Christopher Walken
Acting • Born 1943-03-31
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.
Filmography
176 credits
True Romance
Movie • 1993
Vincenzo Coccotti
Batman Returns
Movie • 1992
Max Shreck
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Movie • 1995
The Man with the Plan
Basquiat
Movie • 1996
The Interviewer
Nick of Time
Movie • 1995
Mr. Smith
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Frank Abagnale
The Rundown
Movie • 2003
Hatcher
Pulp Fiction
Movie • 1994
Captain Koons
A View to a Kill
Movie • 1985
Max Zorin
Annie Hall
Movie • 1977
Duane Hall
Kangaroo Jack
Movie • 2003
Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio
Suicide Kings
Movie • 1997
Carlo Bartolucci
Sleepy Hollow
Movie • 1999
Hessian Horseman
Envy
Movie • 2004
J-Man
$5 a Day
Movie • 2008
Nat Parker
Hairspray
Movie • 2007
Wilbur Turnblad
Undertaking Betty
Movie • 2002
Frank Featherbed
Heaven's Gate
Movie • 1980
Nathan D. Champion
Joe Dirt
Movie • 2001
Clem
The Dogs of War
Movie • 1980
Jamie Shannon
The Dead Zone
Movie • 1983
Johnny Smith
New Rose Hotel
Movie • 1999
Fox
The Funeral
Movie • 1996
Ray Tempio
The Deer Hunter
Movie • 1978
Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
America's Sweethearts
Movie • 2001
Hal Weidmann
Blast from the Past
Movie • 1999
Calvin
MouseHunt
Movie • 1997
Caesar
Gigli
Movie • 2003
Det. Stanley Jacobellis
The Maiden Heist
Movie • 2009
Roger Barlow
The Anderson Tapes
Movie • 1971
The Kid
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Movie • 1976
Robert Fulmer
The Prophecy
Movie • 1995
Gabriel
Wayne's World 2
Movie • 1993
Bobby Cahn
Antz
Movie • 1998
Colonel Cutter (voice)
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Movie • 2000
Gabriel
The Prophecy II
Movie • 1998
Gabriel
Man on Fire
Movie • 2004
Paul Rayburn
Wedding Crashers
Movie • 2005
Secretary Cleary
Homeboy
Movie • 1988
Wesley Pendergass
Balls of Fury
Movie • 2007
Feng
King of New York
Movie • 1990
Frank White
Last Man Standing
Movie • 1996
Hickey
Click
Movie • 2006
Morty
Wild Side
Movie • 1996
Bruno Buckingham
Excess Baggage
Movie • 1997
Ray
Scotland, PA
Movie • 2001
Lieutenant McDuff
The Stepford Wives
Movie • 2004
Mike Wellington
Man of the Year
Movie • 2006
Jack Menken
McBain
Movie • 1991
McBain
Domino
Movie • 2005
Mark Heiss
The Milagro Beanfield War
Movie • 1988
Kyril Montana
The Big Pardon 2
Movie • 1992
Pasco Meisner
The Addiction
Movie • 1995
Peina
At Close Range
Movie • 1986
Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.
Communion
Movie • 1989
Whitley Strieber
Romance & Cigarettes
Movie • 2005
Cousin Bo
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Movie • 1999
Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)
The Comfort of Strangers
Movie • 1990
Robert
Poolhall Junkies
Movie • 2002
Uncle Mike
Brainstorm
Movie • 1983
Michael Brace
Around the Bend
Movie • 2004
Turner Lair
Touch
Movie • 1997
Bill Hill
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Movie • 1991
Jacob Witting
Skylark
Movie • 1993
Jacob Witting
Last Embrace
Movie • 1979
Eckart
The Opportunists
Movie • 2000
Vic Kelly
Pennies from Heaven
Movie • 1981
Tom
The Sentinel
Movie • 1977
Det. Rizzo
The Country Bears
Movie • 2002
Reed Thimple
Fade to Black
Movie • 2006
Brewster
Biloxi Blues
Movie • 1988
Sgt. Toomey
The Affair of the Necklace
Movie • 2001
Count Cagliostro
A Business Affair
Movie • 1994
Vanni Corso
Kill the Irishman
Movie • 2011
Shondor Birns
Mistress
Movie • 1992
Warren Zell
Dark Horse
Movie • 2012
Jackie
The Eternal
Movie • 1998
Uncle Bill Ferriter
Illuminata
Movie • 1998
Bevalaqua
Deadline
Movie • 1987
Don Stevens
The Mind Snatchers
Movie • 1972
Pvt. James H. Reese
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Movie • 1999
Jacob Witting
Seven Psychopaths
Movie • 2012
Hans Kieslowski
Stand Up Guys
Movie • 2012
Doc
A Late Quartet
Movie • 2012
Peter Mitchell
Puss in Boots
Movie • 1988
Puss
Vendetta
Movie • 1999
James Houston
Celluloide
Movie • 1996
Rod Geiger
All-American Murder
Movie • 1991
P.J. Decker
Life's a Beach
Movie • 2010
Roy Callahan
Who Am I This Time?
Movie • 1982
Harry Nash
Roseland
Movie • 1977
Russel
Scam
Movie • 1993
Jack Shanks
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Movie • 1999
Max
That's Amore!
Movie
The Power of Few
Movie • 2013
Doke
Shoot the Sun Down
Movie • 1978
Mr. Rainbow
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Movie • 2013
Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Movie • 2012
Self
Jersey Boys
Movie • 2014
Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Movie • 2013
Self
Dune: Part Two
Movie • 2024
Emperor
Gods Behaving Badly
Movie • 2013
Zeus
Turks & Caicos
Movie • 2014
Curtis Pelissier
Search and Destroy
Movie • 1995
Kim Ulander
Tiens ferme ta couronne
Movie
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Movie • 2003
Self
Peter Pan Live!
Movie • 2014
Captain Hook
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
Movie • 2004
The Family Fang
Movie • 2016
Caleb Fang
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Movie • 2002
Bruce Dickinson (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
The Jungle Book
Movie • 2016
King Louie (voice)
One More Time
Movie • 2016
Paul Lombard
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra
Movie • 1970
Boy
Eddie the Eagle
Movie • 2016
Warren Sharp
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
Movie • 2015
Clem
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Barefoot in Athens
Movie • 1966
Lamprocles
The War with Grandpa
Movie • 2020
Jerry
Irreplaceable You
Movie • 2018
Myron
Cooking with Christopher Walken
Movie • 2012
Himself
Father Figures
Movie • 2017
Dr. Walter Tinkler
Me and My Brother
Movie • 1969
Nine Lives
Movie • 2016
Felix Perkins
Talking with the Vampires
Movie • 2018
Percy
Movie • 2020
Percy Schmeiser
The Women of SNL
Movie • 2010
Various (archive footage)
Valley Forge
Movie • 1975
Trumbull Land
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Wild Mountain Thyme
Movie • 2020
Tony Reilly
The Jesus Rolls
Movie • 2019
Warden
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Movie • 2000
Self
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Movie • 2003
Self
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Movie • 2005
Self
The Boy Who Saw Through
Movie • 1956
Ernest
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie • 2019
Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Continental: Anticipation
Movie • 2001
The Continental
From Roger Moore with Love
Movie • 2024
Self
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
Movie • 2025
Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Movie • 2024
Self
Back in Black
Movie
Clyde
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Movie • 2010
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie • 2007
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Walt Kramer
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Naked City
TV • 1958
Chris Johannis
Kojak
TV • 1973
Ben Wiley
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Christopher Walken (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lamprocles
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Henry Rollins Show
TV • 2006
Storybook Cinema
TV • 1994
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Outlaws
TV • 2021
Frank
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Jacob Witting
Julius Caesar
TV • 2002
Cato the Younger
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Jacob
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
The Hessian
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
Severance
TV • 2022
Burt Goodman
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Mitt liv som Roger Moore
TV • 2024
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
TV • 2025
Self