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Tom Waits

posted 20 years ago by jandslegate
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Waits has one of my favorite cameo's ever. I know it's brief and I know it's by no means Shakespeare, but it's still a personal favorite. Does anyone know of anything else he's been in?

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[–] Shadow1517 20 years ago

he is also a main character in the movie Down By Law (also contributing a few songs to the soundtrack...hes one of my favorite musicians) which he is fabulous in. Good movie, alittle slow moving and strange but if you like fisher king then you probably aren't bothered by movies that aren't exactly mainstream, he is a damn good actor and i wish he'd get more main character roles

[–] noblejones 20 years ago

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Does anyone know of anything else he's been in?
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Didn't he also do another uncredited bit in Jarmusch's "Candy Mountain?" He's such a natural; I wish he'd do more.

[–] eudamonai 18 years ago

he's not in dead man which is a surprise, he would have fit in beautifully in that film. He's not in Night on Earth either but he did all the music.

[–] JR541 20 years ago

IMDBs listing to see what else he was in.

[–] thapoopscoopa 20 years ago

He's great in the Robert Altman film "Short Cuts," which is a film interpretation of many of Raymond Carver's short stories. Waits is in it and he's awesome, as is the entire movie.

[–] skprod2000 20 years ago

You should see Mystery Men. He has a pretty important supporting role and he's hilarious (like everyone else in that movie.)

[–] svendehondt 20 years ago

you can hear Tom Waits' voice in Shrek 2 as captain hook. the second time you see captain hook he is singing with the voice of Nick Cave

[–] steneb 20 years ago

He has a uncredited part as a cop in The Two Jakes

[–] The_Moviegeek 20 years ago

He also has a great cameo in Rumble Fish. And a funny scene in Coffee and Cigarettes.
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[–] bobfred1288 20 years ago

Where was Tom Waits in this movie? It lists him as the "Disabled Veteren"... can anybody remind me where that was?

You're obviously not a golfer...

[–] pfarisee 20 years ago

during the Union Station sequence. he gives the anecdote about sticking the scissors into his boss's arm. hilarious!!

[–] redanzl 20 years ago

He was also skin-crawlingly great as the burned-out drunk Rudy in Ironweed.

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