John Waters
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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Acted in
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
Lynch/Oz
2023
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
Fragments of Paradise
2022
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Living with Chucky
2022
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The Book of Harth
2022
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Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Tell Me Iggy
2022
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The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022
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Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
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The Velvet Underground
2021
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Chucky
2021
as Wendell Wilkins
Pride
2021
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The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
2020
as Himself
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
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Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
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At the Video Store
2019
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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019
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Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
2019
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Mugworth
2018
as Sir Butler
Liverspots and Astronots
2018
as O-Dor
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Sickies Making Films
2018
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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017
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FEUD
2017
as William Castle
Mansfield 66/67
2017
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Search Party
2016
as Sheffield
Wall Writers
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Weiner
2016
as Self (archive footage)
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
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Whatever Happened to Gelitin
2016
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The New Yorker Presents
2016
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
as First Class Passenger
Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
2015
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The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
2015
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Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
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Suburban Gothic
2014
as Cornelius
Clarence
2014
as Captain Tom (voice)
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
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Jingle Bell Rocks!
2013
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The Blacklist
2013
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Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013
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The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
2013
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I Am Divine
2013
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Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
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Excision
2012
as William
Mansome
2012
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Finding Your Roots
2012
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The Advocate for Fagdom
2011
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Blank City
2011
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Mangus!
2011
These Amazing Shadows
2011
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
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Fish Hooks
2010
as The Yeti Lobster (voice)
Fish Hooks
2010
as Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice)
Offspring
2010
Uncle Bob
2010
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Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
Beautiful Darling
2010
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It Came from Kuchar
2009
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009
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RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
2008
as Narrator
Obscene
2008
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Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
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New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
2008
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Coven of the Heathenites
2008
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365 Day Project
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
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The Junior Defenders
2007
as Narrator
There's a Hippo in my House
2007
as Narrator (Voice)
Indie Sex
2007
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Hairspray
2007
as Flasher
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
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Each Time I Kill
2007
as Movie Watcher
'Til Death Do Us Part
2007
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
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This Filthy World
2006
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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006
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Jackass Number Two
2006
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The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
2006
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I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
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Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
2006
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
That Man: Peter Berlin
2006
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Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
I, of the Cyclops
2006
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Walter Hamerick
It Came from... Baltimore!!
2005
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All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
2005
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Inside Deep Throat
2005
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Seed of Chucky
2004
as Pete Peters
Thinking XXX
2004
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Abby Singer
2003
as John Waters (uncredited)
A History of Sex
2003
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Sylvester: Mighty Real
2002
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Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
2002
as The Reverend
The Cockettes
2002
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Memories of Oz
2001
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Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
2000
Cecil B. Demented
2000
as Reporter
Divine Trash
2000
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Sweet and Lowdown
1999
as Mr. Haynes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Pornmonger Man
In Bad Taste
1999
as Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
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Forever Hollywood
1999
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Welcome to Hollywood
1998
as John Waters
Pecker
1998
as Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Anarchy TV
1998
Anthem
1997
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
God Save the Queens
1995
Serial Mom
1994
as Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited)
Frasier
1993
as Roger (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as R. Vincent Smith
Growing Up with John Waters
1993
as Self
HBO First Look
1992
Gastronomic Getaway
1991
The Simpsons
1989
as John (voice)
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Robber #1
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
as Self
Hairspray
1988
as Dr. Fredrickson
Way USA!
1988
21 Jump Street
1987
as Mr. Bean
Something Wild
1986
as Used Car Guy
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1985
Divine Waters
1985
as Self
No Smoking in This Theater
1982
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Edith's Shopping Bag
1976
as Self
Love Letter to Edie
1975
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Pink Flamingos
1972
as Mr. J (voice) (uncredited)
Mondo Trasho
1969
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TURA!
as Self (archive footage)
The Brandon Novak Story
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My Life with the Waters
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