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Acting

Christopher Walken

Career: Active from 1956 to 2026, busiest in 2002 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 71
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: The Deer Hunter
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 118 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Christopher Walken Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 15
Moral Ambiguity 11
Social Commentary 6
Political Intrigue 5
Character Study 5
Melancholy 4
Situational Humor 4
Crime Comedy 4
Nostalgic 4
Gritty Realism 3
Complex Relationships 3
Character-Driven Narrative 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

140

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

8 titles · average score 68

Back in Black

as Clyde

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

77

Thanks

Dune: Part Two

85

as Emperor

Severance

86

TV show · as Burt Goodman

The Outlaws

77

TV show · as Frank

Percy

65

as Percy Schmeiser

Wild Mountain Thyme

43

as Tony Reilly

The War with Grandpa

44

as Jerry

2010s

22 titles · average score 53

Father Figures

33

as Dr. Walter Tinkler

Eddie the Eagle

70

as Warren Sharp

The Family Fang

67

as Caleb Fang

The Jungle Book

79

as King Louie (voice)

Nine Lives

28

as Felix Perkins

One More Time

42

as Paul Lombard

Turks & Caicos

64

as Curtis Pelissier

The Power of Few

54

as Doke

Stand Up Guys

48

as Doc

A Late Quartet

71

as Peter Mitchell

Seven Psychopaths

68

as Hans Kieslowski

Life's a Beach

37

as Roy Callahan

2000s

35 titles · average score 50

The Maiden Heist

51

as Roger Barlow

Balls of Fury

39

as Feng

Hairspray

79

as Wilbur Turnblad

Click

51

as Morty

Man of the Year

43

as Jack Menken

Wedding Crashers

65

as Secretary Cleary

Man on Fire

60

as Paul Rayburn

Around the Bend

41

as Turner Lair

Catch Me If You Can

84

as Frank Abagnale

Julius Caesar

63

TV show · as Cato the Younger

The Country Bears

39

as Reed Thimple

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

35

as Gabriel

1990s

41 titles · average score 58

Blast from the Past

60

as Calvin

New Rose Hotel

40

as Fox

The Prophecy II

43

as Gabriel

Suicide Kings

51

as Carlo Bartolucci

Excess Baggage

43

as Ray

The Funeral

73

as Ray Tempio

The Prophecy

52

as Gabriel

The Addiction

71

as Peina

Wayne's World 2

60

as Bobby Cahn

Batman Returns

73

as Max Shreck

King of New York

70

as Frank White

The Comfort of Strangers

58

as Robert

1980s

15 titles · average score 62

Communion

48

as Whitley Strieber

Biloxi Blues

68

as Sgt. Toomey

Homeboy

52

as Wesley Pendergass

Puss in Boots

65

as Puss

Deadline

50

as Don Stevens

At Close Range

74

as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Sr.

A View to a Kill

47

as Max Zorin

The Dead Zone

70

as Johnny Smith

Brainstorm

60

as Michael Brace

Who Am I This Time?

76

as Harry Nash

Heaven's Gate

61

as Nathan D. Champion

The Dogs of War

60

as Jamie Shannon

1970s

12 titles · average score 61

Last Embrace

53

as Eckart

The Deer Hunter

85

as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

Shoot the Sun Down

46

as Mr. Rainbow

Annie Hall

87

as Duane Hall

The Sentinel

44

as Det. Rizzo

Roseland

44

as Russel

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

67

as Robert Fulmer

Valley Forge

as The Hessian

Kojak

72

TV show · as Ben Wiley

The Mind Snatchers

52

as Pvt. James H. Reese

The Anderson Tapes

63

as The Kid

Cleopatra

as Boy

1960s

2 titles · average score 48

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Walt Kramer

Barefoot in Athens

as Lamprocles

1950s

5 titles · average score 77

Deadline

TV show · as Marty

Naked City

69

TV show · as Brain Trust (uncredited) / Chris Johannis

The Boy Who Saw Through

as Ernest

The Motorola Television Hour

TV show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as The Hessian / Jacob Witting