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.
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Acting History
2025
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost as Self
2024Mitt liv som Roger Moore as Self
2024From Roger Moore with Love as Self
2024Tim Burton: Life in the Line as Self
2024Dune: Part Two as Emperor
2022Severance as Burt Goodman
2021The Outlaws as Frank
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020Wild Mountain Thyme as Tony Reilly
2020Percy as Percy Schmeiser
2020The War with Grandpa as Jerry
2019The Jesus Rolls as Warden
2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
2019Music Videos That Defined the 00’s as Self (archive footage)
2018Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
2018Talking with the Vampires
2018Irreplaceable You as Myron
2017Father Figures as Dr. Walter Tinkler
2016Nine Lives as Felix Perkins
2016The Family Fang as Caleb Fang
2016One More Time as Paul Lombard
2016The Jungle Book as King Louie (voice)
2016Eddie the Eagle as Warren Sharp
2015Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser as Clem
2014Peter Pan Live! as Captain Hook
2014Jersey Boys as Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo
2014Turks & Caicos as Curtis Pelissier
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2013Gods Behaving Badly as Zeus
2013Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love as Self
2013The Power of Few as Doke
2013Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet as Self
2012Stand Up Guys as Doc
2012A Late Quartet as Peter Mitchell
2012Cooking with Christopher Walken as Himself
2012Seven Psychopaths as Hans Kieslowski
2012Dark Horse as Jackie
2012Joe Papp in Five Acts as Self
2012Finding Your Roots as Self
2011Kill the Irishman as Shondor Birns
2010Conan as Self
2010The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again as Self
2010Life's a Beach as Roy Callahan
2009The Maiden Heist as Roger Barlow
2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Self (archive footage)
2008$5 a Day as Nat Parker
2007Balls of Fury as Feng
2007Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad
2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
200630 Rock as Christopher Walken (voice)
2006Man of the Year as Jack Menken
2006Click as Morty
2006The Henry Rollins Show
2006Fade to Black as Brewster
2005Domino as Mark Heiss
2005Romance & Cigarettes as Cousin Bo
2005Wedding Crashers as Secretary Cleary
2005Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' as Self
2004Around the Bend as Turner Lair
2004Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
2004The Stepford Wives as Mike Wellington
2004Envy as J-Man
2004Man on Fire as Paul Rayburn
2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze as Self
2003The Rundown as Hatcher
2003Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary as Self
2003Comedy Central Roasts as Self
2003Gigli as Det. Stanley Jacobellis
2003Kangaroo Jack as Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio
2002Julius Caesar as Cato the Younger
2002Catch Me If You Can as Frank Abagnale
2002Undertaking Betty as Frank Featherbed
2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell as Bruce Dickinson (archive footage)
2002The Country Bears as Reed Thimple
2002Poolhall Junkies as Uncle Mike
2001The Affair of the Necklace as Count Cagliostro
2001America's Sweethearts as Hal Weidmann
2001The Continental: Anticipation as The Continental
2001Joe Dirt as Clem
2001Scotland, PA as Lieutenant McDuff
2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
2000The Opportunists as Vic Kelly
2000The Prophecy 3: The Ascent as Gabriel
1999Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Max
1999Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End as Jacob Witting
1999Sleepy Hollow as Hessian Horseman
1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)
1999Vendetta as James Houston
1999New Rose Hotel as Fox
1999Blast from the Past as Calvin
1998Antz as Colonel Cutter (voice)
1998The Eternal as Uncle Bill Ferriter
1998Illuminata as Bevalaqua
1998The Prophecy II as Gabriel
1997MouseHunt as Caesar
1997Suicide Kings as Carlo Bartolucci
1997Excess Baggage as Ray
1997Touch as Bill Hill
1996Last Man Standing as Hickey
1996Basquiat as The Interviewer
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Wild Side as Bruno Buckingham
1996The Funeral as Ray Tempio
1996Celluloide as Rod Geiger
1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as The Man with the Plan
1995Nick of Time as Mr. Smith
1995The Addiction as Peina
1995The Prophecy as Gabriel
1995Search and Destroy as Kim Ulander
1994Pulp Fiction as Captain Koons
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1994Storybook Cinema
1994A Business Affair as Vanni Corso
1993Wayne's World 2 as Bobby Cahn
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993True Romance as Vincenzo Coccotti
1993Late Show with David Letterman as Self
1993Scam as Jack Shanks
1993Skylark as Jacob Witting
1992The Big Pardon 2 as Pasco Meisner
1992Mistress as Warren Zell
1992Batman Returns as Max Shreck
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991All-American Murder as P.J. Decker
1991McBain as McBain
1991Sarah, Plain and Tall as Jacob Witting
1990The Comfort of Strangers as Robert
1990King of New York as Frank White
1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1989Communion as Whitley Strieber
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988Homeboy as Wesley Pendergass
1988Puss in Boots as Puss
1988Biloxi Blues as Sgt. Toomey
1988The Milagro Beanfield War as Kyril Montana
1987Deadline as Don Stevens
1986At Close Range as Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Sr.
1985A View to a Kill as Max Zorin
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1983The Dead Zone as Johnny Smith
1983Brainstorm as Michael Brace
1982Who Am I This Time? as Harry Nash
1981Pennies from Heaven as Tom
1980The Dogs of War as Jamie Shannon
1980Heaven's Gate as Nathan D. Champion
1979Last Embrace as Eckart
1978The Deer Hunter as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
1978Shoot the Sun Down as Mr. Rainbow
1977Roseland as Russel
1977Annie Hall as Duane Hall
1977The Sentinel as Det. Rizzo
1976Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Robert Fulmer
1975Valley Forge
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1973Kojak as Ben Wiley
1972The Mind Snatchers as Pvt. James H. Reese
1971The Anderson Tapes as The Kid
1970Cleopatra as Boy
1969Me and My Brother
1968Hawaii Five-O as Walt Kramer
1966Barefoot in Athens as Lamprocles
1958Naked City as Chris Johannis
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1956The Boy Who Saw Through as Ernest
1953The Oscars as Self
1952Today as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lamprocles
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jacob Witting
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jacob
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as The Hessian
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
—That's Amore!
—Back in Black as Clyde
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