Emerging from a destitute London childhood marked by workhouse stays and his mother’s institutionalisation, Chaplin entered the entertainment world as a music-hall performer before joining the Fred Karno troupe, which carried him to America and led to his 1914 debut at Keystone Studios. There he created the iconic Tramp, refined the character at Essanay and Mutual, and secured a lucrative contract… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Modern Times 1936 The Great Dictator 1940 City Lights 1931 The Kid 1921 ★ 7.3 A Dog's Life 1918
Tramp ★ 7.3 The Immigrant 1917
Immigrant ★ 7.1 Easy Street 1917
The Derelict ★ 7.1 Pay Day 1922
Laborer ★ 7.5 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
(archive footage) ★ 6.9 Shoulder Arms 1918
Doughboy ★ 6.9 The Pilgrim 1923
The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard ★ 6.9 The Adventurer 1917
The Eel / Commodore Slick Series ★ 7.1 The Oscars 1953
★ 6.8 The Cure 1917
The Inebriate ★ 6.7 A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923
Station Porter (uncredited) ★ 6.8 The Vagabond 1916
The Saloon Violinist ★ 6.8 The Idle Class 1921
Tramp / Husband ★ 7.4 The Chaplin Revue 1959
Narrator / Various (archive footage) ★ 6.7 One A.M. 1916
Le bourgeois alcoolisé ★ 7.1 Show People 1928
Charlie Chaplin (uncredited) ★ 6.7 The Pawnshop 1916
Pawnbroker's Assistant ★ 6.6 The Rink 1916
A Waiter ★ 6.6 Sunnyside 1919
Farm Handyman ★ 6.5 The Tramp 1915
The Tramp ★ 6.5 The Champion 1915
Challenger ★ 6.5 Behind the Screen 1916
David - Property Man's Assistant ★ 6.4 The Floorwalker 1916
Impecunious Customer ★ 6.3 A Day's Pleasure 1919
Father ★ 6.3 The Fireman 1916
Fireman ★ 6.3 Police 1916
Charlie, Convict 999 ★ 6.3 The Bank 1915
Janitor ★ 6.2 The Count 1916
Tailor's Apprentice ★ 6.2 A Night in the Show 1915
Mr. Pest / Mr. Rowdy ★ 6.2 The New Janitor 1914
The Janitor ★ 6.2 Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914
The City Guy ★ 6.2 His Trysting Places 1914
Clarence, the Husband ★ 6.1 Dough and Dynamite 1914
Pierre ★ 6.1 The Rounders 1914
Mr. Full ★ 6.1 A Woman 1915
Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash' ★ 6 The Professor 1919
Professor Bosco ★ 6 His Musical Career 1914
Charlie, Piano Mover ★ 6 Shanghaied 1915
Tramp ★ 5.8 The Property Man 1914
Property Man (uncredited) ★ 5.9 His New Profession 1914
Charlie ★ 5.8 Mabel at the Wheel 1914
Villain (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Caught in the Rain 1914
Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited) ★ 5.3 Charlie Butts In 1920
★ 5.9 Mabel's Married Life 1914
Mabel's Husband ★ 5.8 The Knockout 1914
Referee (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Mabel's Busy Day 1914
Tipsy Nuisance ★ 5.8 A Jitney Elopement 1915
Suitor, the Fake Count ★ 5.8 Caught in a Cabaret 1914
Waiter ★ 5.7 Gentlemen of Nerve 1914
Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic ★ 5.9 Work 1915
Izzy A. Wake's assistant ★ 6 A Countess from Hong Kong 1967
An Old Steward ★ 5.7 His Prehistoric Past 1914
Weakchin ★ 5.8 The Masquerader 1914
Film actor ★ 5.8 A Night Out 1915
Reveller ★ 5.8 A Burlesque on Carmen 1915
Darn Hosiery ★ 5.8 His New Job 1915
Film Extra ★ 5.7 Twenty Minutes of Love 1914
Pickpocket ★ 5.5 The Fatal Mallet 1914
Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited) ★ 5.6 Those Love Pangs 1914
Masher ★ 5.4 Getting Acquainted 1914
Mr. Sniffels ★ 5.4 The Face on the Barroom Floor 1914
Artist ★ 4.9 Nice and Friendly 1922
Tramp ★ 5.6 Laughing Gas 1914
Dentist's assistant ★ 5.1 A Thief Catcher 1914
Cop (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Making a Living 1914
The Swindler (uncredited) ★ 5.3 The Star Boarder 1914
The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited) ★ 5.5 Between Showers 1914
The Tramp, a Second Gallant ★ 5.3 His Favorite Pastime 1914
Drunken Masher ★ 5.5 A Film Johnnie 1914
The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp ★ 5.5 By the Sea 1915
Stroller ★ 5.4 In the Park 1915
Charlie ★ 5.1 The Bond 1918
Charlie ★ 5 Triple Trouble 1918
The Janitor ★ 4.4 His Regeneration 1915
A Customer ★ 5.2 Cruel, Cruel Love 1914
Mr. Dovey ★ 5.2 Tango Tangles 1914
Tipsy Dancer ★ 5.2 Recreation 1914
Tramp ★ 5.4 Mabel's Strange Predicament 1914
The Tramp (uncredited) ★ 5.6 Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914
The Tramp ★ 4.8 A Busy Day 1914
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