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John Waters‌

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John Waters

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

John Waters

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1946-04-22

Popularity

star12.6

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Waters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On‌
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calendar 2006

Seed of Chucky

Seed of Chucky‌
star5.5
calendar 2004

Something Wild

Something Wild‌
star6.5
calendar 1986

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground‌
star6.8
calendar 2021

Thinking XXX

Thinking XXX‌
star5.5
calendar 2004

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida‌
star7.0
calendar 2021

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea‌
star7.1
calendar 2006

Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown‌
star6.8
calendar 1999

Weiner

Weiner‌
star7.3
calendar 2016

The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels

The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels‌
star6.0
calendar 2008

Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat

Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat‌
star4.9
calendar 2002

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: I Am Everything‌
star6.8
calendar 2023

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream‌
star6.3
calendar 2006

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed‌
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calendar 2022

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

This Film Is Not Yet Rated‌
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calendar 2006

Jingle Bell Rocks!

Jingle Bell Rocks!‌
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calendar 2013

It Came from Kuchar

It Came from Kuchar‌
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calendar 2009

Homer and Eddie

Homer and Eddie‌
star5.6
calendar 1989

This Filthy World

This Filthy World‌
star7.8
calendar 2006

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within‌
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calendar 2010

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story‌
star6.8
calendar 2015

Pink Flamingos

Pink Flamingos‌
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calendar 1972

The Book of Harth

The Book of Harth‌
star8.5
calendar 2022

Divine Trash

Divine Trash‌
star7.3
calendar 2000

Mangus!

Mangus!‌
star1.0
calendar 2011

Excision

Excision‌
star6.2
calendar 2012

My Life with the Waters

My Life with the Waters‌
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calendar

Obscene

Obscene‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Yesterday's Tomorrows‌
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calendar 1999

Mansome

Mansome‌
star4.9
calendar 2012

The Advocate for Fagdom

The Advocate for Fagdom‌
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calendar 2011

Love Letter to Edie

Love Letter to Edie‌
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calendar 1975

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open‌
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calendar 2013

In Bad Taste

In Bad Taste‌
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calendar 1999

Lynch/Oz

Lynch/Oz‌
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calendar 2023

A History of Sex

A History of Sex‌
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calendar 2003

That Man: Peter Berlin

That Man: Peter Berlin‌
star6.7
calendar 2006

I Am Divine

I Am Divine‌
star7.4
calendar 2013

Uncle Bob

Uncle Bob‌
star5.0
calendar 2010

Tell Me Iggy

Tell Me Iggy‌
star8.0
calendar 2022

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

Here’s Looking at You, Boy‌
star5.8
calendar 2007

Beautiful Darling

Beautiful Darling‌
star5.8
calendar 2010

God Save the Queens

God Save the Queens‌
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calendar 1995

No Smoking in This Theater

No Smoking in This Theater‌
star7.8
calendar 1982

Living with Chucky

Living with Chucky‌
star6.7
calendar 2022

The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway

The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore‌
star6.2
calendar 2010

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage‌
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calendar 2006

Suburban Gothic

Suburban Gothic‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen‌
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The Brandon Novak Story

The Brandon Novak Story‌
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These Amazing Shadows

These Amazing Shadows‌
star7.4
calendar 2011

Fragments of Paradise

Fragments of Paradise‌
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calendar 2022

The Junior Defenders

The Junior Defenders‌
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calendar 2007

Scala!!!

Scala!!!‌
star7.8
calendar 2024

The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies

The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies‌
star6.4
calendar 2013

At the Video Store

At the Video Store‌
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calendar 2019

All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'

All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'‌
star7.4
calendar 2005

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin‌
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calendar 2015

New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation

New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation‌
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calendar 2008

Sylvester: Mighty Real

Sylvester: Mighty Real‌
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calendar 2002

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema‌
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calendar 2006

Tab Hunter Confidential

Tab Hunter Confidential‌
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calendar 2015

L’estate di Joe, Liz e Richard

L’estate di Joe, Liz e Richard‌
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Each Time I Kill

Each Time I Kill‌
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calendar 2007

Wall Writers

Wall Writers‌
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calendar 2016

365 Day Project

365 Day Project‌
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calendar 2007

Blank City

Blank City‌
star7.0
calendar 2011

Hairspray

Hairspray‌
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calendar 2007

Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes

Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes‌
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calendar 2006

Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades

Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades‌
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calendar 2006

(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style

(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style‌
star7.5
calendar 2006

TURA!

TURA!‌
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calendar 2024

Mansfield 66/67

Mansfield 66/67‌
star4.6
calendar 2017

Jackass Number Two

Jackass Number Two‌
star6.6
calendar 2006

Whatever Happened to Gelitin

Whatever Happened to Gelitin‌
star2.0
calendar 2016

Welcome to Hollywood

Welcome to Hollywood‌
star3.8
calendar 1998

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis‌
star6.6
calendar 2007

Edith's Shopping Bag

Edith's Shopping Bag‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

Abby Singer

Abby Singer‌
star4.5
calendar 2003

Way USA!

Way USA!‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Growing Up with John Waters

Growing Up with John Waters‌
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calendar 1993

Meet The Kuchar Brothers

Meet The Kuchar Brothers‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Gastronomic Getaway

Gastronomic Getaway‌
star8.0
calendar 1991

I, of the Cyclops

I, of the Cyclops‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip‌
star6.0
calendar 2015

Memories of Oz

Memories of Oz‌
star6.8
calendar 2001

Sickies Making Films

Sickies Making Films‌
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calendar 2018

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story‌
star6.4
calendar 2000

Inside Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat‌
star6.4
calendar 2005

It Came from... Baltimore!!

It Came from... Baltimore!!‌
star7.2
calendar 2005

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story‌
star7.8
calendar 2007

Forever Hollywood

Forever Hollywood‌
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calendar 1999

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution‌
star6.8
calendar 2017

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Mugworth

Mugworth‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Starz Inside: In the Gutter

Starz Inside: In the Gutter‌
star4.5
calendar 2008

Coven of the Heathenites

Coven of the Heathenites‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

There's a Hippo in my House

There's a Hippo in my House‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Serial Mom

Serial Mom‌
star6.7
calendar 1994

In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole

In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo‌
star5.2
calendar 2020

The Cockettes

The Cockettes‌
star6.7
calendar 2002

Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment

Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment‌
star5.7
calendar 2015

Anthem

Anthem‌
star5.0
calendar 1997

Pecker

Pecker‌
star6.1
calendar 1998

Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented‌
star6.3
calendar 2000

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness‌
star6.8
calendar 2020

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi‌
star6.4
calendar 2020

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Hairspray

Hairspray‌
star6.8
calendar 1988

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn‌
star6.4
calendar 2019

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism‌
star5.7
calendar 2009

Mondo Trasho

Mondo Trasho‌
star5.1
calendar 1969

Divine Waters

Divine Waters‌
star7.2
calendar 1985

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp‌
star6.8
calendar 2020

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’

Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’

Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing‌
star5.0
calendar 2019

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Anarchy TV

Anarchy TV‌
star5.3
calendar 1998

Don't Fall in Love with Yourself

Don't Fall in Love with Yourself‌
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calendar 2022

Doc of Chucky

Doc of Chucky‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low

Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By‌
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The Simpsons

The Simpsons‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street‌
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calendar 1987

The Daily Show

The Daily Show‌
star6.4
calendar 1996

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.0
calendar 1996

Frasier

Frasier‌
star7.7
calendar 1993

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots‌
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calendar 2012

Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street‌
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calendar 1993

The Henry Rollins Show

The Henry Rollins Show‌
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calendar 2006

'Til Death Do Us Part

'Til Death Do Us Part‌
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calendar 2007

Pride

Pride‌
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calendar 2021

So Graham Norton

So Graham Norton‌
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calendar 1998

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

I Love the '70s: Volume 2‌
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calendar 2006

Explained

Explained‌
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calendar 2018

The Andy Warhol Diaries

The Andy Warhol Diaries‌
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Offspring

Offspring‌
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calendar 2010

HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt‌
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calendar 2014

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
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calendar 1956

RuPaul Drives...

RuPaul Drives...‌
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calendar 2013

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show‌
star7.2
calendar 2007

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

Fish Hooks

Fish Hooks‌
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calendar 2010

Fish Hooks

Fish Hooks‌
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calendar 2010

Indie Sex

Indie Sex‌
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calendar 2007

Search Party

Search Party‌
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calendar 2016

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen‌
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The Blacklist

The Blacklist‌
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The New Yorker Presents

The New Yorker Presents‌
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calendar 2016

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow‌
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FEUD

FEUD‌
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calendar 2017

Clarence

Clarence‌
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calendar 2014

My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl‌
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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
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calendar 1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
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Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher‌
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calendar 2003

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race‌
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calendar 2009

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race‌
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Chucky

Chucky‌
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The Incredibly Strange Film Show

The Incredibly Strange Film Show‌
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit‌
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Liverspots and Astronots

Liverspots and Astronots‌
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HBO First Look

HBO First Look‌
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Family Album

Family Album‌
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