Tom Waits / filmography
Tom Waits Filmography names the films in which the musician and film actor Tom Waits has worked. Waits, who worked primarily as a musician and composer on numerous soundtracks or who created them in full, also starred in around 30 films.
He made his film debut with a small role in the film Atrium to Paradise by Sylvester Stallone . In 1982 he worked for the first time on the film One with a Heart with Francis Ford Coppola and wrote the soundtrack, he was also seen as a trumpeter. Waits was nominated for Best Score at the 1983 Academy Awards. Since that film he has appeared in several films by Coppola, most recently in 2011 in the film Twixt . In addition, he worked several times as an actor with Jim Jarmusch . In most films, Tom Waits appears as a supporting actor, often as a musician or directly as himself; an exception is the film Down by Law produced by Jim Jarmusch , in which he is one of the main actors.
Explanation
- Year: Calls the year in which the film first appeared.
- German title: gives the German title of the film. Some films never appeared in Germany.
- Original title: gives the original title of the film.
- Director: Name the director of the film.
- Genre: Mention the genre of the film (e.g. adventure film , science fiction , horror film , comedy or drama ).
- Min .: States the original length of the film in the theatrical version in minutes. Some films were later cut, sometimes only for German film distributors. Movies have 24 frames per second. On television or on DVD, films are shown in the phase alternating line system (PAL) with 25 full frames per second, see PAL acceleration . As a result, the running time of the films in the cinema is four percent longer than on television, which means a running time of 96 minutes on television with a cinema running time of 100 minutes.
- Credit : States whether Tom Waits is mentioned in the opening and / or closing credits in the film (yes), or not (no).
- Role: Outlines the role of Tom Waits. Further information on the film can be found under Note .
Movies
The list of films includes all of the feature films in which Tom Waits has played a role, as well as a selection of television series with his participation. Also includes a selection of films in which he has spoken (mostly cartoons).
contents | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s |
year | German title | Original title | Director | genre | Min. | Credit | role |
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1970s | |||||||
1978 | Forecourt to paradise | Paradise Alley | Sylvester Stallone | Sports film | 107 | Yes | Mumbles |
1979 | - | Tom Waits for No One | - | Animation film | not known | Yes | |
1980s | |||||||
1981 | Wolfen | Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh | Horror movie | 115 | No | drunk bar owner |
1982 | One with a heart | One from the heart | Francis Ford Coppola | Love movie | 115 | No as an actor; Yes as a composer of the film music | Trumpet player; Tom Waits also wrote the film music for which he was nominated for an Oscar. |
1983 | The outsiders | The Outsiders | Francis Ford Coppola | drama | 87 | Yes | Buck Merrill |
1983 | Rumble Fish | Rumble Fish | Francis Ford Coppola | drama | 91 | Yes | Benny |
1984 | - | The Stone Boy | |||||
1983 | Cotton Club | The Cotton Club | Francis Ford Coppola | Gangster movie | 123 | Yes | Irving Stark, Emcee of the Cotton Club |
1986 | Down by law | Down by law | Jim Jarmusch | Tragic comedy, independent film | 107 | Yes | Zack |
1987 | Milkweed | Ironweed | Hector Babenco | Film drama | 137 | Yes | |
1987 | Candy Mountain | Robert Frank , Rudy Wurlitzer | Film drama | 137 | Yes | Musician Al Silk | |
1989 | Played out - Bearskin | Bearskin: To Urban Fairytale | Ann Guedes , Eduardo Guedes | Film drama, tragic comedy | 94 | Yes | |
1989 | Cold feet | Robert Dornhelm | Film drama, tragic comedy | 94 | Yes | ||
1989 | Mystery Train | Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | Independent film | 113 | Yes | DJ voice on the radio announces Elvis Presley's “Blue Moon” in every episode . |
1990s | |||||||
1990 | The trail leads back - The Two Jakes | The Two Jakes | Jack Nicholson | Detective film, comedy | 137 | Yes | |
1991 | An arrow in the sky | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Hector Babenco | adventure | 189 | Yes | |
1991 | King of the fishermen | The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam | Film drama | 137 | Yes | homeless war veteran |
1991 | Born in Queens | Queens Logic | Steve Rash | comedy | 112 | Yes | |
1991 | Til the end of the world | Until the End of the World | Wim Wenders | Film drama | 279 (theatrical version: 179) | No | Tom Waits plays himself as a singer in a bar. |
1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Dracula | Francis Ford Coppola | Film drama | 128 | Yes | RM Renfield, a realtor hired to buy a house in London for Count Dracula and who was sent to the insane asylum on his return home. Renfield feeds on insects and senses the presence of his master, the vampire Count Dracula, in London. |
1993 | Short cuts | Short cuts | Robert Altman | Independent film | 187 | Yes | |
1995 | Coffee and Cigarettes III (Somewhere in California) | Coffee and Cigarettes III (Somewhere in California) | Jim Jarmusch | Conversation, short film | 12 | Yes | Tom Waits plays himself in conversation with Iggy Pop . |
1999 | Mystery Men | Mystery Men | Kinka Usher | comedy | 116 | Yes | Dr. A. Heller, weapons designer; he offers to help the Mystery Men and supplies them with non-lethal weapons. |
2000s | |||||||
2005 | domino | Domino - Live Fast, Die Young | Tony Scott | Action movie | 122 | Yes | The hiker |
2005 | The tiger and the snow | La tigre e la neve | Roberto Benigni | Action movie | 114 | Yes | Tom Waits plays himself as the piano player at a dream wedding. |
2006 | Wristcutters: A Love Story | Goran Dukic | Fantasy, comedy | 122 | Yes | ||
2009 | Doctor Parnassus's cabinet | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Terry Gilliam | Fantasy | 122 | Yes | Mr. Nick (The Devil), who with Dr. Parnassus made a bet for his daughter and gave him immortality. |
2000s | |||||||
2010 | The Book of Eli | The Book of Eli | Albert Hughes , Allen Hughes | Fantasy, comedy | 118 | Yes | Mechanic commissioned by Carnegie to open the lock on Eli's book. |
2011 | Twixt | Twixt | Francis Ford Coppola | Thriller, horror film | 89 | Yes | teller |
2012 | 7 psychos | Seven psychopaths | Martin McDonagh | comedy | 110 | Yes | Zachariah Rigby, a retired serial killer with a rabbit |
2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Ethan and Joel Coen | Western, episode film | 132 | Yes | A prospector in the 4th episode All Gold Canyon |
2018 | A crook & gentleman | The Old Man & The Gun | David Lowery | Detective comedy | 94 | Yes | Waller, member of the bank robbers around the gentleman Forrest Tucker, played by Robert Redford |
Web links
- Tom Waits in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tom Waits at All Movie Guide