Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres.Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Whittier, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a young boy. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records. His first albums were the jazz-oriented Closing Time (1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), which reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality. He repeatedly toured the United States, Europe, and Japan, and attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with Small Change (1976), Blue Valentine (1978), and Heartattack and Vine (1980). He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppolas film One from the Heart (1981), and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films.In 1980, Waits married Kathleen Brennan, split from his manager and record label, and moved to New York City. With Brennans encouragement and frequent collaboration, he pursued a more experimental and eclectic musical aesthetic influenced by the work of Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart. This was reflected in a series of albums released by Island Records, including Swordfishtrombones (1983), Rain Dogs (1985), and Franks Wild Years (1987). He continued appearing in films, notably starring in Jim Jarmuschs Down by Law (1986), and also made theatrical appearances. With theatre director Robert Wilson, he produced the musicals The Black Rider (1990) and Alice (1992), first performed in Hamburg. Having returned to California in the 1990s, his albums Bone Machine (1992), The Black Rider (1993), and Mule Variations (1999) earned him increasing critical acclaim and multiple Grammy Awards. In the late 1990s, he switched to the record label ANTI-, which released Blood Money (2002), Alice (2002), Real Gone (2004), and Bad as Me (2011).Despite a lack of mainstream commercial success, Waits has influenced many musicians and gained an international cult following, and several biographies have been written about him. In 2015, he was ranked at No. 55 on Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Waits, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Films indisponible à partir de Tom Waits

Coffee and Cigarettes

Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")

Film 2004

Down by Law

Zack

Film 1986

The Tiger and the Snow

Self / Sè stesso

Film 2005

Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30

Self

Film 2017

Big Time

Self

Film 1988

Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace

Self

Film 1980

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Self - Organ/Guitar

Film 1988

Twixt

Narrator (voice)

Film 2011

Cold Feet

Kenny

Film 1989

A Brief History of John Baldessari

Narrator

Film 2012

Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit

Self

Film 1999

Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin

Self

Film 2009

Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]

Self

Film 2006

Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade

Self

Film

Tom Waits: Under Review

Self

Film 2008

Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight

Self

Film 2006

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

Self

Film 2008

Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna

Self

Film 1978

Wildwood

(voice)

Film

John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone

Zack (Archive footage)

Film 1990

Star.Wav

The Caller

Film

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

Silva

Film 1989

The Laughing Heart

Narrator

Film 2013

Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience

Self

Film 2024

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

Self

Film 2022

The Two Jakes

Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

Film 1990

Keith Richards: Under the Influence

Self

Film 2015

The Fisher King

Disabled Vet (uncredited)

Film 1991

Father Mother Sister Brother

Film

Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers

Self

Film 1999

This Is Sparklehorse

Self

Film 2016

One from the Heart

Trumpet player (uncredited)

Film 1982

Mystery Train

Radio DJ (voice)

Film 1989

Tom Waits for No One

Self

Film 1979

Coffee and Cigarettes III

Tom

Film 1997

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

Self

Film 2017

Bukowski: Born Into This

Self

Film 2003

The Stone Boy

Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)

Film 1984

Poetry in Motion

Self

Film 1982

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Self

Film 1993

The Dead Don't Die

Hermit Bob

Film 2019

The Moon’s Milk

Captain Millipede (voice)

Film 2018

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Self

Film 1990

Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77

Self

Film 1977

Wolfen

Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)

Film 1981

Motherless Brooklyn

News Stand Owner (uncredited)

Film 2019

The Making of 'One from the Heart'

Self

Film 1982

The Monster of Nix

Virgil (Voice)

Film 2011

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

Narrator (voice)

Film 1997

Séries TV indisponible à partir de Tom Waits

The Daily Show

Self

Tv 1996

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Musical Guest

Tv 1993

Austin City Limits

Self

Tv 1975

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

Tv 1975

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Tv 1961

Fishing with John

Self

Tv 1991