- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 8 nominations total
Actor
Composer
- Official sites
- Alternative names
- Mule Patterson
- Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Born
- Spouse
- Kathleen BrennanAugust 10, 1980 - present (3 children)
- ParentsAlma Fern Waits (Johnson)
- Other works(3/31/90) Stage: Provided the music and lyrics for Robert Wilson / William S. Burroughs production of "The Black Rider", Hamburg, Germany.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaHe converted a 4 cubic yard metal box (intended as a debris dumpster) into a musical instrument called a "Strata Dumpster" (aka "Dumpstalele"). He cut a 2 foot hole into one side, and streched seven piano strings across it, fastening them with two welded bridges. The strings can be plucked, strummed or bowed. He describes the sound as "trainlike and huge, like trash day with a purpose."
- QuotesChampagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
- TrademarksRaspy, gravelly singing voice
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