Stephen King
Writing • Born 1947-09-21
Biography
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has also published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, he has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
62 credits
Golden Years
Movie • 1991
Bus Driver
Knightriders
Movie • 1981
Hoagie Man
Creepshow
Movie • 1982
Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")
Creepshow 2
Movie • 1987
Truck Driver
King on Screen
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Stuck in Love
Movie • 2013
Self (voice)
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Movie • 2000
Self
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Movie • 1999
Self
Stephen King's World of Horror
Movie • 1986
Self
Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune
Movie • 2000
Himself
Gotham Cafe
Movie • 2005
Mr. Ring (voice)
The Timekeepers of Eternity
Movie • 2021
Tom Holby (archive footage)
Walking the Mile
Movie • 2014
Self
Maximum Overdrive
Movie • 1986
ATM Asshole (uncredited)
101 Seconds
Movie • 2018
Self
Fever Pitch
Movie • 2005
Stephen King (uncredited)
Thinner
Movie • 1996
Pharmacist
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Movie • 1987
Self
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
Movie • 2011
himself
George Romero's Golden Tales 2
Movie • 1995
Chain Reactions
Movie • 2025
Self
The Rock Bottom Remainders
Movie • 1992
Self
Stephen King's World of Horror
Movie • 1989
Self
Meister des Grauens - Thomas Gottschalk präsentiert Stephen King
Movie • 2014
Self
Pet Sematary
Movie • 1989
Minister
Stephen King: Master of Horror
Movie • 2018
Self
Sleepwalkers
Movie • 1992
Cemetery Caretaker
It Chapter Two
Movie • 2019
Shopkeeper
Die Stephen King Story
Movie • 2019
Himself
Diary of the Dead
Movie • 2007
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Movie • 2019
Self
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Movie • 2000
Self - Author
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Movie • 2008
Self
The King: Stephen King's America
Movie • 2019
Himself
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
Movie • 2020
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Unlocking Rose Red: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Movie • 2002
Stephen King
My Father, the BTK Killer
Movie • 2025
Self - Author, 'The Good Marriage' / Guest, CBS This Morning (archive footage)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Stephen King (voice)
Sons of Anarchy
TV • 2008
Bachman
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
TV • 2004
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Shining
TV • 1997
Gage Creed
Today
TV • 1952
Self
Jeopardy!
TV • 1984
Self
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Stand
TV • 1994
Teddy Weizak
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Under the Dome
TV • 2013
Diner Patron
The Langoliers
TV • 1995
Tom Holby
Frasier
TV • 1993
Brian (voice)
Storm of the Century
TV • 1999
Lawyer in Ad (uncredited)
Rose Red
TV • 2002
Pizza Guy
100 Scariest Movie Moments
TV • 2004
Self
Duncanville
TV • 2020
(voice)
Baseball
TV • 1994
Various (voice)
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Markus Lanz
TV • 2008
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Morgenmagazin
TV • 1992
Self
Golden Years
TV • 1991
Bus Driver