Charles Chaplin

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Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp", and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

Birth Name

Charles Spencer Chaplin

Born

Tuesday, 16 April 1889

Died

Sunday, 25 December 1977

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Real Charlie Chaplin	Himself (archive footage)	2021
The Spanish Flu - The Invisible Enemy	Self	2021
Canaan Land	Self	2020
Stealing Chaplin	Self	2020
Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté	Self / Himself (archive footage)	2020
Churchill and the Movie Mogul	Self	2019
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	Self	2018
Love, Gilda	Self	2018
America in Color	Self	2017
Stealing Charlie Chaplin	Self	2017

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Real Charlie Chaplin	Himself (archive footage)	2021
The Spanish Flu - The Invisible Enemy	Self	2021
Canaan Land	Self	2020
Stealing Chaplin	Self	2020
Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté	Self / Himself (archive footage)	2020
Churchill and the Movie Mogul	Self	2019
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	Self	2018
Love, Gilda	Self	2018
America in Color	Self	2017
Stealing Charlie Chaplin	Self	2017
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown	Self	2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts	Self / Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)	2017
Dawson City: Frozen Time	Self as The Lone Prospector	2017
The Last Laugh	Self	2017
How to Win the US Presidency	Self	2016
NOTFILM	Self	2015
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century	Self / Self (archive footage)	2014
The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One	(archive footage)	2014
A Night at the Cinema in 1914		2014
Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten	(archive footage)	2014
Apocalypse la 1ère Guerre mondiale	Self	2014
And the Oscar Goes to...	Self	2014
Duels	(archive footage)	2014
The Birth of the Tramp	Self / Himself	2013
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies	Self	2012
Mansome	(archive footage)	2012
Iron Sky	Adenoid Hynkel	2012
10 Things You Don't Know About	Self	2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	(archive footage)	2012
Welcome to the Basement	The Tramp	2012
W.E.	The Tramp	2011
The Extraordinary Voyage	(archive footage)	2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins	A Tramp / The Lone Prospector	2011
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet	(archive footage)	2011
Perspectives	Self / Tramp	2011
Time to Remember	Self	2010
Smash His Camera	Self	2010
Hollywood on the Tiber	Self	2009
Warner at War	(archive footage)	2008
That Fellow in the Coat	(archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin)	2008
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass	(archive footage)	2008
The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel	Self	2008
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema	Self	2007
To Each His Own Cinema	(segment "Zhanxiou Village")	2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years	Adenoid Hynkel	2007
Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend	Self	2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk	Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber	2007
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters	(archive footage)	2006
Silent Britain	Self	2006
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes	Self	2006
Hollywood Rivals: Chaplin vs Keaton	(archive footage)	2006
Laurel & Hardy: Hats Off	Various roles	2005
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler	Self / Self (archive footage)	2005
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate	Self	2004
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic	Self	2004
Chaplin Today: A King in New York	Self	2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	(archive footage)	2004
The Dreamers	A Tramp	2003
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux	(archive footage)	2003
Trip to Bali	Self / Himself	2003
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris	Self	2003
Chaplin Today: Modern Times	(archive footage)	2003
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush	(archive footage)	2003
Chaplin Today: Limelight	(archive footage)	2003
Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks	(archive footage)	2003
Chaplin Today: The Circus	(archive footage) / Self (archive)	2003
Chaplin Today: City Lights	(archive footage)	2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin	Self	2003
Charlie Chaplin His Life & Work	(archive footage)	2003
Chaplin Today: The Kid	(archive footage) / A Tramp	2003
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years	Self	2002
The Tramp and the Dictator	Self	2002
Most Haunted	(archive footage)	2002
World Film Report	Self	2002
Hollywood Rivals	Self	2001
The Human Face	Tramp / Self	2001
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood	Self	2000
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards	The Lone Prospector	2000
The 71st Annual Academy Awards	Various Characters	1999
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film	Self (with Pickford, Fairbanks, Griffith)	1999
City Confidential	The Little Tramp	1999
E! Mysteries & Scandals	Self	1998
Harry Langdon: Lost and Found - A Story in Five Parts	(archive footage)	1997
Birth of a Nation	Self	1997
The Celluloid Closet	David - Goliath's Assistant	1996
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood	Self	1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	Self	1995
Chaplin	The Little Tramp / Adenoid Hynkel / A Jewish Barber	1992
Oscar's Greatest Moments	Self	1992
American Experience	Self	1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard / (archive footage)	1988
Entertaining the Troops	Self	1988
Biography	Self, (archive footage)	1987
American Masters	Self	1986
Muppet Babies	Mr. Rowdy, The Lone Prospector / Self	1984
Zelig	Self	1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Himself (archive footage) / Self	1983
Unknown Chaplin	Self - in Out-Takes / Himself & in Out-Takes, Self & In Out-Takes / Himself & in Out-Takes, Self and Various Roles / Himself & in Out-Takes	1983
Hollywood's Children	Self / Self (archive footage)	1982
Hollywood	Self	1980
Ken Murray Shooting Stars	Self	1979
Hitler: A career	Self	1977
The Gentleman Tramp	Self	1976
America at the Movies	A factory worker	1976
It's Showtime	Self	1976
Arena	Himself (archive footage), Self	1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime	Self / (archive footage)	1975
Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times	Self	1972
The 44th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Honorary Award	1972
Hollywood Babylon	(archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin)	1972
Chaplin's Art of Comedy	(archive footage)	1968
The Funniest Man in the World	Self / (archive footage)	1967
A Countess from Hong Kong	An Old Steward	1967
Hollywood My Home Town	Himself / Self	1965
The Big Parade of Comedy	Actor in Theater Lobby / (archive footage)	1964
Hollywood and the Stars	Self	1963
The Judy Garland Show	Self	1963
Hollywood Without Make-Up	Self / Himself	1963
Hollywood: The Great Stars	Self	1963
30 Years of Fun	(archive footage)	1963
Calendar		1961
The DuPont Show of the Week	Self	1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter	Self	1961
When Comedy Was King	edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' / edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)	1960
The Chaplin Revue	Narrator / Various	1959
The Twentieth Century	Self	1957
A King in New York	King Shahdov	1957
This Is Your Life	King Shahdov	1955
All in Good Fun	(archive footage)	1955
Yesterday and Today	(archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin)	1953
Limelight	Calvero	1952
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes	Self	1950
Wonderful Times	Self	1950
The Golden Twenties	(archive footage)	1950
Monsieur Verdoux	Henri Verdoux - Alias Varnay - Alias Bonheur - Alias Floray / Henri Verdoux	1947
The Chaplin Cavalcade	Various Roles	1941
The Charlie Chaplin Festival	Various Roles / Various Roles (archive footage)	1941
The Eternal Jew	Self (1931) / Himself (archive footage)	1940
The Great Dictator	A Jewish Barber / Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania	1940
The Movies March On	Self	1939
Modern Times	A Factory Worker	1936
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1	Self	1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5	Self	1933
All at Sea	Himself / Self	1933
Cynara	Self (in film clip from "A Dog's Life")	1932
The Movie Album	Self	1932
City Lights	A Tramp / Tramp	1931
Show People	Charles Chaplin	1928
The Circus: Premiere	Self / Himself	1928
The Circus	A Tramp	1928
Camille	Mike	1926
The Gold Rush	The Lone Prospector	1925
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate	Station Porter	1923
Hollywood	Charlie Chaplin / Charles Chaplin	1923
Souls for Sale	Charles Chaplin / Himself - Celebrity Director	1923
The Pilgrim	Lefty Lombard / The Pilgrim	1923
Seeing Stars	Himself / Self	1922
Pay Day	Laborer	1922
Nice and Friendly	Tramp	1922
The Idle Class	Tramp / Husband	1921
The Kid	A Tramp	1921
A Day's Pleasure	Father	1919
Sunnyside	Farm Handyman	1919
The Professor	Professor Bosco	1919
Shoulder Arms	Doughboy	1918
The Bond	Charlie	1918
Triple Trouble	The Janitor / Charlie - The Janitor	1918
A Dog's Life	Tramp	1918
Chase Me Charlie	Charlie	1918
How to Make Movies	Himself / Self	1918
The Adventurer	The Convict / The Eel / Commodore Slick	1917
The Immigrant	Immigrant	1917
The Cure	The Inebriate	1917
Easy Street	The Derelict	1917
The Rink	A Waiter - Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer / A. Waiter	1916
Behind the Screen	David - His Assistant / David - Property Man's Assistant	1916
The Pawnshop		1916
The Count	His Assistant / Tailor's Apprentice	1916
One A.M.	Drunk	1916
The Vagabond	Street musician	1916
The Fireman	Fireman	1916
The Floorwalker	Impecuneous Customer / Impecunious Customer	1916
Police	Convict 999 Alias Charlie / Charlie, Convict 999	1916
A Night in the Show	Mr. Rowdy - in the Balcony / Mr. Pest / Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy	1915
Shanghaied	Tramp	1915
The Bank	Janitor	1915
A Woman	'Nora Nettlerash' / Gentleman	1915
Work	Izzy A. Wake's Assistant	1915
His Regeneration	A Customer	1915
By the Sea	Stroller	1915
The Tramp	Tramp / The Tramp	1915
A Jitney Elopement	Suitor - the Fake Count / Suitor, the Fake Count	1915
In the Park	Charlie	1915
The Champion	Challenger	1915
A Night Out	Reveller	1915
His New Job	Film Extra	1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance	The City Slicker / Charlie, a stranger	1914
His Prehistoric Past	Weakchin	1914
A Fair Exchange	Mr. Sniffels	1914
His Trysting Place	Clarence, the Husband / Clarence - the Husband	1914
His Musical Career	Charlie aka Tom - Piano Mover / Charlie, Piano Mover	1914
Gentlemen of Nerve	Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic / Mr. Wow-Woe - Track Fanatic	1914
Dough and Dynamite	Pierre, a Waiter / Pierre	1914
Those Love Pangs	Masher	1914
The New Janitor	Janitor / The Janitor	1914
The Rounders	1st Reveller / Reveller	1914
His New Profession	Charlie	1914
The Masquerader	Beautiful Stranger / Film Actor	1914
Recreation	Tramp	1914
The Face on the Barroom Floor	Artist	1914
The Property Man	The Property Man	1914
Laughing Gas	Dentist's Assistant	1914
Mabel's Married Life	Mabel's Husband	1914
Mabel's Busy Day	Tipsy Nuisance	1914
The Knockout	Referee	1914
Her Friend the Bandit	Bandit	1914
The Fatal Mallet	Mabel's Rival Suitor / Suitor	1914
A Busy Day	The Wife / Wife	1914
Caught in the Rain	Tipsy Hotel Guest	1914
Caught in a Cabaret	Waiter	1914
Twenty Minutes of Love	Pickpocket	1914
Mabel at the Wheel	Villain	1914
The Star Boarder	The Star Boarder	1914
Cruel, Cruel Love	Mr. Dovey / Lord Helpus	1914
His Favorite Pastime	Drunken Masher	1914
Tango Tangle	Tipsy Dancer	1914
A Film Johnnie	The Film Johnnie / The Tramp, a Film Johnnie	1914
Between Showers	Masher / The Tramp, a Second Gallant	1914
A Thief Catcher	Cop	1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament	Drunk / The Tramp	1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice	Tramp / The Tramp	1914
Making a Living	Edgar English - Swindler / Edgar English, a Swindler	1914

Director Filmography

Title	Year

A Countess from Hong Kong	1967
The Chaplin Revue	1959
A King in New York	1957
Limelight	1952
Monsieur Verdoux	1947
The Chaplin Cavalcade	1941
The Charlie Chaplin Festival	1941
The Great Dictator	1940
Modern Times	1936
City Lights	1931
The Circus	1928
The Gold Rush	1925
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate	1923
The Pilgrim	1923
Pay Day	1922
Nice and Friendly	1922
The Idle Class	1921
The Kid	1921
A Day's Pleasure	1919
Sunnyside	1919
The Professor	1919
Shoulder Arms	1918
The Bond	1918
Triple Trouble	1918
A Dog's Life	1918
Chase Me Charlie	1918
How to Make Movies	1918
The Adventurer	1917
The Immigrant	1917
The Cure	1917
Easy Street	1917
The Rink	1916
Behind the Screen	1916
The Pawnshop	1916
The Count	1916
One A.M.	1916
The Vagabond	1916
The Fireman	1916
The Floorwalker	1916
Police	1916
A Night in the Show	1915
Shanghaied	1915
The Bank	1915
A Woman	1915
Work	1915
By the Sea	1915
The Tramp	1915
A Jitney Elopement	1915
In the Park	1915
The Champion	1915
A Night Out	1915
His New Job	1915
His Prehistoric Past	1914
A Fair Exchange	1914
His Trysting Place	1914
His Musical Career	1914
Gentlemen of Nerve	1914
Dough and Dynamite	1914
Those Love Pangs	1914
The New Janitor	1914
The Rounders	1914
His New Profession	1914
The Masquerader	1914
Recreation	1914
The Face on the Barroom Floor	1914
The Property Man	1914
Laughing Gas	1914
Caught in the Rain	1914
Twenty Minutes of Love	1914

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

A Countess from Hong Kong	1967
The Chaplin Revue	1959
A King in New York	1957
Limelight	1952
Monsieur Verdoux	1947
The Chaplin Cavalcade	1941
The Great Dictator	1940
Modern Times	1936
City Lights	1931
The Circus	1928
A Woman of the Sea	1926
The Gold Rush	1925
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate	1923
The Pilgrim	1923
Pay Day	1922
The Idle Class	1921
The Kid	1921
A Day's Pleasure	1919
Sunnyside	1919
The Professor	1919
Shoulder Arms	1918
The Bond	1918
A Dog's Life	1918
How to Make Movies	1918
The Adventurer	1917
The Immigrant	1917
The Cure	1917
Easy Street	1917
The Rink	1916
Behind the Screen	1916
The Pawnshop	1916
The Count	1916
One A.M.	1916
The Vagabond	1916
The Fireman	1916
The Floorwalker	1916

Year	Type	Category	Won

1973	Oscar	Best Music, Original Dramatic Score	Won
1948	Oscar	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Nominated
1941	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1941	Oscar	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Nominated
1929	Oscar		Won