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Tom Waits
Homepage
http://www.tomwaits.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1949-12-07,Pomona, California, USA
Gender
Male
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 before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records. His first albums were the jazz-oriented Closing Time (1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), which reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality. He repeatedly toured the United States, Europe, and Japan, and attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with Small Change (1976), Blue Valentine (1978), and Heartattack and Vine (1980). He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film One from the Heart (1981), and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films. In 1980, Waits married Kathleen Brennan, split from his manager and record label, and moved to New York City. With Brennan's encouragement and frequent collaboration, he pursued a more experimental and eclectic musical aesthetic influenced by the work of Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart. This was reflected in a series of albums released by Island Records, including Swordfishtrombones (1983), Rain Dogs (1985), and Franks Wild Years (1987). He continued appearing in films, notably starring in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law (1986), and also made theatrical appearances. With theatre director Robert Wilson, he produced the musicals The Black Rider (1990) and Alice (1992), first performed in Hamburg. Having returned to California in the 1990s, his albums Bone Machine (1992), The Black Rider (1993), and Mule Variations (1999) earned him increasing critical acclaim and multiple Grammy Awards. In the late 1990s, he switched to the record label ANTI-, which released Blood Money (2002), Alice (2002), Real Gone (2004), and Bad as Me (2011). Despite a lack of mainstream commercial success, Waits has influenced many musicians and gained an international cult following, and several biographies have been written about him. In 2015, he was ranked at No. 55 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.

Filmography

7.185

The Outsiders
1983-03-25

6.982

Rumble Fish
1983-10-09

Coffee and Cigarettes

6.926

Coffee and Cigarettes
2004-03-12

6.954

Licorice Pizza
2021-11-26

7.3

Down by Law
1986-09-20

7.2

Short Cuts
1993-10-01

Until the End of the World

6.7

Until the End of the World
1991-09-12

The Tiger and the Snow

6.737

The Tiger and the Snow
2005-10-14

The Book of Eli

6.803

The Book of Eli
2010-01-14

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

6.384

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009-10-01

Wristcutters: A Love Story

6.976

Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007-10-19

5.8

Mystery Men
1999-08-06

Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30

0

Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
2017-02-24

6.3

Ironweed
1987-12-18

Tom Waits: Big Time

7.35

Tom Waits: Big Time
1988-12-30

Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace

0

Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace
1980-12-19

6.077

Candy Mountain
1988-01-20

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

7.6

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988-01-03

5.829

Queens Logic
1991-02-01

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

6.518

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991-12-06

5.106

Twixt
2011-09-10

Seven Psychopaths

6.8

Seven Psychopaths
2012-10-12

4.111

Cold Feet
1989-05-19

A Brief History of John Baldessari

5.3

A Brief History of John Baldessari
2012-03-10

Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit

3.8

Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit
1999-10-30

Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]

3.8

Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]
2006-01-01

Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin

3.8

Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin
2009-02-06

Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade

6.5

Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade

Tom Waits: Under Review

4

Tom Waits: Under Review
2008-05-13

Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight

3.8

Tom Waits: No Visitors After Midnight
1979-07-27

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

6.8

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
2008-05-11

Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna

8

Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
1978-01-01

5.864

Paradise Alley
1978-09-22

5.919

Domino
2005-10-14

0

Wildwood
2026-10-22

John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone

0

John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone
1990-01-01

9

Star.Wav

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

8.333

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989-11-05

The Laughing Heart

4

The Laughing Heart
2013-01-01

Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience

0

Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience
2024-01-16

The Cotton Club

6.515

The Cotton Club
1984-12-14

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

0

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022-01-16

5.982

The Two Jakes
1990-08-10

Keith Richards: Under the Influence

6.7

Keith Richards: Under the Influence
2015-09-18

The Fisher King

7.32

The Fisher King
1991-09-20

Father Mother Sister Brother

6.4

Father Mother Sister Brother
2025-12-01

Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers

0

Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers
1999-04-01

This Is Sparklehorse

0

This Is Sparklehorse
2022-10-12

One from the Heart

6

One from the Heart
1982-02-11

7.344

Mystery Train
1989-09-06

Tom Waits for No One

5.143

Tom Waits for No One
1979-01-01

The Old Man & the Gun

6.449

The Old Man & the Gun
2018-09-27

Coffee and Cigarettes III

7.187

Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997-04-11

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

6.7

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
2017-02-19

Bukowski: Born Into This

6.764

Bukowski: Born Into This
2003-01-18

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

7.133

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018-11-09

6.95

The Stone Boy
1984-04-04

Poetry in Motion

8

Poetry in Motion
1982-09-17

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

8

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993-03-26

The Dead Don't Die

5.427

The Dead Don't Die
2019-05-15

The Moon’s Milk

0

The Moon’s Milk
2018-07-23

The Absence of Eden

5.5

The Absence of Eden
2024-04-12

Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77

0

Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77
1977-04-18

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

0

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990-12-01

5.933

Wolfen
1981-07-24

Motherless Brooklyn

6.695

Motherless Brooklyn
2019-10-31

The Making of 'One from the Heart'

8.5

The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982-08-14

Bram Stoker's Dracula

7.5

Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992-11-13

The Monster of Nix

7

The Monster of Nix
2011-06-01

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

7.286

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997-09-07

Human Nature in Eleven Parts

0

Human Nature in Eleven Parts
2025-02-11

Wild Horse Nine

0

Wild Horse Nine
2026-11-04

Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time

0

Tom Waits: Elephant Beer Blues - Songs After Closing Time
1976-06-01

Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy

0

Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo Italy
1986-11-22

Tom Waits - Live On The Tube

0

Tom Waits - Live On The Tube
1985-10-16

4.2

Greasy Lake
1988-01-13

0

The Last Ride
2025-02-25

Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

0

Tom Waits - Dead Man Walking, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1998-03-29

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

7.6

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04

0

Ray Gunn

The Black Rider

0

The Black Rider
1990-06-01

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.272

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

Ultra City Smiths

6.55

Ultra City Smiths
2021-07-22

Austin City Limits

6.342

Austin City Limits
1975-01-01

Saturday Night Live

6.9

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

Fishing with John

7.7

Fishing with John
1991-11-20

8.019

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

10

Rockpalast
1974-10-04