🎬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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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Doc of Chucky (2024)	Self		8
2	Little Richard - I Am Everything (2023)	Self	-	-
3	Lynch/Oz (2023)	Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)	-	-
4	Living with Chucky (2022)	Self		7
5	The Velvet Underground (2021)	Self		7
6	Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (2020)	Host		7
7	Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)	Host		7
8	Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020)	Host		7
9	Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)	Self		8
10	Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution (2017)	Self	-	-
11	Hairspray Live! (2016)	Director / Writer		8
12	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)	First Class Passenger		5.8
13	Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)	Self		7
14	I Am Divine (2014)	Self	-	-
15	Suburban Gothic (2014)	Cornelius		6.5
16	The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies (2013)	Self	-	-
17	Mansome (2012)	Self		6
18	Excision (2012)	William		6.5
19	These Amazing Shadows (2011)	Self		6
20	Blank City (2011)	Self		10
21	The Advocate for Fagdom (2011)	Self	-	-
22	Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010)	-	-	-
23	Beautiful Darling (2010)	Self	-	-
24	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)	Self	-	-
25	It Came from Kuchar (2009)	Self	-	-
26	Each Time I Kill (2007)	Movie Watcher	-	-
27	Hairspray (2007)	Director / Writer		6.7
28	That Man: Peter Berlin (2006)	Self		6
29	Jackass Number Two (2006)	Self		6.6
30	This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)	Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'		7.8
31	This Filthy World (2006)	Director / Writer		7
32	Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)	Self		7
33	It Came from... Baltimore!! (2005)	Self	-	-
34	Inside Deep Throat (2005)	Self		6
35	All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame' (2005)	Self	-	-
36	A Dirty Shame (2004)	Director / Writer		5.5
37	Thinking XXX (2004)	Self	-	-
38	Seed of Chucky (2004)	Pete Peters		5
39	A History of Sex (2003)	Self	-	-
40	Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)	The Reverend		10
41	Cecil B. Demented (2000)	Director / Writer	-	-
42	Divine Trash (2000)	Self	-	-
43	Welcome to Hollywood (2000)	John Waters	-	-
44	Sweet and Lowdown (1999) Oscars 2000	Mr. Haynes		7
45	Pecker (1998)	Director / Writer		6
46	Anarchy TV (1998)	-	-	-
47	Anthem (1997)	Self	-	-
48	Serial Mom (1994)	Director / Writer		8.2
49	Cry-Baby (1990)	Director / Writer		6.9
50	Homer and Eddie (1989)	Robber #1	-	-
51	Hairspray (1988)	Director / Writer		8.6
52	Something Wild (1986)	Used Car Guy		8
53	Divine Waters (1985)	Self	-	-
54	Polyester (1981)	Director / Writer		7.5
55	Desperate Living (1977)	Director / Writer		8
56	Pink Flamingos (1976)	Director / Writer		6.8
57	Female Trouble (1976)	Director / Writer		6.8
58	Love Letter to Edie (1975)	Self	-	-
59	The Diane Linkletter Story (1970)	Director / Writer	-	-
60	Multiple Maniacs (1970)	Director / Writer		7
61	Mondo Trasho (1969)	Director / Writer	-	-
62	Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head (1968)	Director / Writer		3