(1983) The Outsiders

as Buck Merrill

(1983) Rumble Fish

as Benny

(2004) Coffee and Cigarettes

as Tom (segment "Somewhere in California")

(2021) Licorice Pizza

as Rex Blau

(1986) Down by Law

as Zack

(1993) Short Cuts

as Earl Piggot

(1991) Until the End of the World

as Singer in Bar

(2005) The Tiger and the Snow

as Self / Sè stesso

(2010) The Book of Eli

as Engineer

(2009) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

as Devil

(2007) Wristcutters: A Love Story

as Kneller

(1999) Mystery Men

as Doc Heller

(2017) Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30

as Self

(1987) Ironweed

as Rudy

(1988) Big Time

as Self

(1980) Tom Waits at Theatre le Palace

as Self

(1988) Candy Mountain

as Al Silk

(1988) Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

as Self - Organ/Guitar

(1991) Queens Logic

as Monte

(1991) At Play in the Fields of the Lord

as Wolf

(2011) Twixt

as Narrator (voice)

(2012) Seven Psychopaths

as Zachariah Rigby

(1989) Cold Feet

as Kenny

(2012) A Brief History of John Baldessari

as Narrator

(2006) Tom Waits - Burma Shave [Live Concert]

as Self

(2009) Tom Waits: Romeo Bleeding - Live from Austin

as Self

(1999) Tom Waits - Bridge School Benefit

as Self

Tom Waits - One Star Shining : The First Decade

as Self

(2008) Tom Waits: Under Review

as Self

(2006) Tom Waits - No Visitors After Midnight

as Self

(2008) One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur

as Self

(1978) Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna

as Self

(1978) Paradise Alley

as Mumbles

(2005) Domino

as Wanderer

Wildwood

as (voice)

(1990) John Lurie: A Lounge Lizard Alone

as Zack (Archive footage)

Star.Wav

as The Caller

(1989) Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

as Silva

(2013) The Laughing Heart

as Narrator

(2024) Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Concert Experience

as Self

(1984) The Cotton Club

as Irving Stark

(2022) Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

as Self

(1990) The Two Jakes

as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

(2015) Keith Richards: Under the Influence

as Self

(1991) The Fisher King

as Disabled Vet (uncredited)

Father Mother Sister Brother

as ---

(1999) Tom Waits: VH1 Storytellers

as Self

(2016) This Is Sparklehorse

as Self

(1982) One from the Heart

as Trumpet player (uncredited)

(1989) Mystery Train

as Radio DJ (voice)

(1979) Tom Waits for No One

as Self

(2018) The Old Man & the Gun

as Waller

(1997) Coffee and Cigarettes III

as Tom

(2017) Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

as Self

(2003) Bukowski: Born Into This

as Self

(2018) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")

(1984) The Stone Boy

as Petrified man at carnival (uncredited)

(1982) Poetry in Motion

as Self

(1993) Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

as Self

(2019) The Dead Don't Die

as Hermit Bob

(2018) The Moon’s Milk

as Captain Millipede (voice)

(2024) The Absence of Eden

as Hunley

(1990) Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

as Self

(1977) Tom Waits: Rockpalast '77

as Self

(1981) Wolfen

as Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)

(2019) Motherless Brooklyn

as News Stand Owner (uncredited)

(1982) The Making of 'One from the Heart'

as Self

(1992) Bram Stoker's Dracula

as R.M. Renfield

(2011) The Monster of Nix

as Virgil (Voice)

(1997) Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

as Narrator (voice)

(1996) The Daily Show

as Self

(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

(2021) Ultra City Smiths

as The Narrator (voice)

(1975) Austin City Limits

as Self

(1975) Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

(1991) Fishing with John

as Self

(1989) The Simpsons

as Lloyd (voice)