Christopher Walken

ActorCrewProducerProduction Mar 31 (age 82) Queens, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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 fil…

Known For

Film

Pulp Fiction

Captain Koons

Film

Catch Me If You Can

Frank Abagnale

Film

Dune: Part Two

Emperor

Film

The Deer Hunter

Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

Film

Severance

Burt Goodman

Film

Man on Fire

Paul Rayburn

Film

Annie Hall

Duane Hall

Film

Sleepy Hollow

Hessian Horseman

Filmography

Acting (176)

Movies (148)

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

as Self

Dune: Part Two

as Emperor

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

2024

as Self

From Roger Moore with Love

2024

as Self

8.0

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

The War with Grandpa

as Jerry

Percy

as Percy Schmeiser

Wild Mountain Thyme

as Tony Reilly

The Jesus Rolls

as Warden

Music Videos That Defined the 00’s

2019

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

as Self

Irreplaceable You

2018

as Myron

6.9

Talking with the Vampires

2018

Trumbull Land

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Father Figures

2017

as Dr. Walter Tinkler

One More Time

as Paul Lombard

The Jungle Book

as King Louie (voice)

Eddie the Eagle

as Warren Sharp

Nine Lives

as Felix Perkins

The Family Fang

as Caleb Fang

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser

2015

as Clem

4.9

Jersey Boys

2014

as Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo

Peter Pan Live!

as Captain Hook

Turks & Caicos

as Curtis Pelissier

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

as Self

Gods Behaving Badly

as Zeus

The Power of Few

as Doke

Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet

as Self

Seven Psychopaths

as Hans Kieslowski

Stand Up Guys

as Doc

Cooking with Christopher Walken

as Himself

Dark Horse

as Jackie

A Late Quartet

as Peter Mitchell

Joe Papp in Five Acts

as Self

Kill the Irishman

as Shondor Birns

Life's a Beach

as Roy Callahan

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

2010

as Self

The Women of SNL

2010

as Various (archive footage)

6.0

The Maiden Heist

2009

as Roger Barlow

5.6

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

as Self (archive footage)

8.4

$5 a Day

2008

as Nat Parker

5.6

The Legend of Harrow Woods

as Raven (voice)

Hairspray

as Wilbur Turnblad

Balls of Fury

as Feng

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

as Self

Click

as Morty

Man of the Year

as Jack Menken

Fade to Black

as Brewster

Wedding Crashers

as Secretary Cleary

Domino

as Mark Heiss

Romance & Cigarettes

as Cousin Bo

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

as Self

Man on Fire

as Paul Rayburn

The Stepford Wives

as Mike Wellington

Envy

as J-Man

Around the Bend

as Turner Lair

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken

The Rundown

as Hatcher

Kangaroo Jack

as Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio

5.3

Gigli

2003

as Det. Stanley Jacobellis

4.0

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

2003

as Self

8.0

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

as Self

Catch Me If You Can

as Frank Abagnale

Poolhall Junkies

as Uncle Mike

Undertaking Betty

as Frank Featherbed

The Country Bears

as Reed Thimple

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

2002

as Bruce Dickinson (archive footage)

7.7

Engine Trouble

2002

as Rusty (voice)

Joe Dirt

2001

as Clem

5.6

America's Sweethearts

2001

as Hal Weidmann

5.7

The Affair of the Necklace

as Count Cagliostro

Scotland, PA

as Lieutenant McDuff

The Continental: Anticipation

2001

as The Continental

10.0

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

as Gabriel

The Opportunists

as Vic Kelly

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

as Self

Sleepy Hollow

as Hessian Horseman

Blast from the Past

as Calvin

New Rose Hotel

as Fox

Vendetta

as James Houston

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

as Jacob Witting

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

as Max

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999

as Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)

7.5

Antz

1998

as Colonel Cutter (voice)

The Prophecy II

as Gabriel

Illuminata

as Bevalaqua

The Eternal

as Uncle Bill Ferriter

MouseHunt

as Caesar

Suicide Kings

as Carlo Bartolucci

Excess Baggage

as Ray

Touch

as Bill Hill

Basquiat

as The Interviewer

Last Man Standing

as Hickey

Celluloide

as Rod Geiger

The Funeral

as Ray Tempio

Wild Side

as Bruno Buckingham

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

as The Man with the Plan

The Prophecy

as Gabriel

Nick of Time

as Mr. Smith

The Addiction

as Peina

Search and Destroy

as Kim Ulander

Pulp Fiction

as Captain Koons

A Business Affair

as Vanni Corso

True Romance

as Vincenzo Coccotti

Wayne's World 2

as Bobby Cahn

Scam

as Jack Shanks

Skylark

as Jacob Witting

Batman Returns

as Max Shreck

Mistress

as Warren Zell

The Big Pardon 2

as Pasco Meisner

All-American Murder

as P.J. Decker

McBain

as McBain

Sarah, Plain and Tall

1991

as Jacob Witting

7.1

The Comfort of Strangers

as Robert

King of New York

as Frank White

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

Communion

as Whitley Strieber

Biloxi Blues

as Sgt. Toomey

Homeboy

as Wesley Pendergass

The Milagro Beanfield War

as Kyril Montana

Puss in Boots

as Puss

Deadline

as Don Stevens

At Close Range

as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.

6.8

A View to a Kill

1985

as Max Zorin

6.2

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

The Dead Zone

as Johnny Smith

Brainstorm

as Michael Brace

Who Am I This Time?

as Harry Nash

Pennies from Heaven

as Tom

Heaven's Gate

as Nathan D. Champion

The Dogs of War

as Jamie Shannon

Last Embrace

as Eckart

The Deer Hunter

as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

Shoot the Sun Down

as Mr. Rainbow

Annie Hall

as Duane Hall

The Sentinel

as Det. Rizzo

Roseland

as Russel

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

as Robert Fulmer

Valley Forge

The Mind Snatchers

as Pvt. James H. Reese

The Anderson Tapes

as The Kid

Cleopatra

as Boy

Me and My Brother

Barefoot in Athens

as Lamprocles

The Boy Who Saw Through

1956

as Ernest

That's Amore!

Tiens ferme ta couronne

Back in Black

as Clyde

Television (28)

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

2025

as Self

Mitt liv som Roger Moore

2024

as Self

Severance

as Burt Goodman

The Outlaws

as Frank

The Outlaws

as Frank

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Conan

as Self

30 Rock

as Christopher Walken (voice)

7.5

The Henry Rollins Show

2006

6.0

Comedy Central Roasts

as Self

Julius Caesar

as Cato the Younger

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Storybook Cinema

1994

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

Saturday Night Live

Kojak

as Ben Wiley

Hawaii Five-O

as Walt Kramer

Naked City

as Chris Johannis

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Presenter

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lamprocles

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

Thanks

Percy

Executive Producer

New Rose Hotel

Co-Producer