Biography
Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.
Filmography
all 245
Movies 239
self 97
TV Shows 6
Director 6
Producer 5
Writer 3
Narrator 1
Self (archive footage)
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Le Siècle des icônes (2022)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
Movie
Self
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy (2021)
Movie
Self
Stealing Chaplin (2020)
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
Movie
Self
A Night at the Opera (2020)
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin - Der Komponist (2020)
Movie
Self
Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière (2019)
Movie
Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War (2019)
Movie
Self
Grock, ombres et lumières d'un clown de légende (2019)
Movie
Self
Chaplin vs the FBI (2019)
Movie
Self
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)
Movie
Self
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies (2019)
Movie
Self
Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019)
Movie
Writer
A diktátor (színházi felvétel) (2018)
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin Lived Here (2018)
Movie
Self
I, Douglas Fairbanks (2018)
Movie
Self
Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)
Movie
Music
Optimism (2018)
Movie
Self
Chaplin in Bali (2017)
Movie
Self
Stealing Charlie Chaplin (2017)
Movie
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (2017)
Movie
Archive footage
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay (2017)
Movie
Self
Sydney, the Other Chaplin (2017)
Movie
Self
How to Win the US Presidency (2016)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends (2016)
Movie
Self
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2016)
Movie
Self
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy (2015)
Movie
Music
The Little Tramp (2015)
Movie
Self - In Audience
Maria Callas: Toujours - Paris 1958 (2015)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star (2015)
Movie
Self
Looking for Mabel Normand (2015)
Movie
Self / Tramp
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps (2015)
Movie
Self
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century (2014)
Movie
(Archive footage)
A Night at the Cinema in 1914 (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Self
Birth of the Tramp (2013)
Movie
Charlot
Chaplin at Keystone (2012)
Movie
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work (2011)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet (2011)
Movie
Self
Dancing Chaplin (2011)
Movie
Himself (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Smash His Camera (2010)
Movie
Director / Writer
Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2 (2010)
Movie
The Tramp
How To Survive A Vampire Attack (2009)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Warner at War (2008)
Movie
Self
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Movie
Self
The Unseen Alistair Cooke (2008)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)
Movie
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen (2007)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Harry Langdon: Lost and Found (2007)
Movie
Various characters
Bravo Charlot! (2007)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Who Is Norman Lloyd? (2007)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Movie
Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
Movie
Self
Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (2007)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Hollywood Rivals: Chaplin vs Keaton (2006)
Movie
Various roles
Laurel & Hardy: Hats Off (2005)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler (2005)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator' (2003)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux' (2003)
Movie
Self
Trip to Bali (2003)
Movie
Self
Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris' (2003)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' (2003)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times' (2003)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin Today: 'Limelight' (2003)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks (2003)
Movie
6
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin Today: 'The Circus' (2003)
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin Today: 'City Lights' (2003)
Movie
Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid' (2003)
Movie
Self
Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York' (2003)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)
Movie
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
Movie
Self
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Movie
Himself
Chaplin's Goliath (1996)
Movie
(archive footage)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Movie
Writer
Chaplin (1992)
Movie
8.67
Self / The Tramp
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)
Movie
Lui-même
Star Life (1990)
TV
Music
Stalin's Funeral (1990)
Movie
Self
American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
(archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
Movie
Self - Waves at Fans
The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein (1987)
Movie
Composer
Чаплиниана (1987)
Movie
Self
Louise Brooks (1986)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Movie
Director
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I (1984)
Movie
Self
A Good Turn Daily (1983)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zelig (1983)
Movie
6
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Movie
Self & in Out-Takes
Unknown Chaplin (1983)
TV
6
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children (1982)
Movie
Subject of This Documentary
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp (1980)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hitler: A Career (1977)
Movie
Self
ViennaFilm 1896-1976 (1977)
Movie
Self
The Gentleman Tramp (1976)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime (1976)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Movie
Self
The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
TV
Self
Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française (1973)
Movie
Writer
The Adding Machine (1969)
Movie
Self
The Funniest Man in the World (1967)
Movie
Director
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
Movie
1
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
30 Years of Fun (1963)
Movie
Various
Crazy Days (1962)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Movie
Self
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
Movie
Edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.'
When Comedy Was King (1960)
Movie
(archive footage)
Lifetime of Comedy (1960)
Movie
Narrator
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Movie
King Shahdov
A King in New York (1957)
Movie
2.5
ArchiveFootage
All in Good Fun (1955)
Movie
Self
German Giants (1954)
Movie
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953)
Movie
Calvero
Limelight (1952)
Movie
3.33
Darn Hosiery / Co-Director
A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen (1951)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Life Begins Tomorrow (1950)
Movie
(archive footage)
The Golden Twenties (1950)
Movie
Self - the Derelict - edited from 'Easy Street'
Let's Go to the Movies (1949)
Movie
Henri Verdoux - Alias Varnay - Alias Bonheur - Alias Floray
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Movie
1
Self
Den gamla goda tiden (1946)
Movie
Self
Gaslight Follies (1945)
Movie
Charlie's Triple Trouble (1944)
Movie
Various Roles
The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941)
Movie
Various Roles
The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941)
Movie
Self (1931)
The Eternal Jew (1940)
Movie
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber / Director / Producer / Original Music Composer / Writer
The Great Dictator (1940)
Movie
5
Self
The Movies March On (1939)
Movie
Various Roles (archive footage) / Director / Producer / Writer
Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938)
Movie
A Factory Worker / Screenplay / Director / Editor / Producer / Original Music Composer
Modern Times (1936)
Movie
5.5
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Movie
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 (1934)
Movie
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
Movie
Self (film clip from 'The Champion' (1915))
The Film Parade (1933)
Movie
Self
All at Sea (1933)
Movie
Self
The Movie Album (1932)
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin in Wien (1931)
Movie
A Tramp
City Lights (1931)
Movie
5.09
Himself (uncredited)
Show People (1928)
Movie
Self
The Movie City of Hollywood (1928)
Movie
Self
The Circus: Premiere (1928)
Movie
A Tramp
The Circus (1928)
Movie
4.57
Producer
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
Movie
Mike
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
Movie
The Lone Prospector / Director / Producer / Writer
The Gold Rush (1925)
Movie
4.88
Director
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
Movie
1
Charles Chaplin
Hollywood (1923)
Movie
Himself - Celebrity Director
Souls for Sale (1923)
Movie
The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
The Pilgrim (1923)
Movie
4
Self
Seeing Stars (1922)
Movie
Laborer
Pay Day (1922)
Movie
Tramp
Nice and Friendly (1922)
Movie
Tramp / Husband
The Idle Class (1921)
Movie
A Tramp
The Kid (1921)
Movie
5
Actor
Charlie Butts In (1920)
Movie
Father
A Day's Pleasure (1919)
Movie
Farm Handyman
Sunnyside (1919)
Movie
2
Professor Bosco
The Professor (1919)
Movie
Doughboy
Shoulder Arms (1918)
Movie
1
Charlie
The Bond (1918)
Movie
Charlie - The Janitor
Triple Trouble (1918)
Movie
1
Tramp
A Dog's Life (1918)
Movie
2
Charlie
Chase Me Charlie (1918)
Movie
Director
How to Make Movies (1918)
Movie
The Convict
The Adventurer (1917)
Movie
2.5
Immigrant
The Immigrant (1917)
Movie
1
The Inebriate
The Cure (1917)
Movie
1
The Derelict
Easy Street (1917)
Movie
1
A Tramp
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder (1917)
Movie
Self
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin (1917)
Movie
Zepped (1916)
Movie
A Waiter - Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer
The Rink (1916)
Movie
1
David - His Assistant
Behind the Screen (1916)
Movie
6
Pawnbroker's Assistant
The Pawnshop (1916)
Movie
4
His Assistant
The Count (1916)
Movie
1
Drunk
One A.M. (1916)
Movie
6
The Saloon Violinist
The Vagabond (1916)
Movie
1
Fireman
The Fireman (1916)
Movie
Convict 999 Alias Charlie
Police (1916)
Movie
6
Impecuneous Customer
The Floorwalker (1916)
Movie
Officer Darn Hosiery
A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
Movie
Mr. Pest / Mr. Rowdy - in the Balcony
A Night in the Show (1915)
Movie
Tramp
Shanghaied (1915)
Movie
Janitor
The Bank (1915)
Movie
Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
A Woman (1915)
Movie
Izzy A. Wake's Assistant
Work (1915)
Movie
3.5
A Customer
His Regeneration (1915)
Movie
Stroller
By the Sea (1915)
Movie
1
Tramp
The Tramp (1915)
Movie
2
Suitor - the Fake Count
A Jitney Elopement (1915)
Movie
6
Charlie
In the Park (1915)
Movie
Challenger
The Champion (1915)
Movie
1
Reveller
A Night Out (1915)
Movie
Film Extra
His New Job (1915)
Movie
The City Slicker
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Movie
Weakchin
His Prehistoric Past (1914)
Movie
Mr. Sniffels
Getting Acquainted (1914)
Movie
Clarence - the Husband
His Trysting Places (1914)
Movie
Charlie aka Tom - Piano Mover
His Musical Career (1914)
Movie
Mr. Wow-Woe - Track Fanatic
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
Movie
Pierre - A Waiter
Dough and Dynamite (1914)
Movie
Masher
Those Love Pangs (1914)
Movie
Janitor
The New Janitor (1914)
Movie
10
1st Reveller
The Rounders (1914)
Movie
Charlie
His New Profession (1914)
Movie
6
Film Actor / Beautiful Stranger
The Masquerader (1914)
Movie
Tramp
Recreation (1914)
Movie
Artist
The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914)
Movie
The Property Man
The Property Man (1914)
Movie
Dentist's Assistant
Laughing Gas (1914)
Movie
Mabel's Husband
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
Movie
Tipsy Nuisance
Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
Movie
Referee
The Knockout (1914)
Movie
Bandit
Her Friend the Bandit (1914)
Movie
Mabel's Rival Suitor
The Fatal Mallet (1914)
Movie
The Wife
A Busy Day (1914)
Movie
Tipsy Hotel Guest
Caught in the Rain (1914)
Movie
Waiter
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
Movie
Pickpocket
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
Movie
Villain
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
Movie
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder (1914)
Movie
Lord Helpus / Mr. Dovey
Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)
Movie
Drunken Masher
His Favorite Pastime (1914)
Movie
Tipsy Dancer
Tango Tangle (1914)
Movie
The Film Johnnie
A Film Johnnie (1914)
Movie
Masher
Between Showers (1914)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)
A Thief Catcher (1914)
Movie
Drunk
Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Movie
Tramp
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
Movie
Edgar English - Swindler
Making a Living (1914)
Movie
Self
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Movie
Self
Charlie Chaplin, A Man of the World
Movie
Various Characters
Paul Merton's Heroes of Comedy
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.5
Based on 1.38 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1889-04-16
Deathday1977-12-25 (88 years old)
Birth NameCharles Spencer Chaplin
Birth PlaceWalworth, United Kingdom
Religionagnosticism
Height64-inch
RelationshipsOona O'Neill (1943-01-01 - 1977-01-01), Mildred Harris (1918-09-01 - 1920-04-01), Lita Grey (1924-11-24 - 1927-08-01), Paulette Goddard (1936-01-01 - 1942-01-01), Joan Barry (1941-06-01 - 1942-01-01)
ChildrenChristopher Chaplin, Charles Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Jane Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin
FatherCharles Chaplin Sr.
MotherHannah Chaplin
SiblingsWheeler Dryden, Sydney Chaplin
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
ResidencesManoir de Ban, Switzerland, Beverly Hills, United States of America
Also Known AsCharles Spencer Chaplin, Charles Chaplin, Чарлі Чаплін, Чарлз Спенсер Чаплін, Charlot, Carlitos, 查理·卓别林, 찰리 채플린, チャールズ・チャップリン, צ'ארלי צ'פלין, تشارلي تشابلن, چارلی چاپلین, Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν, 찰스 스펜서 채플린, チャールズ・スペンサー・チャップリン, Чарльз Спенсер Чаплин, Чарльз Чаплин
AwardsAcademy Honorary Award, Golden Lion, Erasmus Prize, Academy Fellowship Award, Jussi Awards, World Peace Council prizes, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Silver Ribbon for best foreign film director, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score, Bodil Honorary Award, Kinema Junpo award, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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