---
name: "Willie Watson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/willie-watson"
fi1m_id: "willie-watson"
imdb_id: "nm0914929"
tmdb_id: 2112084
wikidata_id: "Q17985081"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 September 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T08:49:30.022516+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Willie Watson

## Identity

Willie Watson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/willie-watson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** willie-watson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0914929
- **TMDB ID:** 2112084
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17985081
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Watson_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2112084

Actor. Born 23 September 1979 in Watkins Glen.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 September 1979, Watkins Glen
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Watson_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2112084

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Ballad of Buster Scruggs*](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Willie Watson is an American actor and musician. Born on 23 September 1979 in Watkins Glen, New York, he is a founding member of the bluegrass and old-time band Old Crow Medicine Show.

Watson made his film acting debut as The Kid in the Coen brothers' anthology *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), also performing the song "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" on the soundtrack. He later appeared as John Altman in *Redeeming Love* (2022). He has contributed to soundtracks for other Coen brothers films, including *Hail, Caesar!* (2016) and *Live by Night* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), Fi1m 79, as The Kid (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Redeeming Love* (2022), as John Altman
- *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), as The Kid (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs.md)

## Gallery

- ![Willie Watson](https://film.one/media/person/1619084/gallery-cddc326ba382.jpg) Willie Watson — Joel Rhymer from Freedom, NH, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Willie_Watson_Ossipee_Valley_Music_Festival_Hiram_ME_July_2014.jpg/1280px-Willie_Watson_Ossipee_Valley_Music_Festival_Hiram_ME_July_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/1619084/gallery-1f683068da73.jpg) Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2023) — Artaxerxes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_01.jpg/1280px-Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/1619084/gallery-0a57529e4bd5.jpg) Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2023) — Artaxerxes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_02.jpg/1280px-Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/1619084/gallery-e1235e1713d4.jpg) Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2023) — Artaxerxes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_03.jpg/1280px-Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Willie Watson](https://film.one/media/person/1619084/gallery-e2c458335335.jpg) Willie Watson — Image via TMDB
- ![Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/1619084/gallery-15046916daf3.jpg) Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2024) — Artaxerxes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_11.jpg/1280px-Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_11.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/1619084/gallery-04d771c88101.jpg) Molly Tuttle performs with Old Crow Medicine Show on New Year's Eve at Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. (2024) — Artaxerxes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_12.jpg/1280px-Molly_Tuttle_Old_Crow_Medicine_Show_New_Year%27s_Eve_Ryman_Auditorium_downtown_Nashville_TN_December_2023_12.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/willie-watson