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John Waters
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Samuel Waters, John Samuel, Jr. Waters, the Pope of Trash, Pope of Trash, the Duke of Dirty, Duke of Dirty
American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer (born 1946)
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John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American television actor, film actor, film director, and screenwriter. Born on April 22, 1946, in Baltimore, Maryland, he is a citizen of the United States and a member of the Democratic Party. Waters attended New York University and began his work period in 1964. He speaks English and is associated with the contemporary art movement, with genres including installation art and figurative art.
His notable works include *Andy Warhol*, *Playgirl*, *Desperate Living*, and *Flamingos Forever*. Waters has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. His works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 April 1946
- Works
- 40
Top works
- John Waters
- Andy Warhol
- Playgirl
- Desperate Living
- Flamingos Forever
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Film & TV
Directing · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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…
Known for
- Gays Against Guns2026
- Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World — Self2026
- Kevin — Armando (voice)2026
- A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard — Self2025
- TURA! — Self2025
- It's Dorothy! — Self2025
- Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus — Self2025
- Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh — Stage Manager2025
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Writer and Film Director2025
- Scala!!! — Self2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1946
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,478
- Total plays
- 20,809
Tags
There are two artists named John Waters. 1. John Russell Waters (born 8 December 1948 in London), the son of Scottish actor Russell Waters. As a teenager he was singer and bass-player with blues band 'The Riots', before travelling to Australia, where he landed the lead role of Claude in the 1969 Sydney production of Hair. He moved into work as a film and television actor in Australia, and became known for his varied performances both as character actor and leading man in TV series such as "Rush
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,183x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,461x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,858x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,491x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,105x
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Key facts
- Born
- John Samuel Waters Jr. , ( 1946-04-22 ) April 22, 1946 (age 80) , Baltimore , Maryland, U.S.
- Occupations
- Filmmaker actor writer artist
- Years active
- 1964–present
- Organization
- Dreamland Productions
- Relatives
- George P. Whitaker (third-great-grandfather)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, 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. His other films include Desperate Living (1977), Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000), each containing elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism.
As an actor, Waters has appeared in the films Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Mangus! (2011), Excision (2012), and Suburban Gothic (2014), as well as the Child's Play franchise with the film Seed of Chucky (2004) and the third season of the television series Chucky (2024). He hosted and produced the television series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You (2006).
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