Acting

Charlie Chaplin

Born April 16, 1889 · Walworth, London, England, UK

Died December 25, 1977 · aged 88

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 …

Known For

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

City Lights

City Lights · 1931

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

The Kid

The Kid · 1921

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Chaplin

Chaplin · 1992

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

The Circus

The Circus · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Limelight

Limelight · 1952

MovieRomanceDrama

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Filmography

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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Original Music Composer

Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Screenplay

City Lights

City Lights · 1931

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Editor

The Kid

The Kid · 1921

MovieComedyDrama

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Writer

Chaplin

Chaplin · 1992

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Book

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush · 1925

MovieAdventureComedy

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Director

The Circus

The Circus · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Writer

Limelight

Limelight · 1952

MovieRomanceDrama

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Original Music Composer

A Countess from Hong Kong

A Countess from Hong Kong · 1967

A Countess from Hong Kong

MovieComedyRomance

A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

Director

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · 2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

MovieDramaRomance

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

(archive footage)

Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Director

A King in New York

A King in New York · 1957

A King in New York

MovieComedyDrama

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

Writer

Show People

Show People · 1928

MovieComedyRomance

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate · 1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

MovieDramaRomance

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.

Writer

A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life · 1918

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Director

Shanghaied

Shanghaied · 1915

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.

Writer

The Tramp

The Tramp · 1915

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.

Director

His Regeneration

His Regeneration · 1915

His Regeneration

MovieCrimeDrama

A rough criminal gets a second chance at life thanks to a kindly (and wealthy) lady saloon patron. But he hasn't gone straight yet, as he and a partner attempt to rob the home of a rich homeowner-- whose wife is asleep in the next room.

A Customer

Stalin's Funeral

Stalin's Funeral · 1990

Stalin's Funeral

1953 year. Moscow says goodbye to the leader. In the funeral crowd, Eugene met with Elya. During the long hours spent in the funeral procession, they managed to learn a lot about each other ... But Elia absurdly dies. So Zhenya begins another, adult life ...

Music

Pay Day

Pay Day · 1922

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

Writer

Shoulder Arms

Shoulder Arms · 1918

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.

Director

The Immigrant

The Immigrant · 1917

MovieComedyRomance

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

Director

The Masquerader

The Masquerader · 1914

The Masquerader

Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.

Director

The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim · 1923

MovieComedyWestern

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

Writer

The Oscars

The Oscars · 1953

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Chaplin

Chaplin · 2011

SeriesAnimationComedy

This animated show depicts Charlie Chaplin with his friends, for the first time in computer- generated images. Chaplin has only one goal in life: to help others.

Characters