His first big break was in musicals, playing Claude in a Sydney production of Hair in 1969, then Judas in Godspell. Among his most famous roles are Sergeant Robert McKellar in the 1976 television series Rush (famously revoiced and parodied by The D-Generation as The Olden Days on their comedy programme The Late Show), Capt. Alfred Taylor in the 1980 film version of Breaker Morant, and Pontius Pilate in the Australian concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Many Australians still remember him best from his nearly 20 year stint on the Australian children's series of Play School (1972 - 1991).
In 1988 John Waters won the AFI Award for Best Actor for his role as Tom Garfield in the Frank Howson written film Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
John is also an accomplished musician, and toured for many years with his one man show Looking Through a Glass Onion, a tribute to John Lennon featuring music, words and images.
John Waters also appeared on stage with the production The Sound of Music, in which he played the part of "Captain von Trapp" alongside Lisa McCune.
When still doing Play School, he has been narrating children's video trailers for ABC TV.
He played Perry Luscombe in Fireflies which lasted for 1 season. It was aired on the ABC TV in 2004.
He stars in advertisements for Bird's Eye frozen food products. He also joined the cast of All Saints in June 2006 as Mike Vlasek, the new Head of Surgery. Waters has been touring around Australia through August and September starring in a critically acclaimed role alongside Brett Tucker in 'The Woman In Black'.
He is currently portraying the role of The Narrator in Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show at Star City Casino, Sydney.
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