- Kevin
2026 Armando (voice)
- Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
2025 Stage Manager
- Marisa y Gomoso
2025 Thanks
- Room Temperature
2025 Thanks
- As Time Goes By
2024
- Lynch/Oz
2023 Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
- Digman!
2023 Magnus (voice)
- Monster High
2022 Scarecrow Von Twolegs (voice)
- Chucky
2021 Wendell Wilkins
- The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
2020 Himself
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 Host
- Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 Host
- Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 Host
- Helluva Boss
2020 Rolando (voice)
- Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
2019 Thanks
- 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 Director
- Permanent Green Light
2019 Thanks
- Mugworth
2018 Sir Butler
- Explained
2018 Narrator (voice)
- Liverspots and Astronots
2018 O-Dor
- FEUD
2017 William Castle
- Wall Writers
2016 Narrator (voice)
- Search Party
2016 Sheffield
- Hairspray Live!
2016 Original Story
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015 First Class Passenger
- Kiddie Flamingos
2015 Director
- Suburban Gothic
2014 Cornelius
- Clarence
2014 Captain Tom (voice)
- The Blacklist
2013 John Waters
- Excision
2012 William
- Mangus!
2011 Jesus Christ
- American Horror Story
2011 Mr. Phibes
- Fish Hooks
2010 The Yeti Lobster (voice)
- Putty Hill
2010 Thanks
- The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
2008 Narrator
- The Junior Defenders
2007 Narrator
- Each Time I Kill
2007 Movie Watcher
- Hairspray
2007 Original Film Writer
- Jessica the Hippo
2007 Narrator (Voice)
- An American Crime
2007 Thanks
- This Filthy World
2006 Screenplay
- My Name Is Earl
2005 Walter Hamerick
- Seed of Chucky
2004 Pete Peters
- Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
2004 Himself
- A Dirty Shame
2004 Director
- Abby Singer
2003 John Waters (uncredited)
- Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
2002 The Reverend
- Welcome to Hollywood
2000 John Waters
- Cecil B. Demented
2000 Director
- Sweet and Lowdown
1999 Mr. Haynes
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 Pornmonger Man
- Pecker
1998 Director
- Anarchy TV
1998
- Whipped
1998 Thanks
- Serial Mom
1994 Director
- Family Album
1994 Vincent
- The Big Wet
1993 Narrator
- Frasier
1993 Roger (voice)
- Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 R. Vincent Smith
- Eurotrash
1993
- HBO First Look
1992
- Poison
1991 Thanks
- The Word
1990
- Cry-Baby
1990 Director
- Homer and Eddie
1989 Robber #1
- The Simpsons
1989 John (voice)
- Way USA!
1988
- Hairspray
1988 Director
- 21 Jump Street
1987 Mr. Bean
- Something Wild
1986 Used Car Guy
- Nuart Theatre No Smoking PSA
1982 Director
- Polyester
1981 Director
- Desperate Living
1977 Director
- Female Trouble
1976 Director
- Pink Flamingos
1972 Director
- The Diane Linkletter Story
1970 Director
- Multiple Maniacs
1970 Director
- Mondo Trasho
1969 Director
- Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head
1968 Director
- Eat Your Makeup
1968 Director
- Roman Candles
1967 Director
- Hag in a Black Leather Jacket
1964 Director
- Baltigore
The Broker
- Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance
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