Christoph Waltz

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Biography

Christoph Waltz (born October 4, 1956) is an Austrian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Hans Landa in the film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Christoph Waltz studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. He started as a stage actor, playing at venues like Zurich’s Schauspielhaus Zürich, Vienna’s Burgtheater, or the Salzburg Festival. He became a prolific actor on television. In 2000, he directed his first film, the TV production Wenn man sich traut. In Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, Waltz portrayed Standartenführer Hans Landa aka “The Jew Hunter”. For this role, he received the Best Actor Award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and has received acclaim for the performance from critics and the public. In 2009, he began sweeping critics’ awards circuits, receiving awards for… read more

Christoph Waltz (born October 4, 1956) is an Austrian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Hans Landa in the film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Christoph Waltz studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. He started as a stage actor, playing at venues like Zurich’s Schauspielhaus Zürich, Vienna’s Burgtheater, or the Salzburg Festival. He became a prolific actor on television. In 2000, he directed his first film, the TV production Wenn man sich traut. In Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, Waltz portrayed Standartenführer Hans Landa aka “The Jew Hunter”. For this role, he received the Best Actor Award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and has received acclaim for the performance from critics and the public. In 2009, he began sweeping critics’ awards circuits, receiving awards for Best Supporting Actor role from the New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 67th Golden Globe Awards and the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Finally, he won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 82nd Academy Awards. Waltz is a method actor, and continued to play his role as the “Jew Hunter” off the set of Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino acknowledged the importance of Waltz to his film by stating: “I think that Landa is one of the best characters I’ve ever written and ever will write, and Christoph played it to a tee… It’s true that if I couldn’t have found someone as good as Christoph I might not have made Inglourious Basterds.”

Waltz has agreed to star alongside Stephen Fry in Guy Sharpe’s eagerly anticipated TV detective series The Marvellous Manatee and the Crafty Crow. Sharpe chose Waltz after enjoying his portrayal of the Jew Hunter in Inglourious Basterds and felt he would fit the bill perfectly as the crow. Filming begins early 2012. —Wikipedia

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