Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 31, 1943
Place of Birth:
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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Christopher Walken
Biography
Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken, March 31, 1943) is an American actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television programs, including Annie Hall (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Dogs of War (1980), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Batman Returns (1992), True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Antz (1998), Vendetta (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Joe Dirt (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Hairspray (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), the first three Prophecy films, The Jungle Book (2016), and Irreplaceable You (2018). He has received a number of awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Emperor |
| 2024 | From Roger Moore with Love | Self |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | The War with Grandpa | Jerry |
| 2020 | Percy | Percy Schmeiser |
| 2020 | Wild Mountain Thyme | Tony Reilly |
| 2020 | Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls | Warden |
| 2019 | Music Videos That Defined the 00’s | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You | Myron |
| 2018 | Talking with the Vampires | |
| 2018 | Trumbull Land | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Dr. Walter Tinkler |
| 2016 | The Family Fang | Caleb Fang |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | King Louie (voice) |
| 2016 | One More Time | Paul Lombard |
| 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | Warren Sharp |
| 2016 | Nine Lives | Felix Perkins |
| 2015 | Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser | Clem |
| 2014 | Jersey Boys | Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos | Curtis Pelissier |
| 2014 | Peter Pan Live! | Captain Hook |
| 2013 | The Power of Few | Doke |
| 2013 | Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet | Self |
| 2013 | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love | Self |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Zeus |
| 2012 | Dark Horse | Jackie |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Hans Kieslowski |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | Doc |
| 2012 | A Late Quartet | Peter Mitchell |
| 2012 | Joe Papp in Five Acts | Self |
| 2012 | Cooking with Christopher Walken | Himself |
| 2011 | Kill the Irishman | Shondor Birns |
| 2010 | Life's a Beach | Roy Callahan |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) |
| 2009 | The Maiden Heist | Roger Barlow |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | $5 a Day | Nat Parker |
| 2008 | Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride... Starring You! | Frank Kincaid |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Wilbur Turnblad |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Feng |
| 2006 | Click | Morty |
| 2006 | Man of the Year | Jack Menken |
| 2006 | Fade to Black | Brewster |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Secretary Cleary |
| 2005 | Domino | Mark Heiss |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Cousin Bo |
| 2005 | Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' | Self |
| 2004 | Envy | J-Man |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Paul Rayburn |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Mike Wellington |
| 2004 | Around the Bend | Turner Lair |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken | |
| 2003 | The Rundown | Hatcher |
| 2003 | Kangaroo Jack | Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio |
| 2003 | Gigli | Det. Stanley Jacobellis |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Spike Jonze | Self |
| 2003 | Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary | Self |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Frank Abagnale |
| 2002 | Undertaking Betty | Frank Featherbed |
| 2002 | Poolhall Junkies | Uncle Mike |
| 2002 | The Country Bears | Reed Thimple |
| 2002 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Bruce Dickinson (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Clem |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts | Hal Weidmann |
| 2001 | Scotland, PA | Lieutenant McDuff |
| 2001 | The Affair of the Necklace | Count Cagliostro |
| 2001 | The Continental: Anticipation | The Continental |
| 2000 | The Prophecy 3: The Ascent | Gabriel |
| 2000 | The Opportunists | Vic Kelly |
| 2000 | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Hessian Horseman |
| 1999 | New Rose Hotel | Fox |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Calvin |
| 1999 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Jacob Witting |
| 1999 | Vendetta | James Houston |
| 1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Max |
| 1998 | Antz | Colonel Cutter (voice) |
| 1998 | The Prophecy II | Gabriel |
| 1998 | The Eternal | Uncle Bill Ferriter |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Bevalaqua |
| 1997 | Suicide Kings | Carlo Bartolucci |
| 1997 | MouseHunt | Caesar |
| 1997 | Excess Baggage | Ray |
| 1997 | Touch | Bill Hill |
| 1996 | Basquiat | The Interviewer |
| 1996 | The Funeral | Ray Tempio |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | Hickey |
| 1996 | Wild Side | Bruno Buckingham |
| 1996 | Celluloide | Rod Geiger |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | The Man with the Plan |
| 1995 | Nick of Time | Mr. Smith |
| 1995 | The Prophecy | Gabriel |
| 1995 | The Addiction | Peina |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | Kim Ulander |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Captain Koons |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Vanni Corso |
| 1993 | True Romance | Vincenzo Coccotti |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Bobby Cahn |
| 1993 | Skylark | Jacob Witting |
| 1993 | Scam | Jack Shanks |
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Max Shreck |
| 1992 | The Big Pardon 2 | Pasco Meisner |
| 1992 | Mistress | Warren Zell |
| 1991 | McBain | McBain |
| 1991 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Jacob Witting |
| 1991 | All-American Murder | P.J. Decker |
| 1990 | King of New York | Frank White |
| 1990 | The Comfort of Strangers | Robert |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1989 | Communion | Whitley Strieber |
| 1988 | Homeboy | Wesley Pendergass |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Kyril Montana |
| 1988 | Biloxi Blues | Sgt. Toomey |
| 1988 | Puss in Boots | Puss |
| 1987 | Deadline | Don Stevens |
| 1986 | At Close Range | Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Sr. |
| 1985 | A View to a Kill | Max Zorin |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | Johnny Smith |
| 1983 | Brainstorm | Michael Brace |
| 1982 | Who Am I This Time? | Harry Nash |
| 1981 | Pennies from Heaven | Tom |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | Nathan D. Champion |
| 1980 | The Dogs of War | Jamie Shannon |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Eckart |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich |
| 1978 | Shoot the Sun Down | Mr. Rainbow |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Duane Hall |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Det. Rizzo |
| 1977 | Roseland | Russel |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Robert Fulmer |
| 1975 | Valley Forge | |
| 1972 | The Mind Snatchers | Pvt. James H. Reese |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | The Kid |
| 1970 | Cleopatra | Boy |
| 1969 | Me and My Brother | |
| 1966 | Barefoot in Athens | Lamprocles |
| 1956 | The Boy Who Saw Through | Ernest |
| That's Amore! | ||
| Tiens ferme ta couronne | ||
| Bad Girl | Guardian Angel |