Christopher Walken
Known for acting · Born 31 March 1943 · 83 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
187 credits
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
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Click
2006
Man on Fire
2004
Wedding Crashers
2005
The Deer Hunter
1978
Eddie the Eagle
2016
A View to a Kill
1985
Severance
2022
The Dead Zone
1983
The Jungle Book
2016
Blast from the Past
1999
Batman Returns
1992
Acting (184)
2026Back in BlackClydeFilm
2025Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is LostSelfFilm
2025Tim Burton: Life in the LineSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2024Dune: Part TwoEmperorFilm
2024From Roger Moore with LoveSelfFilm
2024Mitt liv som Roger MooreSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2022SeveranceBurt Goodman · 19 episodesSeries
2021The OutlawsFrank · 13 episodesSeries
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)Film
2020The War with GrandpaJerryFilm
2020Wild Mountain ThymeTony ReillyFilm
2020PercyPercy SchmeiserFilm
2019The Jesus RollsWardenFilm
2019Music Videos That Defined the 00’sSelf (archive footage)Film
2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a StageSelfFilm
2018Irreplaceable YouMyronFilm
2018Trumbull LandSelf (archive footage)Film
2018Talking with the VampiresFilm
2017Father FiguresDr. Walter TinklerFilm
2016The Jungle BookKing Louie (voice)Film
2016Eddie the EagleWarren SharpFilm
2016Nine LivesFelix PerkinsFilm
2016The Family FangCaleb FangFilm
2016One More TimePaul LombardFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
2015Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful LoserClemFilm
2015An SNL ValentineThe Continental (archive footage)Film
2014Jersey BoysAngelo 'Gyp' DeCarloFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - GuestSeries
2014Turks & CaicosCurtis PelissierFilm
2014Peter Pan Live!Captain HookFilm
2013The Power of FewDokeFilm
2013Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For LoveSelfFilm
2013Gods Behaving BadlyZeusFilm
2012Seven PsychopathsHans KieslowskiFilm
2012Stand Up GuysDocFilm
2012A Late QuartetPeter MitchellFilm
2012Dark HorseJackieFilm
2012Finding Your RootsSelfSeries
2012Cooking with Christopher WalkenHimselfFilm
2012Joe Papp in Five ActsSelfFilm
2011Kill the IrishmanShondor BirnsFilm
2010ConanSelf - GuestSeries
2010Life's a BeachRoy CallahanFilm
2010The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage)Film
2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and AgainSelfFilm
2009The Maiden HeistRoger BarlowFilm
2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy PoehlerSelf (archive footage)Film
2008$5 a DayNat ParkerFilm
2008The Legend of Harrow WoodsRaven (voice)Film
2007HairsprayWilbur TurnbladFilm
2007Balls of FuryFengFilm
2007You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"SelfFilm
2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelfFilm
2007Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball WranglerFilm
2007Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'Film
2006ClickMortyFilm
200630 RockChristopher Walken (voice)Series
2006Man of the YearJack MenkenFilm
2006Romance & CigarettesCousin BoFilm
2006Fade to BlackBrewsterFilm
2006The Henry Rollins ShowSeries
2005Wedding CrashersSecretary ClearyFilm
2005DominoMark HeissFilm
2005Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'SelfFilm
2004Man on FirePaul RayburnFilm
2004The Stepford WivesMike WellingtonFilm
2004EnvyJ-ManFilm
2004Around the BendTurner LairFilm
2004Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher WalkenFilm
2003The RundownHatcherFilm
2003Kangaroo JackSalvatore 'Sal' MaggioFilm
2003GigliDet. Stanley JacobellisFilm
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelfSeries
2003The Work of Director Spike JonzeSelfFilm
2003Comedy Central Roast of Denis LearySelfFilm
2003Comedy Central RoastsSelfSeries
2002Catch Me If You CanFrank AbagnaleFilm
2002The Country BearsReed ThimpleFilm
2002Undertaking BettyFrank FeatherbedFilm
2002Poolhall JunkiesUncle MikeFilm
2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will FerrellBruce Dickinson (archive footage)Film
2002Julius CaesarCato the Younger · 2 episodesSeries
2002Engine TroubleRusty (voice)Film
2001America's SweetheartsHal WeidmannFilm
2001Joe DirtClemFilm
2001The Affair of the NecklaceCount CagliostroFilm
2001Scotland, PALieutenant McDuffFilm
2001The Continental: AnticipationThe ContinentalFilm
2000The Prophecy 3: The AscentGabrielFilm
2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelfFilm
2000The OpportunistsVic KellyFilm
1999Sleepy HollowHessian HorsemanFilm
1999Blast from the PastCalvinFilm
1999New Rose HotelFoxFilm
1999VendettaJames HoustonFilm
1999Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's EndJacob WittingFilm
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelfFilm
1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)Film
1999Kiss Toledo GoodbyeMaxFilm
1998AntzColonel Cutter (voice)Film
1998The Prophecy IIGabrielFilm
1998The EternalUncle Bill FerriterFilm
1998IlluminataBevalaquaFilm
1997MouseHuntCaesarFilm
1997Suicide KingsCarlo BartolucciFilm
1997Excess BaggageRayFilm
1997TouchBill HillFilm
1996Last Man StandingHickeyFilm
1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
1996BasquiatThe InterviewerFilm
1996The FuneralRay TempioFilm
1996Wild SideBruno BuckinghamFilm
1996CelluloideRod GeigerFilm
1995Nick of TimeMr. SmithFilm
1995The ProphecyGabrielFilm
1995Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadThe Man with the PlanFilm
1995The AddictionPeinaFilm
1995Search and DestroyKim UlanderFilm
1994Pulp FictionCaptain KoonsFilm
1994A Business AffairVanni CorsoFilm
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelfSeries
1994Storybook Cinema · 9 episodesSeries
1993True RomanceVincenzo CoccottiFilm
1993Wayne's World 2Bobby CahnFilm
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 5 episodesSeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 8 episodesSeries
1993SkylarkJacob WittingFilm
1993ScamJack ShanksFilm
1992Batman ReturnsMax ShreckFilm
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
1992MistressWarren ZellFilm
1992The Big Pardon 2Pasco MeisnerFilm
1991McBainMcBainFilm
1991Sarah, Plain and TallJacob WittingFilm
1991All-American MurderP.J. DeckerFilm
1990King of New YorkFrank WhiteFilm
1990The Comfort of StrangersRobertFilm
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelfFilm
1989CommunionWhitley StrieberFilm
1988Biloxi BluesSgt. ToomeyFilm
1988The Milagro Beanfield WarKyril MontanaFilm
1988HomeboyWesley PendergassFilm
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1988Puss in BootsPussFilm
1987DeadlineDon StevensFilm
1986At Close RangeBradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.Film
1985A View to a KillMax ZorinFilm
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelfFilm
1983The Dead ZoneJohnny SmithFilm
1983BrainstormMichael BraceFilm
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - GuestSeries
1982Who Am I This Time?Harry NashFilm
1982American PlayhouseHarry NashSeries
1981Pennies from HeavenTomFilm
1980Heaven's GateNathan D. ChampionFilm
1980The Dogs of WarJamie ShannonFilm
1979Last EmbraceEckartFilm
1978The Deer HunterNikanor "Nick" ChevotarevichFilm
1978Shoot the Sun DownMr. RainbowFilm
1977Annie HallDuane HallFilm
1977The SentinelDet. RizzoFilm
1977RoselandRusselFilm
1976Next Stop, Greenwich VillageRobert FulmerFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 7 episodes, Self - Cameo (uncredited)Series
1975Valley ForgeThe HessianFilm
1973KojakBen WileySeries
1972The Mind SnatchersPvt. James H. ReeseFilm
1971The Anderson TapesThe KidFilm
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1970CleopatraBoyFilm
1969Hawaii Five-OWalt KramerSeries
1969Me and My BrotherFilm
1966Barefoot in AthensLamproclesFilm
1959DeadlineMartySeries
1958Naked CityChris Johannis, Brain Trust (uncredited)Series
1956The Boy Who Saw ThroughErnestFilm
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / PresenterSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
1953The Motorola Television HourSeries
1952TodaySelfSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameLamprocles, Jacob Witting, The HessianSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
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Crew (1)
2025Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is LostThanksFilm
Production (2)
2020PercyExecutive ProducerFilm
1999New Rose HotelCo-ProducerFilm