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Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken is an American actor, singer, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and dancer, who has appeared in more than 100 films and television programs. He has received a number of awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter. He was nominated for the same award and won BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Catch Me If You Can. His films have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States alone.

Aliases
  • Ronald Walken
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Filmography

Catch Me If You Can

2002
as Frank Abagnale

Click

2006
as Morty

The Jungle Book

2016
as King Louie (voice)

Batman Returns

1992
as Max Shreck

Severance

2022
as Burt

Pulp Fiction

1994
as Captain Koons

Man on Fire

2004
as Rayburn

Wedding Crashers

2005
as Secretary William Cleary

Dune: Part Two

2024
as Emperor Shaddam IV

Antz

1998
as Colonel Cutter (voice)

A View to a Kill

1985
as Max Zorin

Irreplaceable You

2018
as Myron

Nine Lives

2016
as Felix Perkins

The Deer Hunter

1978
as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

Annie Hall

1977
as Duane Hall

Hairspray

2007
as Wilbur Turnblad

Sleepy Hollow

1999
as Hessian Horseman

The Stepford Wives

2004
as Mike Wellington

Eddie the Eagle

2016
as Warren Sharp

The War with Grandpa

2020
as Jerry

Seven Psychopaths

2012
as Hans Kieslowski

Kangaroo Jack

2003
as Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio

The Rundown

2003
as Hatcher

True Romance

1993
as Vincenzo Coccotti

The Outlaws

2021
as Frank Sheldon

Search and Destroy

1995
as Kim Ulander

Pennies from Heaven

1981
as Tom

Basquiat

1996
as The Interviewer

The Dead Zone

1983
as Johnny Smith

Deadline

1987
as Don Stevens

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

2003
as Himself

Last Man Standing

1996
as Hickey

The Addiction

1995
as Peina

America's Sweethearts

2001
as Hal Weidmann

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

2000
as Gabriel

The Country Bears

2002
as Reed Thimple

The Power of Few

2013
as Doke

Suicide Kings

1998
as Carlo Bartolucci

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

1999
as Max

Scam

1993
as Jack Shanks

One More Time

2016
as Paul Lombard

Kill the Irishman

2011
as Shondor Birns

Around the Bend

2004
as Turner Lair

Valley Forge

1975
as The Hessian

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988
as Kyril Montana

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995
as The Man with the Plan

Peter Pan Live!

2014
as Captain Hook

The Mind Snatchers

1972
as Pvt. James H. Reese

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976
as Robert Fulmer

Puss in Boots

1988
as Puss

The Prophecy II

1998
as Gabriel

The Funeral

1996
as Ray Tempio

Romance & Cigarettes

2005
as Cousin Bo

The Prophecy

1995
as Gabriel

A Business Affair

1995
as Vanni Corso

The Maiden Heist

2009
as Roger

The Affair of the Necklace

2001
as Count Cagliostro

Poolhall Junkies

2002
as Uncle Mike

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000
as Christopher Walken

The Anderson Tapes

1971
as The Kid

Storybook Cinema

1994
as The Cat Puss

Envy

2004
as J-Man

At Close Range

1986
as Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Sr.

Worricker

2011
as Curtis Pelissier

Heaven's Gate

1980
as Nathan D. Champion

New Rose Hotel

1999
as Fox

Fade to Black

2006
as Brewster

Undertaking Betty

2002
as Frank Featherbed

Shoot The Sun Down

1978
as Mr. Rainbow

Barefoot in Athens

1966
as Lamprocles

Dark Horse

2011
as Jackie

Last Embrace

1979
as Eckart

Father Figures

2017
as Dr. Tinkler

Turks & Caicos

2014
as Curtis Pelissier

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

2013
as Himself

Joe Dirt

2001
as Clem

McBain

1991
as McBain

The Comfort of Strangers

1990
as Robert

All-American Murder

1991
as P.J. Decker

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing "Man on Fire"

2005
as Christopher Walken

Wayne's World 2

1993
as Bobby Cahn

Skylark

1993
as Jacob Witting

Life's a Beach

2010
as Roy Callahan

Touch

1997
as Bill Hill

Roseland

1977
as Russel

Mistress

1992
as Warren Zell

Homeboy

1988
as Wesley Pendergass

Vendetta

1999
as James Houston

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

1999
as Jacob Witting

Julius Caesar

2002
as Marcus Portius Cato

Blast from the Past

1999
as Calvin Webber

Domino

2005
as Mark Heiss

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser

2015
as Clem

Man of the Year

2006
as Jack Menken

Brainstorm

1983
as Michael Brace

Me and My Brother

1969

Biloxi Blues

1988
as Sgt. Toomey

The Dogs of War

1980
as Jamie Shannon

The Eternal

1998
as Uncle Bill Ferriter

The Sentinel

1977
as Det. Rizzo

King of New York

1990
as Frank White

Sarah, Plain and Tall

1991
as Jacob Witting

Who Am I This Time?

1982
as Harry Nash

Communion

1989
as Whitley Strieber

MouseHunt

1997
as Caeser, the Exterminator

Gods Behaving Badly

2013
as Zeus

$5 a Day

2008
as Nat Parker

Gigli

2003
as Det. Stanley Jacobellis

A Late Quartet

2012
as Peter Mitchell

The Opportunists

2000
as Victor 'Vic' Kelly

Wild Side

1995
as Bruno Buckingham

Trumbull Land

2018
as Christopher Walken

Balls of Fury

2007
as Feng

Nick of Time

1995
as Mr. Smith

Cleopatra

1970
as Boy

Stand Up Guys

2013
as Doc

Scotland, Pa.

2001
as Lieutenant McDuff

The Family Fang

2016
as Caleb Fang

Wild Mountain Thyme

2020
as Tony Reilly

Jersey Boys

2014
as Angelo “Gyp” DeCarlo

Illuminata

1998
as Bevalaqua

Celluloide

1996

Excess Baggage

1997
as Ray

Le Grand Pardon 2

1992
as Pasco Meisner

Guest Star

Episode Naked City
Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow 		1962
Episode Saturday Night Live
Nate Bargatze / Foo Fighters 		2023
Episode Saturday Night Live
Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt 		1990
Episode 30 Rock
Audition Day 		2009
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Christopher Walken, Pete Townshend, Jens Lekman 		2012
Episode Saturday Night Live
SNL Digital Short: Laser Cats 3D 		2008
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End 		1999
Episode Saturday Night Live
Christopher Walken/Panic at the Disco 		2008
Episode Saturday Night Live
Christopher Walken/Weezer 		2001
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Run, Johnny, Run 		1970
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Christopher Walken 		1993
Episode Saturday Night Live
Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne 		1996
Episode Today
December 1, 2014 		2014
Episode Comedy Central Roasts
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary 		2003
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Jack Black, Christopher Walken, Staind 		2003
Episode The Daily Show
Christopher Walken 		2014
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Christopher Walken/Omar Edwards 		2004
Episode The Daily Show
Christopher Walken 		2013
Episode RiffTrax
McBain 		2013
Episode Saturday Night Live
Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera 		2000
Episode Saturday Night Live
Christopher Walken/Arrested Development 		1992
Episode Deadline
The Cave 		1960
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Christopher Walken, Nick Jonas, Iggy Azalea 		2014
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Chance The Rapper, Christopher Walken, Laura Benanti 		2020
Episode Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Holiday Special 2011 		2011
Episode Saturday Night Live
Christopher Walken/Foo Fighters 		2003