Roger Waters
Acting • Born 1943-09-06
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.
Filmography
117 credits
A Technicolor Dream
Movie • 2008
Himself
State of Fear
Movie • 1997
Roger Waters - Live/Rock in Rio Lisbon Portugal
Movie • 2010
Roger Waters: In The Flesh - Live
Movie • 2000
Himself - Vocals, Bas
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Movie • 2003
Self
Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
Movie • 2003
Self
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
Movie • 1972
Bass, Vocals
Roger Waters – 30th Anniversary Of The Wall
Movie • 2011
himself
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
Movie • 2007
Self
Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974
Movie • 2005
Self
Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill - Live from Prague
Movie • 2023
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Movie • 1990
Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
Movie • 2023
Self
Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
Movie • 1970
Self
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Movie • 2023
Self
Roger Waters: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa, 2006
Movie • 2006
vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut
Movie • 1983
Himself
Roger Waters: Live in Argentina
Movie • 2007
Himself (Lead vocals, Bas, Acoustic Guitar)
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1
Movie • 2014
himself
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2
Movie • 2014
himself
Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
Movie • 2012
Self
Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez
Movie • 1970
Self
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Movie • 2012
Self
Pink Floyd: Live Anthology
Movie • 2005
Self - Bass, Vocals
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
Movie • 1991
Himself
Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.
Movie • 1988
Himself
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)
Movie • 2011
Self
The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74
Movie • 1974
Self
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
Movie • 2011
Self
Roger Waters: This is not a Drill, Live at River Plate Stadium
Movie • 2023
Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)
Movie • 2022
Self
Pink Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd
Movie • 2011
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
Movie • 2022
Self
Superstars in Concert
Movie • 1984
Self
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Movie • 2007
Self
Roger Waters - Amused to Death
Movie • 2015
Roger Waters: The Wall
Movie • 2014
Self - Vocal, Guitar, and Bass
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
Movie • 2022
Sé stesso
Live 8
Movie • 2005
Self
Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Roger Waters: Video Anthology
Movie • 1984
Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971
Movie • 2021
Self
Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd
Movie • 2024
Self
Chit Chat with Oysters
Movie • 2013
Self
The Occupation of the American Mind
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
The Abbey Road Story
Movie • 1998
Self
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
Movie • 2000
Self
Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review
Movie • 2008
Roger Waters
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Movie • 2005
Self
Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wall
Movie • 2011
Self
Stamping Ground
Movie • 1971
Self - Pink Floyd
Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall
Movie • 1999
Self
The Other Side of the Wall
Movie • 1982
Self
On l'appelait Roda
Movie • 2018
Self
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 2 - Germin/ation
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 5 - Reverber/ation
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 6 - Obfusc/ation
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 1 - Cambridge St/ation
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 4 - Devi/ation
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 3 - Dramatis/ation
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 7 - Continu/ation
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
Movie • 2005
Self
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review
Movie • 2008
Self
Sound of the City: London 1964-73
Movie • 1973
Self
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
Movie • 2007
Self
Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert
Movie • 2005
Self - Bass, Vocals
Roger Waters: Us + Them
Movie • 2019
Self - Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Roger Waters: Radio KAOS
Movie • 1988
Vocals, Bass
Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes
Movie • 2006
Self
Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floyd
Movie • 2010
Self
Pink Floyd: KQED
Movie • 1970
Self
Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Rehearsal 1987
Movie • 2019
Self
Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972
Movie • 2016
Self
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Interviews
Movie • 2009
Self
A Fleeting Glimpse
Movie • 2020
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Movie • 1970
Self
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle
Movie • 2007
Self
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4
Movie • 2004
Self
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5
Movie • 2004
Self
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2
Movie • 2004
Self
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3
Movie • 2004
Self
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1
Movie • 2004
Self
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Immersion Box Set)
Movie • 2011
Self
Roger Waters - Live Earth
Movie • 2007
Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary
Movie • 2004
Self
Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum
Movie • 1980
Self - Bass, Vocals
Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983
Movie • 2007
Self
Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)
Movie • 2012
Self
Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968
Movie
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Movie • 1975
self
Roger Waters : The Wall - Live Netherlands
Movie • 2011
self
Roger Waters The Wall on Tour
Movie • 2010
self
Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Live - Bogota 2007
Movie • 2007
self
Pink Floyd: The Story
Movie • 1994
self
Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
Movie • 1970
Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR
Movie • 1971
Self
Censoring Palestine
Movie • 2024
Self
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
Movie • 1985
Self
Pink Floyd (Live at Brighton Dome) 1972
Movie
Bass and vocals
Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court
Movie • 1980
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (50th Anniversary)
Movie • 2025
Bass, Vocals
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary)
Movie • 2023
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary Blu-ray)
Movie • 2023
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii - MCMLXXII
Movie • 2026
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Self
Tout le monde en parle
TV • 2004
Self
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Musical Guest
ECHO-Verleihung
TV • 1992
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self - Pink Floyd
Seven Ages of Rock
TV • 2007
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self