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.

Filmography

• 2026Back in Black — Clyde
• 2025Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost — Self, Thanks
• 2024Dune: Part Two — Emperor
• Severance — Burt Goodman
• The Outlaws — Frank
• 2020Percy — Percy Schmeiser, Executive Producer
• 2020The War with Grandpa — Jerry
• 2020Wild Mountain Thyme — Tony Reilly
• 2019The Jesus Rolls — Warden
• 2018Irreplaceable You — Myron
• 2018Talking with the Vampires
• 2017Father Figures — Dr. Walter Tinkler
• 2016Eddie the Eagle — Warren Sharp
• 2016Nine Lives — Felix Perkins
• 2016One More Time — Paul Lombard
• 2016The Family Fang — Caleb Fang
• 2016The Jungle Book — King Louie (voice)
• 2015An SNL Valentine — The Continental (archive footage)
• 2015Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser — Clem
• 2014Jersey Boys — Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo
• 2014Peter Pan Live! — Captain Hook
• 2014Turks & Caicos — Curtis Pelissier
• 2013Gods Behaving Badly — Zeus
• 2013The Power of Few — Doke
• 2012A Late Quartet — Peter Mitchell
• 2012Dark Horse — Jackie
• 2012Seven Psychopaths — Hans Kieslowski
• 2012Stand Up Guys — Doc
• 2011Kill the Irishman — Shondor Birns
• 2010Life's a Beach — Roy Callahan
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• 2009The Maiden Heist — Roger Barlow
• 2008$5 a Day — Nat Parker
• 2008The Legend of Harrow Woods — Raven (voice)
• 2007Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
• 2007Balls of Fury — Feng
• 2007Hairspray — Wilbur Turnblad
• 2007Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
• 30 Rock — Christopher Walken (voice)
• 2006Click — Morty
• 2006Fade to Black — Brewster
• 2006Man of the Year — Jack Menken
• 2006Romance & Cigarettes — Cousin Bo
• The Henry Rollins Show
• 2005Domino — Mark Heiss
• 2005Wedding Crashers — Secretary Cleary
• 2004Around the Bend — Turner Lair
• 2004Envy — J-Man
• 2004Man on Fire — Paul Rayburn
• 2004Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
• 2004The Stepford Wives — Mike Wellington
• 2003Gigli — Det. Stanley Jacobellis
• 2003Kangaroo Jack — Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio
• 2003The Rundown — Hatcher
• 2002Catch Me If You Can — Frank Abagnale
• 2002Engine Trouble — Rusty (voice)
• Julius Caesar — Cato the Younger
• 2002Poolhall Junkies — Uncle Mike
• 2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell — Bruce Dickinson (archive footage)
• 2002The Country Bears — Reed Thimple
• 2002Undertaking Betty — Frank Featherbed
• 2001America's Sweethearts — Hal Weidmann
• 2001Joe Dirt — Clem
• 2001Scotland, PA — Lieutenant McDuff
• 2001The Affair of the Necklace — Count Cagliostro
• 2001The Continental: Anticipation — The Continental
• 2000The Opportunists — Vic Kelly
• 2000The Prophecy 3: The Ascent — Gabriel
• 1999Blast from the Past — Calvin
• 1999Kiss Toledo Goodbye — Max
• 1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 — Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage)
• 1999New Rose Hotel — Fox, Co-Producer
• 1999Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End — Jacob Witting
• 1999Sleepy Hollow — Hessian Horseman
• 1999Vendetta — James Houston
• 1998Antz — Colonel Cutter (voice)
• 1998Illuminata — Bevalaqua
• 1998The Eternal — Uncle Bill Ferriter
• 1998The Prophecy II — Gabriel
• 1997Excess Baggage — Ray
• 1997MouseHunt — Caesar
• 1997Suicide Kings — Carlo Bartolucci
• 1997Touch — Bill Hill
• 1996Basquiat — The Interviewer
• 1996Celluloide — Rod Geiger
• 1996Last Man Standing — Hickey
• 1996The Funeral — Ray Tempio
• 1996Wild Side — Bruno Buckingham
• 1995Nick of Time — Mr. Smith
• 1995Search and Destroy — Kim Ulander
• 1995The Addiction — Peina
• 1995The Prophecy — Gabriel
• 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead — The Man with the Plan
• 1994A Business Affair — Vanni Corso
• 1994Pulp Fiction — Captain Koons
• Storybook Cinema
• 1993Scam — Jack Shanks
• 1993Skylark — Jacob Witting
• 1993True Romance — Vincenzo Coccotti
• 1993Wayne's World 2 — Bobby Cahn
• 1992Batman Returns — Max Shreck
• 1992Mistress — Warren Zell
• 1992The Big Pardon 2 — Pasco Meisner
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991All-American Murder — P.J. Decker
• 1991McBain — McBain
• 1991Sarah, Plain and Tall — Jacob Witting
• 1990King of New York — Frank White
• 1990The Comfort of Strangers — Robert
• 1989Communion — Whitley Strieber
• 1988Biloxi Blues — Sgt. Toomey
• 1988Homeboy — Wesley Pendergass
• 1988Puss in Boots — Puss
• 1988The Milagro Beanfield War — Kyril Montana
• 1987Deadline — Don Stevens
• 1986At Close Range — Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.
• 1985A View to a Kill — Max Zorin
• 1983Brainstorm — Michael Brace
• 1983The Dead Zone — Johnny Smith
• American Playhouse — Harry Nash
• 1982Who Am I This Time? — Harry Nash
• 1981Pennies from Heaven — Tom
• 1980Heaven's Gate — Nathan D. Champion
• 1980The Dogs of War — Jamie Shannon
• 1979Last Embrace — Eckart
• 1978Shoot the Sun Down — Mr. Rainbow
• 1978The Deer Hunter — Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
• 1977Annie Hall — Duane Hall
• 1977Roseland — Russel
• 1977The Sentinel — Det. Rizzo
• 1976Next Stop, Greenwich Village — Robert Fulmer
• 1975Valley Forge — The Hessian
• Kojak — Ben Wiley
• 1972The Mind Snatchers — Pvt. James H. Reese
• 1971The Anderson Tapes — The Kid
• 1970Cleopatra — Boy
• Hawaii Five-O — Walt Kramer
• 1969Me and My Brother
• 1966Barefoot in Athens — Lamprocles
• Deadline — Marty
• Naked City — Chris Johannis, Brain Trust (uncredited)
• 1956The Boy Who Saw Through — Ernest
• The Motorola Television Hour
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Lamprocles, Jacob Witting, The Hessian
• Tiens ferme ta couronne

Appearances as themselves (39)

• Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self
• 2024From Roger Moore with Love — Self
• Mitt liv som Roger Moore — Self
• 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Music Videos That Defined the 00’s — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage — Self
• 2018Trumbull Land — Self (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love — Self
• 2012Cooking with Christopher Walken — Himself
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2012Joe Papp in Five Acts — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation — Self
• 2007You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" — Self
• 2005Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' — Self
• 2003Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary — Self
• Comedy Central Roasts — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze — Self
• 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Film '72 — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee / Presenter
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter