- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 16, 1889
- Place of Birth
- Walworth, London, England, UK
- Died
- December 25, 1977
Charlie Chaplin
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.
Filmography
movieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · The Lone Prospector (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieTraining Day
2026 · Original Concept
movieLife and Deaths of Max Linder
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
The folks of the valley
2025 · Buster Keaton
movieChaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieOne to One: John & Yoko
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieGene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieSmile!
2024 · Archive footage
movieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieHigh & Low – John Galliano
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieMary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023 · Self
movieLe Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Century of Icons
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieThis Is Francis X. Bushman
2021 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · Self (archive footage), Original Music Composer
movieA Night at the Opera
2020
movieSophia Loren, a special destiny
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin vs the FBI
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood's Second World War
2019 · Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
movieChurchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieA diktátor (színházi felvétel)
2018 · Writer
moviePropaganda: Engineering Consent
2018 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Геннадий Хазанов. Лицо под маской
2018 · Self
movieOptimism
2018 · Music
movieChaplin in Bali
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieCinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
2017
movieChaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016 · (archive footage)
movieLooking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Little Tramp
2015 · Music
movieJackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieLooking for Mabel Normand
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieWinston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
2014 · , Director
movieA Night at the Cinema in 1914
2014 · (archive footage)
movieBirth of the Tramp
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieShrek's Thrilling Tales
2012 · Guy Dude Man, The Human Homo sapiens (voice)
movieChaplin at Keystone
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
tvChaplin
2011 · Characters
movieBali: Island of the Dogs
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieDancing Chaplin
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieSigrid Holmquist
2010 · Himself (archive footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2
2010 · Writer, Director
movieHollywood sul Tevere
2009
The Parrott Chase
2009 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieWarner at War
2008 · (archive footage)
movieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007 · (archive footage)
movieBravo Charlot!
2007 · Various characters (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieHitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSilent Clowns
2006 · Self(archive footage)
movieDouglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 1
2004
The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 9
2004
movieChaplin Today: The Great Dictator
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: Limelight
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: Modern Times
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: The Circus
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: City Lights
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
2003 · (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: The Kid
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: A King in New York
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieMurders of Hollywood
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBuñuel in Hollywood
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Self / Various roles (archive footage)
movieSports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin's Goliath
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
movieEl último panfleto
1995 · Self
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieChaplin
1992 · Book
movieThe Chaplin Puzzle
1992 · Self / The Tramp (archive footage)
movieStalin's Funeral
1990 · Music
tvAmerican Experience
1988 · Self
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Self (archive footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
1984 · (archive footage), Director
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieEn Büyük Şaban
1983 · Writer
tvUnknown Chaplin
1983 · Self & in Out-Takes
movieHollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
1980 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Hollywood Clowns
1979 · (archive footage)
movieHitler: A Career
1977 · Self (archive footage)
movieViennaFilm 1896-1976
1977 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Gentleman Tramp
1976 · Self
movieIt's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self (archive footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin's visit to the French Cinematheque
1973 · Self
movieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Self (archive footage)
The Funniest Man in the World
1967 · Self (archive footage)
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
movieA Countess from Hong Kong
1967 · An Old Steward, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
movie30 Years of Fun
1963 · (archive footage)
movieCrazy Days
1962 · Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe DuPont Show of the Week
1961 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
movieDays of Thrills and Laughter
1961 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhen Comedy Was King
1960 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieLifetime of Comedy
1960 · (archive footage)
movieThe Chaplin Revue
1959 · Narrator / Various (archive footage), Producer, Writer, Director, Music Director, Director of Operations
movieA King in New York
1957 · King Shahdov, Writer, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer
movieAll in Good Fun
1955 · Archive Footage
movieGerman Giants
1954 · Self
movieYesterday and Today
1953 · (archive footage)
tvThe Oscars
1953
movieLimelight
1952 · Calvero, Original Music Composer, Producer, Screenplay, Director, Original Story, Choreographer
movieA Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951 · Darn Hosiery, Co-Director
movieLife Begins Tomorrow
1950 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Golden Twenties
1950 · (archive footage)
movieMonsieur Verdoux
1947 · Henri Verdoux, Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
movieThe Way of the World
1947 · The Tramp (Archive Footage)
Charlie's Triple Trouble
1944 · Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
movieThe Chaplin Cavalcade
1941 · Various Roles (archive footage), Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Charlie Chaplin Festival
1941 · Various Roles (archive footage), Director, Writer
movieThe Eternal Jew
1940 · Self (1931) (archive footage)
movieThe Great Dictator
1940 · Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber, Original Music Composer, Director, Producer, Screenplay
Chaplin Carnival
1938 · Various Roles (archive footage), Director, Producer, Writer
movieModern Times
1936 · The Tramp (A Factory Worker), Screenplay, Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAll at Sea
1933 · Self
movieThe Film Parade
1933 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Movie Album
1932 · (archive footage)
movieCharlie Chaplin in Wien
1931 · Self (archive footage)
movieCity Lights
1931 · A Tramp, Editor, Producer, Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
movieShow People
1928 · Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928 · Self
movieThe Circus: Premiere
1928 · Self
movieThe Circus
1928 · A Tramp, Writer, Director, Producer, Theme Song Performance, Editor, Music
A Woman of the Sea
1926 · Producer
movieCamille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926 · Mike
movieThe Gold Rush
1925 · The Lone Prospector, Director, Writer
movieA Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923 · Station Porter (uncredited), Writer, Original Music Composer, Director, Producer
movieHollywood
1923 · Charles Chaplin
movieSouls for Sale
1923 · Self - Celebrity Director
movieThe Pilgrim
1923 · The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard, Writer, Director, Editor, Songs, Producer
movieSeeing Stars
1922 · Self, Producer
moviePay Day
1922 · Laborer, Writer, Director, Producer, Music, Editor
movieNice and Friendly
1922 · Tramp, Writer, Director
movieThe Idle Class
1921 · Tramp / Husband, Director, Writer, Music, Editor, Producer
movieThe Kid
1921 · A Tramp, Writer, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor
movieCharlie Butts In
1920 · , Writer, Director
movieA Day's Pleasure
1919 · Father, Director, Writer, Producer, Music, Editor
movieSunnyside
1919 · Farm Handyman, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
movieThe Professor
1919 · Professor Bosco, Director
movieThe Chaplin Essanay Project
1918 · , Director
movieShoulder Arms
1918 · Doughboy, Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
movieThe Bond
1918 · Charlie, Director, Writer
movieTriple Trouble
1918 · The Janitor, Screenplay, Story, Director
movieA Dog's Life
1918 · Tramp, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Original Music Composer
movieChase Me Charlie
1918 · Charlie, Director, Writer
movieHow to Make Movies
1918 · Self (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Director
movieThe Adventurer
1917 · The Eel / Commodore Slick, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Immigrant
1917 · Immigrant, Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
movieThe Cure
1917 · The Inebriate, Story, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
movieEasy Street
1917 · The Derelict, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Producer
movieCharlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
1917 · A Tramp, Producer, Writer, Director
movieMax Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
1917 · Self
Zepped
1916 · The Tramp
movieThe Rink
1916 · A Waiter, Producer, Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieBehind the Screen
1916 · David - Property Man's Assistant, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Pawnshop
1916 · Pawnbroker's Assistant, Screenplay, Producer, Director, Editor
movieThe Count
1916 · Tailor's Apprentice, Screenplay, Director, Producer, Editor
movieOne A.M.
1916 · Le bourgeois alcoolisé, Editor, Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Vagabond
1916 · The Saloon Violinist, Producer, Director, Supervising Film Editor, Writer
movieThe Fireman
1916 · Fireman, Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
moviePolice
1916 · Charlie, Convict 999, Director, Writer
movieThe Floorwalker
1916 · Impecunious Customer, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
movieA Burlesque on Carmen
1915 · Darn Hosiery, Writer, Director
movieA Night in the Show
1915 · Mr. Pest / Mr. Rowdy, Director, Writer, Editor
movieShanghaied
1915 · Tramp, Writer, Director, Editor
movieThe Bank
1915 · Janitor, Writer, Director, Editor
movieA Woman
1915 · Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash', Director, Writer, Editor
movieWork
1915 · Izzy A. Wake's assistant, Director, Writer, Editor
movieHis Regeneration
1915 · A Customer
movieBy the Sea
1915 · Stroller, Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Tramp
1915 · The Tramp, Director, Writer, Editor
movieA Jitney Elopement
1915 · Suitor, the Fake Count, Director, Writer, Editor
movieIn the Park
1915 · Charlie, Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieThe Champion
1915 · Challenger, Writer, Director, Editor
movieA Night Out
1915 · Reveller, Writer, Director, Editor
movieHis New Job
1915 · Film Extra, Director, Writer, Editor
movieTillie's Punctured Romance
1914 · The City Guy
movieHis Prehistoric Past
1914 · Weakchin, Writer, Director, Editor
movieGetting Acquainted
1914 · Mr. Sniffels, Director, Writer, Editor
movieHis Trysting Places
1914 · Clarence, the Husband, Director, Writer, Editor
movieHis Musical Career
1914 · Charlie, Piano Mover, Director, Writer, Editor
movieGentlemen of Nerve
1914 · Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic, Director, Editor, Writer
movieDough and Dynamite
1914 · Pierre, Director, Writer, Editor
movieThose Love Pangs
1914 · Masher, Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe New Janitor
1914 · The Janitor, Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Rounders
1914 · Mr. Full, Writer, Director, Editor
movieHis New Profession
1914 · Charlie, Director, Editor, Writer
movieThe Masquerader
1914 · Film actor, Director, Writer, Editor
movieRecreation
1914 · Tramp, Director, Editor, Writer
movieThe Face on the Barroom Floor
1914 · Artist, Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Property Man
1914 · Property Man (uncredited), Director, Writer, Editor
movieLaughing Gas
1914 · Dentist's assistant, Director, Editor
movieMabel's Married Life
1914 · Mabel's Husband, Writer, Editor
movieMabel's Busy Day
1914 · Tipsy Nuisance, Writer
movieThe Knockout
1914 · Referee (uncredited), Writer
movieHer Friend the Bandit
1914 · Bandit, Writer
movieThe Fatal Mallet
1914 · Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
movieA Busy Day
1914 · Wife, Editor, Screenplay
movieCaught in the Rain
1914 · Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited), Director, Editor
movieCaught in a Cabaret
1914 · Waiter, Writer
movieTwenty Minutes of Love
1914 · Pickpocket, Director
movieMabel at the Wheel
1914 · Villain (uncredited), Writer
movieThe Star Boarder
1914 · The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
movieCruel, Cruel Love
1914 · Mr. Dovey
movieHis Favorite Pastime
1914 · Drunken Masher, Writer
movieTango Tangles
1914 · Tipsy Dancer, Writer
movieA Film Johnnie
1914 · The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp, Writer
movieBetween Showers
1914 · The Tramp, a Second Gallant, Screenplay
movieA Thief Catcher
1914 · Cop (uncredited)
movieMabel's Strange Predicament
1914 · The Tramp (uncredited), Screenplay
movieKid Auto Races at Venice
1914 · The Tramp, Screenplay
movieMaking a Living
1914 · The Swindler (uncredited)
Modern Times: A Closer Look
— · Self (archival photos)