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Charlie Chaplin

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 16, 1889 (137 years old)

Place of Birth

Walworth, London, England, UK

Biography

Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 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.

Known For

Acting
2026Life and Deaths of Max LinderSelf (archive footage)
2025Gene Kelly - An American in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2025One to One: John & YokoSelf (archive footage)
2025Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silenceSelf (archive footage)
2025John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2025Chaplin: Spirit of the TrampSelf (Archive Footage)
2024Smile!Archive footage
2024High & Low – John GallianoSelf (archive footage)
2023Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerreSelf (archive footage)
2023Mary Pickford a Blessing and a CurseSelf
2022The Century of IconsSelf (archive footage)
2021The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
2021The Spanish Flu: The Invisible EnemySelf (archive footage)
2021This Is Francis X. BushmanSelf (Archive Footage)
2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of LibertySelf (archive footage)
2019Sophia Loren, a special destinySelf (archive footage)
2019Hollywood's Second World WarAdenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
2019Chaplin vs the FBISelf (archive footage)
2018Propaganda: Engineering ConsentSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017Chaplin in BaliSelf (archive footage)
2017Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black ShirtsSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at EssanaySelf (archive footage)
2017The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
2016Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown DiedSelf (archive footage)
2016Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends(archive footage)
2015Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and IntimacySelf (archive footage)
2015Looking for Mabel NormandSelf (archive footage)
2015Jackie Coogan: The First Child StarSelf (archive footage)
2014A Night at the Cinema in 1914(archive footage)
2014Winston Churchill: A Giant in the CenturySelf (archive footage)
2014Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
2013Birth of the TrampSelf (archive footage)
2012Chaplin at KeystoneSelf (archive footage)
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
2011Dancing ChaplinSelf (archive footage)
2011The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns ProphetSelf (archive footage)
2011Bali: Island of the DogsSelf (archive footage)
2010Sigrid HolmquistHimself (archive footage)
2009Hollywood sul Tevere
2009The Parrott ChaseHimself - archival footage
2008Mary Pickford: The Muse of the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
2008Warner at War(archive footage)
2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsAdenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf (archive footage)
2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelf (archive footage)
2007Bravo Charlot!Various characters (archive footage)
2007Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen(archive footage)
2005Douglas Fairbanks: The Great SwashbucklerSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: A Woman of ParisSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: The Gold RushSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: Monsieur VerdouxSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: LimelightSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: The Great DictatorSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: A King in New YorkSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: Modern TimesSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: City LightsSelf (archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: The KidSelf (archive footage)
2003Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work(archive footage)
2003Chaplin Today: The CircusSelf (archive footage)
2003Murders of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2002The Tramp and the DictatorSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000Buñuel in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
1998Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's LifeSelf (archive footage)
1998Star Power: The Creation Of United ArtistsSelf / Various roles (archive footage)
1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)
1996Chaplin's GoliathSelf (archive footage)
1995The Casting Couch
1994The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin
1992The Chaplin PuzzleSelf / The Tramp (archive footage)
1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindSelf - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988American ExperienceSelf
1987Sacrée SoiréeSelf (archive footage)
1984Going Hollywood: The '30sSelf (archive footage)
1984Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I(archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983Unknown ChaplinSelf & in Out-Takes
1982Hollywood’s ChildrenSelf (archive footage)
1980Charlie Chaplin: The Little TrampSelf (archive footage)
1979The Hollywood Clowns(archive footage)
1977Hitler: A CareerSelf (archive footage)
1977ViennaFilm 1896-1976Self (archive footage)
1976The Gentleman TrampSelf
1976It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage)
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)
1974Spécial cinémaSelf (archive footage)
1973Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque françaiseSelf
1970Brasileiros em HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
1967A Countess from Hong KongAn Old Steward
1967The Funniest Man in the WorldSelf (archive footage)
1967OmnibusSelf
1964The Big Parade of ComedyActor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
196330 Years of Fun(archive footage)
1962Crazy DaysVarious (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoSelf (archive footage)
1961Days of Thrills and LaughterSelf (archive footage)
1961The DuPont Show of the WeekSelf (archive footage)
1960When Comedy Was Kingedited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
1960Lifetime of Comedy(archive footage)
1959The Chaplin RevueNarrator / Various (archive footage)
1957A King in New YorkKing Shahdov
1955All in Good FunArchive Footage
1954German GiantsSelf
1953Yesterday and Today(archive footage)
1953The Oscars
1952LimelightCalvero
1951A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"Darn Hosiery
1950Life Begins TomorrowSelf (archive footage)
1950The Golden Twenties(archive footage)
1947Monsieur VerdouxHenri Verdoux
1947The Way of the WorldThe Tramp (Archive Footage)
1944Charlie's Triple TroubleCharlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
1941The Charlie Chaplin FestivalVarious Roles (archive footage)
1941The Chaplin CavalcadeVarious Roles (archive footage)
1940The Great DictatorAdenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
1940The Eternal JewSelf (1931) (archive footage)
1938Chaplin CarnivalVarious Roles (archive footage)
1936Modern TimesThe Tramp (A Factory Worker)
1933All at SeaSelf
1933Hollywood on Parade No. B-5Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933The Film Parade(archive footage) (uncredited)
1931City LightsA Tramp
1931Charlie Chaplin in WienSelf (archive footage)
1928The CircusA Tramp
1928The Circus: PremiereSelf
1928Show PeopleCharlie Chaplin (uncredited)
1928The Movie City of HollywoodSelf
1926Camille: The Fate of a CoquetteMike
1925The Gold RushThe Lone Prospector
1923HollywoodCharles Chaplin
1923The PilgrimThe Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateStation Porter (uncredited)
1923Souls for SaleSelf - Celebrity Director
1922Nice and FriendlyTramp
1922Pay DayLaborer
1922Seeing StarsSelf
1921The KidA Tramp
1921The Idle ClassTramp / Husband
1920Charlie Butts In
1919A Day's PleasureFather
1919SunnysideFarm Handyman
1919The ProfessorProfessor Bosco
1918A Dog's LifeTramp
1918The BondCharlie
1918Shoulder ArmsDoughboy
1918Triple TroubleThe Janitor
1918How to Make MoviesSelf (uncredited)
1918Chase Me CharlieCharlie
1918The Chaplin Essanay Project
1917The AdventurerThe Eel / Commodore Slick
1917Easy StreetThe Derelict
1917The ImmigrantImmigrant
1917The CureThe Inebriate
1917Max Linder Visits Charlie ChaplinSelf
1917Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry LauderA Tramp
1916The PawnshopPawnbroker's Assistant
1916The RinkA Waiter
1916The CountTailor's Apprentice
1916The VagabondThe Saloon Violinist
1916PoliceCharlie, Convict 999
1916The FloorwalkerImpecunious Customer
1916The FiremanFireman
1916One A.M.Le bourgeois alcoolisé
1916Behind the ScreenDavid - Property Man's Assistant
1916ZeppedThe Tramp
1915The TrampThe Tramp
1915The ChampionChallenger
1915A Jitney ElopementSuitor, the Fake Count
1915A Night OutReveller
1915By the SeaStroller
1915His RegenerationA Customer
1915A WomanGentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
1915In the ParkCharlie
1915ShanghaiedTramp
1915The BankJanitor
1915A Burlesque on CarmenDarn Hosiery
1915WorkIzzy A. Wake's assistant
1915His New JobFilm Extra
1915A Night in the ShowMr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy
1914Between ShowersThe Tramp, a Second Gallant
1914Cruel, Cruel LoveMr. Dovey
1914Dough and DynamitePierre
1914Kid Auto Races at VeniceThe Tramp
1914Laughing GasDentist's assistant
1914Mabel's Busy DayTipsy Nuisance
1914The MasqueraderFilm actor
1914Mabel's Strange PredicamentThe Tramp (uncredited)
1914The Fatal MalletSuitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
1914The New JanitorThe Janitor
1914Tillie's Punctured RomanceThe City Guy
1914Caught in a CabaretWaiter
1914The KnockoutReferee (uncredited)
1914Making a LivingThe Swindler (uncredited)
1914Twenty Minutes of LovePickpocket
1914A Film JohnnieThe Film Johnnie aka The Tramp
1914Caught in the RainTipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)
1914His Favorite PastimeDrunken Masher
1914Tango TanglesTipsy Dancer
1914Mabel at the WheelVillain (uncredited)
1914A Busy DayWife
1914The Star BoarderThe Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
1914His Prehistoric PastWeakchin
1914Those Love PangsMasher
1914The RoundersMr. Full
1914His New ProfessionCharlie
1914His Trysting PlacesClarence, the Husband
1914Getting AcquaintedMr. Sniffels
1914The Face on the Barroom FloorArtist
1914Gentlemen of NerveMr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic
1914His Musical CareerCharlie, Piano Mover
1914RecreationTramp
1914Mabel's Married LifeMabel's Husband
1914The Property ManProperty Man (uncredited)
1914Her Friend the BanditBandit
1914A Thief CatcherCop (uncredited)
-Modern Times: A Closer LookSelf (archival photos)
Production
1967A Countess from Hong KongProducer
1959The Chaplin RevueProducer
1959The Chaplin RevueDirector of Operations
1957A King in New YorkProducer
1952LimelightProducer
1947Monsieur VerdouxProducer
1941The Chaplin CavalcadeProducer
1940The Great DictatorProducer
1938Chaplin CarnivalProducer
1936Modern TimesProducer
1931City LightsProducer
1928The CircusProducer
1926A Woman of the SeaProducer
1925The Gold RushProducer
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateProducer
1923The PilgrimProducer
1922Pay DayProducer
1922Seeing StarsProducer
1921The KidProducer
1921The Idle ClassProducer
1919A Day's PleasureProducer
1919SunnysideProducer
1918A Dog's LifeProducer
1918Shoulder ArmsProducer
1918How to Make MoviesProducer
1917The AdventurerProducer
1917Easy StreetProducer
1917The ImmigrantProducer
1917The CureProducer
1917Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry LauderProducer
1916The RinkProducer
1916The PawnshopProducer
1916The CountProducer
1916The VagabondProducer
1916The FiremanProducer
1916One A.M.Producer
1916Behind the ScreenProducer
1916The FloorwalkerProducer
Directing
2014Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917Director
2010Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2Director
1984Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios IDirector
1967A Countess from Hong KongDirector
1959The Chaplin RevueDirector
1957A King in New YorkDirector
1952LimelightDirector
1951A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"Co-Director
1947Monsieur VerdouxDirector
1941The Charlie Chaplin FestivalDirector
1941The Chaplin CavalcadeDirector
1940The Great DictatorDirector
1938Chaplin CarnivalDirector
1936Modern TimesDirector
1931City LightsDirector
1928The CircusDirector
1925The Gold RushDirector
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateDirector
1923The PilgrimDirector
1922Pay DayDirector
1922Nice and FriendlyDirector
1921The KidDirector
1921The Idle ClassDirector
1920Charlie Butts InDirector
1919The ProfessorDirector
1919A Day's PleasureDirector
1919SunnysideDirector
1918A Dog's LifeDirector
1918The BondDirector
1918Shoulder ArmsDirector
1918Triple TroubleDirector
1918Chase Me CharlieDirector
1918How to Make MoviesDirector
1918The Chaplin Essanay ProjectDirector
1917The AdventurerDirector
1917Easy StreetDirector
1917The ImmigrantDirector
1917The CureDirector
1917Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry LauderDirector
1916The RinkDirector
1916The CountDirector
1916The PawnshopDirector
1916The VagabondDirector
1916PoliceDirector
1916The FloorwalkerDirector
1916The FiremanDirector
1916One A.M.Director
1916Behind the ScreenDirector
1915The TrampDirector
1915The ChampionDirector
1915A Jitney ElopementDirector
1915His New JobDirector
1915In the ParkDirector
1915A Night OutDirector
1915WorkDirector
1915A Night in the ShowDirector
1915By the SeaDirector
1915A WomanDirector
1915ShanghaiedDirector
1915The BankDirector
1915A Burlesque on CarmenDirector
1914Dough and DynamiteDirector
1914Laughing GasDirector
1914The MasqueraderDirector
1914The New JanitorDirector
1914Caught in the RainDirector
1914Twenty Minutes of LoveDirector
1914His New ProfessionDirector
1914Gentlemen of NerveDirector
1914His Trysting PlacesDirector
1914RecreationDirector
1914The Property ManDirector
1914His Prehistoric PastDirector
1914The Face on the Barroom FloorDirector
1914The RoundersDirector
1914Those Love PangsDirector
1914Getting AcquaintedDirector
1914His Musical CareerDirector
Writing
2026Training DayOriginal Concept
2018A diktátor (színházi felvétel)Writer
2011ChaplinCharacters
2010Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2Writer
1992ChaplinBook
1983En Büyük ŞabanWriter
1967A Countess from Hong KongScreenplay
1959The Chaplin RevueWriter
1957A King in New YorkWriter
1952LimelightScreenplay
1952LimelightOriginal Story
1947Monsieur VerdouxWriter
1941The Charlie Chaplin FestivalWriter
1941The Chaplin CavalcadeWriter
1940The Great DictatorScreenplay
1938Chaplin CarnivalWriter
1936Modern TimesScreenplay
1931City LightsScreenplay
1928The CircusWriter
1925The Gold RushWriter
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateWriter
1923The PilgrimWriter
1922Pay DayWriter
1922Nice and FriendlyWriter
1921The KidWriter
1921The Idle ClassWriter
1920Charlie Butts InWriter
1919SunnysideWriter
1919A Day's PleasureWriter
1918A Dog's LifeWriter
1918The BondWriter
1918Triple TroubleScreenplay
1918Triple TroubleStory
1918How to Make MoviesWriter
1918Shoulder ArmsScreenplay
1918Chase Me CharlieWriter
1917Easy StreetScreenplay
1917The CureStory
1917The CureScreenplay
1917The AdventurerScreenplay
1917The ImmigrantScreenplay
1917Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry LauderWriter
1916The PawnshopScreenplay
1916The CountScreenplay
1916The RinkScreenplay
1916The VagabondWriter
1916PoliceWriter
1916One A.M.Writer
1916The FiremanWriter
1916Behind the ScreenScreenplay
1916The FloorwalkerScreenplay
1915The TrampWriter
1915The ChampionWriter
1915A Jitney ElopementWriter
1915A Night OutWriter
1915ShanghaiedWriter
1915The BankWriter
1915A Burlesque on CarmenWriter
1915His New JobWriter
1915WorkWriter
1915A WomanWriter
1915A Night in the ShowWriter
1915By the SeaWriter
1915In the ParkScreenplay
1914Mabel at the WheelWriter
1914Dough and DynamiteWriter
1914The MasqueraderWriter
1914His Trysting PlacesWriter
1914The RoundersWriter
1914His Prehistoric PastWriter
1914Mabel's Married LifeWriter
1914Getting AcquaintedWriter
1914His Favorite PastimeWriter
1914RecreationWriter
1914A Film JohnnieWriter
1914Tango TanglesWriter
1914Caught in a CabaretWriter
1914A Busy DayScreenplay
1914Mabel's Strange PredicamentScreenplay
1914Kid Auto Races at VeniceScreenplay
1914Between ShowersScreenplay
1914Mabel's Busy DayWriter
1914The Face on the Barroom FloorWriter
1914Her Friend the BanditWriter
1914The Property ManWriter
1914His Musical CareerWriter
1914Those Love PangsWriter
1914The New JanitorWriter
1914The KnockoutWriter
1914His New ProfessionWriter
1914Gentlemen of NerveWriter
Crew
1952LimelightChoreographer