Tom Waits Profile
- Name
- Tom Waits
- Full/Alt. name
- Thomas Alan Waits
- Date of Birth
- Wednesday December 7 1949
- Born
- Pomona, California (USA)
- Partial Biography
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Raspy-voiced singer-songwriter whose down-at-the-heels musical persona and colorful, jazz-tinged narratives have led to a second, successful career as a film composer and actor. Waits cut his first critically…Full Tom Waits Biography…
Partial Filmography
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) 12A (Contains infrequent strong language, scenes of threat, hanging and smoking)Played "Mr. Nick"
- Diving Bell And The Butterfly, The (2008) 12A (Contains sexualised nudity and one use of moderate language)Song (All The World Is Green), Song Performer (All The World Is Green), Song ("Green Grass"), Song Performer ("Green Grass")
- Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) (for language and disturbing content involving suicide)Played "Kneller"
- The Tiger and the Snow (La Tigre e la neve) (2006) Played "Himself"
- Absolute Wilson (2006) Actor/Actress
- Domino (2005) 15 (Contains strong violence, language and sex references)Played "Wanderer", Song (Jesus Gonna Be Here), Song (Cold Cold Ground), Song Performer (Cold Cold Ground)
- Daltry Calhoun (2005) (for sexual content, drug material and language)Song ("Looks Like I'm")
- Around The Bend (2005) 15 (Contains strong language and brief horror)Song ("Old Shoes")
- Robots (2005) U (Contains mild language and innuendo)Song ("Underground")
- Robots: The IMAX Experience (2005) U (for some brief language and suggestive humor)Song ("Underground")
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Awards
- Grammy (2000) Best Contemporary Folk Album - "Mule Variations"
- Grammy (1992) Best Alternative Album - "Bone Machine"