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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)
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
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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 200,169x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,509x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,302x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,187x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,819x
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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)
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- JohnWaters-byPhilipRomano.jpg
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- John Waters
- date of birth
- 1946-04-22
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- John Waters
- birth name
- John Samuel Waters Jr.
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
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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).