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Roger Waters

Roger Waters

Actor · Born September 6, 1943 · Great Bookham, Surrey, England, UK

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Biography

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.

Acted in 20

2020s

  1. 2025

    Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary)

    Bass, Vocals

  2. 2023

    Roger Waters: This is not a Drill, Live at River Plate Stadium

    Movie

  3. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary Blu-ray)

    Movie

  4. Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill - Live from Prague

    Movie

  5. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary)

    Movie

  6. 2022

    C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando

    Sé stesso

  7. 2020

    A Fleeting Glimpse

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2015

    Roger Waters: Amused to Death

    Movie

  2. 2013

    12-12-12

    Movie

  3. 2011

    Pink Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2007

    Roger Waters - Live Earth

    Movie

  2. 2006

    Roger Waters: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa, 2006

    vocals, bass, acoustic guitar

1990s

  1. 1997

    State of Fear

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1988

    Roger Waters: Radio KAOS

    Vocals, Bass

  2. 1984

    Roger Waters: Video Anthology

    Movie

  3. 1980

    Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1977

    Everyman

    TV · 33 Seasons · Documentary

  2. 1972

    Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

    Bass, Vocals

1960s

  1. 1968

    Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968

    Movie

No release date

  1. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (The Director's Cut )

    Movie

Sound 20

2020s

  1. 2025

    Eternal Return - PINK Edition

    Music

  2. Janin, Jenin

    Music

  3. 2023

    Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Planetarium Experience

    Music

2000s

  1. 2007

    The Last Mimzy

    Songs

    60
  2. 2000

    The Dark Side of the Rainbow

    Music

1980s

  1. 1988

    Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.

    Music

  2. 1986

    When the Wind Blows

    Original Music Composer

    79
  3. 1983

    Pink Floyd: The Final Cut

    Music Producer, Music

  4. 1982

    Pink Floyd: The Wall

    Music, Music Producer, Musician

    72

1970s

  1. 1978

    Monsieur René Magritte

    Music

  2. 1976

    Mars Men

    Music

  3. 1974

    The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74

    Music

  4. 1973

    Crystal Voyager

    Songs

  5. 1972

    Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

    Music

  6. The Valley

    Original Music Composer

  7. David A Guiar

    Music

  8. 1970

    The Body

    Music

  9. Zabriskie Point

    Original Music Composer

    68

Directed 11

2020s

  1. 2023

    Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill - Live from Prague

    Director

2010s

  1. 2019

    Roger Waters: Us + Them

    Director

  2. 2014

    Roger Waters: The Wall

    Director

  3. 2011

    Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)

    Director

  4. 2010

    Roger Waters The Wall on Tour

    Director

2000s

  1. 2007

    Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Live - Bogota 2007

    Director

  2. 2005

    Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert

    Director

1980s

  1. 1980

    Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court

    Director

1970s

  1. 1975

    Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

    Director

  2. 1974

    The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74

    Director

  3. 1970

    Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

    Director

Wrote 7

2020s

  1. 2022

    Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2014

    Roger Waters: The Wall

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1990

    Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1988

    Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.

    Writer

  2. 1983

    Pink Floyd: The Final Cut

    Screenplay

  3. 1982

    Pink Floyd: The Wall

    Screenplay

    72
  4. 1980

    Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court

    Writer

Produced 6

2020s

  1. 2024

    Walled Off

    Producer

  2. 2023

    Lyd

    Executive Producer

  3. Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill - Live from Prague

    Producer

  4. 2021

    The Four Walls

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Roger Waters: Us + Them

    Producer

  2. 2014

    Roger Waters: The Wall

    Producer

Other crew 1

2010s

  1. 2014

    Roger Waters: The Wall

    Script

Appearances97

2020s

  1. 2026

    Pink Floyd Live Dortmund 1981

    Self - Bass

  2. 2024

    Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd

    Self

  3. 2023

    Môa, Mother Africa Roots

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

    Self

    79

  5. Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd

    Self

  6. 2022

    Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)

    Self

  7. If These Walls Could Sing

    Self

    73
  8. 2021

    Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971

    Self

  9. 2020

    Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2019

    Roger Waters: Us + Them

    Self - Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar

  2. 2018

    On l'appelait Roda

    Self

  3. 2016

    Soundbreaking

    Self · 5 episodes

    82

  4. Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 2 - Germin/ation

    Self

  5. Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 5 - Reverber/ation

    Self

  6. Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 6 - Obfusc/ation

    Self

  7. Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 1 - Cambridge St/ation

    Self

  8. Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 4 - Devi/ation

    Self

  9. Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 3 - Dramatis/ation

    Self

  10. Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 7 - Continu/ation

    Self

  11. Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972

    Self

  12. The Occupation of the American Mind

    Narrator (voice)

  13. 2015

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode

    69
  14. 2014

    Roger Waters: The Wall

    Self - Vocal, Guitar, and Bass

  15. Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1

    himself

  16. Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2

    himself

  17. 2013

    Chit Chat with Oysters

    Self

  18. 2012

    12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

    Self

  19. Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

    Self

  20. Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)

    Self

  21. 2011

    Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wall

    Self

  22. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)

    Self

  23. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Immersion Box Set)

    Self

  24. Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

    Self

  25. Roger Waters – 30th Anniversary Of The Wall

    himself

  26. Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour

    Self (archive footage)

  27. 2010

    Roger Waters The Wall on Tour

    self

  28. Conan

    Self · 1 episode

    79

  29. Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floyd

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Interviews

    Self

  2. 2008

    A Technicolor Dream

    Himself

  3. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review

    Self

  4. 2007

    The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

    Self

  5. Syd Barrett: Up Close and Personal

    Self

  6. David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine

    Self

  7. Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

    Self

  8. Roger Waters: Live in Argentina

    Himself (Lead vocals, Bas, Acoustic Guitar)

  9. Seven Ages of Rock

    Self · 7 episodes

  10. Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Live - Bogota 2007

    self

  11. Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's The Wall (The Ultimate Critical Review)

    Self

  12. Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle

    Self

  14. Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983

    Self

  15. 2006

    Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes

    Self

  16. 2005

    Live 8

    Self

  17. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    Self

  18. Pink Floyd London '66-'67

    Self

  19. Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert

    Self - Bass, Vocals

  20. Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974

    Self

  21. Pink Floyd: Live Anthology

    Self - Bass, Vocals

  22. 2004

    Tout le monde en parle

    Self · 1 episode

    63

  23. Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary

    Self

  24. Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996

    Self (archive footage)

  25. Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4

    Self

  26. Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5

    Self

  27. Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2

    Self

  28. Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3

    Self

  29. Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1

    Self

  30. 2003

    Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon

    Self

  31. The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

    Self

  32. 2000

    Roger Waters: In The Flesh - Live

    Himself - Vocals, Bas

  33. Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall

    Self

  2. 1998

    The Abbey Road Story

    Self

  3. 1997

    Classic Albums

    Self · 1 episode

  4. 1994

    Pink Floyd: The Story

    self

  5. 1991

    Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night

    Himself

  6. 1990

    Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

    Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor

1980s

  1. 1988

    Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.

    Himself

  2. 1985

    John Lennon: A Journey in the Life

    Self

  3. 1984

    Superstars in Concert

    Self

  4. 1983

    Pink Floyd: The Final Cut

    Himself

  5. 1982

    The Other Side of the Wall

    Self

  6. 1980

    Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum

    Self - Bass, Vocals

1970s

  1. 1975

    Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

    self

  2. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Self - Pink Floyd · 1 episode

  3. 1974

    The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74

    Self

  4. 1973

    Sound of the City: London 1964-73

    Self

  5. 1971

    Stamping Ground

    Self - Pink Floyd

  6. Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR

    Self

  7. 1970

    Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez

    Self

  8. Pink Floyd: KQED

    Self

  9. Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)

    Self

  10. Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival

    Self

  11. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

    Self

No release date

  1. Pink Floyd - Live at Brighton Dome 1972

    Self - Bass

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