Charlie Chaplin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-04-16 (88 years old)

Deathday

1977-12-25

Place of Birth

Walworth, London, England, UK

Charlie Chaplin

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 I...

Acting

1931

City Lights

as A Tramp

1940

The Great Dictator

as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

1925

The Gold Rush

as The Lone Prospector

1916

The Rink

as A Waiter

1916

The Pawnshop

as Pawnbroker's Assistant

1916

The Count

as Tailor's Apprentice

1936

Modern Times

as The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

1921

The Kid

as A Tramp

1967

A Countess from Hong Kong

as An Old Steward

1915

The Tramp

as The Tramp

1914

Between Showers

as The Tramp, a Second Gallant

1914

Cruel, Cruel Love

as Mr. Dovey

1914

1914

1914

Laughing Gas

as Dentist's assistant

1914

Mabel's Busy Day

as Tipsy Nuisance

1914

Mabel's Strange Predicament

as The Tramp (uncredited)

1914

The Fatal Mallet

as Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)

1914

The Masquerader

as Film actor

1914

The New Janitor

as The Janitor

1914

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Henri Verdoux

1917

The Adventurer

as The Eel / Commodore Slick

2021

The Real Charlie Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

1914

2003

Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Sophia Loren, a special destiny

as Self (archive footage)

1923

Hollywood

as Charles Chaplin

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1916

The Vagabond

as The Saloon Violinist

1952

Limelight

as Calvero

1957

A King in New York

as King Shahdov

1928

The Circus

as A Tramp

1918

A Dog's Life

as Tramp

2012

Chaplin at Keystone

as Self (archive footage)

1921

The Idle Class

as Tramp / Husband

1915

The Champion

as Challenger

1953

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1917

Easy Street

as The Derelict

1917

The Immigrant

as Immigrant

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)

1915

A Jitney Elopement

as Suitor, the Fake Count

1914

Making a Living

as The Swindler (uncredited)

1914

A Film Johnnie

as The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp

1914

Tango Tangles

as Tipsy Dancer

1914

His Favorite Pastime

as Drunken Masher

1914

The Star Boarder

as The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)

1914

Mabel at the Wheel

as Villain (uncredited)

1914

1914

Caught in the Rain

as Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)

1914

A Busy Day

as Wife

1914

The Knockout

as Referee (uncredited)

1914

Mabel's Married Life

as Mabel's Husband

1914

The Property Man

as Property Man (uncredited)

1914

Recreation

as Tramp

1914

1914

The Rounders

as Mr. Full

1914

1914

Gentlemen of Nerve

as Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic

1914

His Musical Career

as Charlie, Piano Mover

1914

His Trysting Places

as Clarence, the Husband

1914

Getting Acquainted

as Mr. Sniffels

1914

1915

His New Job

as Film Extra

1915

A Night Out

as Reveller

1915

In the Park

as Charlie

1915

By the Sea

as Stroller

1915

His Regeneration

as A Customer

1915

Work

as Izzy A. Wake's assistant

1915

A Woman

as Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'

1915

The Bank

as Janitor

1915

Shanghaied

as Tramp

1915

A Night in the Show

as Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy

1916

Police

as Charlie, Convict 999

1915

A Burlesque on Carmen

as Darn Hosiery

1916

The Floorwalker

as Impecunious Customer

1916

The Fireman

as Fireman

1916

One A.M.

as Le bourgeois alcoolisé

1916

Behind the Screen

as David - Property Man's Assistant

1917

The Cure

as The Inebriate

1918

Triple Trouble

as The Janitor

1918

The Bond

as Charlie

1918

Shoulder Arms

as Doughboy

1919

Sunnyside

as Farm Handyman

1919

1922

1922

Pay Day

as Laborer

1923

The Pilgrim

as The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard

1914

A Thief Catcher

as Cop (uncredited)

1919

The Professor

as Professor Bosco

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

2021

The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Smash His Camera

as Self (archive footage)

2012

1950

Life Begins Tomorrow

as Self (archive footage)

1960

When Comedy Was King

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

1918

How to Make Movies

as Self (uncredited)

1933

All at Sea

as Self

1962

Crazy Days

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

1922

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1977

Hitler: A Career

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

2014

A Night at the Cinema in 1914

as (archive footage)

1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

as Station Porter (uncredited)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

as Self (archive footage)

1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950

The Golden Twenties

as (archive footage)

1923

Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Director

1954

1996

Chaplin's Goliath

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Birth of the Tramp

as Self (archive footage)

1992

The Chaplin Puzzle

as Self / The Tramp (archive footage)

2019

Hollywood's Second World War

as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)

1931

Charlie Chaplin in Wien

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Life and Deaths of Max Linder

as Self (archive footage)

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'

as Self (archive footage)

1938

Chaplin Carnival

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2003

Trip to Bali

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Smile!

as Archive footage

1940

The Eternal Jew

as Self (1931) (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1980

Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

as Self (archive footage)

1955

All in Good Fun

as Archive Footage

1960

Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

1928

Show People

as Self (uncredited)

1998

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Chaplin in Bali

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

2002

The Tramp and the Dictator

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

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

2011

Dancing Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

1933

The Film Parade

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008

Warner at War

as (archive footage)

1959

The Chaplin Revue

as Narrator / Various (archive footage)

1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

2015

Looking for Mabel Normand

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Sigrid Holmquist

as Himself (archive footage)

1941

The Charlie Chaplin Festival

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2014

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

2019

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1941

The Chaplin Cavalcade

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2003

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Chaplin vs the FBI

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2016

1984

1982

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Bravo Charlot!

as Various characters (archive footage)

1963

30 Years of Fun

as (archive footage)

1918

2020

1916

Zepped

as The Tramp

1967

The Funniest Man in the World

as Self (archive footage)

2011

2015

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

as Self (archive footage)

2003

1977

ViennaFilm 1896-1976

as Self (archive footage)

1944

Charlie's Triple Trouble

as Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)

2017

2005

2003

Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Buñuel in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2025

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2025

One to One: John & Yoko

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1931

City Lights

as Director

1931

City Lights

as Screenplay

1931

City Lights

as Editor

1931

City Lights

as Original Music Composer

1931

City Lights

as Producer

1940

1940

1940

The Great Dictator

as Original Music Composer

1921

The Kid

as Director

1921

The Kid

as Producer

1921

The Kid

as Writer

1925

The Gold Rush

as Director

1925

The Gold Rush

as Producer

1967

1916

The Rink

as Director

1916

The Rink

as Screenplay

1916

The Rink

as Producer

1916

The Rink

as Editor

1916

The Pawnshop

as Director

1916

The Pawnshop

as Screenplay

1916

The Pawnshop

as Producer

1916

The Pawnshop

as Editor

1916

The Count

as Director

1916

The Count

as Screenplay

1916

The Count

as Producer

1916

The Count

as Editor

1914

1936

Modern Times

as Director

1936

Modern Times

as Screenplay

1936

Modern Times

as Producer

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Director

1947

1915

The Tramp

as Director

1915

The Tramp

as Writer

1914

1914

1914

Laughing Gas

as Director

1914

The Masquerader

as Director

1914

1914

The New Janitor

as Director

1917

The Adventurer

as Director

1917

The Adventurer

as Producer

1917

1916

The Vagabond

as Producer

1916

The Vagabond

as Supervising Film Editor

1916

The Vagabond

as Director

1916

The Vagabond

as Writer

1918

A Dog's Life

as Director

1918

A Dog's Life

as Writer

1952

Limelight

as Director

1952

Limelight

as Original Story

1952

Limelight

as Screenplay

1952

Limelight

as Producer

1952

Limelight

as Original Music Composer

1957

1957

1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

as Original Music Composer

1928

The Circus

as Director

1928

The Circus

as Writer

1921

The Idle Class

as Director

1921

1915

The Champion

as Director

1915

The Champion

as Writer

1917

Easy Street

as Director

1917

Easy Street

as Screenplay

1917

Easy Street

as Producer

1917

Easy Street

as Editor

1917

The Immigrant

as Director

1915

1915

1919

The Professor

as Director

1914

1914

1914

The Property Man

as Director

1914

Recreation

as Director

1914

1914

The Rounders

as Director

1914

The Rounders

as Writer

1914

Those Love Pangs

as Director

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1915

His New Job

as Director

1915

His New Job

as Writer

1915

A Night Out

as Director

1915

A Night Out

as Writer

1915

In the Park

as Director

1915

By the Sea

as Director

1915

By the Sea

as Writer

1915

Work

as Director

1915

Work

as Writer

1915

A Woman

as Director

1915

A Woman

as Writer

1915

The Bank

as Director

1915

The Bank

as Writer

1915

Shanghaied

as Director

1915

Shanghaied

as Writer

1915

1915

1916

Police

as Director

1916

Police

as Writer

1915

1916

The Floorwalker

as Director

1916

The Fireman

as Director

1916

The Fireman

as Writer

1916

The Fireman

as Producer

1916

The Fireman

as Editor

1916

One A.M.

as Director

1916

One A.M.

as Writer

1916

One A.M.

as Editor

1916

One A.M.

as Producer

1916

1917

The Cure

as Director

1917

The Cure

as Screenplay

1917

The Cure

as Story

1918

Triple Trouble

as Director

1918

Triple Trouble

as Screenplay

1918

1918

The Bond

as Director

1918

The Bond

as Writer

1918

Shoulder Arms

as Director

1919

Sunnyside

as Director

1919

Sunnyside

as Writer

1919

A Day's Pleasure

as Director

1919

1922

1922

1922

Pay Day

as Director

1922

Pay Day

as Writer

1923

The Pilgrim

as Director

1923

The Pilgrim

as Writer

1921

1918

2015

1957

A King in New York

as Original Music Composer

1914

Recreation

as Writer

1914

Recreation

as Editor

1914

1917

The Immigrant

as Producer

1917

The Immigrant

as Editor

1922

Pay Day

as Producer

1922

Pay Day

as Editor

1922

Pay Day

as Music

1936

Modern Times

as Editor

1992

Chaplin

as Book

1915

The Champion

as Editor

1915

1921

The Kid

as Original Music Composer

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Producer

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Original Music Composer

1914

1936

Modern Times

as Original Music Composer

1920

1920

Charlie Butts In

as Director

1918

A Dog's Life

as Original Music Composer

1918

A Dog's Life

as Editor

1918

A Dog's Life

as Producer

1916

1916

1915

Work

as Editor

1925

The Gold Rush

as Writer

1967

A Countess from Hong Kong

as Original Music Composer

1923

The Pilgrim

as Editor

1959

1919

A Day's Pleasure

as Producer

1952

Limelight

as Choreographer

1918

Shoulder Arms

as Producer

1918

Shoulder Arms

as Editor

1914

Tango Tangles

as Writer

1983

2018

Optimism

as Music

1923

The Pilgrim

as Songs

1986

Poor

as Writer

1959

1959

1957

1914

1959

The Chaplin Revue

as Director of Operations

1959

The Chaplin Revue

as Music Director

1928

The Circus

as Producer

1925

1925

The Gold Rush

as Editor

1928

The Circus

as Theme Song Performance

1928

The Circus

as Editor

1928

The Circus

as Music

1990

1914

A Busy Day

as Screenplay

1914

A Busy Day

as Editor

1915

In the Park

as Screenplay

1916

Behind the Screen

as Screenplay

1917

The Adventurer

as Screenplay

1914

1916

The Floorwalker

as Screenplay

1916

The Floorwalker

as Producer

1916

1914

Between Showers

as Screenplay

1918

Shoulder Arms

as Original Music Composer

1918

Shoulder Arms

as Screenplay

1917

The Immigrant

as Screenplay

1938

Chaplin Carnival

as Director

1938

1938

Chaplin Carnival

as Producer

1941

1941

1940

1914

1914

Laughing Gas

as Editor

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

The Rounders

as Editor

1914

1914

1914

The Knockout

as Writer

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1914

1915

His New Job

as Editor

1915

A Night Out

as Editor

1915

In the Park

as Editor

1915

1915

The Tramp

as Editor

1915

By the Sea

as Editor

1915

A Woman

as Editor

1915

The Bank

as Editor

1915

Shanghaied

as Editor

1921

The Idle Class

as Producer

1921

1919

Sunnyside

as Producer

1919

Sunnyside

as Editor

1918

Chase Me Charlie

as Director

1918

1917

The Cure

as Editor

1917

The Cure

as Producer

1919

1919

1926

2020

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

as Original Music Composer

1923

The Pilgrim

as Producer

1918

1922

Seeing Stars

as Producer

1918

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