
Cast
John Waters
Directing
Cast
John Waters
Known for
Directing
Born
1946-04-22
From
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known as John S. Waters, جان واترز
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.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as First Class Passenger

Seed of Chucky
as Pete Peters

Hairspray
as Flasher

Thinking XXX
as Self

Pink Flamingos
as Mr. J (narration) (uncredited)

Serial Mom
as Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited)

Inside Deep Throat
as Self

Hairspray
as Dr. Fredrickson

Pecker
as Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)

Excision
as William

Jackass Number Two
as Self

Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self

Something Wild
as Used Car Guy

Welcome to Hollywood
as John Waters

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self

Sweet and Lowdown
as Mr. Haynes

Suburban Gothic
as Cornelius

Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Host

The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
as Self

Anarchy TV

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Host

The Velvet Underground
as Self

Lynch/Oz
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)

Blank City
as Self

Beautiful Darling
as Self

Forever Hollywood
as Self

Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
as Stage Manager

Mansfield 66/67
as Self

Living with Chucky
as Self

Mondo Trasho
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)

Cecil B. Demented
as Reporter

These Amazing Shadows
as Self

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Host

I Am Divine
as Self

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
as Self

Homer and Eddie
as Robber #1

In Bad Taste
as Self

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self

The Cockettes
as Self

Doc of Chucky
as Self

Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self

Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’

Divine Trash
as Self

Abby Singer
as John Waters (uncredited)

This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
as Self

365 Day Project
as Self

Tell Me Iggy
as Self

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Self - Director

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self

TURA!
as Self

Scala!!!
as Self

It Came from Kuchar
as Self

The Last Impresario
as Self

Mansome
as Self

Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell

This Filthy World
as Self

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

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

Mangus!
as Jesus Christ

Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
as Self

Anthem
as Self

God Save the Queens

A History of Sex
as Self

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self

At the Video Store
as Self

The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
as Self

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self

Fragments of Paradise
as Self

Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
as The Reverend

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

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
as Self

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self

Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
as Self

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

It's Dorothy!
as Self

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self

Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
as Self

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

It Came from... Baltimore!!
as Self

Sylvester: Mighty Real
as Self

Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
as Self (Archival)

The Brandon Novak Story
as Self

The Advocate for Fagdom
as Self

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Whatever Happened to Gelitin
as Self

That Man: Peter Berlin
as Self

As Time Goes By

Each Time I Kill
as Movie Watcher

New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
as Self

The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
as Self

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]

The Book of Harth
as Self

Meet The Kuchar Brothers

Divine Waters
as Self

Wall Writers
as Narrator (voice)

Baltigore
as The Broker

Sickies Making Films
as Self

The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
as Narrator

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

Mugworth
as Sir Butler

Jingle Bell Rocks!
as Self

The Junior Defenders
as Narrator

Memories of Oz
as Self

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
as Self

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
as Self

Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
as Self

Gays Against Guns

Love Letter to Edie
as Self

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
as Self - Narrator (voice)

All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
as Self

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
as Self

Edith's Shopping Bag
as Self

Serial Mom: Surreal Moments
as Self

Jessica the Hippo
as Narrator (Voice)

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
as Himself

Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades

Way USA!

My Life with the Waters
as Self

Growing Up with John Waters
as Self

Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
as Himself

Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes

Nuart Theatre no smoking PSA

Coven of the Heathenites
as Self

Gastronomic Getaway

I, of the Cyclops

Female Trouble: On-Set Footage

The Big Wet
as Narrator