Acting · Queens, New York City, New York, USA · Born March 31, 1943
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.
TVTim Burton: Life in the Line
2025
as Self
MovieStiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
2025
as Self
TVMitt liv som Roger Moore
2024
as Self
MovieFrom Roger Moore with Love
2024
as Self
MovieTim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
as Self
MovieDune: Part Two
2024
as Emperor
TVDans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
as Self ( Archives)
TVSeverance
2022
as Burt Goodman
TVThe Outlaws
2021
as Frank
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWild Mountain Thyme
2020
as Tony Reilly
MoviePercy
2020
as Percy Schmeiser
MovieThe War with Grandpa
2020
as Jerry
MovieThe Jesus Rolls
2019
as Warden
MovieRaúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
as Self
MovieMusic Videos That Defined the 00’s
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTrumbull Land
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTalking with the Vampires
2018
MovieIrreplaceable You
2018
as Myron
MovieFather Figures
2017
as Dr. Walter Tinkler
MovieNine Lives
2016
as Felix Perkins
MovieThe Family Fang
2016
as Caleb Fang
MovieOne More Time
2016
as Paul Lombard
MovieThe Jungle Book
2016
as King Louie (voice)
MovieEddie the Eagle
2016
as Warren Sharp
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieJoe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
2015
as Clem
MoviePeter Pan Live!
2014
as Captain Hook
MovieJersey Boys
2014
as Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo
MovieTurks & Caicos
2014
as Curtis Pelissier
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieGods Behaving Badly
2013
as Zeus
MovieMarvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013
as Self
MovieThe Power of Few
2013
as Doke
MovieStand Up Guys
2012
as Doc
MovieA Late Quartet
2012
as Peter Mitchell
MovieCooking with Christopher Walken
2012
as Himself
MovieSeven Psychopaths
2012
as Hans Kieslowski
MovieDark Horse
2012
as Jackie
MovieJoe Papp in Five Acts
2012
as Self
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MovieKill the Irishman
2011
as Shondor Birns
TVConan
2010
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010
as Self
MovieLife's a Beach
2010
as Roy Callahan
MovieThe Maiden Heist
2009
as Roger Barlow
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Movie$5 a Day
2008
as Nat Parker
MovieThe Legend of Harrow Woods
2008
as Raven (voice)
MovieUnder the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
2007
MovieBalls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
2007
MovieYou Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007
as Self
MovieIt's 'Hairspray'!
2007
as Self
MovieBalls of Fury
2007
as Feng
MovieHairspray
2007
as Wilbur Turnblad
MovieSaturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
TV30 Rock
2006
as Christopher Walken (voice)
MovieMan of the Year
2006
as Jack Menken
MovieClick
2006
as Morty
TVThe Henry Rollins Show
2006
MovieFade to Black
2006
as Brewster
MovieDomino
2005
as Mark Heiss
MovieRomance & Cigarettes
2005
as Cousin Bo
MovieWedding Crashers
2005
as Secretary Cleary
MovieVengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005
as Self
MovieAround the Bend
2004
as Turner Lair
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
2004
MovieThe Stepford Wives
2004
as Mike Wellington
MovieEnvy
2004
as J-Man
MovieMan on Fire
2004
as Paul Rayburn
MovieThe Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
as Self
MovieThe Rundown
2003
as Hatcher
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieComedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
2003
as Self
TVComedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
MovieGigli
2003
as Det. Stanley Jacobellis
MovieKangaroo Jack
2003
as Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio
TVJulius Caesar
2002
as Cato the Younger
MovieCatch Me If You Can
2002
as Frank Abagnale
MovieUndertaking Betty
2002
as Frank Featherbed
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002
as Bruce Dickinson (archive footage)
Engine Trouble
2002
as Rusty (voice)
MovieThe Country Bears
2002
as Reed Thimple
MoviePoolhall Junkies
2002
as Uncle Mike
MovieThe Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Count Cagliostro
MovieAmerica's Sweethearts
2001
as Hal Weidmann
The Continental: Anticipation
2001
as The Continental
MovieJoe Dirt
2001
as Clem
MovieScotland, PA
2001
as Lieutenant McDuff
MovieSleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
MovieThe Opportunists
2000
as Vic Kelly
MovieThe Prophecy 3: The Ascent
2000
as Gabriel
MovieKiss Toledo Goodbye
1999
as Max
MovieSarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
1999
as Jacob Witting
MovieSleepy Hollow
1999
as Hessian Horseman
MovieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)
MovieVendetta
1999
as James Houston
MovieNew Rose Hotel
1999
as Fox
MovieBlast from the Past
1999
as Calvin
MovieAntz
1998
as Colonel Cutter (voice)
MovieThe Eternal
1998
as Uncle Bill Ferriter
MovieIlluminata
1998
as Bevalaqua
MovieThe Prophecy II
1998
as Gabriel
MovieMouseHunt
1997
as Caesar
MovieSuicide Kings
1997
as Carlo Bartolucci
MovieExcess Baggage
1997
as Ray
MovieTouch
1997
as Bill Hill
MovieLast Man Standing
1996
as Hickey
MovieBasquiat
1996
as The Interviewer
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieWild Side
1996
as Bruno Buckingham
MovieThe Funeral
1996
as Ray Tempio
MovieCelluloide
1996
as Rod Geiger
MovieThings to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as The Man with the Plan
MovieNick of Time
1995
as Mr. Smith
MovieThe Addiction
1995
as Peina
MovieThe Prophecy
1995
as Gabriel
MovieSearch and Destroy
1995
as Kim Ulander
MoviePulp Fiction
1994
as Captain Koons
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Storybook Cinema
1994
MovieA Business Affair
1994
as Vanni Corso
MovieWayne's World 2
1993
as Bobby Cahn
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieTrue Romance
1993
as Vincenzo Coccotti
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieScam
1993
as Jack Shanks
MovieSkylark
1993
as Jacob Witting
MovieThe Big Pardon 2
1992
as Pasco Meisner
MovieMistress
1992
as Warren Zell
MovieBatman Returns
1992
as Max Shreck
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieAll-American Murder
1991
as P.J. Decker
MovieMcBain
1991
as McBain
MovieSarah, Plain and Tall
1991
as Jacob Witting
MovieThe Comfort of Strangers
1990
as Robert
MovieKing of New York
1990
as Frank White
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MovieCommunion
1989
as Whitley Strieber
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
MovieHomeboy
1988
as Wesley Pendergass
MoviePuss in Boots
1988
as Puss
MovieBiloxi Blues
1988
as Sgt. Toomey
MovieThe Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Kyril Montana
MovieDeadline
1987
as Don Stevens
MovieAt Close Range
1986
as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.
MovieA View to a Kill
1985
as Max Zorin
MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MovieThe Dead Zone
1983
as Johnny Smith
MovieBrainstorm
1983
as Michael Brace
MovieWho Am I This Time?
1982
as Harry Nash
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Harry Nash
MoviePennies from Heaven
1981
as Tom
MovieThe Dogs of War
1980
as Jamie Shannon
MovieHeaven's Gate
1980
as Nathan D. Champion
MovieLast Embrace
1979
as Eckart
MovieThe Deer Hunter
1978
as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
MovieShoot the Sun Down
1978
as Mr. Rainbow
MovieRoseland
1977
as Russel
MovieAnnie Hall
1977
as Duane Hall
MovieThe Sentinel
1977
as Det. Rizzo
MovieNext Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
as Robert Fulmer
MovieValley Forge
1975
as The Hessian
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVKojak
1973
as Ben Wiley
MovieThe Mind Snatchers
1972
as Pvt. James H. Reese
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieThe Anderson Tapes
1971
as The Kid
MovieCleopatra
1970
as Boy
MovieMe and My Brother
1969
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Walt Kramer
Barefoot in Athens
1966
as Lamprocles
TVDeadline
1959
as Marty
TVNaked City
1958
as Chris Johannis
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
MovieThe Boy Who Saw Through
1956
as Ernest
TVThe Motorola Television Hour
1953
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVToday
1952
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lamprocles
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
That's Amore!
Tiens ferme ta couronne
Back in Black
as Clyde
