Roger Waters
Roger Waters
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
162
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-09-06 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Great Bookham, Surrey, England, UK
Acting

2023

Môa, Mother Africa Roots as Self (archive footage)

2023

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary Blu-ray) as Bass Guitar, Vocals, VCS3 & Tape Effects

2020

Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert as Self (archive footage)

2019

Roger Waters: Us + Them as Self - Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar

2014

Roger Waters: The Wall as Self - Vocal, Guitar, and Bass

2010

Conan as Self

2007

Seven Ages of Rock as Self

2006

Roger Waters: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa, 2006 as vocals, bass, acoustic guitar

2005

Live 8 as Self

2005

Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert as Self - Bass, Vocals

2005

Pink Floyd London '66-'67 as Self - Bass

2000

Roger Waters: In The Flesh - Live as Himself - Vocals, Bas

1997

Classic Albums as Self

1992

ECHO-Verleihung as Self

1990

Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin as Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor

1988

Roger Waters: Radio KAOS as Vocals, Bass

1980

Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum as Self - Bass, Vocals

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Pink Floyd

1972

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii as Self - Bass, Vocals

1971

Stamping Ground as Self - Pink Floyd

1967

Omnibus as Self

2024

Censoring Palestine as Self

2020

Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice as Self (archive footage)

2020

A Fleeting Glimpse as Not available

2018

On l'appelait Roda as Self

2016

The Occupation of the American Mind as Narrator (voice)

2015

Roger Waters - Amused to Death as Not available

2008

A Technicolor Dream as Himself

2007

Roger Waters: Live in Argentina as Himself (Lead vocals, Bas, Acoustic Guitar)

2007

Roger Waters - Live Earth as Not available

2005

Pink Floyd: Live Anthology as Self - Bass, Vocals

1997

State of Fear as Not available

1984

Roger Waters: Video Anthology as Not available

1982

The Other Side of the Wall as Not available

1971

Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR as Not available

1970

Pink Floyd: KQED as Self

1970

Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival as Not available

NaN

Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968 as Not available
Crew

2024

Walled Off Producer

2023

Lyd Executive Producer

2021

The Four Walls Producer

2016

The Ploy Music

2016

The Ploy Original Music Composer

1986

When the Wind Blows Original Music Composer

1983

Pink Floyd: The Final Cut Music Producer

1982

Pink Floyd: The Wall Screenplay

1982

Pink Floyd: The Wall Music Producer

1982

Pink Floyd: The Wall Musician

1973

Crystal Voyager Songs

1972

The Valley Original Music Composer

1970

The Body Music

1970

Zabriskie Point Original Music Composer

1969

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