John Waters

Personal Info

Birthday

April 22, 1946

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As

John S. Waters

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John Waters

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

The Blacklist

Frasier

Clarence

My Name Is Earl

Chucky

21 Jump Street

Filmography

2025
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
as Self
It's Dorothy!
as Self
2024
TURA!
as Self (archive footage)
Doc of Chucky
as Self
Scala!!!
as Self
2023
Lynch/Oz
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self
2022
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
as Self (Archive Footage)
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
as Self (Archival)
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
Living with Chucky
as Self
The Book of Harth
as Self
Tell Me Iggy
as Self
2021
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]
The Velvet Underground
as Self
2020
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
as Himself
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Host
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Host
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Host
2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
as Self
At the Video Store
as Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
as Self
2018
Mugworth
as Sir Butler
Sickies Making Films
as Self
2017
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
as Self
Mansfield 66/67
as Self
2016
Wall Writers
as Narrator (voice)
Weiner
as Self (archive footage)
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
as Self
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
as Self
2015
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as First Class Passenger
Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
as Self
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
as Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self
2014
Suburban Gothic
as Cornelius
I Am Divine
as Self
2013
Jingle Bell Rocks!
as Self
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
as Self
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
as Self
2012
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Self - Director
Excision
as William
Mansome
as Self
2011
The Advocate for Fagdom
as Self
Blank City
as Self
Mangus!
as Jesus Christ
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
Uncle Bob
as Self (archiveFootage)
Beautiful Darling
as Self
2009
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
as Self
2008
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
as Narrator
Obscene
as Self
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
as Self
Coven of the Heathenites
as Self
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
The Junior Defenders
as Narrator
Jessica the Hippo
as Narrator (Voice)
Hairspray
as Flasher
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
Each Time I Kill
as Movie Watcher
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2006
This Filthy World
as Self
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
as Self
Jackass Number Two
as Self
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
as Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
as Self
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
That Man: Peter Berlin
as Self
2005
It Came from... Baltimore!!
as Self
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
as Self
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
2004
Seed of Chucky
as Pete Peters
Thinking XXX
as Self
Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
as Himself
2003
Abby Singer
as John Waters (uncredited)
A History of Sex
as Self
2002
Sylvester: Mighty Real
as Self
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
as The Reverend
The Cockettes
as Self
2001
Memories of Oz
as Self
2000
Welcome to Hollywood
as John Waters
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
as Self
Cecil B. Demented
as Reporter
Divine Trash
as Self
1999
Sweet and Lowdown
as Mr. Haynes
In Bad Taste
as Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1998
Pecker
as Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
1997
Anthem
as Self
1994
Serial Mom
as Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited)
1993
Growing Up with John Waters
as Self
1989
Homer and Eddie
as Robber #1
1986
Something Wild
as Used Car Guy
1985
Divine Waters
as Self
1982
No Smoking in This Theater
as Self
1976
Edith's Shopping Bag
as Self
1975
Love Letter to Edie
as Self
1972
Pink Flamingos
as Mr. J (voice) (uncredited)
1969
Mondo Trasho
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)