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Stephen King
Highest Rated: 93% Carrie (1976)
Lowest Rated: 11% Cell (2016)
Birthday: Sep 21, 1947
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, USA
With sales of over 300 million copies of more than 70 books, plus dozens of stories adapted for film and television, Stephen King has been the dominant American storyteller for over 25 years. While King wrote in a wide variety of genres, from the coming-of-age short story The Body (1982) to the psychological thriller Misery (1987), King was most closely associated with horror and fantasy stories with supernatural elements. A great storyteller with an eye for detail and an accessible narrative tone, King always grounded his fantastic elements in recognizable environments, while his demons often highlighted the rocky emotional dynamics of families and the ravages of dysfunction and addiction. Cultural critic Robin Wood once concluded that "The horrors of the King world are the horrors of our culture writ large, made visible and inescapable." With this curious but huge appeal, the name Stephen King became a powerful brand that sold books and film tickets, even though his name attachment to a film was hardly a guarantee of a good movie. Among the best King-based feature films were Brian De Palma's "Carrie" (1976), David Cronenberg's "The Dead Zone" (1983), Rob Reiner's "Stand by Me" (1986), Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980), which took more liberties than King was happy with, and Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption" (1995). The prolific writer's output diminished somewhat following serious injuries he sustained in a 1999 roadside accident, but just as throughout his career, new novels like Under the Dome (2009), speculative alt-history 11/22/63 (2011) and End of Watch (2016) were highly anticipated, topped the bestseller lists, and usually found its way to the screen as a feature film or television miniseries that drew consistently strong audiences.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salem's Lot | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
62% |
|
It: Chapter Two | Shopkeeper (Character) | $211.6M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 101 Seconds | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Am the Doorway | Writer | - | 2018 |
15% |
|
The Dark Tower | Producer | $50.7M | 2017 |
11% |
|
Cell | Screenwriter | - | 2016 |
32% |
|
A Good Marriage | Screenwriter | - | 2014 |
58% |
|
Stuck in Love | Stephen King (Voice) | $79.0K | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
|
Stephen King's Desperation |
Writer, Executive Producer |
- | 2006 |
23% |
|
Riding the Bullet |
Writer, Executive Producer |
$101.1K | 2004 |
45% |
|
Secret Window | Writer | $47.8M | 2004 |
17% |
|
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer | Executive Producer | - | 2003 |
28% |
|
Dreamcatcher | Writer | $33.7M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
|
Rose Red |
Writer, Executive Producer |
- | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Bounty Hunter | Special Agent Freeze (Character) | - | 2001 |
49% |
|
Hearts in Atlantis | Writer | $24.2M | 2001 |
79% |
|
The Green Mile | Writer | $136.8M | 1999 |
54% |
|
Apt Pupil | Writer | $8.8M | 1998 |
19% |
|
Stephen King's Thinner | Dr. Bangor (Character) | $15.3M | 1996 |
85% |
|
Dolores Claiborne | Writer | $22.8M | 1995 |
62% |
|
The Dark Half | Writer | $9.0M | 1993 |
29% |
|
Sleepwalkers |
Cemetery Caretaker (Character), Writer |
$28.1M | 1992 |
68% |
|
It | Writer | - | 1990 |
46% |
|
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie | Writer | $15.4M | 1990 |
56% |
|
Pet Sematary | Screenwriter | - | 1989 |
14% |
|
Maximum Overdrive |
Director, Screenwriter |
$6.0M | 1986 |
92% |
|
Stand by Me | Writer | $46.7M | 1986 |
41% |
|
Silver Bullet | Screenwriter | $10.8M | 1985 |
69% |
|
Cat's Eye | Screenwriter | - | 1985 |
39% |
|
Children of the Corn | Writer | - | 1984 |
59% |
|
Cujo | Writer | - | 1983 |
89% |
|
The Dead Zone | Writer | - | 1983 |
66% |
|
Creepshow |
Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill") (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1982 |
83% |
|
The Shining | Writer | - | 1980 |
93% |
|
Carrie | Writer | - | 1976 |
TV
Credit | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
60% | 80% | Chapelwaite | Creator | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2015 2018-2021 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2013-2014 2021 |
53% | 48% | Lisey's Story |
Creator, Executive Producer, Writer |
2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Duncanville | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 24% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 |
88% | 79% | Castle Rock | Executive Producer | 2018-2019 |
91% | 75% | Mr. Mercedes | Writer | 2018-2019 |
60% | 46% | The Mist | Writer | 2017 |
83% | 88% | 11.22.63 | Executive Producer | 2016 |
68% | 45% | Under the Dome |
Unknown (Guest Star), Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2013-2015 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2013 |
87% | 90% | Sons of Anarchy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingdom Hospital |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2004 |
42% | 58% | Stephen King's Rose Red |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2002 |
95% | 94% | Frasier | Brian (Guest Voice) | 2000 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2000 |
83% | 86% | Stephen King's Storm of the Century |
Executive Producer, Writer |
1999 |
74% | 85% | The X-Files | Writer | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Writer | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Stephen King's The Shining | Executive Producer | 1997 |
70% | 71% | Stephen King's The Stand |
Executive Producer, Writer |
1994 |