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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Movies (43)
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
as Self
2025
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
2024
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self
2024
Dune: Part Two
as Emperor
2024
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Wild Mountain Thyme
as Tony Reilly
2020
Percy
as Percy Schmeiser
2020
The War with Grandpa
as Jerry
2020
The Jesus Rolls
as Warden
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Talking with the Vampires
2018
Irreplaceable You
as Myron
2018
Father Figures
as Dr. Walter Tinkler
2017
Nine Lives
as Felix Perkins
2016
The Family Fang
as Caleb Fang
2016
One More Time
as Paul Lombard
2016
The Jungle Book
as King Louie (voice)
2016
Eddie the Eagle
as Warren Sharp
2016
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
as Clem
2015
Peter Pan Live!
as Captain Hook
2014
Jersey Boys
as Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo
2014
Turks & Caicos
as Curtis Pelissier
2014
Gods Behaving Badly
as Zeus
2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
as Self
2013
The Power of Few
as Doke
2013
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
as Self
2013
Stand Up Guys
as Doc
2012
A Late Quartet
as Peter Mitchell
2012
Cooking with Christopher Walken
as Himself
2012
Seven Psychopaths
as Hans Kieslowski
2012
Dark Horse
as Jackie
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2012
Kill the Irishman
as Shondor Birns
2011
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
2010
Life's a Beach
as Roy Callahan
2010
The Maiden Heist
as Roger Barlow
2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Self (archive footage)
2009
$5 a Day
as Nat Parker
2008
Balls of Fury
as Feng
2007
Hairspray
as Wilbur Turnblad
2007
