Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin taught me that comedy and sorrow share the same root. Born in Walworth and sent to a workhouse twice before he was nine, he made the whole world laugh and weep through a single character, the Tramp, with nothing but a bowler hat, a cane and his body. His expressiveness in the silent era still outclasses much of today's effects-heavy spectacle. His life also carried a paternity suit, marriages to much younger women and an FBI investigation that forced him to leave the US in 1952. The Honorary Oscar, the Golden Lion and the Legion of Honour all came, and dying on Christmas Day 1977 feels almost too poetic a final scene. What grips me is the social conscience beneath the slapstick. A century on, that silhouette remains a treasure of humanity.

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Name (English)

Charlie Chaplin

Name (Japanese)

チャールズ・チャップリン

Reading

ちゃーるず・ちゃっぷりん

Born

April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977

Origin

Walworth, United Kingdom

Height

163 cm

Occupation

film director / composer / film actor / screenwriter / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Legion of Honour
• Kinema Junpo Award
• 1929 Academy Honorary Award
• 1959 Bodil Honorary Award
• Nastro d'argento for best non-Italian film
• World Peace Council prizes
• 1972 Golden Lion
• Jussi Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.charliechaplin.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/charliechaplinofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/ChaplinOfficial
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Chaplin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882

Tags

• film director
• composer
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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