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Roger Waters
Composer, Writer, Actor, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born September 6, 1943 (81 years)
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter and conceptual leader. The band subsequently achieved worldwide success in the 1970s with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. Although Waters' primary instrument in Pink Floyd was the bass guitar, he also experimented with synthesisers and tape loops and played rhythm guitars in recordings and in concert. Amid creative differences within the group, Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal battle with the remaining members over their future use of the group's name and material. The dispute was settled out of court in 1987, and nearly eighteen years passed before he performed with Pink Floyd again. Waters' solo career has included three studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), and Amused to Death (1992). In 1986, he contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the movie When the Wind Blows based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name. In 1990, he staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance. In 1996, he was inducted into the US and UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tours of 2006–2008. In 2005, he released Ça Ira, an opera in three acts translated from Étienne Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine Delahaye's libretto based on the early French Revolution. On 2 July 2005, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour for the Live 8 benefit concert, the group's only appearance with Waters since their last performance with him 24 years earlier. In 2010, he began The Wall Live, a worldwide tour that features a complete performance of The Wall.
Filmography
| 2024 | Astronomical Echoes · as Self |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | If These Walls Could Sing · as Self |
| 2022 | Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich · as Self - Pink Floyd |
| 2021 | Bild Live (TV Series) · as Self - Pink Floyd |
| 2021 | Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971 · as Self |
| 2021 | Under the Volcano · as Self |
| 2020 | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Hate Among Us · as Self - Co-Founder, Pink Floyd |
| 2019 | Roger Waters - Us + Them · as Self - Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar |
| 2018 | On l'appelait Roda · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Portillo's Hidden History of Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Pink Floyd |
| 2017 | Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Tucker Carlson Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Pink Floyd Cofounder |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Roger Waters: The Wall · as Self - Vocal, Guitar, And Bass |
| 2013 | 12-12-12 · as Self |
| 2013 | The Big Interview (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Cinema Jenin: The Story of a Dream · as Self |
| 2011 | Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | A Technicolor Dream · as Himself |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Live Earth · as Self |
| 2007 | 7 Ages of Rock (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Pink Floyd: Meddle · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Live 8 · as Self |
| 2005 | Pink Floyd: Live Anthology · as Self - Bass, Vocals |
| 2005 | Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope · as Self |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5 · as Self |
| 2003 | Rocket Brothers · as Self |
| 2003 | Get Up, Stand Up (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story · as Self |
| 2003 | The Pink Floyd & Syd Barret Story · as Self |
| 2002 | Timeshift (TV Series) · as Self - Pink Floyd |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Roger Waters: In the Flesh Live · as Himself - Vocals, Bas |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall · as Self |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Dancing in the Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The Wall: Live in Berlin · as Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor |
| 1983 | Pink Floyd: The Final Cut · as Himself |
| 1982 | Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (Version 2) · as Roger Waters |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 · as Roger Waters |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Pink Floyd: Shine on You Crazy Diamond · as Roger Waters |
| 1973 | Rock City · as Self |
| 1972 | Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii · as Self - Bass, Vocals |
| 1972 | Pink Floyd: Time · as Roger Waters |
| 1971 | Stamping Ground · as Self - Pink Floyd |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self (segment "roger Waters") |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | aspekte (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Beat Club (TV Series) · as Self |