Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, which have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies, and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee, and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Known For
Misery
(1990)
Novel
Creepshow
(1982)
Screenplay
It Chapter Two
(2019)
Novel
Stand by Me
(1986)
Novel
It
(2017)
Novel
The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Novel
Pet Sematary
(2019)
Novel
Cell
(2016)
Novel and Screenplay
The Mist
(2007)
Novel
Creepshow 2
(1987)
Short Story
The Green Mile
(1999)
Novel
1922
(2017)
Novel
Carrie
(1976)
Novel
The Dark Tower
(2017)
Novel
Gerald's Game
(2017)
Novel
The Shining
(1980)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
Carrie
(1976)
Novel
The Shining
(1980)
Novel
Creepshow
(1982)
Screenplay
The Boogeyman
(1982)
Short Story
Cujo
(1983)
Novel
The Dead Zone
(1983)
Novel
Christine
(1983)
Novel
Disciples of the Crow
(1983)
Short Story
The Woman in the Room
(1983)
Short Story
Firestarter
(1984)
Novel
Children of the Corn
(1984)
Short Story
Cat's Eye
(1985)
Screenplay and Short Story
Silver Bullet
(1985)
Screenplay and Novel
Stephen King's Golden Tales
(1985)
Novel
Stand by Me
(1986)
Novel
Maximum Overdrive
(1986)
Screenplay and Short Story
Battle
(1986)
Short Story
The Lawnmower Man
(1987)
Short Story
The Running Man
(1987)
Novel
A Return to Salem's Lot
(1987)
Characters
Creepshow 2
(1987)
Short Story
Pet Sematary
(1989)
Screenplay and Novel
Cain Rose Up
(1989)
Short Story
Misery
(1990)
Novel
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
(1990)
Story
Tales from the Darkside
(1990)
Writer
Graveyard Shift
(1990)
Short Story
Golden Years
(1991)
Writer
Sometimes They Come Back
(1991)
Short Story
Pet Sematary II
(1992)
Characters
The Lawnmower Man
(1992)
Short Story
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
(1992)
Short Story
Sleepwalkers
(1992)
Writer
Needful Things
(1993)
Novel
The Dark Half
(1993)
Novel
The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Novel
The Stand
(1994)
Writer
Dolores Claiborne
(1995)
Novel
The Mangler
(1995)
Short Story
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
(1995)
Short Story
Thinner
(1996)
Novel
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
(1996)
Characters
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
(1996)
Short Story
Ghosts
(1997)
Story
Quicksilver Highway
(1997)
Short Story
Trucks
(1997)
Short Story
The Night Flier
(1997)
Short Story
Apt Pupil
(1998)
Novel
Sometimes They Come Back... for More
(1998)
Characters
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
(1998)
Short Story
The Green Mile
(1999)
Novel
The Rage: Carrie 2
(1999)
Characters
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
(1999)
Characters
Children of the Corn: Revelation
(2001)
Characters
Hearts in Atlantis
(2001)
Book
Strawberry Spring
(2001)
Short Story
Carrie
(2002)
Novel
The Dead Zone
(2002)
Novel
Rainy Season
(2002)
Short Story
Night Surf
(2002)
Book
The Mangler 2
(2002)
Characters
Dreamcatcher
(2003)
Novel
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
(2003)
Characters
Julie Ganapathi
(2003)
Novel
Secret Window
(2004)
Novel
Kingdom Hospital
(2004)
Writer
Riding the Bullet
(2004)
Short Story
The Mangler Reborn
(2005)
Characters
Gotham Cafe
(2005)
Short Story
La Femme dans la chambre
(2005)
Short Story
Lovecraft's Pillow
(2006)
Idea
Desperation
(2006)
Novel and Teleplay
Umney's Last Case
(2006)
Short Story
Popsy
(2006)
Story and Short Story
The Mist
(2007)
Novel
1408
(2007)
Short Story
All That You Love
(2008)
Short Story
Children of the Corn
(2009)
Short Story and Screenplay
Everything's Eventual
(2009)
Short Story
Dolan's Cadillac
(2009)
Short Story
The Man Who Loved Flowers
(2010)
Short Story
The Boogeyman
(2010)
Novel
Children of the Corn: Genesis
(2011)
Characters
Postman Pat’s Pet Sematary
(2011)
Novel
Stephen King's The Boogeyman
(2012)
Novel
Mute
(2012)
Short Story
In the Deathroom
(2012)
Short Story
The Things They Left Behind
(2012)
Short Story
Carrie
(2013)
Novel
Willa
(2013)
Novel and Original Story
Harvey's Dream
(2013)
Short Story
A Good Marriage
(2014)
Writer
Big Driver
(2014)
Original Story
Susannah's Lesson
(2014)
Novel
Willa
(2015)
Short Story
Mercy
(2015)
Short Story
Cell
(2016)
Novel and Screenplay
In the Deathroom
(2016)
Original Story
Harvey's Dream
(2016)
Short Story
Nona
(2016)
Writer
Charusheela
(2016)
Original Concept
The Dark Tower
(2017)
Novel
It
(2017)
Novel
Gerald's Game
(2017)
Novel
My Pretty Pony
(2017)
Short Story
I Am the Doorway
(2017)
Short Story
1922
(2017)
Novel
Cain Rose Up
(2017)
Short Story
My Pretty Pony
(2017)
Short Story
Children of the Corn: Runaway
(2018)
Characters
I Am the Doorway
(2018)
Original Story
It Chapter Two
(2019)
Novel
Pet Sematary
(2019)
Novel
In the Tall Grass
(2019)
Novel
Doctor Sleep
(2019)
Novel
Russian Short. Vol. 2
(2019)
Story
Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman
(2019)
Novel
Georgie
(2019)
Characters
Children of the Corn
(2020)
Short Story
A Creepshow Animated Special
(2020)
Short Story
Mute
(2021)
Short Story
The Timekeepers of Eternity
(2021)
Author
Firestarter
(2022)
Novel
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
(2022)
Short Story
The Boogeyman
(2023)
Short Story
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
(2023)
Novel
All That You Love
(2023)
Short Story
The Woman in the Room
(2023)
Story
Salem's Lot
(2024)
Novel
Acting
Knightriders
(1981)
Hoagie Man
Creepshow
(1982)
Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")
Stephen King's World of Horror
(1986)
Self
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
(1986)
Self
Maximum Overdrive
(1986)
Creepshow 2
(1987)
Truck Driver
Stephen King's World of Horror
(1989)
Self
Pet Sematary
(1989)
Minister
Golden Years
(1991)
Bus Driver
The Rock Bottom Remainders
(1992)
Self
Sleepwalkers
(1992)
Cemetery Caretaker
Thinner
(1996)
Pharmacist
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
(1999)
Self
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
(2000)
Self
Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune
(2000)
Himself
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
(2000)
Self - Author
Fever Pitch
(2005)
Stephen King (uncredited)
Gotham Cafe
(2005)
Mr. Ring
Diary of the Dead
(2007)
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
(2008)
Self
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
(2011)
himself
Stuck in Love
(2013)
Self (voice)
Meister des Grauens - Thomas Gottschalk präsentiert Stephen King
(2014)
Self
Walking the Mile
(2014)
Self
Stephen King: Master of Horror
(2018)
Self
101 Seconds
(2018)
Self
It Chapter Two
(2019)
Shopkeeper
Die Stephen King Story
(2019)
Himself
The Summers of IT: Chapter One
(2019)
Self
The Summers of IT: Chapter Two
(2019)
Self
The King: Stephen King's America
(2019)
Himself
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
(2020)
Self - Writer (archive footage)
The Timekeepers of Eternity
(2021)
Tom Holby (uncredited)
King on Screen
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Directing
Crew
The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Thanks
The Green Mile
(1999)
Thanks
The Mist
(2007)
Thanks
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
(2008)
Thanks
Walking the Mile
(2014)
Thanks
Production