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Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Donald Edwin King and Ruth Pillsbury King. He was the only natural-born child in the family, his older brother David having been adopted at birth two years earlier. The Kings were the typical... See full bio »

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???? The Talisman (TV mini-series) (novel) (pre-production)
 
???? Creepshow (short story) (pre-production)
 
2012 Willa (short story) (post-production)
 
2011 That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French (short) (short story) (completed)
 
2011 The Things They Left Behind (short) (story) (completed)
 
2011 Bag of Bones (TV mini-series)
 
2010-2011 Haven (TV series)
– Silent Night (2011) (short story "The Colorado Kid")
– Sins of the Fathers (2011) (short story "The Colorado Kid")
– Business as Usual (2011) (short story "The Colorado Kid")
– Who, What, Where, Wendigo? (2011) (short story "The Colorado Kid")
– Lockdown (2011) (short story "The Colorado Kid")
See all 26 episodes »
 
2011 Tussenstop (short) (story)
 
2011/I Mute (short) (short story)
 
2011 One for the Road (short) (story)
 
2011 Message from Jerusalem (short) (story)
 
2011 Everything's Eventual (short) (short story)
 
2011 In the Deathroom (short)
 
2011 Survivor Type (short) (short story)
 
2010/II Cain Rose Up (short) (short story)
 
2010/I Cain Rose Up (short) (short story)
 
2010 The Man Who Loved Flowers (short) (short story)
 
2010 Flowers for Norma (short) (short story "The Man Who Loved Flowers")
 
2010 The Boogeyman (short) (story)
 
2010 The Charning (video short)
 
2010 Here There Be Tigers (short) (story)
 
2010 Hard Ride (short) (story)
 
2010 Grey Matter (story)
 
2009 Everything's Eventual (short story)
 
2009 Children of the Corn (TV movie) (short story / teleplay)
 
2009 Dolan's Cadillac (short story)
 
2009 In the Deathroom (video short) (short story)
 
2009 The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (short) (story)
 
2009 My Pretty Pony (short) (story)
 
2009 Popsy (short) (short story)
 
2008 All That You Love (short) (short story)
 
2007/I The Mist (novella)
 
2007 El sueño de Harvey (short) (story "Harvey's Dream")
 
2002-2007 Stephen King's Dead Zone (TV series)
– Denouement (2007) (based on the characters from the novel)
– Ambush (2007) (based on the characters from the novel)
– Exile (2007) (based on the characters from the novel)
– Drift (2007) (based on the characters from the novel)
– Transgressions (2007) (characters from the novel)
See all 81 episodes »
 
2007 Paul's Dream (short) (story "Harvey's Dream")
 
2007 1408 (short story)
 
2006 Walking Ghost (short) (story)
 
2006 Popsy (short) (short story / story)
 
2006 Lovecraft's Pillow (short) (suggestion)
 
2006/I Tyger (short) (short story)
 
2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (TV mini-series)
– Autopsy Room Four (2006) (short story)
– You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (2006) (short story)
– The Fifth Quarter (2006) (short story)
– The Road Virus Heads North (2006) (short story)
– The End of the Whole Mess (2006) (short story)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2006 Suffer the Little Children (short) (story)
 
2006 Desperation (TV movie) (novel "Desperation" / teleplay)
 
2006 Umney's Last Case (short) (short story)
 
2005 I Know What You Need (short) (short story)
 
2005 La femme dans la chambre (short) (short story)
 
2005 Gotham Cafe (short) (short story)
 
2005 Home delivery: Servicio a domicilio (short) (short story)
 
2005 Sorry, Right Number (short) (original screenplay)
 
2005 Luckey Quarter (short) (short story)
 
2004 Riding the Bullet (novella "Riding the Bullet")
 
2004 All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (short) (short story)
 
2004 'Salem's Lot (TV movie) (novel "Salem's Lot")
 
2004 All That You Love (short) (short story)
 
2004 The Road Virus Heads North (short) (short story)
 
2004 The Man in the Black Suit (short) (short story)
 
2004 Secret Window (novella "Four Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden")
 
2004 Kingdom Hospital (TV series)
 
2003 The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (TV movie) (characters)
 
2003 Autopsy Room Four (short) (short story)
 
2003 Dreamcatcher (novel "Dreamcatcher")
 
2002 Rainy Season (short) (short story)
 
2002 The Dead Zone (video) (novel)
 
2002 Carrie (TV movie) (novel)
 
2002 Night Surf (short) (short story)
 
2002 Firestarter 2: Rekindled (TV movie) (novel "Firestarter")
 
2002 Rose Red (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.3 (2002) (written by)
– Episode #1.2 (2002) (written by)
– Episode #1.1 (2002) (written by)
 
2001 Children of the Corn: Revelation (video) (characters)
 
2001 Hearts in Atlantis (book)
 
2001 Strawberry Spring (short) (short story)
 
2000 Trucks (TV movie) (short story)
 
2000/II Paranoid (short) (poem "Paranoid: A Chant")
 
1999 The Green Mile (novel)
 
1999 Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (video) (short story "Children of the Corn")
 
1999 The Rage: Carrie 2 (characters)
 
1999 Storm of the Century (TV mini-series)
 
1998 Sometimes They Come Back... for More (video) (characters)
 
1998 Apt Pupil (novella "Apt Pupil")
 
1998 Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (video) (short story "Children of the Corn")
 
1998 The X-Files (TV series)
– Chinga (1998) (written by)
 
1997 The Outer Limits (TV series)
– The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson (1997) (short story)
 
1997 Quicksilver Highway (TV movie) (short story "Chattery Teeth")
 
1997/I Ghosts (short) (concept / story)
 
1997 The Shining (TV mini-series)
 
1997 The Night Flier (story)
 
1996 Thinner (novel)
 
1996 Children of the Corn: The Gathering (video) (short story "Children of the Corn")
 
1996 Sometimes They Come Back... Again (video) (characters)
 
1996 The Man Who Loved Flowers (short) (short story)
 
1995 The Langoliers (TV series) (novella "From Four Past Midnight")
 
1995 Dolores Claiborne (book)
 
1995 The Mangler (short story)
 
1995 Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (short story "Children of the Corn")
 
1994 The Shawshank Redemption (short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption")
 
1994 Nightshift Collection (video) (story)
 
1994 The Stand (TV mini-series)
– The Stand (1994) (book / teleplay)
– The Betrayal (1994) (book / teleplay)
– The Dreams (1994) (book / teleplay)
– The Plague (1994) (book / teleplay)
 
1993 Needful Things (book)
 
1993 The Tommyknockers (TV series) (novel)
 
1993 The Dark Half (novel "The Dark Half")
 
1992 Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (short story "Children of the Corn")
 
1992 Sleepwalkers (written by)
 
1992 The Lawnmower Man (title only / credit removed following lawsuit)
 
1991 Golden Years (TV series)
– Second Chance (1991) (writer)
– Time and Time Again (1991) (writer)
 
1991 Monsters (TV series)
– The Moving Finger (1991) (story)
 
1991 Sometimes They Come Back (TV movie) (short story)
 
1990 Misery (novel "Misery")
 
1990 It (TV series) (novel)
 
1990 Graveyard Shift (short story)
 
1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (short story / segment "Cat From Hell")
 
1989 Pet Sematary (novel / screenplay)
 
1988 Carrie (video) (novel)
 
1984-1987 Tales from the Darkside (TV series)
– Sorry, Right Number (1987) (writer)
– The Word Processor of the Gods (1984) (story)
 
1987 The Running Man (novel / as Richard Bachman)
 
1987 A Return to Salem's Lot (characters)
 
1987 Creepshow 2 (stories)
 
1987 The Lawnmower Man (short) (short story)
 
1987 The Last Rung on the Ladder (short) (short story)
 
1986 Stand by Me (novella "The Body")
 
1986 Maximum Overdrive (short story "Trucks" / written by)
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading (1986) (short story / segment "Gramma")
 
1986 Srazhenie (short) (short story)
 
1985 Silver Bullet (novella "Cycle of the Werewolf")
 
1985 Cat's Eye (screenplay)
 
1984 Firestarter (novel)
 
1984 Children of the Corn (short story)
 
1983 Christine (novel)
 
1983 The Dead Zone (novel)
 
1983 Cujo (novel)
 
1983 The Woman in the Room (short) (story "The Woman in the Room")
 
1983 Disciples of the Crow (short) (short story)
 
1982 Creepshow (screenplay / short stories "The Crate and Weeds" - uncredited)
 
1982 The Boogeyman (short) (short story)
 
1980 The Shining (novel)
 
1979 Salem's Lot (TV series) (novel)
 
1976 Carrie (novel)
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
2006 Desperation (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2004 Riding the Bullet (executive producer)
 
2004 Kingdom Hospital (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
– Shoulda' Stood in Bed (2004) (executive producer)
– Seizure Day (2004) (executive producer)
– The Passion of Reverend Jimmy (2004) (executive producer)
– Butterfingers (2004) (executive producer)
– Heartless (2004) (executive producer)
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2003 The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 Rose Red (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– Episode #1.3 (2002) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (2002) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.1 (2002) (executive producer)
 
1999 Storm of the Century (TV mini-series) (executive producer)
 
1997 The Shining (TV mini-series) (executive producer)
 
1994 The Stand (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– The Stand (1994) (executive producer)
– The Betrayal (1994) (executive producer)
– The Dreams (1994) (executive producer)
 
1991 Golden Years (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– Second Chance (1991) (executive producer)
– Time and Time Again (1991) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowActor (18 titles)
2010 Sons of Anarchy (TV series)
Bachman
– Caregiver (2010) … Bachman
 
2007 Diary of the Dead
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
 
2005 Gotham Cafe (short)
Mr. Ring
 
2004 Kingdom Hospital (TV series)
Johnny B. Goode
– Finale (2004) … Johnny B. Goode
 
2002 Rose Red (TV mini-series)
Pizza Delivery Guy
– Episode #1.2 (2002) … Pizza Delivery Guy
 
2000 Frasier (TV series)
Brian
– Mary Christmas (2000) … Brian (voice)
 
1999 Storm of the Century (TV mini-series)
Lawyer in Ad / Reporter on Broken TV
 
1997 The Shining (TV mini-series)
Cage Creed
– Episode #1.3 (1997) … Cage Creed
 
1996 Thinner
Dr. Bangor
 
1995 The Langoliers (TV series)
Tom Holby
 
1994 The Stand (TV mini-series)
Teddy Weizak
– The Stand (1994) … Teddy Weizak
– The Betrayal (1994) … Teddy Weizak
 
1992 Sleepwalkers
Cemetery Caretaker
 
1991 Golden Years (TV series)
Bus Driver
– Second Chance (1991) … Bus Driver
 
1989 Pet Sematary
Minister
 
1987 Creepshow 2
Truck Driver (segment "The Hitchhiker")
 
1986 Maximum Overdrive
Man At Bank ATM (uncredited)
 
1982 Creepshow
Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill")
 
1981 Knightriders
Hoagie Man
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (video documentary short) (archival materials & photos provided by)
 
2006 Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (video documentary) (materials)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (2 titles)
2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (TV mini-series) (grip)
 
1997 The Shining (TV mini-series) (still photographer)
 
1997 The Shining (TV mini-series) (third unit director)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1994 The Stand (TV mini-series)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (28 titles)
2012 Willa (very special thanks) (post-production)
 
2011 Project: Kill Lana's Boyfriend (short) (thanks) (completed)
 
2011 A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: photos and posters courtesy of, special thanks)
 
2011/I Mute (short) (very special thanks)
 
2010 Project Nine (very special thanks)
 
2009 This Is the Place (short) (special thanks)
 
2009 In the Deathroom (video short) (special thanks)
 
2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2007/I The Mist (special thanks)
 
2007 Mr. Butters Syndrome (short) (special thanks)
 
2007 Diary of the Dead (very special thanks)
 
2006 Lovecraft's Pillow (short) (special thanks)
 
2005 The Mangler Reborn (video) (special thanks)
 
2005 La femme dans la chambre (short) (special thanks)
 
2005 Another Happy Ending (short) (special thanks)
 
2005 Desolation Sound (special thanks)
 
2004 A Shadow Before Sunrise (short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Clive Barker: Raising Hell (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Investigating Kingdom Hospital: The Journals of Eleanor Druse (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
2003 Valhalla (short) (special thanks)
 
2003 1080: Avalanche (Video Game) (special thanks)
 
2003 Sand Country (short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Unlocking Rose Red: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
2000 Walking the Mile (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 F13 (Video Game) (thanks)
 
1999 The Green Mile (special thanks)
 
1998 Free Enterprise (grateful acknowledgment)
 
1994 The Shawshank Redemption (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
2011 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Tom Brokaw (2009) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #6.120 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV series)
Himself
– Stephen King (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Postcards from Bangor (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #2.132 (2006) … Himself - Musical Guest (as The Rock Bottom Remainders)
 
1999-2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 February 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
2005 Fever Pitch
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 NewsNight with Aaron Brown (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Stephen King (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 2004 World Series (TV mini-series)
Himself - Crowd Member
 
2004 Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself - Author
– 'Dreamcatcher': Unraveling the Nightmare (2003) … Himself - Author
 
2003 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Walking the Tracks: The Summer of 'Stand by Me' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
– Insane Clown Poppy (2000) … Himself (voice)
 
2000 Walking the Mile (video documentary short)
Himself - Author
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Miracle of 'The Green Mile' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Cider House Rules: The Making of an American Classic (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 September 1998 (1998) … Himself - Guest
 
1998 The X-Files Movie Special (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Dennis Miller Live (TV series)
Himself
– The Fear of Flying (1998) … Himself
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The Stand: The Making of... (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1986 Stephen King's World of Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.36 (1982) … Himself
 
1980 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 August 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2006 Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'The Green Mile' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': Stephen King Territory (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Stephen King's 'Pet Sematary': The Characters (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-Head, Part 2 (video documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 49º premis Sant Jordi de cinematografía (TV special)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

(1999) Novel: "Hearts in Atlantis" (filmed as Hearts in Atlantis See more »

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1 Biographical Movie  | 4 Print Biographies  | 14 Interviews  | 28 Articles  | 5 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Richard Bachman | The Rock Bottom Remainders | John Swithen

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Personal Quote:

I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami. See more »

Trivia:

Supposedly created his pseudonym Richard Bachman by reading a novel by Donald E. Westlake, whose pseudonym is Richard Stark, while listening to Bachman-Turner Overdrive. See more »

Trademark:

Often depicts small-town life, particularly in the fictional Castle Rock, as having a dark and dangerous underside to it. See more »

Nickname:

The King of horror See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo