Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz
Waltz in 2017
Born (1956-10-04) 4 October 1956 (age 68)
Vienna, Austria
Citizenship
  • Austria
  • Germany
  • United States (from 2020)
OccupationActor
Years active1977–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
Jacqueline Rauch
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(divorced)​
  • Judith Holste
Children4
AwardsFull list

Christoph Waltz (German: [ˈkʀɪstɔf ˈvalts]; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian and German actor. Primarily active in the United States,[1][2][3] he gained international recognition for his portrayal of villainous and supporting roles in English-language films. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Waltz's American breakthrough role came in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, in which he played Hans Landa, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award. He collaborated with Tarantino again in Django Unchained (2012), for which he earned his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, this time for his performance as a bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz.

He has also starred in Carnage (2011), The Zero Theorem (2013), Big Eyes (2014), Downsizing (2017), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), and The French Dispatch (2021). He appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond films Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).

  1. ^ "Pass-Hickhack: Christoph Waltz wird im Eilverfahren zum Österreicher – Nachrichten Kultur". Die Welt (in German). Welt.de. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Österreichische Staatsbürgerschaft für Christoph Waltz'". Der Standard. 8 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Waltz fühlt sich definitiv als Österreicher – Boulevard". Focus.de. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2011.