John Waters
Directing
🎂 1946-04-22
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.
Cast credits(170)
Pornmonger Man
1999
John (voice)
1989
John Waters
2013
Self
1996
Self
2007
Roger (voice)
1993
Self
2003
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Self - Special Guest
2009
Self - Presenter
1956
Captain Tom (voice)
2014
Rolando (voice)
2020
Mr. Bean
1987
Wendell Wilkins
2021
R. Vincent Smith
1993
Walter Hamerick
2005
Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice)
2010
The Yeti Lobster (voice)
2010
Self
2012
Narrator (voice)
2018
Sheffield
2016
Self - Writer and Film Director
2025
Pete Peters
2004
William Castle
2017
1992
2010
First Class Passenger
2015
Flasher
2007
Narrator (Voice)
2007
Self
2004
Self
1999
Self - Guest
1998
Mr. J (voice) (uncredited)
1972
Self
2006
Self
2019
Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited)
1994
2006
William
2012
Self
Self
2022
Dr. Fredrickson
1988
Cornelius
2014
Self
2024
Self
2006
Reporter
2000
2007
Self
2010
Self
1988
Mr. Haynes
1999
Self
2005
2024
Self - Guest
2013
Self
2006
Self
2008
Self
1999
John Waters (uncredited)
2003
Self
2021
Self
1999
Self
2011
Self
2012
Self (archiveFootage)
2010
Self
2007
Self
2014
Self
2022
O-Dor
2018
Used Car Guy
1986
Self
2005
Self
1997
John Waters
2000
Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
2006
Self
2008
Self
2006
2022
Self
2002
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
1975
Self
2016
Narrator (voice)
2016
Self
2010
Self
2022
Self
2018
Self
2021
Self
2011
Robber #1
1989
Self
2022
Self
2025
2022
Self
2008
Self
2008
Self
2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Self
2000
Self
2024
Self
2000
Self
1985
Self
2006
Self
2006
Self
2015
Self
2014
2020
2010
Self
2017
Self
2023
Host
2020
Self
1976
Self
2003
Host
2020
Himself
2020
Narrator
2007
The Reverend
2002
Vincent
1994
Himself
2004
Self (Archival)
2022
2006
2006
Self
2016
Self
2007
Host
2020
Self
2007
1996
1991
Self
2006
Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
1998
Self
2005
Self
2019
1996
1995
Self
2006
Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
2023
2007
Self
2017
Self
2013
Self
2001
Self
Self
2016
Self
2025
Narrator
2008
Self
2006
Self
2019
Self
2013
1998
Self
2002
Self
2007
Self - Director
2012
Sir Butler
2018
Self
2019
Jesus Christ
2011
Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
1969
Self
2009
Self
2022
Self [archival]
2021
2006
Self
2013
Movie Watcher
2007
1988
2015
Self
2015
2006
1985
Self
2006
2018
Self
1993
Self
1982
Self
2011
Self
2009
2006
