- Christopher Walken filmography
-
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken (pronounced /ˈwɔːkən/ wawk-ən; born March 31, 1943) is an American actor in both theater and film. Walken is a prolific actor who has had a career which has lasted over 50 years.[1] He has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, including A View to a Kill, At Close Range, The Deer Hunter, King of New York, Batman Returns, Pulp Fiction, Sleepy Hollow, True Romance and Catch Me If You Can as well as music videos by recording artists such as Madonna.
Walken's early career began primarily in theatre and television, where he often played small roles with limited appearances. During these early stages of his career, Walken was credited as "Ken Walken" and later as "Ronnie Walken", until finally settling on "Christopher Walken" Walken began acting in films by 1969, and after a series of increasingly larger roles, won an Academy Award in 1978 as Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Deer Hunter. Since then, Walken has become a highly sought-after actor, typically performing in numerous films every year.
Walken has been a primary character in two film franchises: as Gabriel the fallen angel in The Prophecy series, and as Jacob Witting in the made-for-television films based on Patricia MacLachlan's Sarah, Plain and Tall novels. Other notable roles include Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, Captain Koons in Pulp Fiction, and Frank Abagnale Sr. in Catch Me if You Can. He is also co-producer of his film New Rose Hotel and also sing songs in some of his film including Puss in Boots and Hairspray, he also tries to work a jig (dance) into his movies. Christopher Walken also stars in some TV series and theater plays. Walken produced, wrote and directed a short film named Popcorn Shrimp, he also starred in another short film named Engine Trouble in 2002. His upcoming projects are Five Dollars a Day and The Lonely Maiden. He has been rumored for the upcoming films The Dirt and Kevin Approaches. His other film, Citizen Brando is in in-production. Some of his films are unreleased like Jungle Juice (2001).
Contents
Filmography
Following his early (1950s) work in television and theatre, Walken has primarily acted in films. This list includes credits in studio films, independent films, animated films, as well as made-for-television movies. The list includes the 2001 short five minute film Popcorn Shrimp, which Walken wrote, produced, and directed.
Television appearances
In the beginning of his acting career, Walken had relatively small roles in episodes for a number television shows. This list includes appearances in various episodes of fictional shows, while excluding appearances as himself on talk shows, interview shows, ceremonies, and the like.
Year Show Role Run 1953 The Wonderful John Acton[III] Kevin Acton Recurring character 1954 The Motorola Television Hour[III] 1 episode 1954 The Guiding Light Michael "Mike" Bauer#1 1954–1956 1963 Naked City[III] Chris Johannis 1 episode 1970 Hawaii Five-O Walt Kramer 1977 Kojak Ben Wiley ^ III Credited as "Ronnie Walken."
Saturday Night Live appearances
Christopher Walken has hosted Saturday Night Live a total of seven times, and is therefore part of the "Five-Timers Club", a select group of celebrities who have hosted the show five or more times. Among Walken's roles on the show are as the title character in "The Continental" and as fictional record producer Bruce Dickinson in "More Cowbell". In 2004, The Best of Christopher Walken was released on DVD, featuring highlights from Walken's many appearances on the show.
No. Air date Musical guest 1 January 20, 1990 Bonnie Raitt 2 October 24, 1992 Arrested Development 3 January 13, 1996 Joan Osborne 4 April 8, 2000 Christina Aguilera 5 May 19, 2001 Weezer 6 February 22, 2003 Foo Fighters 7 April 5, 2008 Panic! at the Disco As himself
This list includes complete appearances of Christopher Walken as himself in TV shows except Saturday Night Live.
Title Episode Friday Night, Saturday Morning Episode #3.13 (1980) Great Performances Celebrating Gershwin: 'S Wonderful (1987) Late Night with David Letterman Episode dated 12 June 1992 Inside the Actors Studio Episode #2.9 (1995) The Rosie O'Donnell Show Episode dated 13 August 1997 Rotten TV Episode #1.2 (2000) The Movie Chart Show Episode dated 12 December 2001 Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary Late Show with David Letterman Episode dated 20 June 2005 Today Episode dated 12 July 2005 Sunday Morning Shootout Episode 2.4
Inside the Academy AwardsGetaway Episode #15.21 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Episode dated 5 January 2000
Episode dated 26 July 2000
Episode dated 18 February 2003
Episode dated 3 October 2003
Episode dated 29 September 2004
Episode dated 26 September 2006
Episode dated 16 July 2007The Daily Show Episode dated 17 July 2007 Rove Live Rove:New York Live with Regis and Kathie Lee Episode dated 24 July 2007
Episode dated 12 October 2006
Episode dated 28 September 2004Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Episode dated 30 October 2009 Theatre
In addition to acting for film and television, Walken has acted in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway theater productions. He has acted more than 100 additional plays including Shakespeare plays.[2] This list includes the most popular of them.
Year Title Role Venue Run 1952 The Climate of Eden[IV] Berton Martin Beck Theatre November 13, 1952 – November 22, 1952 1958 The Visit[IV] Karl Schill Lunt-Fontanne Theatre May 5, 1958 – July 5, 1958 Morosco Theatre August 20, 1958 – November 29, 1958 J.B.[III] David[V] ANTA Playhouse December 11, 1958 – October 24, 1959 1964 High Spirits[III] musical ensemble Alvin Theatre April 7, 1964 – February 27, 1965 1965 Baker Street One of the Killers The Broadway Theatre February 2, 1965 – November 30, 1965 Martin Beck Theatre November 3, 1965 – November 14, 1965 1966 The Lion in Winter Philip Capet
(King of France)Ambassador Theatre March 3, 1966 – May 21, 1966 The Rose Tattoo Jack Hunter Billy Rose Theatre November 9, 1966 – December 31, 1966 1967 The Unknown Soldier and His Wife Unknown Soldier Vivian Beaumont Theatre July 6, 1967 – September 16, 1967 George Abbott Theatre September 18, 1967 – November 12, 1967 1972 Enemies Sintsov Vivian Beaumont Theatre November 9, 1972 – December 16, 1972 1973 The Plough and the Stars Jack Clitheroe January 4, 1973 – February 10, 1973 The Merchant of Venice Bassanio March 1, 1973 – April 7, 1973 1975 Sweet Bird of Youth Chance Wayne Harkness Theatre December 29, 1975 – February 8, 1976 1984 Hurlyburly Mickey Ethel Barrymore Theatre August 7, 1984 – June 2, 1985 1995 Him[3] Elvis Presley, director, writer New York Shakespeare Festival 2000 James Joyce's The Dead Gabriel Conroy Belasco Theatre January 11, 2000 – April 16, 2000 2001 The Seagull Sorin Delacorte Theatre July 24, 2001 – August 26, 2001[4] 2010 A Behanding in Spokane Carmichael Schoenfeld Theatre March 4 – June 6 ^ III Credited as "Ronnie Walken."
^ IV Credited as "Ken Walken."
^ V Acted as a replacement for Arnold Merritt.Other media
Video games
- Ripper (1996)–Det. Vince Magnotta
- Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996)–David Hassan
- True Crime: Streets of LA (2003)–George (voice)
- True Crime: New York City (2005)–Gabriel Whitting (voice)
Music video
- Madonna–"Bad Girl" (1993) (as Madonna's Guardian Angel)
- Skid Row – "Breakin' Down" (1995) (as Gabriel from The Prophecy trilogy)
- Fatboy Slim–"Weapon of Choice" (2000) (as "the man" and also co-choreograper)
CD
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe on the "Closed on Account of Rabies" CD.
See also
- List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Walken
References
- General
- "Christopher Walken - Filmography". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:74206~T2. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- "Christopher Walken Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=christopherwalken.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- "Christopher Walken (Results Page)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1200485097135. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- "Christopher Walken at Hollywood.com". Hollywood.com. http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Christopher_Walken/191605. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- "Saturday Night Live recaps". NBC. http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/recaps. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- Specific
- ^ Reid, Dixie (2004-10-24). "Bend it like Walken: Actor has more to say about food and hair than acting". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on 2004-12-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20041222094234/http://www.sacticket.com/static/movies/news/1024walken.html. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ "Walken Filmography". NeptunePictures.com. http://neptunepictures.com/theatre.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ Feingold, Michael. "Him Review, Play by Christopher Walken". http://www.ojai.net/swanson/him_review.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ Christopher Walken – Other works
External links
Categories:- Filmographies
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
