Cast & creator
Charlie Chaplin
Best known for Sacrée soirée, American Experience, Spécial cinéma
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.
Also known as: Charles Spencer Chaplin, Charles Chaplin
500
film credits
10
television credits
228
1914–2028 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (510)
Showing 510 of 510 credits
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
1987
American Experience
Self
1988
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974
Omnibus
Self
1967
The Oscars
1953
The Great Dictator
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
1940The Great Dictator
Original Music Composer
1940The Great Dictator
Director
1940The Great Dictator
Producer
1940The Great Dictator
Screenplay
1940
Modern Times
The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
1936Modern Times
Screenplay
1936Modern Times
Director
1936Modern Times
Producer
1936Modern Times
Editor
1936Modern Times
Original Music Composer
1936
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2025
The Gold Rush
The Lone Prospector
1925The Gold Rush
Director
1925The Gold Rush
Writer
1925
The Kid
A Tramp
1921The Kid
Writer
1921The Kid
Director
1921The Kid
Producer
1921The Kid
Original Music Composer
1921The Kid
Editor
1921
City Lights
A Tramp
1931City Lights
Editor
1931City Lights
Producer
1931City Lights
Director
1931City Lights
Original Music Composer
1931City Lights
Screenplay
1931
Hollywood
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
Limelight
Calvero
1952Limelight
Original Music Composer
1952Limelight
Producer
1952Limelight
Screenplay
1952Limelight
Director
1952Limelight
Original Story
1952Limelight
Choreographer
1952
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self (archive footage)
1961
Chaplin
Book
1992
The Circus
A Tramp
1928The Circus
Writer
1928The Circus
Director
1928The Circus
Producer
1928The Circus
Theme Song Performance
1928The Circus
Editor
1928The Circus
Music
1928
A King in New York
King Shahdov
1957A King in New York
Writer
1957A King in New York
Director
1957A King in New York
Original Music Composer
1957A King in New York
Producer
1957
Monsieur Verdoux
Henri Verdoux
1947Monsieur Verdoux
Director
1947Monsieur Verdoux
Writer
1947Monsieur Verdoux
Producer
1947Monsieur Verdoux
Original Music Composer
1947
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
2022
A Dog's Life
Tramp
1918A Dog's Life
Director
1918A Dog's Life
Writer
1918A Dog's Life
Editor
1918A Dog's Life
Producer
1918A Dog's Life
Original Music Composer
1918
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Hitler: A Career
Self (archive footage)
1977
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Station Porter (uncredited)
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Writer
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Original Music Composer
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Director
1923A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Producer
1923
Unknown Chaplin
Self & in Out-Takes
1983
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive footage)
2024
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
A Countess from Hong Kong
An Old Steward
1967A Countess from Hong Kong
Director
1967A Countess from Hong Kong
Producer
1967A Countess from Hong Kong
Screenplay
1967A Countess from Hong Kong
Original Music Composer
1967
High & Low – John Galliano
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Tramp
The Tramp
1915The Tramp
Director
1915The Tramp
Writer
1915The Tramp
Editor
1915
His Regeneration
A Customer
1915
Shoulder Arms
Doughboy
1918Shoulder Arms
Director
1918Shoulder Arms
Producer
1918Shoulder Arms
Editor
1918Shoulder Arms
Screenplay
1918Shoulder Arms
Original Music Composer
1918
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
The Champion
Challenger
1915The Champion
Writer
1915The Champion
Director
1915The Champion
Editor
1915
Caught in a Cabaret
Waiter
1914Caught in a Cabaret
Writer
1914
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1997
A Burlesque on Carmen
Darn Hosiery
1915A Burlesque on Carmen
Writer
1915A Burlesque on Carmen
Director
1915
Stalin's Funeral
Music
1990
Show People
Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)
1928
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
A Night in the Show
Mr. Pest / Mr. Rowdy
1915A Night in the Show
Director
1915A Night in the Show
Writer
1915A Night in the Show
Editor
1915
The Immigrant
Immigrant
1917The Immigrant
Director
1917The Immigrant
Producer
1917The Immigrant
Editor
1917The Immigrant
Screenplay
1917
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Tillie's Punctured Romance
The City Guy
1914
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
The Lone Prospector (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
The Chaplin Revue
Narrator / Various (archive footage)
1959The Chaplin Revue
Producer
1959The Chaplin Revue
Writer
1959The Chaplin Revue
Director
1959The Chaplin Revue
Music Director
1959The Chaplin Revue
Director of Operations
1959
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
The Professor
Professor Bosco
1919The Professor
Director
1919
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Triple Trouble
The Janitor
1918Triple Trouble
Screenplay
1918Triple Trouble
Story
1918Triple Trouble
Director
1918
The Masquerader
Film actor
1914The Masquerader
Director
1914The Masquerader
Writer
1914The Masquerader
Editor
1914
Shanghaied
Tramp
1915Shanghaied
Writer
1915Shanghaied
Director
1915Shanghaied
Editor
1915
A Woman
Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
1915A Woman
Director
1915A Woman
Writer
1915A Woman
Editor
1915
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
1923The Pilgrim
Writer
1923The Pilgrim
Director
1923The Pilgrim
Editor
1923The Pilgrim
Songs
1923The Pilgrim
Producer
1923
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The Bond
Charlie
1918The Bond
Director
1918The Bond
Writer
1918
The Eternal Jew
Self (1931) (archive footage)
1940
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Original Music Composer
2020
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2025
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
2028
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
1963
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
In the Park
Charlie
1915In the Park
Director
1915In the Park
Screenplay
1915In the Park
Editor
1915
The Bank
Janitor
1915The Bank
Writer
1915The Bank
Director
1915The Bank
Editor
1915
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
2005
A Night Out
Reveller
1915A Night Out
Writer
1915A Night Out
Director
1915A Night Out
Editor
1915
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
2020
Mabel's Strange Predicament
The Tramp (uncredited)
1914Mabel's Strange Predicament
Screenplay
1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Tramp
1914Kid Auto Races at Venice
Screenplay
1914
A Day's Pleasure
Father
1919A Day's Pleasure
Director
1919A Day's Pleasure
Writer
1919A Day's Pleasure
Producer
1919A Day's Pleasure
Music
1919A Day's Pleasure
Editor
1919Геннадий Хазанов. Лицо под маской
Self
2018
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
The Fireman
Fireman
1916The Fireman
Director
1916The Fireman
Producer
1916The Fireman
Editor
1916The Fireman
Writer
1916
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1970
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
Self (archive footage)
2014
The Knockout
Referee (uncredited)
1914The Knockout
Writer
1914
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
1988
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
2013
Twenty Minutes of Love
Pickpocket
1914Twenty Minutes of Love
Director
1914
Life Begins Tomorrow
Self (archive footage)
1950
Pay Day
Laborer
1922Pay Day
Writer
1922Pay Day
Director
1922Pay Day
Producer
1922Pay Day
Music
1922Pay Day
Editor
1922
The Pawnshop
Pawnbroker's Assistant
1916The Pawnshop
Screenplay
1916The Pawnshop
Producer
1916The Pawnshop
Director
1916The Pawnshop
Editor
1916
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
Self (Archive Footage)
2025
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mabel at the Wheel
Villain (uncredited)
1914Mabel at the Wheel
Writer
1914
Tango Tangles
Tipsy Dancer
1914Tango Tangles
Writer
1914
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Self (archive footage)
1984
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Mabel's Busy Day
Tipsy Nuisance
1914Mabel's Busy Day
Writer
1914
The Count
Tailor's Apprentice
1916The Count
Screenplay
1916The Count
Director
1916The Count
Producer
1916The Count
Editor
1916
Easy Street
The Derelict
1917Easy Street
Screenplay
1917Easy Street
Editor
1917Easy Street
Director
1917Easy Street
Producer
1917
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Chaplin vs the FBI
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Casting Couch
1995
The Rink
A Waiter
1916The Rink
Producer
1916The Rink
Director
1916The Rink
Editor
1916The Rink
Screenplay
1916
Making a Living
The Swindler (uncredited)
1914
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Self (archive footage)
2023
Seeing Stars
Self
1922Seeing Stars
Producer
1922
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
1996
El último panfleto
Self
1995
Police
Charlie, Convict 999
1916Police
Director
1916Police
Writer
1916
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Artist
1914The Face on the Barroom Floor
Director
1914The Face on the Barroom Floor
Writer
1914The Face on the Barroom Floor
Editor
1914
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Self (archive footage)
2011
By the Sea
Stroller
1915By the Sea
Director
1915By the Sea
Writer
1915By the Sea
Editor
1915
Those Love Pangs
Masher
1914
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Various Roles (archive footage)
1941Those Love Pangs
Director
1914The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Director
1941The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Writer
1941Those Love Pangs
Writer
1914Those Love Pangs
Editor
1914
Caught in the Rain
Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)
1914Caught in the Rain
Director
1914Caught in the Rain
Editor
1914
Behind the Screen
David - Property Man's Assistant
1916Behind the Screen
Director
1916Behind the Screen
Editor
1916Behind the Screen
Producer
1916Behind the Screen
Screenplay
1916
Cruel, Cruel Love
Mr. Dovey
1914
His New Profession
Charlie
1914His New Profession
Director
1914His New Profession
Editor
1914His New Profession
Writer
1914
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2018
Dough and Dynamite
Pierre
1914Dough and Dynamite
Director
1914Dough and Dynamite
Writer
1914Dough and Dynamite
Editor
1914
One A.M.
Le bourgeois alcoolisé
1916One A.M.
Editor
1916One A.M.
Director
1916One A.M.
Writer
1916One A.M.
Producer
1916
The Adventurer
The Eel / Commodore Slick
1917The Adventurer
Director
1917The Adventurer
Editor
1917The Adventurer
Producer
1917The Adventurer
Screenplay
1917
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self (archive footage)
1998
Sunnyside
Farm Handyman
1919Sunnyside
Writer
1919Sunnyside
Director
1919Sunnyside
Producer
1919Sunnyside
Editor
1919
The Cure
The Inebriate
1917The Cure
Story
1917The Cure
Director
1917The Cure
Screenplay
1917The Cure
Editor
1917The Cure
Producer
1917
A Jitney Elopement
Suitor, the Fake Count
1915A Jitney Elopement
Director
1915A Jitney Elopement
Writer
1915A Jitney Elopement
Editor
1915Charlie's Triple Trouble
Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
1944
How to Make Movies
Self (uncredited)
1918How to Make Movies
Writer
1918How to Make Movies
Producer
1918How to Make Movies
Director
1918
Warner at War
(archive footage)
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2008
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Self (archive footage)
2015
Lifetime of Comedy
(archive footage)
1960
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel's Husband
1914Mabel's Married Life
Writer
1914Mabel's Married Life
Editor
1914
The Idle Class
Tramp / Husband
1921The Idle Class
Director
1921The Idle Class
Writer
1921The Idle Class
Music
1921The Idle Class
Editor
1921The Idle Class
Producer
1921
Hollywood's Second World War
Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
2019
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
(archive footage)
2014The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self (archive footage)
2007
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Director
1923
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
Self (archive footage)
2003
Her Friend the Bandit
Bandit
1914Her Friend the Bandit
Writer
1914
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
1979
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
Self (archive footage)
2003
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
2019
This Is Francis X. Bushman
Self (Archive Footage)
2021
The Way of the World
The Tramp (Archive Footage)
1947
His New Job
Film Extra
1915
ViennaFilm 1896-1976
Self (archive footage)
1977His New Job
Director
1915His New Job
Writer
1915His New Job
Editor
1915
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
(archive footage)
2003
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
Self (archive footage)
2003
Chaplin Today: The Circus
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Floorwalker
Impecunious Customer
1916The Floorwalker
Director
1916The Floorwalker
Screenplay
1916The Floorwalker
Producer
1916The Floorwalker
Editor
1916The Parrott Chase
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
Laughing Gas
Dentist's assistant
1914Laughing Gas
Director
1914Laughing Gas
Editor
1914
A Busy Day
Wife
1914A Busy Day
Editor
1914A Busy Day
Screenplay
1914
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Darn Hosiery
1951A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Co-Director
1951
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Self (archive footage)
2003
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
Self (archive footage)
2024
German Giants
Self
1954
Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Chaplin Puzzle
Self / The Tramp (archive footage)
1992
A Film Johnnie
The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp
1914A Film Johnnie
Writer
1914
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
1994
His Prehistoric Past
Weakchin
1914His Prehistoric Past
Writer
1914His Prehistoric Past
Director
1914His Prehistoric Past
Editor
1914
The Property Man
Property Man (uncredited)
1914The Property Man
Director
1914The Property Man
Writer
1914The Property Man
Editor
1914
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
1955
Chaplin Today: City Lights
Self (archive footage)
2003A Woman of the Sea
Producer
1926
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1998
The Circus: Premiere
Self
1928
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
1914
Work
Izzy A. Wake's assistant
1915Work
Director
1915Work
Writer
1915Work
Editor
1915
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2000
Bravo Charlot!
Various characters (archive footage)
2007
His Musical Career
Charlie, Piano Mover
1914His Musical Career
Director
1914His Musical Career
Writer
1914His Musical Career
Editor
1914
Chaplin Today: Modern Times
Self (archive footage)
2003
Gentlemen of Nerve
Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic
1914Gentlemen of Nerve
Director
1914Gentlemen of Nerve
Editor
1914Gentlemen of Nerve
Writer
1914
Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence
Self (archive footage)
2025
Sigrid Holmquist
Himself (archive footage)
2010
The Vagabond
The Saloon Violinist
1916The Vagabond
Producer
1916The Vagabond
Director
1916The Vagabond
Supervising Film Editor
1916The Vagabond
Writer
1916
A diktátor (színházi felvétel)
Writer
2018
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
Self (archive footage)
2021
A Thief Catcher
Cop (uncredited)
1914
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Self (archive footage)
2016
Between Showers
The Tramp, a Second Gallant
1914Between Showers
Screenplay
1914
The Rounders
Mr. Full
1914The Rounders
Writer
1914The Rounders
Director
1914The Rounders
Editor
1914
The Golden Twenties
(archive footage)
1950
Nice and Friendly
Tramp
1922Nice and Friendly
Writer
1922Nice and Friendly
Director
1922
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
His Trysting Places
Clarence, the Husband
1914His Trysting Places
Director
1914His Trysting Places
Writer
1914His Trysting Places
Editor
1914
The Movie Album
(archive footage)
1932
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)
2003
Smile!
Archive footage
2024
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Mike
1926
Hollywood
Charles Chaplin
1923The Movie City of Hollywood
Self
1928
Chase Me Charlie
Charlie
1918Chase Me Charlie
Director
1918Chase Me Charlie
Writer
1918
The New Janitor
The Janitor
1914The New Janitor
Director
1914The New Janitor
Writer
1914The New Janitor
Editor
1914
Chaplin in Bali
Self (archive footage)
2017
His Favorite Pastime
Drunken Masher
1914His Favorite Pastime
Writer
1914
The Fatal Mallet
Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
1914
The Gentleman Tramp
Self
1976Training Day
Original Concept
2026
Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2
Writer
2010Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2
Director
2010
Recreation
Tramp
1914Recreation
Director
1914Recreation
Editor
1914Recreation
Writer
1914Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Self (archive footage)
1980
Chaplin Today: Limelight
Self (archive footage)
2003
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
2023
Getting Acquainted
Mr. Sniffels
1914Getting Acquainted
Director
1914Getting Acquainted
Writer
1914Getting Acquainted
Editor
1914
The Funniest Man in the World
Self (archive footage)
1967
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
Self (archive footage)
2015
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
(archive footage)
2016
Crazy Days
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
2014Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
Director
2014
Bali: Island of the Dogs
Self (archive footage)
2011
En Büyük Şaban
Writer
1983
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
(archive footage)
1984Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
Director
1984Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
(archive footage)
2007
The Film Parade
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
Self
1917
Dancing Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2011
Chaplin
Characters
2011
Charlie Butts In
1920Charlie Butts In
Writer
1920Charlie Butts In
Director
1920
Charlie Chaplin's visit to the French Cinematheque
Self
1973
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
2017
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
A Tramp
1917Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
Producer
1917Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
Writer
1917Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
Director
1917
Charlie Chaplin in Wien
Self (archive footage)
1931
Optimism
Music
2018
The Chaplin Cavalcade
Various Roles (archive footage)
1941The Chaplin Cavalcade
Director
1941The Chaplin Cavalcade
Writer
1941The Chaplin Cavalcade
Producer
1941The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 9
2004
All at Sea
Self
1933
Chaplin at Keystone
Self (archive footage)
2012
The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 1
2004
Chaplin Carnival
Various Roles (archive footage)
1938Chaplin Carnival
Director
1938Chaplin Carnival
Producer
1938Chaplin Carnival
Writer
1938
The Little Tramp
Music
2015
The Chaplin Essanay Project
1918The Chaplin Essanay Project
Director
1918Zepped
The Tramp (archive footage)
1916