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Christoph Waltz

Acting

Born October 4, 1956 · Vienna, Austria

Biography

Christoph Waltz (born October 4, 1956) is an Austrian actor who also holds German and an American citizenship. He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS Colonel Hans Landa in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010.

Awards & recognition

  • European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award · 2015
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2013
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 2013
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2013
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2010
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  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 2010
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 2010
  • Romy · 2010
  • Cannes Film Festival AwardBest Actor · 2009
  • Bavarian TV Awards · 1997
  • O.E. Hasse Award · 1982
  • Austrian DecorationScience and Art
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2013 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2010 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Only Murders in the Building

2021as Bash Steed

Django Unchained

2012as Dr. King Schultz

Inglourious Basterds

2009as COL. Hans Landa

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022as Count Volpe (voice)

Staged

2020as Christoph

Frankenstein

2025as Harlander

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

2022as Self

The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers

2013as Menachem Begin (voice)

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008as Self

Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson

2025as Self - Harlander

No Time to Die

2021as Blofeld

Alita: Battle Angel

2019as Dr. Dyson Ido

QT8: The First Eight

2019as Self

Carnage

2011as Alan Cowan

Conan

2010as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Kommissar Rex

1994as Martin Wolf

Dracula

2025as Priest

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

2012as Self

The French Dispatch

2021as Paul Duval

Big Eyes

2014as Walter Keane

Water for Elephants

2011as August Rosenbluth

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Most Dangerous Game

as Miles Sellars

The Consultant

2023as Regus Patoff

Spectre

2015as Blofeld

Epic

2013as Mandrake (voice)

The Portable Door

2023as Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr

Tulip Fever

2017as Cornelis Sandvoort

Under Suspicion

as Thomas Sell

Muppets Most Wanted

2014as Christoph Waltz

Horrible Bosses 2

2014as Bert Hanson

Ordinary Decent Criminal

2000as Peter

Polizeiruf 110

1971as Dr. Grins

Scene of the Crime

1970as Gerd Weißenbach

Rifkin's Festival

2020as Death

The Zero Theorem

2013as Qohen Leth

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003as Self

Georgetown

2019as Ulrich Mott

The Legend of Tarzan

2016as Captain Leon Rom

Dead for a Dollar

2022as Max Borlund

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

The Three Musketeers

2011as Richelieu

Old Guy

2024as Danny Dolinski

The Green Hornet

2011as Chudnofsky

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

Downsizing

2017as Dusan Mirkovic

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014as Self

Dorian

2003as Rolf Steiner