Charlie Chaplin
Born
16 April 1889 (136)
Place of Birth
Walworth, London, England, UK
Also known as
Charles Spencer Chaplin, Charles 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, b...
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 Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.
Filmography (40)
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
2026
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence
2025
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Smile!
2024
High & Low – John Galliano
2024
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
2023
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
2021
This Is Francis X. Bushman
2021
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
Chaplin vs the FBI
2019
Hollywood's Second World War
2019
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018
Chaplin in Bali
2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
2017
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
2015
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
2014
Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
2014
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
2014
Birth of the Tramp
2013
Chaplin at Keystone
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Bali: Island of the Dogs
2011
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011
Dancing Chaplin
2011
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2
2010
🎬 Director
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
The Parrott Chase
2009