John Waters
Biography
Movies 141
Seed of Chucky
as Pete Peters
2004
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as First Class Passenger
2015
Pink Flamingos
as Mr. J (narration) (uncredited)
1972
Hairspray
as Flasher
2007
Hairspray
as Dr. Fredrickson
1988
Something Wild
as Used Car Guy
1986
Serial Mom
as Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited)
1994
Jackass Number Two
as Self
2006
Sweet and Lowdown
as Mr. Haynes
1999
Inside Deep Throat
as Self
2005
Cecil B. Demented
as Reporter
2000
Excision
as William
2012
Pecker
as Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
1998
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
as Stage Manager
2025
Welcome to Hollywood
as John Waters
2000
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self
2015
Thinking XXX
as Self
2004
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
as Self
2026
The Velvet Underground
as Self
2021
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self
2023
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
2006
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self
2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
as Self
2019
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2011
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2007
God Save the Queens
1995
Suburban Gothic
as Cornelius
2014
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
as Self
2009
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self
2006
It's Dorothy!
as Self
2025
Beautiful Darling
as Self
2010
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
as Self
2025
Living with Chucky
as Self
2022
A History of Sex
as Self
2003
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Host
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Host
2020
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
as Self
2015
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
2026
I Am Divine
as Self
2014
The Cockettes
as Self
2002
Doc of Chucky
as Self
2024
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Host
2020
Scala!!!
as Self
2024
Anarchy TV
1998
Homer and Eddie
as Robber #1
1989
Lynch/Oz
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
2023
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
2009
Abby Singer
as John Waters (uncredited)
2003
Eddie Cochran: Don't Forget Me
as Self
2026
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1999
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1985
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
as Self
2010
Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
as Self
2015
365 Day Project
as Self
2007
At the Video Store
as Self
2019
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
2008
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
2006
The Book of Harth
as Self
2022
Mansome
as Self
2012
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
as The Reverend
2002
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2007
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020
Love Letter to Edie
as Self
1975
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
2010
Blank City
as Self
2011
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Self - Director
2012
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2007
In Bad Taste
as Self
1999
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
2022
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
as Self
2013
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
Anthem
as Self
1997
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
as Self
2017
Mansfield 66/67
as Self
2017
This Filthy World
as Self
2006
As Time Goes By
2024
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
2007
Mondo Trasho
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
1969
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
as Self
2016
Growing Up with John Waters
as Self
1993
Return to Mortville
as Self
2026
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
as Self
2005
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
as Self
2006
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
as Himself
2020
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
as Narrator
2008
Way USA!
1988
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
as Self
2000
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
Edith's Shopping Bag
as Self
1976
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self
Tell Me Iggy
as Self
2022
Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self
1999
New Line: Independent Legacies
as Self
The Advocate for Fagdom
as Self
2011
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
as Self
2008
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
as Self
2025
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
as Self
2016
Mugworth
as Sir Butler
2018
TURA!
as Self
2025
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
The Junior Defenders
as Narrator
2007
Nuart Theatre No Smoking PSA
as Self
1982
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]
2021
Wall Writers
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Each Time I Kill
as Movie Watcher
2007
It Came from... Baltimore!!
as Self
2005
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self
2008
Sylvester: Mighty Real
as Self
2002
Baltigore
as The Broker
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
as Self
2007
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
as Self
2006
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
as Self
2013
That Man: Peter Berlin
as Self
2006
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
as Self
2019
The Brandon Novak Story
as Self
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self
2006
The Last Impresario
as Self
2014
Mangus!
as Jesus Christ
2011
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
as Self
2006
Jingle Bell Rocks!
as Self
2013
Female Trouble: On-Set Footage
2018
My Life with the Waters
as Self
2021
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
as Self (Archival)
2022
Divine Waters
as Self
1985
Jessica the Hippo
as Narrator (Voice)
2007
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
Divine Trash
as Self
2000
Coven of the Heathenites
as Self
2008
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018
Memories of Oz
as Self
2001
Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
as Himself
2004
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
I, of the Cyclops
2006
The Big Wet
as Narrator
1993
Gays Against Guns
2026
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006
Sickies Making Films
as Self
2018
Gastronomic Getaway
1991TV Shows 58
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Pornmonger Man
1999
The Simpsons
as John (voice)
1989
American Horror Story
as Mr. Phibes
2011
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
The Colbert Report
as Self - Guest
2005
The View
as Self
1997
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self - Guest
2003
The Blacklist
as John Waters
2013
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
Frasier
as Roger (voice)
1993
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
2009
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1982
21 Jump Street
as Mr. Bean
1987
Homicide: Life on the Street
as R. Vincent Smith
1993
Clarence
as Captain Tom (voice)
2014
My Name Is Earl
as Walter Hamerick
2005
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Helluva Boss
as Rolando (voice)
2020
Fish Hooks
as The Yeti Lobster (voice)
2010
Fish Hooks
as Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice)
2010
Chucky
as Wendell Wilkins
2021
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
Monster High
as Scarecrow Von Twolegs (voice)
2022
Monster High
as Treat (voice)
2022
HBO First Look
1992
Eurotrash
1993
FEUD
as William Castle
2017
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
2018
The Word
1990
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
1998
Search Party
as Sheffield
2016
RuPaul Drives...
as Self - Guest
2013
Digman!
as Magnus (voice)
2023
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Writer and Film Director
2025
Kevin
as Armando (voice)
2026
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Self
2014
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
as Self
2006
The Andy Warhol Diaries
as Self
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Film Independent Spirit Awards
as Self - Host
1996
Liverspots and Astronots
as O-Dor
2018
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Roseanne Show
as Self - Guest
1998
'Til Death Do Us Part
2007
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self
1988
Pride
as Self
2021
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
as Self - Host
2020
Indie Sex
as Self
2007
Family Album
as Vincent
1994
The New Yorker Presents
as Self
2016