Christopher Walken
Highest Rated: 97% Annie Hall (1977)
Lowest Rated: 6% Gigli (2003)
Birthday: Mar 31, 1943
Birthplace: Astoria, New York, USA
Having made the rare successful transition from child player to adult star, Christopher Walken went on to become one of the most respected and sometimes feared performers on screen, if only because of his offbeat portrayal of sinister villains. With a dry, deadpan delivery that was oft-imitated by his contemporaries, Walken himself was as much of a cultural phenomenon as some of his performances. After cutting his teeth on the stage in musicals and later dramatic productions, he made his first impression on film as the demented brother of the titular "Annie Hall" (1977) before winning an Academy Award for his tormented Vietnam veteran who becomes obsessed with playing Russian roulette in "The Deer Hunter" (1978). With his status secure, Walken spent the next few decades turning in numerous performance gems in a never-ending string of projects that ranged from Oscar-winning films to bargain bin rentals, including "Biloxi Blues" (1988), "True Romance" (1993) and "Pulp Fiction" (1994). Peppered into his résumé were some of the most outlandish, over-the-top villains ever put on film, like the bleach-blonde industrialist Max Zorin in "A View to a Kill" (1985); the corrupt business man, Max Shreck, who wears human molars as cuff links in "Batman Returns" (1992); and the sadistic Headless Horseman in "Sleepy Hollow" (1995). Though occasionally in danger of self-parody throughout his career, Walken was always relevant, as the "More Cowbell" skit on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975) indicated. He was also capable at any time of turning in an Oscar-caliber performance, as he did in "Catch Me If You Can" (2002), proving that the always unpredictable Walken was worthy of his stature as one of the most respected actors working in Hollywood.
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Christopher Walken
Filmography
Movies
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92% |
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Dune: Part Two | Emperor (Character) | $282.0M | 2024 |
76% |
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Percy Vs Goliath | Percy Schmeiser (Character) | - | 2020 |
26% |
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Wild Mountain Thyme | Tony Reilly (Character) | $194.9K | 2020 |
29% |
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The War With Grandpa | Jerry (Character) | $21.3M | 2020 |
20% |
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The Jesus Rolls | Warden (Character) | - | 2019 |
32% |
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Irreplaceable You | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
17% |
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Father Figures | Dr. Walter Tinkler (Character) | $16.8M | 2017 |
14% |
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Nine Lives | Felix Perkins (Character) | $19.6M | 2016 |
94% |
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The Jungle Book | King Louie (Voice) | $364.0M | 2016 |
82% |
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Eddie the Eagle | Warren Sharp (Character) | $15.8M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doctor Sleepless | Narrator | - | 2016 |
83% |
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The Family Fang | Caleb Fang (Character) | $240.1K | 2015 |
53% |
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One More Time | Paul (Character) | - | 2015 |
10% |
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Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser | Clem (Character) | - | 2015 |
51% |
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Jersey Boys | Gyp DeCarlo (Character) | $47.0M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Turks & Caicos | Curtis Pelissier (Character) | - | 2014 |
56% |
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Peter Pan Live! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
50% |
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The Power of Few | Doke (Character) | $22.1K | 2013 |
37% |
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Stand Up Guys | Doc (Character) | $3.3M | 2012 |
77% |
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A Late Quartet | Peter Mitchell (Character) | $1.6M | 2012 |
83% |
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Seven Psychopaths | Hans (Character) | $15.0M | 2012 |
70% |
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Dark Horse | Jackie (Character) | $1.0M | 2011 |
62% |
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Kill the Irishman | Shondor Birns (Character) | $1.2M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Life's a Beach | Roy Callahan (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Maiden Heist | Roger (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Five Dollars a Day | Nat Parker (Character) | - | 2008 |
21% |
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Balls of Fury | Feng (Character) | $32.9M | 2007 |
92% |
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Hairspray | Wilbur Turnblad (Character) | $118.8M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Encounters of the Fourth Kind | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
29% |
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Fade to Black | Brewster (Character) | - | 2006 |
34% |
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Click | Morty (Character) | $137.3M | 2006 |
22% |
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Man of the Year | Jack Menken (Character) | $37.4M | 2006 |
53% |
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Romance & Cigarettes | Cousin Bo (Character) | $540.1K | 2005 |
18% |
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Domino | Mark Heiss (Character) | $10.1M | 2005 |
75% |
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Wedding Crashers | Treasury Secretary William Cleary (Character) | $209.2M | 2005 |
8% |
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Envy | J-Man (Character) | $12.2M | 2004 |
29% |
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Around the Bend | Turner Lair (Character) | $193.6K | 2004 |
26% |
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The Stepford Wives | Mike Wellington (Character) | $59.5M | 2004 |
39% |
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Man on Fire | Rayburn (Character) | $77.9M | 2004 |
70% |
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The Rundown | Hatcher (Character) | $47.6M | 2003 |
6% |
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Gigli | Det. Stanley Jacobellis (Character) | $5.7M | 2003 |
9% |
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Kangaroo Jack | Sal (Character) | - | 2003 |
50% |
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Undertaking Betty | Frank Featherbed (Character) | - | 2002 |
33% |
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Poolhall Junkies | Mike (Character) | $562.1K | 2002 |
96% |
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Catch Me if You Can | Frank Abagnale, Sr. (Character) | $164.4M | 2002 |
29% |
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The Country Bears | Reed Thimple (Character) | $17.0M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Julius Caesar | Marcus Portius Cato (Character) | - | 2002 |
59% |
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Scotland, Pa. | Lt. Ernie McDuff (Character) | $384.1K | 2001 |
15% |
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The Affair of the Necklace | Count Cagliostro (Character) | $430.3K | 2001 |
33% |
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America's Sweethearts | Hal Weidmann (Character) | $93.6M | 2001 |
9% |
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Joe Dirt | Clem (Character) | $27.1M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Popcorn Shrimp |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2001 |
54% |
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The Opportunists | Victor Kelly (Character) | $581.1K | 2000 |
17% |
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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent | Gabriel (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Vendetta | James Houston (Character) | - | 1999 |
70% |
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Sleepy Hollow | The Hessian Horseman (Character) | $101.1M | 1999 |
58% |
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Blast From the Past | Calvin Webber (Character) | $26.5M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Max (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Jacob Witting (Character) | - | 1999 |
46% |
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Illuminata | Bevalaqua (Character) | $836.6K | 1998 |
33% |
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The Prophecy II | Gabriel (Character) | - | 1998 |
24% |
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New Rose Hotel | Fox (Character) | $20.4K | 1998 |
33% |
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The Eternal | Uncle Bill Ferriter (Character) | - | 1998 |
92% |
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Antz | Colonel Cutter (Voice) | $90.7M | 1998 |
33% |
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Touch | Bill Hill (Character) | $373.1K | 1997 |
35% |
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Suicide Kings |
Carlo Bartolucci/ |
$1.7M | 1997 |
32% |
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Excess Baggage | Ray (Character) | $14.3M | 1997 |
44% |
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Mouse Hunt | Caesar, the Exterminator (Character) | $61.8M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celluloid | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
80% |
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The Funeral | Ray (Character) | $1.2M | 1996 |
42% |
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Last Man Standing | Hickey (Character) | $18.1M | 1996 |
67% |
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Basquiat | The Interviewer (Character) | $18.0K | 1996 |
74% |
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The Addiction | Peina (Character) | - | 1995 |
30% |
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Nick of Time | Mr. Smith (Character) | $7.8M | 1995 |
60% |
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Wild Side | Bruno Buckingham (Character) | - | 1995 |
37% |
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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | The Man With The Plan (Character) | $232.2K | 1995 |
33% |
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Search and Destroy | Kim Ulander (Character) | - | 1995 |
46% |
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The Prophecy | Gabriel (Character) | $15.7M | 1995 |
92% |
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Pulp Fiction | Captain Koons (Character) | - | 1994 |
20% |
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A Business Affair | Vanni Corso (Character) | $2.8K | 1994 |
60% |
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Wayne's World 2 | Bobby Cahn (Character) | $46.2M | 1993 |
93% |
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True Romance | Vincenzo Coccotti (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Scam | Jack Shanks (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Day of Atonement | Pasco Meisner (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Skylark | Jacob Witting (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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All-American Murder | P.J. Decker (Character) | - | 1992 |
72% |
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Mistress | Warren Zell (Character) | $53.6K | 1992 |
82% |
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Batman Returns | Max Shreck (Character) | $160.3M | 1992 |
33% |
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McBain | Robert McBain (Character) | $294.5K | 1991 |
80% |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall | Jacob Witting (Character) | - | 1991 |
70% |
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King of New York | Frank White (Character) | $2.6M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Un Príncipe de Nueva York | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
54% |
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The Comfort of Strangers | Robert (Character) | - | 1990 |
43% |
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Communion | Whitley Strieber (Character) | $1.9M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Puss in Boots | Puss (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Homeboy | Wesley Pendergass (Character) | - | 1988 |
76% |
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Biloxi Blues | Sgt. Toomey (Character) | $41.9M | 1988 |
61% |
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The Milagro Beanfield War | Kyril Montana (Character) | $12.7M | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Deadline | Don Stevens (Character) | $86.7K | 1987 |
87% |
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At Close Range | Brad Whitewood Sr. (Character) | $560.7K | 1986 |
37% |
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A View to a Kill | Max Zorin (Character) | - | 1985 |
57% |
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Brainstorm | Michael Brace (Character) | - | 1983 |
89% |
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The Dead Zone | Johnny Smith (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Who Am I This Time? | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
83% |
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Pennies From Heaven | Tom (Character) | - | 1981 |
70% |
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The Dogs of War | Jamie Shannon (Character) | - | 1980 |
57% |
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Heaven's Gate | Nathan D. Champion (Character) | - | 1980 |
58% |
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Last Embrace | Eckart (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Shoot the Sun Down | Mr. Rainbow (Character) | - | 1978 |
86% |
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The Deer Hunter | Nick (Character) | - | 1978 |
45% |
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The Sentinel | Det. Rizzo (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Roseland | Russel (The Hustle) (Character) | - | 1977 |
97% |
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Annie Hall | Duane Hall (Character) | - | 1977 |
86% |
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Robert Fulmer (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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The Mind Snatchers | Privatz James H. Reese (Character) | - | 1972 |
76% |
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The Anderson Tapes | The Kid (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barefoot in Athens | Lamprocles (Character) | - | 1966 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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97% | 88% | Severance | Burt (Character) | 2022 2025 |
86% | 82% | The Outlaws | Frank (Character) | 2021-2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 14% | The View | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lidia Celebrates America | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2013-2014 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1996 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Christopher Walken (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1990 1992 1996 2000-2001 2003 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Ben Wiley (Guest Star) | 1977 |