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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2020
The Daily Show
2007
Late Show with David Letterman
1995
Conan
2020
Saturday Night Live
1990
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2000
Late Night with David Letterman
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2004
Hawaii Five-O
1970

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
190
Producing
2
Crew
1
2026
Back in Black
as Clyde
2025
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
as Self
2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self
2024
Dune: Part Two
as Emperor
2024
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
2024
Mitt liv som Roger Moore
as Self
2023
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2022
Severance
as Burt Goodman
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Outlaws
as Frank
2020
The War with Grandpa
as Jerry
2020
Percy
as Percy Schmeiser
2020
Wild Mountain Thyme
as Tony Reilly
2020
Conan
as Self - Guest
2020
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2019
The Jesus Rolls
as Warden
2019
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2018
Irreplaceable You
as Myron
2018
Talking with the Vampires
2018
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Father Figures
as Dr. Walter Tinkler
2017
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2016
The Family Fang
as Caleb Fang
2016
The Jungle Book
as King Louie (voice)
2016
One More Time
as Paul Lombard
2016
Eddie the Eagle
as Warren Sharp
2016
Nine Lives
as Felix Perkins
2015
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
as Clem
2015
An SNL Valentine
as The Continental (archive footage)
2014
Jersey Boys
as Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo
2014
Turks & Caicos
as Curtis Pelissier
2014
Peter Pan Live!
as Captain Hook
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2013
The Power of Few
as Doke
2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
as Self
2013
Gods Behaving Badly
as Zeus
2012
Dark Horse
as Jackie
2012
Seven Psychopaths
as Hans Kieslowski
2012
Stand Up Guys
as Doc
2012
A Late Quartet
as Peter Mitchell
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2012
Cooking with Christopher Walken
as Himself
2011
Kill the Irishman
as Shondor Birns
2010
Life's a Beach
as Roy Callahan
2010
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
2009
The Maiden Heist
as Roger Barlow
2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Self (archive footage)
2009
30 Rock
as Christopher Walken (voice)
2008
$5 a Day
as Nat Parker
2008
The Legend of Harrow Woods
as Raven (voice)
2007
Hairspray
as Wilbur Turnblad
2007
Balls of Fury
as Feng
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
2007
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
2007
Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
2007
Today
as Self
2007
The Henry Rollins Show
2007
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Click
as Morty
2006
Man of the Year
as Jack Menken
2006
Romance & Cigarettes
as Cousin Bo
2006
Fade to Black
as Brewster
2006
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
2005
Wedding Crashers
as Secretary Cleary
2005
Domino
as Mark Heiss
2005
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
as Self
2004
Envy
as J-Man
2004
Man on Fire
as Paul Rayburn
2004
The Stepford Wives
as Mike Wellington
2004
Around the Bend
as Turner Lair
2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
The Rundown
as Hatcher
2003
Kangaroo Jack
as Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio
2003
Gigli
as Det. Stanley Jacobellis
2003
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
as Self
2003
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
as Self
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2003
The Oscars
as Self
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
2003
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
2002
Catch Me If You Can
as Frank Abagnale
2002
Undertaking Betty
as Frank Featherbed
2002
Poolhall Junkies
as Uncle Mike
2002
The Country Bears
as Reed Thimple
2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
as Bruce Dickinson (archive footage)
2002
Engine Trouble
as Rusty (voice)
2002
Julius Caesar
as Cato the Younger
2001
Joe Dirt
as Clem
2001
America's Sweethearts
as Hal Weidmann
2001
Scotland, PA
as Lieutenant McDuff
2001
The Affair of the Necklace
as Count Cagliostro
2001
The Continental: Anticipation
as The Continental
2000
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
as Gabriel
2000
The Opportunists
as Vic Kelly
2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
2000
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1999
Sleepy Hollow
as Hessian Horseman
1999
New Rose Hotel
as Fox
1999
Blast from the Past
as Calvin
1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)
1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as Jacob Witting
1999
Vendetta
as James Houston
1999
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Max
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jacob
1998
Antz
as Colonel Cutter (voice)
1998
The Prophecy II
as Gabriel
1998
The Eternal
as Uncle Bill Ferriter
1998
Illuminata
as Bevalaqua
1997
Suicide Kings
as Carlo Bartolucci
1997
MouseHunt
as Caesar
1997
Excess Baggage
as Ray
1997
Touch
as Bill Hill
1997
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1996
Basquiat
as The Interviewer
1996
The Funeral
as Ray Tempio
1996
Last Man Standing
as Hickey
1996
Wild Side
as Bruno Buckingham
1996
Celluloide
as Rod Geiger
1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as The Man with the Plan
1995
Nick of Time
as Mr. Smith
1995
The Prophecy
as Gabriel
1995
The Addiction
as Peina
1995
Search and Destroy
as Kim Ulander
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1994
Pulp Fiction
as Captain Koons
1994
A Business Affair
as Vanni Corso
1994
Storybook Cinema
1993
True Romance
as Vincenzo Coccotti
1993
Wayne's World 2
as Bobby Cahn
1993
Skylark
as Jacob Witting
1993
Scam
as Jack Shanks
1993
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1992
Batman Returns
as Max Shreck
1992
The Big Pardon 2
as Pasco Meisner
1992
Mistress
as Warren Zell
1992
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1991
McBain
as McBain
1991
Sarah, Plain and Tall
as Jacob Witting
1991
All-American Murder
as P.J. Decker
1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jacob Witting
1990
King of New York
as Frank White
1990
The Comfort of Strangers
as Robert
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1989
Communion
as Whitley Strieber
1988
Homeboy
as Wesley Pendergass
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Kyril Montana
1988
Biloxi Blues
as Sgt. Toomey
1988
Puss in Boots
as Puss
1987
Deadline
as Don Stevens
1986
At Close Range
as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.
1985
A View to a Kill
as Max Zorin
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1983
The Dead Zone
as Johnny Smith
1983
Brainstorm
as Michael Brace
1982
Who Am I This Time?
as Harry Nash
1982
American Playhouse
as Harry Nash
1981
Pennies from Heaven
as Tom
1980
Heaven's Gate
as Nathan D. Champion
1980
The Dogs of War
as Jamie Shannon
1980
Film '72
as Self
1979
Last Embrace
as Eckart
1978
The Deer Hunter
as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
1978
Shoot the Sun Down
as Mr. Rainbow
1977
Annie Hall
as Duane Hall
1977
The Sentinel
as Det. Rizzo
1977
Roseland
as Russel
1977
Kojak
as Ben Wiley
1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Robert Fulmer
1975
Valley Forge
as The Hessian
1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Hessian
1972
The Mind Snatchers
as Pvt. James H. Reese
1971
The Anderson Tapes
as The Kid
1970
Cleopatra
as Boy
1970
Hawaii Five-O
as Walt Kramer
1969
Me and My Brother
1966
Barefoot in Athens
as Lamprocles
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lamprocles
1963
Naked City
as Brain Trust (uncredited)
1962
Naked City
as Chris Johannis
1960
Deadline
as Marty
1956
The Boy Who Saw Through
as Ernest
1954
The Motorola Television Hour
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