Stephen King

Stephen King

Born: September 21, 1947
in Portland, Maine, USA
Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, which have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies, and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee, and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Movies for Stephen King...

King on Screen
Title: King on Screen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 11, 2023
Type: Movie
1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world.
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The Timekeepers of Eternity
Title: The Timekeepers of Eternity
Character: Tom Holby (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 2021
Type: Movie
In this mesmerizing experimental film, a Stephen King television movie is compressed and transformed through hypnotic black and white collage animation that meticulously reconstructs and reshapes its supernatural drama to an eerie and profound effect.
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Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
Title: Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
Character: Self - Writer (archive footage)
Released: October 16, 2020
Type: Movie
The US writer Stephen King (Portland, Maine, 1947) has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps by the boundless inventiveness of his literature? And what else is behind the longevity of his astonishing career?
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Title: Duncanville
Character: (voice)
Released: February 16, 2020
Type: TV
Like most 15-year-olds, Duncan can see adulthood on the horizon: money, freedom, cars and girls; but the reality is more like: always being broke, driving with one's mom sitting shotgun and babysitting one's sister. He's not exceptional, but he has a wild imagination in which he's never anything less than amazing.
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The Summers of IT: Chapter One
Title: The Summers of IT: Chapter One
Character: Self
Released: December 10, 2019
Type: Movie
This documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake to the original IT, by Stephen King. The documentary originally released as bonus material, bundled with IT: Chapter Two.
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The Summers of IT: Chapter Two
Title: The Summers of IT: Chapter Two
Character: Self
Released: December 10, 2019
Type: Movie
This documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake to the original IT, by Stephen King. The documentary originally released as bonus material, bundled with IT: Chapter Two.
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The King: Stephen King's America
Title: The King: Stephen King's America
Character: Himself
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Ghost nation? Violent home? Traumatised country? What does the horror of one of the most famous writers of our time hide? What does his fictional America expose? To what extent does cinema feed itself off his unique vision and expression of fear? In other words: what kind of America is Stephen King telling us about?
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It Chapter Two
Title: It Chapter Two
Character: Shopkeeper
Released: September 4, 2019
Type: Movie
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
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Die Stephen King Story
Title: Die Stephen King Story
Character: Himself
Released: September 3, 2019
Type: Movie
A German Documentary on Stephen King
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101 Seconds
Title: 101 Seconds
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2018
Type: Movie
101 Seconds follows two families as they join the gun control movement after members of their families are killed in a mall.
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Title: Eli Roth's History of Horror
Released: October 14, 2018
Type: TV
An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.
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Stephen King: Master of Horror
Title: Stephen King: Master of Horror
Character: Self
Released: September 29, 2018
Type: Movie
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Title: 11.22.63
Character: The Pharmacist
Released: February 15, 2016
Type: TV
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch
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Walking the Mile
Title: Walking the Mile
Character: Self
Released: December 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.
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Meister des Grauens - Thomas Gottschalk präsentiert Stephen King
Title: Meister des Grauens - Thomas Gottschalk präsentiert Stephen King
Character: Self
Released: August 21, 2014
Type: Movie
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Title: Under the Dome
Character: Diner Patron
Released: June 24, 2013
Type: TV
A small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. While military forces, the government and the media positioned outside of this surrounding barrier attempt to break it down, a small group of people inside attempt to figure out what the dome is, where it came from, and when (and if) it will go away.
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Stuck in Love
Title: Stuck in Love
Character: Self (voice)
Released: June 14, 2013
Type: Movie
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
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Title: Finding Your Roots
Character: Self
Released: March 24, 2012
Type: TV
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
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A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
Title: A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
Character: himself
Released: October 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Author Stephen King discusses the various types of horror films and why they are so popular with moviegoers.
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Title: Sons of Anarchy
Character: Bachman
Released: September 3, 2008
Type: TV
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. The MC must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegal arms business driven by the seduction of money, power, and blood.
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Title: Markus Lanz
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2008
Type: TV
TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.
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When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Title: When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Character: Self
Released: March 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.
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Diary of the Dead
Title: Diary of the Dead
Character: Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 26, 2007
Type: Movie
A terrified group of college film students record the pandemic rise of flesh-eating zombies while struggling for their own survival.
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Gotham Cafe
Title: Gotham Cafe
Character: Mr. Ring
Released: June 10, 2005
Type: Movie
With divorce on the horizon, a couple are about to find out that a lunch meeting with the wife's attorney is about to get very gruesome.
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Fever Pitch
Title: Fever Pitch
Character: Stephen King (uncredited)
Released: April 6, 2005
Type: Movie
When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.
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Title: 100 Scariest Movie Moments
Character: Self
Released: October 27, 2004
Type: TV
Featuring interviews, film clips, and production stills, this miniseries explores what went into the making of most bone-chilling moments in cinematic history and searches beyond the conventions of the genre to uncover the number one scary movie moment of all time.
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Title: Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Released: March 3, 2004
Type: TV
Kingdom is a hospital whose bizarre population includes a brilliant surgeon who lives in the basement, a nearly blind security guard and a nurse who regularly faints at the sight of blood. But when patients and staff hear the voice of a girl crying through the halls and a patient destined for life as a paraplegic miraculously recovers, they are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism or unseen powers... at their own peril.
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Title: Rose Red
Character: Pizza Guy
Released: January 27, 2002
Type: TV
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie Wheaton, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion - Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
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Title: Rose Red
Character: Stephen King
Released: January 27, 2002
Type: TV
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie Wheaton, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion - Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
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Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Title: Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
Character: Self
Released: August 29, 2000
Type: Movie
A unique look at the making of Stand by Me including interviews from Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Keifer Sutherland, Richard Dreyfuss, and the three surviving cast members Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell.
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Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Title: Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Character: Self - Author
Released: June 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "another prison tale" if he was interested to make it, the answer was not, King expose his concept idea in few words, however Frank asking to Stephen send the script to him firstly, when the first tale was finished and sent to Darabont, after reading such odd story, asking for more, so King replied "You must wait as anybody else", receiving later all other tales Frank wrote a screenplay on 8 weeks, so come up "the Green Mile"
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Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune
Title: Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune
Character: Himself
Released: January 17, 2000
Type: Movie
Amazing life of the "master of the macabre", whose stories have terrified readers and movie fans worldwide. Tracks King's life from his days as a Maine school teacher, his prolific work as author of Cujo, The Shining, Carrie, Misery.
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Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Title: Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1999
Type: Movie
A documentary looking at the life and work of Stephen King.
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Title: Storm of the Century
Character: Lawyer in Ad (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1999
Type: TV
When a blizzard hits an isolated island town it brings with it a mysterious stranger intent on terrorizing the people for a sinister purpose.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: The View
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: The Shining
Character: Gage Creed
Released: April 27, 1997
Type: TV
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.
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Thinner
Title: Thinner
Character: Pharmacist
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: Movie
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Title: The Langoliers
Character: Tom Holby
Released: May 14, 1995
Type: TV
A jet leaves on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. But early in the flight, ten passengers awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have vanished.
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Title: Baseball
Character: Various (voice)
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in each era. Writers, historians, players, baseball personnel, and fans review key events and the significance of the game in America's history.
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Title: The Stand
Character: Teddy Weizak
Released: May 8, 1994
Type: TV
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Brian (voice)
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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The Rock Bottom Remainders
Title: The Rock Bottom Remainders
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: Movie
It all happened on May 25, 1992 at a place called Cowboy Boogie in Anaheim, California. Stephen King, writer of "Misery" and "Cujo", syndicated columnist Dave Barry, cartoonist and creator of "The Simpsons" Matt Groening, and ten more best-selling authors took to the stage for a charity concert and performed ten rock 'n roll classics for an audience from the literary community. Filmed live, The Rock Bottom Remainders video brings this chapter of literary and music history home.
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Sleepwalkers
Title: Sleepwalkers
Character: Cemetery Caretaker
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: Movie
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.
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Golden Years
Title: Golden Years
Character: Bus Driver
Released: July 16, 1991
Type: Movie
When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable.
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Title: The Simpsons
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: TV
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Pet Sematary
Title: Pet Sematary
Character: Minister
Released: April 21, 1989
Type: Movie
After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
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Stephen King's World of Horror
Title: Stephen King's World of Horror
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor the 1988 VHS release of the same name, which runs 45 minutes, was distributed by Front Row Entertainment and is about King himself. Instead, This Is Horror (copyright 1989) was a TV special which ran in four 60 minute increments. This new special used some framing footage from the original 'World of Horror' but is primarily newer interviews and behind-the-scenes footage about what was hot in horror in the late 80s. Here in the U.S., a condensed 90-minute version made its way onto video courtesy of Goodtimes in 1990. Elsewhere, the entire special was released as 2 different tapes running 90 minutes apiece. In the UK these were titled This is Horror: A Video Encyclopedia of Horror (Volumes 1 and 2) and in Germany they were called Best of Stephen King's World of Horror (Parts 1 & 2).
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Creepshow 2
Title: Creepshow 2
Character: Truck Driver
Released: May 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The rotting Creep himself is back with three new gruesome tales of horror that will make your skin crawl; a cigar store wooden Indian comes to life to avenge the store owner's brutal murder at the hands of three punks in "Old Chief Wood'nhead." The chills continue with "The Hitchhiker," The chilling tale of a woman who keeps running into, and over, the same mutilated man on a lonely road.
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Maximum Overdrive
Title: Maximum Overdrive
Released: July 25, 1986
Type: Movie
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.
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Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Title: Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Documentary about the career of director David Cronenberg, with clips from his films and interviews with friends, colleagues, film critics and Cronenberg himself.
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Stephen King's World of Horror
Title: Stephen King's World of Horror
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror film and novels. Includes celebrity guests John Carpenter, Clive Barker and Frank Darabont, plus a section on outrageous horror film promotions. Portions of this 45-minute TV special (released as is on VHS by Front Row Entertainment in 1988) were later used as bookmarking material for the This is Horror releases in 1989-90.
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Title: Jeopardy!
Released: September 10, 1984
Type: TV
America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.
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Creepshow
Title: Creepshow
Character: Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")
Released: November 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Five tales in the style of classic '50s horror comics, involving a murdered man emerging from the grave, a meteor's ooze that makes everything grow, a snack for a crated creature, a scheming husband, and a malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia.
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Knightriders
Title: Knightriders
Character: Hoagie Man
Released: April 10, 1981
Type: Movie
A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur.
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Title: Today
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1952
Type: TV
Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.