Deadbeat, deadbeats or dead-beat may refer to:
Literature Dead Beat (novel), a 2005 book of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher Dead Beat, a 1992 novel by Val McDermid
Film and television Deadbeat (TV series), a 2014 Hulu original TV series "Deadbeat" (Cold Squad), a 2004 television episode Deadbeats, a 1977 film, starring Chris Mulkey Dead Beat, a 1994 film based on the life of real-life serial killer Charles Schmid
Music Deadbeat (musician), Canadian electronica musician Deadbeat (album), by Tame Impala, 2025 Deadbeat!, a 2024 album by American musician Jack Kays Deadbeats, a record label launched by Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead Dead Beats, a 2020 EP by VTuber Mori Calliope "Dead-Beat", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from the 2011 EP Willoughby's Beach
Other uses Deadbeat escapement, a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks Dead-beat control, a problem in discrete control theory of finding an optimal input sequence that will bring the system output to a given setpoint in a finite number of time steps Deadbeat parent, pejorative term referring to parents who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities
See also
"Deadbeat Club", a song by the B-52's from their 1989 album Cosmic Thing Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, an English rock band formed in 2009