--- name: "Charlie Chaplin" canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin" fi1m_id: "charlie-chaplin" imdb_id: "nm0000122" tmdb_id: 13848 wikidata_id: "Q882" roles: ["Director","Actor","Writer"] born: "16 April 1889" died: "25 December 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 85 average_as: "director" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-09-25T06:07:34.544605+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Charlie Chaplin ## Identity Charlie Chaplin - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** charlie-chaplin - **IMDb ID:** nm0000122 - **TMDB ID:** 13848 - **Wikidata ID:** Q882 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13848 Director and actor. Born 16 April 1889 in Walworth, London, England, UK. Died 25 December 1977. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Actor, Writer - **Born:** 16 April 1889, Walworth, London, England, UK - **Died:** 25 December 1977 - **Active:** 1921–1947 - **Also known as:** Charles Spencer Chaplin, Charles Chaplin - **Frequently works with:** [Henry Bergman](https://film.one/person/henry-bergman.md), [Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/person/paulette-goddard.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated) - **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as director, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 86 (2), 1930s 88 (2), 1940s 81 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 80 across 6 titles - **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 6 of 6 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 5, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, War 1 - **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $27m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13848 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*City Lights*](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md) (89), [*The Gold Rush*](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md) (89), [*Modern Times*](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) (88), [*The Kid*](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md) (84), [*Monsieur Verdoux*](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md) (82), [*The Great Dictator*](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Charlie Chaplin > Charlie Chaplin makes the effort of keeping up painfully funny, and lets the discomfort show. We recommend him warmly for that precision and sympathy, with *Modern Times* also revealing how loosely he could join his routines together. In *Modern Times* (1936), Chaplin’s factory worker repeats the movements demanded by a conveyor belt until keeping up becomes a struggle we can read in his body. The timing is exact, but he never makes the job look easy. We laughed at the feeding machine, then felt uneasy because the routine keeps showing how little the worker’s comfort matters. Chaplin lets that discomfort register without asking his Tramp to stop being ridiculous. The Tramp, created in 1914, was shabby but fastidious, dressed in baggy trousers, a tight coat, a small hat and large shoes. *The Kid* (1921), his first feature, gave that figure a sustained story through his care for an abandoned child. By *City Lights* (1931), Chaplin was still building a silent film around the Tramp, this time through his relationship with a blind flower-seller. *Modern Times* marked the character’s final appearance; his first full talkie came with *The Great Dictator* (1940). As a director, Chaplin favours a largely still camera and long takes that leave the movement to the performer. We see the sense of that restraint in *Modern Times*: the difficulty has to be legible before the response can be funny. Editing with Willard Nico, he gives each physical joke time to develop. There is little reason to move the camera when the actor is already doing so much. The greater reliance on talk and theatrical staging in *Limelight* (1952) is less persuasive. The trouble is connecting those jokes, and *Modern Times* can feel assembled from favourite passages rather than carried forward by its story. Paulette Goddard’s Gamin meets his comic energy and makes companionship seem worth hoping for. Yet the screenplay, also Chaplin’s, gives their relationship less attention than it deserves. Their appeal makes us wish he had spent longer developing the romance. We would start with *Modern Times*, provided a wandering story is not going to spoil the evening. ## Biography Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English actor, director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. He was born on 16 April 1889 in London and died on 25 December 1977 in Switzerland. Chaplin is credited as director, writer, producer, editor, composer and actor (as The Tramp, a factory worker) on *Modern Times* (1936). He is also credited as director, writer, composer and actor (as Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber) on *The Great Dictator* (1940). He co-founded United Artists in 1919. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) - *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), Fi1m 82, as Henri Verdoux — [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md) - *The Great Dictator* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md) - *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, as The Tramp (A Factory Worker) — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) - *City Lights* (1931), Fi1m 89, as A Tramp — [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md) - *The Gold Rush* (1925), Fi1m 89, as The Lone Prospector — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md) - *The Kid* (1921), Fi1m 84, as A Tramp — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md) ## Complete filmography (143) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas* (2026), as The Lone Prospector (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Training Day* (2026), Original Concept - *Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Hollywood's Second World War* (2019), as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) - *A diktátor (színházi felvétel)* (2018), Writer - *Optimism* (2018), Music - *The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2* (2017), Actor - *Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends* (2016), as (archive footage) - *The Little Tramp* (2015), Music - *Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917* (2014), Director - *A Night at the Cinema in 1914* (2014), as (archive footage) - *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage) - *Chaplin* (2011), series, Characters - *Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2* (2010), Director, Writer - *Hollywood sul Tevere* (2009), Actor - *The Parrott Chase* (2009), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Warner at War* (2008), as (archive footage) - *Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen* (2007), as (archive footage) - *Bravo Charlot!* (2007), as Various characters (archive footage) - *Hitler: The Comedy Years* (2007), as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited) - *The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 9* (2004), Actor - *The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 1* (2004), Actor - *Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work* (2003), as (archive footage) - *The Casting Couch* (1995), Actor - *Chaplin* (1992), Book - *Stalin's Funeral* (1990), Music - *Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies* (1988), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I* (1984), as (archive footage) · Director - *En Büyük Şaban* (1983), Writer - *The Hollywood Clowns* (1979), as (archive footage) - *A Countess from Hong Kong* (1967), as An Old Steward · Producer, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer - *The Big Parade of Comedy* (1964), as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited) - *30 Years of Fun* (1963), as (archive footage) - *Crazy Days* (1962), as Various (archive footage) (uncredited) - *When Comedy Was King* (1960), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Lifetime of Comedy* (1960), as (archive footage) - *The Chaplin Revue* (1959), as Narrator / Various (archive footage) · Producer, Writer, Director, Music Director, Director of Operations - *A King in New York* (1957), as King Shahdov · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer - *Yesterday and Today* (1953), as (archive footage) - *The Oscars* (1953), series, Actor - *Limelight* (1952), as Calvero · Original Story, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director, Screenplay, Choreographer - *A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"* (1951), as Darn Hosiery · Co-Director - *The Golden Twenties* (1950), as (archive footage) - *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), as Henri Verdoux · Writer, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-verdoux.md) - *The Way of the World* (1947), as The Tramp (Archive Footage) - *Charlie's Triple Trouble* (1944), as Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage) - *The Chaplin Cavalcade* (1941), as Various Roles (archive footage) · Producer, Writer, Director - *The Charlie Chaplin Festival* (1941), as Various Roles (archive footage) · Writer, Director - *The Great Dictator* (1940), as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber · Producer, Original Music Composer, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md) - *Chaplin Carnival* (1938), as Various Roles (archive footage) · Director, Producer, Writer - *Modern Times* (1936), as The Tramp (A Factory Worker) · Producer, Screenplay, Director, Editor, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) - *The Film Parade* (1933), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *The Movie Album* (1932), as (archive footage) - *City Lights* (1931), as A Tramp · Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md) - *Show People* (1928), as Charlie Chaplin (uncredited) - *The Circus* (1928), as A Tramp · Director, Writer, Producer, Theme Song Performance, Editor, Music - *A Woman of the Sea* (1926), Producer - *Camille: The Fate of a Coquette* (1926), as Mike - *The Gold Rush* (1925), as The Lone Prospector · Director, Writer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md) - *A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate* (1923), as Station Porter (uncredited) · Original Music Composer, Writer, Director, Producer - *Hollywood* (1923), as Charles Chaplin - *The Pilgrim* (1923), as The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard · Director, Writer, Editor, Songs, Producer - *Seeing Stars* (1922), Producer - *Pay Day* (1922), as Laborer · Writer, Director, Music, Producer, Editor - *Nice and Friendly* (1922), as Tramp · Director, Writer - *The Idle Class* (1921), as Tramp / Husband · Writer, Director, Music, Producer, Editor - *The Kid* (1921), as A Tramp · Director, Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kid.md) - *Charlie Butts In* (1920), Director, Writer - *A Day's Pleasure* (1919), as Father · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Music - *Sunnyside* (1919), as Farm Handyman · Writer, Director, Editor, Producer - *The Professor* (1919), as Professor Bosco · Director - *The Chaplin Essanay Project* (1918), Director - *Shoulder Arms* (1918), as Doughboy · Director, Editor, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay - *The Bond* (1918), as Charlie · Director, Writer - *Triple Trouble* (1918), as The Janitor · Screenplay, Director, Story - *A Dog's Life* (1918), as Tramp · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Original Music Composer - *Chase Me Charlie* (1918), as Charlie · Director, Writer - *How to Make Movies* (1918), Writer, Producer, Director - *The Adventurer* (1917), as The Eel / Commodore Slick · Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay - *The Immigrant* (1917), as Immigrant · Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay - *The Cure* (1917), as The Inebriate · Story, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer - *Easy Street* (1917), as The Derelict · Screenplay, Director, Producer, Editor - *Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder* (1917), as A Tramp · Producer, Writer, Director - *Zepped* (1916), as The Tramp - *The Rink* (1916), as A Waiter · Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay - *Behind the Screen* (1916), David - Property Man's Assistant, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay - *The Pawnshop* (1916), Pawnbroker's Assistant, Screenplay, Director, Producer, Editor - *The Count* (1916), Tailor's Apprentice, Producer, Director, Editor, Screenplay - *One A.M.* (1916), as Le bourgeois alcoolisé · Producer, Writer, Editor, Director - *The Vagabond* (1916), as The Saloon Violinist · Producer, Director, Writer, Supervising Film Editor - *The Fireman* (1916), as Fireman · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor - *Police* (1916), as Charlie, Convict 999 · Writer, Director - *The Floorwalker* (1916), as Impecunious Customer · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor - *A Burlesque on Carmen* (1915), as Darn Hosiery · Director, Writer - *A Night in the Show* (1915), as Mr. Pest / Mr. Rowdy · Writer, Director, Editor - *Shanghaied* (1915), as Tramp · Writer, Director, Editor - *The Bank* (1915), as Janitor · Director, Writer, Editor - *A Woman* (1915), as Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash' · Director, Writer, Editor - *Work* (1915), Izzy A. Wake's assistant, Writer, Director, Editor - *His Regeneration* (1915), as A Customer - *By the Sea* (1915), as Stroller · Director, Writer, Editor - *The Tramp* (1915), as The Tramp · Director, Writer, Editor - *A Jitney Elopement* (1915), as Suitor, the Fake Count · Writer, Director, Editor - *In the Park* (1915), as Charlie · Director, Screenplay, Editor - *The Champion* (1915), as Challenger · Director, Writer, Editor - *A Night Out* (1915), as Reveller · Writer, Director, Editor - *His New Job* (1915), as Film Extra · Director, Writer, Editor - *Tillie's Punctured Romance* (1914), as The City Guy - *His Prehistoric Past* (1914), as Weakchin · Writer, Director, Editor - *Getting Acquainted* (1914), as Mr. Sniffels · Director, Writer, Editor - *His Trysting Places* (1914), as Clarence, the Husband · Director, Writer, Editor - *His Musical Career* (1914), as Charlie, Piano Mover · Director, Editor, Writer - *Gentlemen of Nerve* (1914), as Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic · Director, Editor, Writer - *Dough and Dynamite* (1914), as Pierre · Director, Writer, Editor - *Those Love Pangs* (1914), as Masher · Director, Editor, Writer - *The New Janitor* (1914), as The Janitor · Director, Editor, Writer - *The Rounders* (1914), as Mr. Full · Director, Writer, Editor - *His New Profession* (1914), as Charlie · Director, Editor, Writer - *The Masquerader* (1914), as Film actor · Director, Writer, Editor - *Recreation* (1914), as Tramp · Director, Writer, Editor - *The Face on the Barroom Floor* (1914), Artist, Director, Editor, Writer - *The Property Man* (1914), as Property Man (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Editor - *Laughing Gas* (1914), Dentist's assistant, Director, Editor - *Mabel's Married Life* (1914), as Mabel's Husband · Writer, Editor - *Mabel's Busy Day* (1914), as Tipsy Nuisance · Writer - *The Knockout* (1914), as Referee (uncredited) · Writer - *Her Friend the Bandit* (1914), as Bandit · Writer - *The Fatal Mallet* (1914), as Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited) - *A Busy Day* (1914), as Wife · Screenplay, Editor - *Caught in the Rain* (1914), as Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited) · Director, Editor - *Caught in a Cabaret* (1914), as Waiter · Writer - *Twenty Minutes of Love* (1914), as Pickpocket · Director - *Mabel at the Wheel* (1914), as Villain (uncredited) · Writer - *The Star Boarder* (1914), as The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited) - *Cruel, Cruel Love* (1914), as Mr. Dovey - *His Favorite Pastime* (1914), as Drunken Masher · Writer - *Tango Tangles* (1914), as Tipsy Dancer · Writer - *A Film Johnnie* (1914), as The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp · Writer - *Between Showers* (1914), as The Tramp, a Second Gallant · Screenplay - *A Thief Catcher* (1914), as Cop (uncredited) - *Mabel's Strange Predicament* (1914), as The Tramp (uncredited) · Screenplay - *Kid Auto Races at Venice* (1914), as The Tramp · Screenplay - *Making a Living* (1914), as The Swindler (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-77d5d054860e.jpg) Charlie Chaplin — Strauss-Peyton Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Charlie_Chaplin_portrait_Getty_1739411952.jpg/1280px-Charlie_Chaplin_portrait_Getty_1739411952.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Anthony Champeil dress like Charlot at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival 2026](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-934ec7f72eb1.jpg) Anthony Champeil dress like Charlot at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival 2026 — Elyot Boudart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Anthony_Champeil_in_Charlot_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_2026.jpg/1280px-Anthony_Champeil_in_Charlot_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Canoa Quebrada, state of Ceará, Brazil. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-1d67555faf5e.jpg) Canoa Quebrada, state of Ceará, Brazil. (2024) — Ridiculopathy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Apr2024._Charlie_Chaplin_mural_in_Canoa_Quebrada%2C_state_of_Cear%C3%A1%2C_Brazil._01.jpg/1280px-Apr2024._Charlie_Chaplin_mural_in_Canoa_Quebrada%2C_state_of_Cear%C3%A1%2C_Brazil._01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Brasserie Intermezzo van het hotel De Blauwe Vogel in Bergen op Zoom. Heeft een Charlie Chaplin thema. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-62223d9605b9.jpg) Brasserie Intermezzo van het hotel De Blauwe Vogel in Bergen op Zoom. Heeft een Charlie Chaplin thema. (2013) — Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brasserie_Intermezzo.jpg/1280px-Brasserie_Intermezzo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-d884797723a9.jpg) Charlie Chaplin — Image via TMDB - ![Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-0b2f8d62fc2c.jpg) Charlie Chaplin — Image via TMDB - ![Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-b4d75c0e4b15.jpg) Charlie Chaplin — Image via TMDB - ![Campaña: La cultura gitana también es tu cultura// cliente: Unión Romaní. Representa a Charles Chaplin, identificado como de etnia gitana (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-511276ae295d.jpg) Campaña: La cultura gitana también es tu cultura// cliente: Unión Romaní. Representa a Charles Chaplin, identificado como de etnia gitana (2011) — lamon, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Cartel_-_Chaplin_gitano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Stock certificate of the Chaplin Studios, Inc. for $100, issued on 16 April 1918 in Los Angeles to the actor and Chaplin's long-time secretary Thomas Harrington](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-13884b0a363b.jpg) Stock certificate of the Chaplin Studios, Inc. for $100, issued on 16 April 1918 in Los Angeles to the actor and Chaplin's long-time secretary Thomas Harrington — Julie Ceccaldi, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Chaplin_Studios_1918.jpg/1280px-Chaplin_Studios_1918.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-2775d261102d.jpg) Charlie Chaplin — Image via TMDB - ![Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-ed5e82361c36.jpg) Charlie Chaplin — Image via TMDB - ![Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/media/person/102585/gallery-2bed6ad66469.jpg) Charlie Chaplin — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated - 1973: Best Original Dramatic Score (won), for *Limelight* - 1948: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Monsieur Verdoux* - 1941: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Great Dictator* - 1941: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Great Dictator* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 1976: BAFTA Fellowship (won) ### Venice Film Festival — 2 won - 1972: Lifetime Achievement (won) - 1972: Golden Lion (won) ### Other awards — 6 won - Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1975: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won) - Academy Honorary Award 1972: Academy Honorary Award (won) - Erasmus Prize 1965: Erasmus Prize (won) - Bodil Honorary Award 1959: Bodil Honorary Award (won) - Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1952: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won) - Academy Honorary Award 1929: Academy Honorary Award (won), for *The Circus* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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