Christopher Walken
Date of birth: 1943-03-31
Place of birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ronald Walken, Ronnie Walken
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.
Movie Credits
True Romance
1993-09-09
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, wh
Batman Returns
1992-06-19
The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candid
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995-12-01
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
Basquiat
1996-08-09
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame
Nick of Time
1995-11-22
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped da
Catch Me If You Can
2002-12-16
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of
The Rundown
2003-09-26
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifac
Pulp Fiction
1994-09-10
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up bo
A View to a Kill
1985-05-24
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive
Annie Hall
1977-04-19
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Kangaroo Jack
2003-01-17
Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob a
Suicide Kings
1997-09-06
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ra
Sleepy Hollow
1999-11-19
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, w
Envy
2004-04-30
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
$5 a Day
2008-09-06
After being released from jail, the son of a con man joins his father on the road.
Hairspray
2007-07-19
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - Th
Undertaking Betty
2002-12-04
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so
Heaven's Gate
1980-11-19
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing
Joe Dirt
2001-04-10
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that h
The Dogs of War
1980-12-17
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small Afri
The Dead Zone
1983-10-21
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's ho
New Rose Hotel
1999-03-19
A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employ
The Funeral
1996-01-26
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnervi
The Deer Hunter
1978-12-08
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage,
America's Sweethearts
2001-07-17
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a
Blast from the Past
1999-02-12
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Ada
MouseHunt
1997-12-19
Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they
Gigli
2003-08-01
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal pros
The Maiden Heist
2009-05-09
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to wh
The Anderson Tapes
1971-06-17
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her pos
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976-02-04
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the boh
The Prophecy
1995-08-05
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and
Wayne's World 2
1993-12-10
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a roc
Antz
1998-10-02
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
2000-03-14
As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending
The Prophecy II
1998-01-20
The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of
Man on Fire
2004-04-23
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl
Homeboy
1988-08-24
Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby,
Wedding Crashers
2005-07-13
John and his buddy Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for
Balls of Fury
2007-08-29
Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is m
King of New York
1990-07-18
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the
Last Man Standing
1996-09-20
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gang
Click
2006-06-23
A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to imp
Wild Side
1996-06-22
A bank accountant who moonlights as a high-priced call girl becomes embroiled in the lives of a mone
Excess Baggage
1997-08-29
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that g
Scotland, PA
2001-03-15
In a modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania, Joe McBeth, an unambitiou
The Stepford Wives
2004-06-10
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husband
Man of the Year
2006-10-09
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corrupti
McBain
1991-09-20
Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt f
Domino
2005-10-14
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988-03-18
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Lati
The Big Pardon 2
1992-12-09
The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker
The Addiction
1995-10-06
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her th
At Close Range
1986-04-18
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, h
Communion
1989-11-10
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Romance & Cigarettes
2005-09-13
Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly young
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999-11-02
A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, R
The Comfort of Strangers
1990-11-01
An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.
Poolhall Junkies
2002-06-30
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't
Brainstorm
1983-09-30
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back senso
Around the Bend
2004-10-08
A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-gran
Touch
1997-02-14
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's pr
Sarah, Plain and Tall
1991-02-03
Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children
Skylark
1993-02-07
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay,
Last Embrace
1979-05-04
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the
The Opportunists
2000-05-17
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a
Pennies from Heaven
1981-12-11
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular
The Sentinel
1977-01-07
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual expl
The Country Bears
2002-07-26
For Beary Barrington, The Country Bears' young #1 fan, fitting in with his all-too-human family is p
Fade to Black
2006-03-09
Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orso
Biloxi Blues
1988-03-25
A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.
The Affair of the Necklace
2001-11-30
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in th
A Business Affair
1994-03-16
This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Ale
Kill the Irishman
2011-03-10
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged
Mistress
1992-07-24
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the s
Dark Horse
2012-06-08
Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his fat
The Eternal
1998-09-18
An alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but the
Illuminata
1998-05-21
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company o
Deadline
1987-07-02
An American journalist is set up and fed false information after the Lebanon war.
The Mind Snatchers
1972-06-28
A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
1999-11-20
The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn
Seven Psychopaths
2012-10-12
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld aft
Stand Up Guys
2012-12-14
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gan
A Late Quartet
2012-11-02
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening ill
Puss in Boots
1988-06-01
Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donke
Vendetta
1999-09-12
Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrant
Celluloide
1996-01-26
June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odd
All-American Murder
1991-12-01
Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautifu
Life's a Beach
2010-01-01
Darren gets stood up on the day of his wedding and uses his vacation tickets with his best friend, R
Roseland
1977-10-02
"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York City dan
Who Am I This Time?
1982-02-02
Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater prod
Scam
1993-05-22
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them a
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
1999-11-22
After learning his biological father was a crime lord, an Ohio investment adviser must secretly try
That's Amore!
Nick Venere has never been married and his best dating years are well behind him. He’s never heard t
The Power of Few
2013-02-15
Spies, cops and armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation.
Shoot the Sun Down
1978-05-08
Couple of strangers arrive in a small town, each one after a different thing.
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
2013-02-05
Featurette on the making of A Late Quartet (2012).
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012-04-30
Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arg
Jersey Boys
2014-06-18
A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimat
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013-10-12
When Marvin Hamlisch passed away in August 2012 the worlds of music, theatre and cinema lost a talen
Dune: Part Two
2024-02-27
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of
Gods Behaving Badly
2013-11-13
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.
Turks & Caicos
2014-03-20
The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last s
Search and Destroy
1995-04-23
A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of mak
Tiens ferme ta couronne
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003-10-20
When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen an
Peter Pan Live!
2014-12-04
Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful The Sound of Music LIVE! - which drew over
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
2004-09-07
A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
The Family Fang
2016-04-16
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have di
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002-09-28
The best skits from Will Ferrell's days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
The Jungle Book
2016-04-07
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee th
One More Time
2016-04-08
Beautiful aspiring rock star Jude is stuck in a rut - relegated to recording commercial jingles and
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009-04-18
Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.
Cleopatra
1970-07-30
Cleopatra situates itself in the same relationship to Hollywood as the Warhol/Morrisey films of the
Eddie the Eagle
2016-02-25
The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who ne
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
2015-07-16
When happy family man Joe Dirt finds himself transported to the recent past, he begins an epic journ
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a
Barefoot in Athens
1966-11-11
The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial.
The War with Grandpa
2020-08-27
Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves i
Irreplaceable You
2018-02-16
A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweethe
Cooking with Christopher Walken
2012-10-19
Christopher Walken invites Richard Belzer over to cook a meal for you.
Father Figures
2017-12-21
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased fath
Me and My Brother
1969-02-02
Julius Orlovsky, after spending years in a New York mental hospital, emerges catatonic and must rely
Nine Lives
2016-08-03
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
Talking with the Vampires
2018-06-26
Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICT
Percy
2020-10-09
Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their
The Women of SNL
2010-11-01
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.
Valley Forge
1975-12-03
George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary W
Trumbull Land
2018-10-15
Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley Scott's "B
Wild Mountain Thyme
2020-12-11
Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love.
The Jesus Rolls
2019-10-17
Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000-05-23
A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
2019-07-31
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
2003-08-10
Caustic comic Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roa
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005-05-24
A documentary on the making of the 2004 film "Man on Fire," mixing movie clips, behind-the-scenes sh
The Boy Who Saw Through
1956-01-01
A young boy has developed an ability to see through walls, much to the consternation of his stuffy V
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019-09-13
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021-01-02
Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey K
The Continental: Anticipation
2001-05-19
You've lost your brooch. Your downstairs neighbor, a mysterious bachelor, has found it.
From Roger Moore with Love
2024-12-15
Friends, family and co-stars take part in this revealing and entertaining look at British icon Roger
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
2025-10-17
Ben Stiller tells the story of his parents—comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara—exploring their
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024-06-06
Features never-before-seen footage, interviews and artwork, spanning Burton's early career at Disney
Back in Black
In a wellness-obsessed small town where nobody dies anymore, struggling mortician Clyde faces bankru
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010-04-15
Documentary looking back at the history of Saturday Night Live, focusing on the years 2000-2009.
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007-05-06
A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and cr