Filmography56 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | WildwoodMovie | (voice) | 77 |
| 2026 | Ray GunnMovie | Eye-Ra (voice) | 77 |
| 2025 | Father Mother Sister BrotherMovie | Father | 76 |
| 2024 | Star.WavMovie | The Caller | 75 |
| 2022 | This Is SparklehorseMovie | Self | 73 |
| 2021 | Ultra City SmithsSeries | The Narrator (voice) | 72 |
| 2021 | Licorice PizzaMovie | Rex Blau | 72 |
| 2019 | Motherless BrooklynMovie | News Stand Owner (uncredited) | 70 |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster ScruggsMovie | Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon") | 69 |
| 2017 | Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30Movie | Self | 68 |
| 2015 | Keith Richards: Under the InfluenceMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenMovie | (archive footage) | 63 |
| 2012 | Seven PsychopathsMovie | Zachariah Rigby | 63 |
| 2011 | TwixtMovie | Narrator (voice) | 62 |
| 2011 | The Monster of NixMovie | Virgil (Voice) | 62 |
| 2010 | The Book of EliMovie | Engineer | 61 |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusMovie | Devil | 60 |
| 2007 | Wristcutters: A Love StoryMovie | Kneller | 58 |
| 2005 | DominoMovie | Wanderer | 56 |
| 1999 | Mystery MenMovie | Doc Heller | 50 |
| 1997 | Guy Maddin: Waiting for TwilightMovie | Narrator (voice) | 48 |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSeries | Self | 47 |
| 1993 | Short CutsMovie | Earl Piggot | 44 |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's DraculaMovie | R.M. Renfield | 43 |
| 1991 | Until the End of the WorldMovie | Singer in Bar | 42 |
| 1991 | The Fisher KingMovie | Disabled Vet (uncredited) | 42 |
| 1991 | Queens LogicMovie | Monte | 42 |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the LordMovie | Wolf | 42 |
| 1991 | Fishing with JohnSeries | Self | 42 |
| 1990 | The Two JakesMovie | Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) | 41 |
| 1990 | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterMovie | Self | 41 |
| 1990 | The Black RiderMovie | Himself | 41 |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsSeries | Lloyd (voice) | 40 |
| 1989 | Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleMovie | Silva | 40 |
| 1989 | Cold FeetMovie | Kenny | 40 |
| 1989 | Mystery TrainMovie | Radio DJ (voice) | 40 |
| 1988 | Candy MountainMovie | Al Silk | 39 |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightMovie | Self - Organ/Guitar | 39 |
| 1988 | Tom Waits: Big TimeMovie | Self | 39 |
| 1988 | Greasy LakeMovie | Narrator | 39 |
| 1987 | IronweedMovie | Rudy | 38 |
| 1986 | Tom Waits - Live at Premio Tenco in Sanremo ItalyMovie | Himself | 37 |
| 1986 | Down by LawMovie | Zack | 37 |
| 1985 | Tom Waits - Live On The TubeMovie | Self | 36 |
| 1984 | The Cotton ClubMovie | Irving Stark | 35 |
| 1984 | The Stone BoyMovie | Petrified man at carnival (uncredited) | 35 |
| 1983 | The OutsidersMovie | Buck Merrill | 34 |
| 1983 | Rumble FishMovie | Benny | 34 |
| 1982 | One from the HeartMovie | Trumpet player (uncredited) | 33 |
| 1982 | Poetry in MotionMovie | Self | 33 |
| 1981 | WolfenMovie | Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited) | 32 |
| 1978 | Paradise AlleyMovie | Mumbles | 29 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Musical Guest | 26 |
| 1975 | Austin City LimitsSeries | Self | 26 |
| 1974 | RockpalastSeries | — | 25 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 12 |