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Christoph Waltz
ACTOR

Christoph Waltz

Known for No Time to Die · Only Murders in the Building · Minions & Monsters

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…

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Born
Oct 4, 1956
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria
Known For
Acting

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.

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Known For

MOVIENo Time to Die
No Time to DieBlofeld · 2021
★ 7.3
TVOnly Murders in the Building
Only Murders in the BuildingBash Steed · 2021
★ 8.4
MOVIEMinions & Monsters
Minions & MonstersMax (voice) · 2026
★ 7.6
TVSaturday Night Live
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1975
★ 6.9
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 2014
★ 5.8
TVThe Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 2007
★ 7.2
TVConan
ConanSelf · 2010
★ 7.2
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf · 2003
★ 6.0

Filmography

Movies

Der EinstandGünter Vesely
1977
Die goldene Rose von Montreux
1978
BreakthroughParamedic
1979
Feuer!Karl Albrecht Schlick
1979
The World MachineYoung Painter / New York Diner Youth
1981
DM
Dr. Margarete JohnsohnRainer
1982
Fire and SwordTristan
1982
HeadstandMarkus Dorn
1982
The Mysterious StrangerErnst Wasserman
1982
The SandmanNathanael
1983
DW
Die WupperAugust Puderbach, Färber
1985
The Lenz PapersFranz Sigel
1986
WahnfriedFriedrich Nietzsche
1986
DA
Das andere LebenStefan
1987
Der einsame WegFelix
1987
GoldeneyeGerman Spy
1989
Quicker Than the EyePolizeichef
1989
The Mortal FortuneGuy on Train (uncredited)
1989
Life for Life: Maximilian KolbeJan Tytz
1991
St. Petri Schnee
1991
5 Zimmer, Küche, BadHartwig Klemmnitz
1992
Die Angst wird bleibenManfred
1992
JacobMorasch
1994
Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von EuskirchenErwin Mikolajczyk
1994
Ein Anfang von etwasHerbert Sobieski
1995
Man in Search of WomanChristoph
1995
PZ
Prinz zu entsorgenRoman Hertz
1995
The TouristStephan Görner
1995
Catherine the GreatMirovich
1996
You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black StoryRoy Black
1996
BlutsbrüderKlaus Mandel
1997
Our God's BrotherMax, Maksymilian Gierymski
1997
Das FinaleKant
1998
EE
Einsteins Ende
1998
Love Scenes from Planet EarthCharly
1998
ME
Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer TotenMoritz Fink
1998
Night TimeBecker
1998
Rache für mein totes KindPaul
1998
VA
Vickys AlptraumJohnny
1998
Dessine-moi un jouetKlaus Hermann
1999
Die BrautHerzog Carl August
1999
Falling RocksLouis
2000
Ordinary Decent CriminalPeter
2000
The BeastFinanzbeamter Fink
2000
WM
Wenn man sich trautDirector
2000
Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient ExpressOssama/Tarik
2001
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard OetkerDieter Cilov
2001
Engel sucht FlügelCaspari
2001
Queen's MessengerBen Samm
2001
RL
Rieke's LoveTrainer Peter Karlhoff
2001
She Who Must Be ObeyedMichael Vincey
2001
Weihnachtsmann gesuchtJohannes Böhmke
2002
AngstAnalytiker
2003
Berlin BluesArzt
2003
Der Mörder ist unter unsMartin Bach
2003
D-
Dienstreise - Was für eine NachtKlaus-Dieter Lehmann
2003
DorianRolf Steiner
2003
Gun-shyJohannsen
2003
Jagd auf den FlammenmannBrisky
2003
JennerweinPföderl
2003
Tiger Eyes See BetterDr. Thilo Rylow
2003
Two Days of HopeMichael Berg
2003
Mörderische SucheRichard Benedek
2004
SM
Scheidungsopfer MannBenedikt von Arn
2004
FG
Franziskas Gespür für MännerKarl Löwen
2006
Lapislazuli - Im Auge des BärenCzerny
2006
Die VerzauberungDr. Helmut Bahr
2007
Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur LiebeFrank 'Büffel' Arbogast
2007
Das Geheimnis im WaldHans Kortmann
2008
TodsündeSebastian Flies
2008
Inglourious BasterdsCOL. Hans Landa
2009
CarnageAlan Cowan
2011
The Green HornetChudnofsky
2011
The Three MusketeersRichelieu
2011
Water for ElephantsAugust Rosenbluth
2011
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy ReliefSelf
2012
Django UnchainedDr. King Schultz
2012
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor HerzlTheodor Herzl (voice)
2012
EpicMandrake (voice)
2013
OT
Ode to JoyThe Man
2013
The Prime Ministers: The PioneersMenachem Begin (voice)
2013
The Zero TheoremQohen Leth
2013
The Zero TheoremCo-Producer
2013
Big EyesWalter Keane
2014
Horrible Bosses 2Bert Hanson
2014
Muppets Most WantedChristoph Waltz
2014
Oh du mein ÖsterreichSelf
2015
SpectreBlofeld
2015
The Making of Big EyesHimself
2015
The Legend of TarzanCaptain Leon Rom
2016
DownsizingDusan Mirkovic
2017
Tulip FeverCornelis Sandvoort
2017
Alita: Battle AngelDr. Dyson Ido
2019
GeorgetownUlrich Mott
2019
GeorgetownDirector
2019
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvreSelf
2019
QT8: The First EightSelf
2019
Cinema Austria, the first 112 YearsHimself
2020
FidelioDirector
2020
Little BerlinNarrator
2020
Most Dangerous GameMiles Sellars
2020
Rifkin's FestivalDeath
2020
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of EvilSelf (archive footage)
2021
No Time to DieBlofeld
2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunPaul Duval
2021
Dead for a DollarMax Borlund
2022
Dead for a DollarExecutive Producer
2022
Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioCount Volpe (voice)
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved CinemaSelf
2022
Most Dangerous Game: New YorkMiles Sellars
2023
The Portable DoorHumphrey Wells / John Wells Snr
2023
Old GuyDanny Dolinski
2024
DraculaPriest
2025
FrankensteinHarlander
2025
Frankenstein: The Anatomy LessonSelf - Harlander
2025
Minions & MonstersMax (voice)
2026
EN
Every Note PlayedRichard
GR
Gilded RageThomas Gilbert Sr.
Wilder & MeBilly Wilder

Television

BambiSelf · 1 eps
1948
The OscarsSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1953
The OscarsSelf · 1 eps
1953
GA
Grimme AwardSelf · 2 eps
1964
Scene of the CrimeInspektor Passini · 1 eps
1970
Scene of the CrimeGerd Weißenbach · 1 eps
1970
Scene of the CrimeProf. Robert Henze · 1 eps
1970
Polizeiruf 110Dr. Grins · 1 eps
1971
3N
3 nach 9Self · 1 eps
1974
DerrickEberhard Bothe · 1 eps
1974
DerrickSchumann · 1 eps
1974
AD
Am dam desSelf · 1 eps
1975
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1 eps
1975
The Old FoxHans Baumeister · 1 eps
1977
The Old FoxChristian Kamp · 1 eps
1977
Parole ChicagoEde · 13 eps
1979
A Case For TwoAlf · 1 eps
1981
Wetten, dass..?Self · 1 eps
1981
Lenz oder die FreiheitFranz Sigel · 4 eps
1986
TA
The Alien YearsStefan Mueller · 3 eps
1988
BP
Blauer PantherSelf · 1 eps
1989
RA
Romy AwardSelf · 1 eps
1990
The Gravy TrainDr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann · 4 eps
1990
NapoleonKarl Emmanuel · 6 eps
1991
The Gravy Train Goes EastHan-Joachim Dorfmann · 4 eps
1991
A King for BurningJan Bockelson · 2 eps
1993
F
FaustGerhardt Schulze-Leitner · 1 eps
1994
Inspector RexMartin Wolf · 1 eps
1994
Rosa RothWietze · 1 eps
1994
Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf · 3 eps
1995
DS
Die StaatsanwältinAndreas Doepke · 3 eps
1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRASelf · 1 eps
1995
SchimanskiKlaus Mandel · 1 eps
1997
Der letzte ZeugeMartin York · 1 eps
1998
Deutscher FernsehpreisSelf · 1 eps
1999
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard OetkerDieter Cilov · 2 eps
2001
Under SuspicionThomas Sell · 1 eps
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self · 1 eps
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest · 1 eps
2003
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf · 1 eps
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 1 eps
2003
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nieRichard Seemann · 1 eps
2004
SW
Schöne Witwen küssen besserJean-France · 2 eps
2004
Der StaatsanwaltDr. Claudius Tressen · 1 eps
2005
Die PatriarchinWolf Sevening · 3 eps
2005
G-
G&G - Gesichter und GeschichtenSelf · 1 eps
2005
Kommissar StolbergPaul Büttner · 1 eps
2006
The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 1 eps
2007
Between Two Ferns with Zach GalifianakisSelf · 1 eps
2008
Das jüngste GerichtPeters · 2 eps
2008
Die AnwälteHerbert Jahn · 1 eps
2008
ConanSelf · 1 eps
2010
Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSelf · 1 eps
2012
DM
Der MeisterfälscherSelf · 1 eps
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 1 eps
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf · 1 eps
2014
The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf · 1 eps
2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2015
Clique TalkSelf · 1 eps
2016
Most Dangerous GameMiles Sellars · 27 eps
2020
StagedChristoph · 1 eps
2020
Last MealsSelf · 1 eps
2021
Only Murders in the BuildingBash Steed · 5 eps
2021
The ConsultantRegus Patoff · 8 eps
2023
The ConsultantExecutive Producer
2023
Only Murders in the Building: Official PodcastSelf · 2 eps
2025
Tim Burton: Life in the LineSelf · 4 eps
2025

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