Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter and actor
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| 2025 | Tom Waits' film 'Father, Mother, Sister, Brother' is in post-production |
| 2025 | Appeared on Italian public television channel RAI3's 'The Human Factor' series in the last episode, 'The Last Ride', reading from his poem 'Seeds On Hard Ground' and performing part of his song 'The Fall of Troy'. |
| 2025 | Tom Waits is set to voice the character Sterling Fox in the upcoming film 'Wildwood', which is currently in production |
| 2024 | John Lamb received an Emmy Award. |
| 2023 | Tom Waits starred in 'The Absence of Eden' as Hunley |
| 2023 | Waits joined Iggy Pop on the Confidential Show, where they swapped stories and songs. |
| 2021 | Waits had a supporting role in Paul Thomas Anderson's coming-of-age film 'Licorice Pizza'. |
| 2021 | Tom Waits voiced The Narrator in 6 episodes of the animated series Ultra City Smiths |
| 2019 | Tom Waits played Hermit Bob in the film 'The Dead Don't Die' |
| 2018 | Marc Ribot released the album 'Songs Of Resistance 1942 - 2018', which included Tom Waits' song 'Bella Ciao' |
| 2018 | Waits provided recorded narration for performances of Martin McDonagh's play 'A Very Very Very Dark Matter' at the Bridge Theatre in London. |
| 2018 | Waits had a feature role as the Prospector in the Coen brothers' Western anthology film 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'. |
| 2016 | Waits and Brennan, along with John Prine, were honored with The Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award from PEN New England, presented by Colum McCann. |
| May 14 2015 | Waits sang 'Take One Last Look' on the Late Show with David Letterman, accompanied by Larry Taylor and Gabriel Donohue, during the show's fifth to last broadcast. |
| 2013 | Waits lent his voice to a 'The Simpsons' episode 'Homer Goes to Prep School' as a survivalist character. |
| October 27 2013 | Waits performed at the 27th annual Bridge School Benefit concert in Mountain View, California, with Rolling Stone calling his performance a 'triumph'. |
| May 5 2013 | Waits joined the Rolling Stones on stage at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, and performed a duet with Mick Jagger on Willie Dixon's 'Little Red Rooster'. |
| 2012 | Waits played a supporting role in the crime comedy film 'Seven Psychopaths' as a retired serial killer. |
| 2011 | Completed a set of 23 poems called 'Seeds on Hard Ground', inspired by Michael O'Brien's portraits of the homeless. Limited edition chapbooks raised $90,000 for Redwood Empire Food Bank. |
| 2011 | Tom Waits appeared in two films: the short film 'The Monster of Nix' as Virgil, and 'Twixt' as Narrator |
| August 23 2011 | Waits revealed the title of his new album 'Bad as Me' and began offering the lead single and title track online. |
| March 2011 | Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young, delivering a heartfelt acceptance speech about his family. |
| February 24 2011 | Announced via official website that he began work on his next studio album. |
| February 24 2011 | Tom Waits announced via his official website that he had begun work on his next studio album. |
| 2010 | Acted in The Book of Eli, playing the role of Engineer in this post-apocalyptic film. |
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