Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Known for
Acting
Born
March 31, 1943 (age 83)
Birthplace
Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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

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Filmography

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Tiens ferme ta couronne

Tiens ferme ta couronne

Movie

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The Long Island Bank Robber

The Long Island Bank Robber

Movie

2026
Back in Black poster

Back in Black

Movie · as Clyde

2026
My Life As Roger Moore poster

My Life As Roger Moore

Movie · as Self

2025
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost poster

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

Movie · as Self

2024
Dune: Part Two poster

Dune: Part Two

Movie · as Emperor

2024
From Roger Moore with Love poster

From Roger Moore with Love

Movie · as Self

2024
Mitt liv som Roger Moore poster

Mitt liv som Roger Moore

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
Severance poster

Severance

TV · as Burt Goodman · 19 eps

2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Outlaws poster

The Outlaws

TV · as Frank · 13 eps

2020
The War with Grandpa poster

The War with Grandpa

Movie · as Jerry

2020
Percy poster

Percy

Movie · as Percy Schmeiser

2020
Wild Mountain Thyme poster

Wild Mountain Thyme

Movie · as Tony Reilly

2019
The Jesus Rolls poster

The Jesus Rolls

Movie · as Warden

2019
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s poster

Music Videos That Defined the 00’s

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage poster

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Movie · as Self

2018
Irreplaceable You poster

Irreplaceable You

Movie · as Myron

2018
Talking with the Vampires poster

Talking with the Vampires

Movie

2018
Trumbull Land poster

Trumbull Land

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Father Figures poster

Father Figures

Movie · as Dr. Walter Tinkler

2016
The Family Fang poster

The Family Fang

Movie · as Caleb Fang

2016
The Jungle Book poster

The Jungle Book

Movie · as King Louie (voice)

2016
One More Time poster

One More Time

Movie · as Paul Lombard

2016
Eddie the Eagle poster

Eddie the Eagle

Movie · as Warren Sharp

2016
Nine Lives poster

Nine Lives

Movie · as Felix Perkins

2015
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser poster

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser

Movie · as Clem

2015
An SNL Valentine poster

An SNL Valentine

Movie · as The Continental (archive footage)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Jersey Boys poster

Jersey Boys

Movie · as Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo

2014
Turks & Caicos poster

Turks & Caicos

Movie · as Curtis Pelissier

2014
Peter Pan Live! poster

Peter Pan Live!

Movie · as Captain Hook

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
The Power of Few poster

The Power of Few

Movie · as Doke

2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love poster

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

Movie · as Self

2013
Gods Behaving Badly poster

Gods Behaving Badly

Movie · as Zeus

2012
Dark Horse poster

Dark Horse

Movie · as Jackie

2012
Seven Psychopaths poster

Seven Psychopaths

Movie · as Hans Kieslowski

2012
Stand Up Guys poster

Stand Up Guys

Movie · as Doc

2012
A Late Quartet poster

A Late Quartet

Movie · as Peter Mitchell

2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts poster

Joe Papp in Five Acts

Movie · as Self

2012
Cooking with Christopher Walken poster

Cooking with Christopher Walken

Movie · as Himself

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Kill the Irishman poster

Kill the Irishman

Movie · as Shondor Birns

2010
Life's a Beach poster

Life's a Beach

Movie · as Roy Callahan

2010
The Women of SNL poster

The Women of SNL

Movie · as Various (archive footage)

2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Movie · as Self

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
The Maiden Heist poster

The Maiden Heist

Movie · as Roger Barlow

2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
$5 a Day poster

$5 a Day

Movie · as Nat Parker

2008
The Legend of Harrow Woods poster

The Legend of Harrow Woods

Movie · as Raven (voice)

2008
Laser cats 3 poster

Laser cats 3

Movie · as General

2007
Hairspray poster

Hairspray

Movie · as Wilbur Turnblad

2007
Balls of Fury poster

Balls of Fury

Movie · as Feng

2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation poster

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Movie · as Self

2007
Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler poster

Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler

Movie

2007
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" poster

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

Movie · as Self

2007
Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury' poster

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'

Movie

2006
Click poster

Click

Movie · as Morty

2006
Man of the Year poster

Man of the Year

Movie · as Jack Menken

2006
Romance & Cigarettes poster

Romance & Cigarettes

Movie · as Cousin Bo

2006
Fade to Black poster

Fade to Black

Movie · as Brewster

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Christopher Walken (voice) · 1 ep

2006
The Henry Rollins Show poster

The Henry Rollins Show

TV · 1 ep

2005
Wedding Crashers poster

Wedding Crashers

Movie · as Secretary Cleary

2005
Domino poster

Domino

Movie · as Mark Heiss

2005
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' poster

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

Movie · as Self

2004
Envy poster

Envy

Movie · as J-Man

2004
Man on Fire poster

Man on Fire

Movie · as Paul Rayburn

2004
The Stepford Wives poster

The Stepford Wives

Movie · as Mike Wellington

2004
Around the Bend poster

Around the Bend

Movie · as Turner Lair

2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken

Movie

2003
The Rundown poster

The Rundown

Movie · as Hatcher

2003
Kangaroo Jack poster

Kangaroo Jack

Movie · as Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio

2003
Gigli poster

Gigli

Movie · as Det. Stanley Jacobellis

2003
The Work of Director Spike Jonze poster

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

Movie · as Self

2003
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary poster

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

Movie · as Self

2003
Comedy Central Roasts poster

Comedy Central Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Catch Me If You Can poster

Catch Me If You Can

Movie · as Frank Abagnale

2002
Undertaking Betty poster

Undertaking Betty

Movie · as Frank Featherbed

2002
Poolhall Junkies poster

Poolhall Junkies

Movie · as Uncle Mike

2002
The Country Bears poster

The Country Bears

Movie · as Reed Thimple

2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

Movie · as Bruce Dickinson (archive footage)

2002
Engine Trouble

Engine Trouble

Movie · as Rusty (voice)

2002
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

TV · as Cato the Younger · 2 eps

2001
Joe Dirt poster

Joe Dirt

Movie · as Clem

2001
America's Sweethearts poster

America's Sweethearts

Movie · as Hal Weidmann

2001
Scotland, PA poster

Scotland, PA

Movie · as Lieutenant McDuff

2001
The Affair of the Necklace poster

The Affair of the Necklace

Movie · as Count Cagliostro

2001
The Continental: Anticipation

The Continental: Anticipation

Movie · as The Continental

2000
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent poster

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

Movie · as Gabriel

2000
The Opportunists poster

The Opportunists

Movie · as Vic Kelly

2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend poster

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Movie · as Self

1999
Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow

Movie · as Hessian Horseman

1999
New Rose Hotel poster

New Rose Hotel

Movie · as Fox

1999
Blast from the Past poster

Blast from the Past

Movie · as Calvin

1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 poster

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

Movie · as Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)

1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End poster

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

Movie · as Jacob Witting

1999
Vendetta poster

Vendetta

Movie · as James Houston

1999
Kiss Toledo Goodbye poster

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

Movie · as Max

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1998
Antz poster

Antz

Movie · as Colonel Cutter (voice)

1998
The Prophecy II poster

The Prophecy II

Movie · as Gabriel

1998
The Eternal poster

The Eternal

Movie · as Uncle Bill Ferriter

1998
Illuminata poster

Illuminata

Movie · as Bevalaqua

1997
Suicide Kings poster

Suicide Kings

Movie · as Carlo Bartolucci

1997
MouseHunt poster

MouseHunt

Movie · as Caesar

1997
Excess Baggage poster

Excess Baggage

Movie · as Ray

1997
Touch poster

Touch

Movie · as Bill Hill

1996
Basquiat poster

Basquiat

Movie · as The Interviewer

1996
The Funeral poster

The Funeral

Movie · as Ray Tempio

1996
Last Man Standing poster

Last Man Standing

Movie · as Hickey

1996
Wild Side poster

Wild Side

Movie · as Bruno Buckingham

1996
Celluloide poster

Celluloide

Movie · as Rod Geiger

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead poster

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Movie · as Man with the Plan

1995
Nick of Time poster

Nick of Time

Movie · as Mr. Smith

1995
The Prophecy poster

The Prophecy

Movie · as Gabriel

1995
The Addiction poster

The Addiction

Movie · as Peina

1995
Search and Destroy poster

Search and Destroy

Movie · as Kim Ulander

1994
Pulp Fiction poster

Pulp Fiction

Movie · as Captain Koons

1994
A Business Affair poster

A Business Affair

Movie · as Vanni Corso

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Storybook Cinema

Storybook Cinema

TV · 9 eps

1993
True Romance poster

True Romance

Movie · as Vincenzo Coccotti

1993
Wayne's World 2 poster

Wayne's World 2

Movie · as Bobby Cahn

1993
Skylark poster

Skylark

Movie · as Jacob Witting

1993
Scam poster

Scam

Movie · as Jack Shanks

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

1992
Batman Returns poster

Batman Returns

Movie · as Max Shreck

1992
The Big Pardon 2 poster

The Big Pardon 2

Movie · as Pasco Meisner

1992
Mistress poster

Mistress

Movie · as Warren Zell

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1991
McBain poster

McBain

Movie · as McBain

1991
Sarah, Plain and Tall poster

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Movie · as Jacob Witting

1991
All-American Murder poster

All-American Murder

Movie · as P.J. Decker

1990
King of New York poster

King of New York

Movie · as Frank White

1990
The Comfort of Strangers poster

The Comfort of Strangers

Movie · as Robert

1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

Movie · as Self

1989
Communion poster

Communion

Movie · as Whitley Strieber

1988
Homeboy poster

Homeboy

Movie · as Wesley Pendergass

1988
The Milagro Beanfield War poster

The Milagro Beanfield War

Movie · as Kyril Montana

1988
Biloxi Blues poster

Biloxi Blues

Movie · as Sgt. Toomey

1988
Puss in Boots poster

Puss in Boots

Movie · as Puss

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1987
Deadline poster

Deadline

Movie · as Don Stevens

1986
At Close Range poster

At Close Range

Movie · as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.

1985
A View to a Kill poster

A View to a Kill

Movie · as Max Zorin

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1983
The Dead Zone poster

The Dead Zone

Movie · as Johnny Smith

1983
Brainstorm poster

Brainstorm

Movie · as Michael Brace

1982
Who Am I This Time? poster

Who Am I This Time?

Movie · as Harry Nash

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Harry Nash · 1 ep

1981
Pennies from Heaven poster

Pennies from Heaven

Movie · as Tom

1980
Heaven's Gate poster

Heaven's Gate

Movie · as Nathan D. Champion

1980
The Dogs of War poster

The Dogs of War

Movie · as Jamie Shannon

1979
Last Embrace poster

Last Embrace

Movie · as Eckart

1978
The Deer Hunter poster

The Deer Hunter

Movie · as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

1978
Shoot the Sun Down poster

Shoot the Sun Down

Movie · as Mr. Rainbow

1977
Annie Hall poster

Annie Hall

Movie · as Duane Hall

1977
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

Movie · as Det. Rizzo

1977
Roseland poster

Roseland

Movie · as Russel

1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village poster

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Movie · as Robert Fulmer

1975
Valley Forge poster

Valley Forge

Movie · as The Hessian

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 7 eps

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Ben Wiley · 1 ep

1972
The Mind Snatchers poster

The Mind Snatchers

Movie · as Pvt. James H. Reese

1971
The Anderson Tapes poster

The Anderson Tapes

Movie · as The Kid

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Cleopatra poster

Cleopatra

Movie · as Boy

1969
Me and My Brother poster

Me and My Brother

Movie

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Walt Kramer · 1 ep

1966
Barefoot in Athens

Barefoot in Athens

Movie · as Lamprocles

1959
Deadline poster

Deadline

TV · as Marty · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Chris Johannis, Brain Trust (uncredited) · 1 ep

1956
The Boy Who Saw Through poster

The Boy Who Saw Through

Movie · as Ernest

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Motorola Television Hour poster

The Motorola Television Hour

TV · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Lamprocles, Jacob Witting, The Hessian · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep