Charlie Chaplin
Acting • Born 1889-04-16 – Died 1977-12-25
Biography
Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.
Filmography
214 credits
City Lights
Movie • 1931
A Tramp
The Great Dictator
Movie • 1940
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
The Gold Rush
Movie • 1925
The Lone Prospector
The Rink
Movie • 1916
A Waiter
The Pawnshop
Movie • 1916
Pawnbroker's Assistant
The Count
Movie • 1916
Tailor's Apprentice
Modern Times
Movie • 1936
The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
The Kid
Movie • 1921
A Tramp
A Countess from Hong Kong
Movie • 1967
An Old Steward
The Tramp
Movie • 1915
The Tramp
Between Showers
Movie • 1914
The Tramp, a Second Gallant
Cruel, Cruel Love
Movie • 1914
Mr. Dovey
Dough and Dynamite
Movie • 1914
Pierre
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Movie • 1914
The Tramp
Laughing Gas
Movie • 1914
Dentist's assistant
Mabel's Busy Day
Movie • 1914
Tipsy Nuisance
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Movie • 1914
The Tramp (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
Movie • 1914
Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
The Masquerader
Movie • 1914
Film actor
The New Janitor
Movie • 1914
The Janitor
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie • 1914
The City Guy
Monsieur Verdoux
Movie • 1947
Henri Verdoux
The Adventurer
Movie • 1917
The Eel / Commodore Slick
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Caught in a Cabaret
Movie • 1914
Waiter
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
Movie • 1923
Charles Chaplin
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Vagabond
Movie • 1916
The Saloon Violinist
Limelight
Movie • 1952
Calvero
A King in New York
Movie • 1957
King Shahdov
The Circus
Movie • 1928
A Tramp
A Dog's Life
Movie • 1918
Tramp
Chaplin at Keystone
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
The Idle Class
Movie • 1921
Tramp / Husband
The Champion
Movie • 1915
Challenger
Yesterday and Today
Movie • 1953
(archive footage)
Easy Street
Movie • 1917
The Derelict
The Immigrant
Movie • 1917
Immigrant
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie • 2007
Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Jitney Elopement
Movie • 1915
Suitor, the Fake Count
Making a Living
Movie • 1914
The Swindler (uncredited)
A Film Johnnie
Movie • 1914
The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp
Tango Tangles
Movie • 1914
Tipsy Dancer
His Favorite Pastime
Movie • 1914
Drunken Masher
The Star Boarder
Movie • 1914
The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Movie • 1914
Villain (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Movie • 1914
Pickpocket
Caught in the Rain
Movie • 1914
Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)
A Busy Day
Movie • 1914
Wife
The Knockout
Movie • 1914
Referee (uncredited)
Mabel's Married Life
Movie • 1914
Mabel's Husband
The Property Man
Movie • 1914
Property Man (uncredited)
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Movie • 1914
Artist
Recreation
Movie • 1914
Tramp
His New Profession
Movie • 1914
Charlie
The Rounders
Movie • 1914
Mr. Full
Those Love Pangs
Movie • 1914
Masher
Gentlemen of Nerve
Movie • 1914
Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic
His Musical Career
Movie • 1914
Charlie, Piano Mover
His Trysting Places
Movie • 1914
Clarence, the Husband
Getting Acquainted
Movie • 1914
Mr. Sniffels
His Prehistoric Past
Movie • 1914
Weakchin
His New Job
Movie • 1915
Film Extra
A Night Out
Movie • 1915
Reveller
In the Park
Movie • 1915
Charlie
By the Sea
Movie • 1915
Stroller
His Regeneration
Movie • 1915
A Customer
Work
Movie • 1915
Izzy A. Wake's assistant
A Woman
Movie • 1915
Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
The Bank
Movie • 1915
Janitor
Shanghaied
Movie • 1915
Tramp
A Night in the Show
Movie • 1915
Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy
Police
Movie • 1916
Charlie, Convict 999
A Burlesque on Carmen
Movie • 1915
Darn Hosiery
The Floorwalker
Movie • 1916
Impecunious Customer
The Fireman
Movie • 1916
Fireman
One A.M.
Movie • 1916
Le bourgeois alcoolisé
Behind the Screen
Movie • 1916
David - Property Man's Assistant
The Cure
Movie • 1917
The Inebriate
Triple Trouble
Movie • 1918
The Janitor
The Bond
Movie • 1918
Charlie
Shoulder Arms
Movie • 1918
Doughboy
Sunnyside
Movie • 1919
Farm Handyman
A Day's Pleasure
Movie • 1919
Father
Nice and Friendly
Movie • 1922
Tramp
Pay Day
Movie • 1922
Laborer
The Pilgrim
Movie • 1923
The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Movie • 1926
Mike
A Thief Catcher
Movie • 1914
Cop (uncredited)
Her Friend the Bandit
Movie • 1914
Bandit
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
The Professor
Movie • 1919
Professor Bosco
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
Life Begins Tomorrow
Movie • 1950
Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
Movie • 1960
edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
The Gentleman Tramp
Movie • 1976
Self
How to Make Movies
Movie • 1918
Self (uncredited)
All at Sea
Movie • 1933
Self
Crazy Days
Movie • 1962
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seeing Stars
Movie • 1922
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitler: A Career
Movie • 1977
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
Movie • 2014
(archive footage)
The Circus: Premiere
Movie • 1928
Self
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Movie • 1923
Station Porter (uncredited)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Movie • 1933
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Twenties
Movie • 1950
(archive footage)
Souls for Sale
Movie • 1923
Self - Celebrity Director
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
German Giants
Movie • 1954
Self
Chaplin's Goliath
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
Movie • 1992
Self / The Tramp (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
Movie • 2019
Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin in Wien
Movie • 1931
Self (archive footage)
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
Movie • 2026
Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Limelight
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Modern Times
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Carnival
Movie • 1938
Various Roles (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Movie • 2023
Self
Smile!
Movie • 2024
Archive footage
The Eternal Jew
Movie • 1940
Self (1931) (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: City Lights
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Butts In
Movie • 1920
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Movie • 1980
Self (archive footage)
All in Good Fun
Movie • 1955
Archive Footage
Lifetime of Comedy
Movie • 1960
(archive footage)
Show People
Movie • 1928
Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin in Bali
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1988
Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
Dancing Chaplin
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
The Film Parade
Movie • 1933
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Warner at War
Movie • 2008
(archive footage)
The Chaplin Revue
Movie • 1959
Narrator / Various (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie • 1998
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
Movie • 2010
Himself (archive footage)
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Movie • 1941
Various Roles (archive footage)
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Movie • 2018
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Cavalcade
Movie • 1941
Various Roles (archive footage)
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
Movie • 1917
Self
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin vs the FBI
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie • 2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Movie • 2016
(archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française
Movie • 1973
Self
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Bravo Charlot!
Movie • 2007
Various characters (archive footage)
30 Years of Fun
Movie • 1963
(archive footage)
Chase Me Charlie
Movie • 1918
Charlie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
Movie • 1917
A Tramp
Zepped
Movie • 1916
The Tramp
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
The Movie City of Hollywood
Movie • 1928
Self
The Funniest Man in the World
Movie • 1967
Self (archive footage)
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
Movie • 2003
(archive footage)
ViennaFilm 1896-1976
Movie • 1977
Self (archive footage)
Charlie's Triple Trouble
Movie • 1944
Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Movie • 1951
Darn Hosiery
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Circus
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Buñuel in Hollywood
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
Movie • 2017
One to One: John & Yoko
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie • 1988
Murders of Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Modern Times: A Closer Look
Movie
Self (archival photos)
The Way of the World
Movie • 1947
The Tramp (Archive Footage)
High & Low – John Galliano
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie • 2025
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie • 2009
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
Movie • 2025
Self (Archive Footage)
Bali: Island of the Dogs
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
Movie • 2009
Himself - archival footage
This Is Francis X. Bushman
Movie • 2021
Self (Archive Footage)
Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
Movie • 2014
The Chaplin Essanay Project
Movie • 1918
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV • 1961
Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Unknown Chaplin
TV • 1983
Self & in Out-Takes
American Experience
TV • 1988
Self
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self