Christopher Walken: movies and TV shows
Christopher Walken has 195 credits in the archive: 154 films and 41 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1999 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tim Burton: Life in the Line | Self | TV | 10.0 | 82 |
| 2025 | Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost | Self | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2025 | Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost | Film | 6.5 | 82 | |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Emperor | Film | 8.1 | 81 |
| 2024 | From Roger Moore with Love | Self | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2024 | Tim Burton: Life in the Line | Self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2024 | Mitt liv som Roger Moore | Self | TV | — | 81 |
| 2022 | Severance | Burt Goodman | TV | 8.4 | 79 |
| 2022 | Dans les secrets des films Star Wars | Self ( Archives) | TV | — | 79 |
| 2021 | The Outlaws | Frank | TV | 7.4 | 78 |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 78 |
| 2020 | The War with Grandpa | Jerry | Film | 6.4 | 77 |
| 2020 | Wild Mountain Thyme | Tony Reilly | Film | 5.3 | 77 |
| 2020 | Percy | Percy Schmeiser | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 2020 | Percy | Film | 6.7 | 77 | |
| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls | Warden | Film | 4.4 | 76 |
| 2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2019 | Music Videos That Defined the 00’s | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 76 |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You | Myron | Film | 6.9 | 75 |
| 2018 | Trumbull Land | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2018 | Talking with the Vampires | Film | 5.0 | 75 | |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Dr. Walter Tinkler | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | King Louie (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | Warren Sharp | Film | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2016 | Nine Lives | Felix Perkins | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 2016 | The Family Fang | Caleb Fang | Film | 5.9 | 73 |
| 2016 | One More Time | Paul Lombard | Film | 5.0 | 73 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2015 | Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser | Clem | Film | 4.9 | 72 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 71 |
| 2014 | Jersey Boys | Angelo 'Gyp' DeCarlo | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos | Curtis Pelissier | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2014 | Peter Pan Live! | Captain Hook | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Zeus | Film | 2.5 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Power of Few | Doke | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 2013 | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love | Self | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Hans Kieslowski | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | Doc | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2012 | A Late Quartet | Peter Mitchell | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2012 | Dark Horse | Jackie | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 2012 | Joe Papp in Five Acts | Self | Film | 4.5 | 69 |
| 2012 | Cooking with Christopher Walken | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2011 | Kill the Irishman | Shondor Birns | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2010 | Conan | Self - Guest | TV | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2010 | Life's a Beach | Roy Callahan | Film | 3.3 | 67 |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 2010 | Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2009 | The Maiden Heist | Roger Barlow | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2008 | The Legend of Harrow Woods | Raven (voice) | Film | 2.1 | 65 |
| 2008 | $5 a Day | Nat Parker | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Wilbur Turnblad | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Feng | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 2007 | It's 'Hairspray'! | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2007 | Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury' | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2007 | You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" | Self | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2007 | Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2007 | Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Christopher Walken (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2006 | Click | Morty | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show | TV | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 2006 | Man of the Year | Jack Menken | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2006 | Fade to Black | Brewster | Film | 4.4 | 63 |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Secretary Cleary | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Cousin Bo | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2005 | Domino | Mark Heiss | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2005 | Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Paul Rayburn | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2004 | The Stepford Wives | Mike Wellington | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2004 | Around the Bend | Turner Lair | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2004 | Envy | J-Man | Film | 4.9 | 61 |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken | Film | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 60 |
| 2003 | Comedy Central Roasts | Self | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2003 | The Rundown | Hatcher | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2003 | Kangaroo Jack | Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 2003 | Gigli | Det. Stanley Jacobellis | Film | 4.0 | 60 |
| 2003 | Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary | Self | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Spike Jonze | Self | Film | 8.1 | 60 |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Frank Abagnale | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2002 | Undertaking Betty | Frank Featherbed | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2002 | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2002 | The Country Bears | Reed Thimple | Film | 4.7 | 59 |
| 2002 | Poolhall Junkies | Uncle Mike | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2002 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Bruce Dickinson (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 59 |
| 2002 | Engine Trouble | Rusty (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Clem | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts | Hal Weidmann | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2001 | The Affair of the Necklace | Count Cagliostro | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 2001 | Scotland, PA | Lieutenant McDuff | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2001 | The Continental: Anticipation | The Continental | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 2000 | The Prophecy 3: The Ascent | Gabriel | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2000 | The Opportunists | Vic Kelly | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 2000 | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Hessian Horseman | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Calvin | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Max | Film | 3.8 | 56 |
| 1999 | New Rose Hotel | Fox | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 1999 | New Rose Hotel | Film | 5.2 | 56 | |
| 1999 | Vendetta | James Houston | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1999 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | Guardian Angel (segment "Bad Girl") (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 56 |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Jacob Witting | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1998 | Antz | Colonel Cutter (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1998 | The Eternal | Uncle Bill Ferriter | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 1998 | The Prophecy II | Gabriel | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Bevalaqua | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1997 | MouseHunt | Caesar | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1997 | Suicide Kings | Carlo Bartolucci | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1997 | Excess Baggage | Ray | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1997 | Touch | Bill Hill | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | Hickey | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1996 | Basquiat | The Interviewer | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1996 | The Funeral | Ray Tempio | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1996 | Wild Side | Bruno Buckingham | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1996 | Celluloide | Rod Geiger | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | The Man with the Plan | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1995 | Nick of Time | Mr. Smith | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1995 | The Prophecy | Gabriel | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1995 | The Addiction | Peina | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | Kim Ulander | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Captain Koons | Film | 8.5 | 51 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Vanni Corso | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 1994 | Storybook Cinema | TV | — | 51 | |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1993 | True Romance | Vincenzo Coccotti | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Bobby Cahn | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1993 | Scam | Jack Shanks | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1993 | Skylark | Jacob Witting | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 49 | |
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Max Shreck | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1992 | Mistress | Warren Zell | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1992 | The Big Pardon 2 | Pasco Meisner | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1991 | All-American Murder | P.J. Decker | Film | 4.4 | 48 |
| 1991 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Jacob Witting | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1991 | McBain | McBain | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 1990 | King of New York | Frank White | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1990 | The Comfort of Strangers | Robert | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 47 |
| 1989 | Communion | Whitley Strieber | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self | TV | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1988 | Biloxi Blues | Sgt. Toomey | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Kyril Montana | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1988 | Homeboy | Wesley Pendergass | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1988 | Puss in Boots | Puss | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1987 | Deadline | Don Stevens | Film | 4.7 | 44 |
| 1986 | At Close Range | Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr. | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1985 | A View to a Kill | Max Zorin | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | Johnny Smith | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1983 | Brainstorm | Michael Brace | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Harry Nash | TV | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1982 | Who Am I This Time? | Harry Nash | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1981 | Pennies from Heaven | Tom | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | Nathan D. Champion | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1980 | The Dogs of War | Jamie Shannon | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Eckart | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1978 | Shoot the Sun Down | Mr. Rainbow | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Duane Hall | Film | 7.7 | 34 |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Det. Rizzo | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1977 | Roseland | Russel | Film | 5.1 | 34 |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Robert Fulmer | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1975 | Valley Forge | The Hessian | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Ben Wiley | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1972 | The Mind Snatchers | Pvt. James H. Reese | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 28 |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | The Kid | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1970 | Cleopatra | Boy | Film | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1969 | Me and My Brother | Film | 6.5 | 26 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Walt Kramer | TV | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1966 | Barefoot in Athens | Lamprocles | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1959 | Deadline | Marty | TV | 7.3 | 16 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Chris Johannis | TV | 5.7 | 15 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Brain Trust (uncredited) | TV | 5.7 | 15 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | — | 13 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 13 |
| 1956 | The Boy Who Saw Through | Ernest | Film | — | 13 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 10 |
| 1953 | The Motorola Television Hour | TV | 10.0 | 10 | |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 9 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lamprocles | TV | 8.8 | 8 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Jacob Witting | TV | 8.8 | 8 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Jacob | TV | 8.8 | 8 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Hessian | TV | 8.8 | 8 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 1 |
| Tiens ferme ta couronne | Film | — | — | ||
| That's Amore! | Film | — | — | ||
| Back in Black | Clyde | Film | — | — |