Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon") — The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Character Profile

About Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")

A grizzled man mining for gold in a mountain valley. He feigns death after being shot by a younger rival, kills the attacker, buries him, and continues mining.

Character Facts

Played by

Tom Waits

Appears in

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Role

Cameo

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