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Chapelwaite
Chapelwaite is a 2021 ten-episode horror drama on Epix (later MGM+), adapted from Stephen King's short story "Jerusalem's Lot" (Night Shift, 1978), starring Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire; it was cancelled in 2023 after one season.
Chaplin (film)
Chaplin is a 1992 biographical drama directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin, covering his rise from London poverty to worldwide fame and his 1972 return to America.
Chaplin family
The Chaplin family, an acting dynasty from London music hall founders Charles Chaplin Sr. and Hannah Hill, through Charlie Chaplin, his four marriages, eleven children including Geraldine and Sydney, and the family companies holding his film rights.
Chappaquiddick (film)
Chappaquiddick is a 2018 American historical drama directed by John Curran and starring Jason Clarke as Senator Ted Kennedy, dramatizing the 1969 car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne.
Chappelle's Show
Chappelle's Show, created by Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, was a Comedy Central sketch comedy series (2003–2006) using blunt racial satire; Chappelle abandoned a reported $50 million contract mid-production of season three.
Chappie (film)
Chappie is Neill Blomkamp's 2015 Sony/MRC science fiction action film about a Johannesburg police droid given true AI, starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Die Antwoord, Sigourney Weaver, and Hugh Jackman; $49M budget, about $102M gross, Metacritic 41.
Chapter (books)
Chapter (books): a division of a book's text, the principal unit of most prose works, heading and number listed in a table of contents; also the children's chapter book format and the scholarly edited-volume chapter.
Chapter 1: The Mandalorian
Chapter 1: The Mandalorian is the November 12, 2019 series premiere of The Mandalorian on Disney+, written by Jon Favreau and directed by Dave Filoni, following the bounty hunter's cryptic 50-year-old target assignment and the Baby Yoda reveal.
Chapter 11: The Heiress
Chapter 11: The Heiress is the third episode of The Mandalorian season 2 (released November 13, 2020), written by Jon Favreau and directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, marking Bo-Katan Kryze's live-action debut and redirecting Din Djarin toward Ahsoka Tano.
Chapter 13: The Jedi
Chapter 13: The Jedi is The Mandalorian season 2 episode 5 (aired November 27, 2020), written and directed by Dave Filoni. It debuts Ahsoka Tano in live action (Rosario Dawson), names the Child Grogu, and won a 2021 Emmy for writing.
Chapter 16: The Rescue
Chapter 16: The Rescue is the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian, aired December 18, 2020 on Disney+. Written by Jon Favreau, directed by Peyton Reed; Din Djarin rescues Grogu from Moff Gideon as a de-aged Luke Skywalker arrives, setting up The Book of Boba Fett.
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 is a 2007 drama, also called Chapter Twenty-Seven, directed by J.P. Schaefer, starring Jared Leto as Mark David Chapman in the days before he killed John Lennon; Sundance premiere, 18% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Chapter 5: The Gunslinger
Chapter 5: The Gunslinger is the fifth episode of The Mandalorian season 1, written and directed by Dave Filoni, aired December 6, 2019 on Disney+. Set on Tatooine, it features Peli Motto, Toro Calican, and Fennec Shand.
Chapter 51
Chapter 51 (第51章) is a 2025 Tyler Shields mockumentary comedy-mystery in which former FBI agent Thomas Scott reopens the Hollywood Killer case; first feature shot on every film format, including new Anamorphic IMAX.
Chapter 6: The Prisoner
Chapter 6: The Prisoner is episode 6 of The Mandalorian season 1, directed by Rick Famuyiwa, aired December 13, 2019, in which the Mandalorian joins mercenaries including Bill Burr's Mayfeld to break a prisoner from a New Republic prison ship.
Chapter 8: Redemption
Chapter 8: Redemption is the season 1 finale of The Mandalorian, also called Kapitel 8: Erlösung; written by Jon Favreau, directed by Taika Waititi, aired December 27, 2019, featuring IG-11's sacrifice and the Darksaber reveal.
Chapter 9: The Marshal
Chapter 9: The Marshal is the season-two premiere of The Mandalorian, written and directed by Jon Favreau, aired October 30, 2020 on Disney+, introducing Cobb Vanth, Boba Fett's armor, and the krayt dragon.
Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up
Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up is the 128-minute series finale of Stranger Things season 5, aired December 31, 2025 on Netflix; written by the Duffer Brothers and Caitlin Schneiderhan, ending with Eleven's ambiguous fate and a Dungeons & Dragons callback.
Chapter Five: Shock Jock
"Chapter Five: Shock Jock" is the fifth episode of the final season of Stranger Things, written by Curtis Gwinn and directed by Frank Darabont, premiering on Netflix on December 25, 2025.
Chapter Four: Sorcerer
Chapter Four: Sorcerer is the fourth episode of Stranger Things season 5, released November 26, 2025; written by Paul Dichter, directed by the Duffer Brothers, it closes Volume 1 with Kali's return and Will Byers unlocking psychic powers.
Chapter One: The Crawl
Chapter One: The Crawl is the premiere of Stranger Things season 5, the 35th episode overall, released on Netflix November 26, 2025. It opens with a retconned 1983 Will Byers abduction by Vecna and follows Hopper's crawl missions into the quarantined Upside Down.
Chapter Seven: The Bridge
Chapter Seven: The Bridge is the penultimate episode of Stranger Things season 5, released December 25, 2025. Written by the Duffer Brothers, co-directed with Shawn Levy, it reveals the Upside Down as a wormhole to the Abyss and features Will Byers coming out; it became the series' lowest-rated IMDb episode amid review bombing.
Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz
Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz is Stranger Things season 5 episode 6, released December 25, 2025 on Netflix; written by Kate Trefry, directed by Shawn Levy, in which Max and Holly escape Vecna's mindscape.
Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap
"Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap" is episode 3 of Stranger Things season 5, released November 26, 2025 on Netflix. Written by Caitlin Schneiderhan and directed by Frank Darabont, it follows the Hawkins group's plan to drug the Turnbow family and trap a Demogorgon with a tracker.
Chapter Two (film)
Chapter Two (1979) is Robert Moore's film of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical Broadway comedy, starring James Caan and Marsha Mason as newlyweds; 857-performance stage hit, Mason Oscar-nominated, Columbia/Rastar release.
Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler
Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler is episode 2 of Stranger Things season 5 (2025), written and directed by the Duffer brothers. A Demogorgon abducts Holly Wheeler, revealing Mr. Whatsit as Vecna; released November 26, 2025 on Netflix.
Char Aznable (シャア・アズナブル)
Char Aznable (シャア・アズナブル), true name Casval Rem Deikun, is the masked Zeon ace "Red Comet" of Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), later Quattro Bajeena and Neo Zeon leader in Char's Counterattack (1988), voiced by Shuichi Ikeda.
Character actor
Character actor: a performer known for distinctive, eccentric, or humorous supporting roles rather than leads, contrasted with the lead actor or star; first defined by The Stage in 1888, marked by transformation skill and typecasting effects.
Characters and races of The Dark Crystal
Characters and races of The Dark Crystal: the peoples of the planet Thra in Jim Henson's 1982 film and the 2019 prequel Age of Resistance, created with Brian Froud: Gelfling, Skeksis, urRu, urSkeks, Podlings, Aughra, and the seven Gelfling clans.
Characters in Hamlet
Characters in Hamlet: the cast of Shakespeare's tragedy (Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Horatio, Fortinbras), their roles and relationships, and how adaptation has recentered them.