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Checco Zalone

Checco Zalone, stage name of Luca Pasquale Medici, is an Italian comedy actor, musician, and film director whose satirical films have repeatedly set Italian box office records.

Check (film)

Check (చెక్) is a 2021 Telugu prison thriller directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, starring Nithiin, Rakul Preet Singh, and Priya Prakash Varrier; a death-row inmate fights a wrongful terrorism conviction through chess, released 26 February 2021.

Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule

Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule is an Adult Swim comedy (2010–2016, five seasons) starring John C. Reilly as an awkward public access host, a spin-off of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! with 12-minute single-topic episodes.

Check-in Hanyang (체크인 한양)

Check-in Hanyang (체크인 한양) is a 2024-2025 Channel A, 16-episode youth romance sageuk set at the fictional Joseon hotel Yongcheonru, starring Bae In-hyuk and Kim Ji-eun, streamed on Netflix and Viki.

Checkered Ninja

Checkered Ninja (Ternet Ninja) is a 2018 Danish animated comedy by Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen about boy Aske and a possessed ninja doll; a record-breaking Danish box-office franchise with two sequels and a 2027 musical.

Checkmate (民国大侦探)

Checkmate (民国大侦探, Min Guo Da Zhen Tan) is a 2022 24-episode iQiyi Republican-era detective drama adapted from Agatha Christie's Poirot stories, the first authorized Chinese-language adaptation, starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Yunlong.

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie (2024) is David Bushell's documentary debut about the stoner comedy duo, framed as a desert road trip; premiered at SXSW 2024, released theatrically April 25, 2025, streaming on Paramount+.

Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin (born 1946, Richard Anthony Marin) is an American comedian, actor, and art collector; half of Cheech and Chong, star of Born in East L.A. and Nash Bridges, and founder of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.

Cheekatilo (చీకటిలో)

Cheekatilo (చీకటిలో, "In the darkness") is a 2026 Telugu crime thriller directed by Sharan Koppisetty, starring Sobhita Dhulipala as podcaster Sandhya, released 23 January 2026 on Prime Video.

Cheekh (چيخ)

Cheekh (چیخ, "Scream") is a 2019 Pakistani Urdu-language ARY Digital serial, 30 episodes, written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah, directed by Badar Mehmood, starring Saba Qamar as Mannat seeking justice for her friend Nayab's murder.

Cheeni Kum (चीनी कुम)

Cheeni Kum (चीनी कुम), 2007 Hindi romantic comedy, R. Balki's directorial debut, starring Amitabh Bachchan as 64-year-old London chef Buddhadev Gupta and Tabu as 34-year-old Nina Verma; released 25 May 2007, music by Ilaiyaraaja.

Cheer (TV series)

Cheer is a Netflix documentary series (2020-2022) by Greg Whiteley following Navarro College's cheer team and coach Monica Aldama toward the Daytona national championship; two seasons, 15 episodes, Emmy-winning, with a Jerry Harris scandal in season 2.

Cheer Up (치얼업) (South Korean TV series)

Cheer Up (치얼업) is a 2022 SBS campus mystery rom-com starring Han Ji-hyun and Bae In-hyuk about a struggling university cheer squad inspired by Yonsei's Akaraka and the Yonsei-Korea University rivalry.

Cheer Up Baby

Cheer Up, Baby! (also Cheer Up Baby) is a 57-episode American vertical micro-drama released July 22, 2025 on DramaBox, directed by Danny Farber, starring Halle Fletcher and Noah Andre in a high-school enemies-to-lovers cheerleading romance.

Cheer Up! (발칙하게 고고) (TV series)

Cheer Up! (발칙하게 고고, Sassy Go Go) is a 2015 KBS2, 12-episode high-school K-drama in which rival dance club Real King and elite study club Baek Ho are forced into one cheerleading squad, starring Jeong Eun-ji, Lee Won-geun, Chae Soo-bin, and VIXX's N; distinct from SBS's 2022 college series Cheer Up.

Cheerful Wind (风儿踢踏踩)

Cheerful Wind (風兒踢踏踩, aka Play While You Play) is Hou Hsiao-hsien's 1981/1982 Taiwanese romantic comedy, starring Feng Fei-fei and Kenny Bee in a love triangle on Penghu, restored in 2018.

Cheers

Cheers is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1993, set in a Boston bar owned by former baseball pitcher Sam Malone.

Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩) (film)

Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩) is a 2018 South Korean romance thriller film directed by Kim Je-yeong and starring Park Hae-jin, adapted from Soonkki's Naver webtoon of the same name.

Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩) (TV series)

Cheese in the Trap (치즈인더트랩) is a 2016 tvN Korean drama adapted from Soonkki's Naver webtoon, starring Park Hae-jin and Kim Go-eun, 16 episodes, aired January 4 to March 1, 2016, record US$2 million China export.

Cheese Sandwich (My Little Pony)

Cheese Sandwich is a male Earth pony party planner in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, voiced by "Weird Al" Yankovic; he debuts in "Pinkie Pride" (2014), returns in "The Last Laugh" (2019), and is Pinkie Pie's husband and Li'l Cheese's father in the finale.

Cheese Shop sketch

Cheese Shop sketch: a 1972 Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch (episode 33, "Salad Days") in which John Cleese's customer finds no cheese at the National Cheese Emporium, written by Cleese and Graham Chapman after a seasick Folkestone shoot.

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys: pejorative slang for French people, coined by Ken Keeler for a 1995 Simpsons episode spoken by Groundskeeper Willie, popularized by Jonah Goldberg during the 2003 Iraq dispute.

Cheetah (character)

The Cheetah is a DC Comics supervillain and foe of Wonder Woman, debuting in Wonder Woman #6 (1943). Best known holder: archaeologist Barbara Ann Minerva (Wonder Woman vol. 2 #7, 1987), transformed by the plant god Urzkartaga.

Chef (South Park)

Chef (Jerome McElroy) is South Park Elementary's cafeteria cook in South Park, voiced by Isaac Hayes 1997-2006, killed off in 'The Return of Chef' after Hayes' Scientology-related exit.

Chehre

Chehre (चेहरे) is a 2021 Hindi mystery thriller directed by Rumi Jaffery, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi, in which a stranded ad executive faces a mock trial by retired legal veterans; released 27 August 2021, later on Prime Video.

Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (செக்கா சிவந்த வானம்)

Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (செக்கா சிவந்த வானம்), 2018 Tamil crime drama by Mani Ratnam with A. R. Rahman music; three sons fight over their don father's empire after his death. Lyca/Madras Talkies, IMDb 7.1, ₹91 crore.

Chelah Horsdal

Chelah Horsdal (born 1973, Vancouver Island) is a Canadian actress, daughter of folk singer Valdy, known for Helen Smith in The Man in the High Castle, Leo Awards 2017 and 2020, and Star Trek: Discovery's President Laira Rillak.

Chelan Simmons

Chelan Simmons (born 1982, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress and former model, aka Chelan Lauren Simmons, known for Laurie Ann Winterbarger in It (1990), Ashley Freund in Final Destination 3 (2006), Hillary Shepard on Kyle XY, and Chloe in Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010).

Chella Ayyavu

Chella Ayyavu (செல்லா அய்யாவு) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor in Tamil cinema, known for Gatta Kusthi (2022) and his films with Vishnu Vishal.

Chelsea (2016 TV series)

Chelsea (2016 TV series): Netflix talk show hosted by Chelsea Handler, premiered May 11, 2016; first talk show released in 190+ countries and 20 languages simultaneously; ran two seasons, ending 2017.