Biography
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was an English comic actor, filmmaker, singer, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977.
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Awards & recognition
- BAFTA Fellowship · 1976
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1975
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1973
- Academy Honorary Award · 1972
- Golden Lion — Lifetime Achievement · 1972
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- Golden Lion · 1972
- Erasmus Prize · 1965
- Bodil Honorary Award · 1959
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 1952
- Academy Honorary Award · 1929
- Academy Awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Jussi Awards
- Kinema Junpo Award
- Nastro d'argento — best non-Italian film
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Order of the British Empire
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- World Peace Council prizes
- BAFTA Fellowship · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1948 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1941 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1941 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Hollywood’s Children
The Funniest Man in the World
Michael
The Great Dictator
Modern Times
City Lights
The Kid
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
The Gold Rush
Limelight
The Circus
John Candy: I Like Me
Monsieur Verdoux
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Chaplin
Hitler: A Career
Remembering Gene Wilder
A Dog's Life
The Immigrant
Show People
One to One: John & Yoko
Birth of the Tramp
Easy Street
The Tramp and the Dictator
Pay Day
The Pilgrim
The Adventurer
The Idle Class
Shoulder Arms
The Cure
The Vagabond
A King in New York
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
The Pawnshop
The Rink
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
American Experience
Sunnyside
The Floorwalker
Souls for Sale
A Day's Pleasure
High & Low - John Galliano
A Night in the Show
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Dough and Dynamite
A Countess from Hong Kong
Days of Thrills and Laughter