Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz (German: [ˈkʀɪstɔf ˈvalts]; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian and German actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Since 2009, he has mainly been active in the United States.[1][2][3]

Waltz’ American breakthrough role came in Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, in which he played SS officer Hans Landa. He collaborated with Tarantino again in 2012, when he played bounty hunter King Schultz in Django Unchained. For each performance, he earned an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Landa.[4]

Waltz has also starred in Roman Polanski’s dark comedy Carnage (2011), Terry Gilliam’s science fiction film The Zero Theorem (2013), Tim Burton’s biographical film Big Eyes (2014), Alexander Payne’s satire Downsizing (2017), and Woody Allen’s comedy Rifkin’s Festival (2020). Waltz also gained acclaim for his performance as James Bond’s nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Sam Mendes’ Spectre (2015),[5] a role which he reprised in Cary Joji Fukunaga’s No Time to Die (2021). For his role as Walter Keane in Big Eyes, he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.