Portrait of Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Acting

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.

Born: April 16, 1889

Place of Birth: Walworth, London, England, UK

Filmography

2026
Life and Deaths of Max Linder

as Self (archive footage)

2025
One to One: John & Yoko

as Self (archive footage)

2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Smile!

as Archive footage

2022
The Century of Icons

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy

as Self (archive footage)

2020
2019
Sophia Loren, a special destiny

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Chaplin vs the FBI

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Hollywood's Second World War

as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)

2018
Propaganda: Engineering Consent

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017
Chaplin in Bali

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017
2016
2015
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Looking for Mabel Normand

as Self (archive footage)

2014
2014
A Night at the Cinema in 1914

as (archive footage)

2013
Birth of the Tramp

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Chaplin at Keystone

as Self (archive footage)

2012
2011
2011
Dancing Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

2010
Sigrid Holmquist

as Himself (archive footage)

2008
Warner at War

as (archive footage)

2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Bravo Charlot!

as Various characters (archive footage)

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
2003
Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
2003
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Murders of Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2002
The Tramp and the Dictator

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000
Buñuel in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

as Self (archive footage)

1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

1997
Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1996
Chaplin's Goliath

as Self (archive footage)

1992
The Chaplin Puzzle

as Self / The Tramp (archive footage)

1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)

1987
Sacrée Soirée

as Self (archive footage)

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as Self (archive footage)

1984
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Unknown Chaplin

as Self & in Out-Takes

1982
Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)

1979
The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1977
Hitler: A Career

as Self (archive footage)

1977
ViennaFilm 1896-1976

as Self (archive footage)

1976
It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1974
Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

1967
Omnibus

as Self

1967
A Countess from Hong Kong

as An Old Steward

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

1963
30 Years of Fun

as (archive footage)

1962
Crazy Days

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961
The DuPont Show of the Week

as Self (archive footage)

1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage)

1960
When Comedy Was King

as edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)

1960
Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

1959
The Chaplin Revue

as Narrator / Various (archive footage)

1957
A King in New York

as King Shahdov

1955
All in Good Fun

as Archive Footage

1954
1953
Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1952
Limelight

as Calvero

1950
Life Begins Tomorrow

as Self (archive footage)

1950
The Golden Twenties

as (archive footage)

1947
Monsieur Verdoux

as Henri Verdoux

1947
The Way of the World

as The Tramp (Archive Footage)

1941
The Chaplin Cavalcade

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1941
The Charlie Chaplin Festival

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1940
The Eternal Jew

as Self (1931) (archive footage)

1940
The Great Dictator

as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

1938
Chaplin Carnival

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1936
Modern Times

as The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1933
All at Sea

as Self

1933
The Film Parade

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1931
Charlie Chaplin in Wien

as Self (archive footage)

1931
City Lights

as A Tramp

1928
Show People

as Self (uncredited)

1928
The Circus

as A Tramp

1925
The Gold Rush

as The Lone Prospector

1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

as Station Porter (uncredited)

1923
Hollywood

as Charles Chaplin

1923
Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Director

1923
The Pilgrim

as The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard

1922
1922
Pay Day

as Laborer

1922
1921
The Idle Class

as Tramp / Husband

1921
The Kid

as A Tramp

1919
1919
Sunnyside

as Farm Handyman

1919
The Professor

as Professor Bosco

1918
Shoulder Arms

as Doughboy

1918
The Bond

as Charlie

1918
Triple Trouble

as The Janitor

1918
A Dog's Life

as Tramp

1918
1918
How to Make Movies

as Self (uncredited)

1917
The Adventurer

as The Eel / Commodore Slick

1917
The Immigrant

as Immigrant

1917
The Cure

as The Inebriate

1917
Easy Street

as The Derelict

1916
The Rink

as A Waiter

1916
Behind the Screen

as David - Property Man's Assistant

1916
The Pawnshop

as Pawnbroker's Assistant

1916
The Count

as Tailor's Apprentice

1916
One A.M.

as Le bourgeois alcoolisé

1916
The Vagabond

as The Saloon Violinist

1916
The Fireman

as Fireman

1916
Police

as Charlie, Convict 999

1916
The Floorwalker

as Impecunious Customer

1915
A Burlesque on Carmen

as Darn Hosiery

1915
A Night in the Show

as Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy

1915
Shanghaied

as Tramp

1915
The Bank

as Janitor

1915
A Woman

as Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'

1915
Work

as Izzy A. Wake's assistant

1915
His Regeneration

as A Customer

1915
By the Sea

as Stroller

1915
The Tramp

as The Tramp

1915
A Jitney Elopement

as Suitor, the Fake Count

1915
In the Park

as Charlie

1915
The Champion

as Challenger

1915
A Night Out

as Reveller

1915
His New Job

as Film Extra

1914
1914
1914
Getting Acquainted

as Mr. Sniffels

1914
His Trysting Places

as Clarence, the Husband

1914
His Musical Career

as Charlie, Piano Mover

1914
Gentlemen of Nerve

as Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic

1914
1914
1914
The New Janitor

as The Janitor

1914
The Rounders

as Mr. Full

1914
1914
The Masquerader

as Film actor

1914
Recreation

as Tramp

1914
The Property Man

as Property Man (uncredited)

1914
Laughing Gas

as Dentist's assistant

1914
Mabel's Married Life

as Mabel's Husband

1914
Mabel's Busy Day

as Tipsy Nuisance

1914
The Knockout

as Referee (uncredited)

1914
The Fatal Mallet

as Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)

1914
A Busy Day

as Wife

1914
Caught in the Rain

as Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)

1914
1914
1914
Mabel at the Wheel

as Villain (uncredited)

1914
The Star Boarder

as The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)

1914
Cruel, Cruel Love

as Mr. Dovey

1914
His Favorite Pastime

as Drunken Masher

1914
Tango Tangles

as Tipsy Dancer

1914
A Film Johnnie

as The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp

1914
Between Showers

as The Tramp, a Second Gallant

1914
A Thief Catcher

as Cop (uncredited)

1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament

as The Tramp (uncredited)

1914
1914
Making a Living

as The Swindler (uncredited)