Report (Self - Guest)
- 2005My Name Is Earl (Walter Hamerick)
- 2005It Came from... Baltimore!! (Self)
- 2005All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame' (Self)
- 2005Inside Deep Throat (Self)
- 2003Abby Singer (John Waters (uncredited))
- 2003Real Time with Bill Maher (Self - Guest)
- 2002Sylvester: Mighty Real (Self)
- 2001Memories of Oz (Self)
- 2000Welcome to Hollywood (John Waters)
- 2000Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (Self)
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Pornmonger Man)
- 1999Forever Hollywood (Self)
- 1998The Roseanne Show (Self - Guest)
- 1998So Graham Norton (Self - Guest)
- 1997The View (Self)
- 1996The Daily Show (Self)
- 1994Family Album (Vincent)
- 1994Serial Mom (Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited))
- 1993Eurotrash
- 1993Late Show with David Letterman (Self - Guest)
- 1993Homicide: Life on the Street (R. Vincent Smith)
- 1993Growing Up with John Waters (Self)
- 1992HBO First Look
- 1991Gastronomic Getaway
- 1990The Word
- 1988The Incredibly Strange Film Show (Self)
- 1988Way USA!
- 1985The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
- 1982Late Night with David Letterman (Self - Guest)
- 1976Edith's Shopping Bag (Self)
- 1975Saturday Night Live (Self - Cameo (uncredited))
- 1956Tony Awards (Self - Presenter)