Christopher Chaplin
Christopher James Chaplin (born July 8, 1962 in Lausanne ) is an English composer and actor who grew up in Switzerland . He is the youngest child of the actor and director Charlie Chaplin and his wife Oona O'Neill .
Life
Christopher James Chaplin was born on the morning of July 8, 1962 in the Clinique Montchoisi in Lausanne . The Chaplin family lived in Corsier-sur-Vevey at the time , where Christopher grew up. He studied piano with Irène Dénéréaz in Vevey before moving to London in the early 1980s .
Chaplin initially focused on an acting career . He made his first film appearance in 1983 in the British comedy Where Is Parsifal? which was shown at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section . He subsequently appeared in several other films, including in 1991 as Franz Kafka in The Labyrinth by the Czech director Jaromil Jireš and in 1995 as Charles Cros in Total Eclipse - The Affair of Rimbaud and Verlaine by the Polish director Agnieszka Holland .
Since 2005 he has mainly worked as a composer . Among other things, he has worked with the German experimental musician Hans-Joachim Roedelius . Chaplin has been under contract with the Austrian music label Fabrique Records since 2010 , where he released his first solo album Je suis le Ténébreux in 2016 . Chaplin combines experimental electronic music with elements of chamber music and contemporary music .
Discography
Solo albums:
- Je suis le Ténébreux (2016, Fabrique Records)
- Paradise Lost (2018, Fabrique Records)
- M (2020, Fabrique Records)
Collaborate:
- Seven Echoes , with KAVA, d. i. Thomas Pötz (2010, Fabrique Records)
- King of Hearts , with Hans-Joachim Roedelius (2012, Sub Rosa)
- Triptych in Blue , with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Andrew Heath (2017, Disco Gecko Recordings)
- BJARMI , with Stereo Hypnosis (2019, Fabrique Records)
Remixes:
- Slippery Forces , Boz Boorer (2012, Fabrique Records)
- Virtue , Loretta Who (2016, Fabrique Records)
Filmography
- 1983: The Sky Machine ( Where Is Parsifal? )
- 1989: Till We Meet Again (TV miniseries)
- 1990: Gavre Princip - heaven under stones
- 1991: The Labyrinth ( Labyrint )
- 1992: Christopher Columbus - The Discovery ( Christopher Columbus: The Discovery )
- 1994: La piste du télégraphe
- 1995: Total Eclipse - The Rimbaud and Verlaine Affair ( Total Eclipse )
literature
- Frank Heer: The shy one. In: Das Magazin No. 14, April 6, 2019, pp. 20–27 ( online ).
Web links
- Official website
- Christopher Chaplin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Robinson: Chaplin. His life, his art . Diogenes, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-257-01801-1 ( formally incorrect ) , p. 685 .
- ↑ a b Christopher Chaplin ( English ) Fabrique Records. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ↑ Where is Parsifal? ( English ) Festival de Cannes. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chaplin, Christopher |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chaplin, Christopher James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |