Christoph Waltz
Biography
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian, German, and American actor born on October 4, 1956, in Vienna, Austria. Known for his performances in English-language films, he has established a reputation for portraying complex, villainous, and supporting characters. Throughout his career, he has garnered significant international recognition and critical acclaim for his work in cinema. Waltz is noted for his ability to deliver gleefully arch comic performances, which have contributed to his status as a prominent figure in the film industry. With 176 known credits, he remains an active and influential presence in both film and television, maintaining a high content score for his professional contributions to the entertainment field.
Career overview
Christoph Waltz gained widespread international acclaim for his collaboration with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. His portrayal of SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds served as a major breakthrough, earning him the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. For this role, he also received the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009, followed by the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010. He further solidified his professional reputation by portraying bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in the 2012 film Django Unchained, a performance that earned him his second Academy Award.
Beyond these specific roles, Waltz has been recognized for his work across a variety of projects, bringing a wide range of characters to life on the big screen. His extensive list of accolades includes two Academy Awards, two BAFTAs, and two Golden Globes. In addition to his film achievements, he has received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. His career is characterized by his consistent ability to inhabit diverse roles, ranging from villainous figures to complex supporting characters, which has cemented his standing as a versatile actor in contemporary cinema.
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- Minions & Monsters (2026) as Max (voice)
- Dracula (2025) as Priest
- Frankenstein (2025) as Harlander
- Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast (2025) as Self
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line (2025) as Self
- Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson (2025) as Self - Harlander
- Old Guy (2024) as Danny Dolinski
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line (2024) as Self
- The Consultant (2023) as Regus Patoff
- The Consultant (2023) Executive Producer
- The Portable Door (2023) as Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) as Count Volpe (voice)
- Dead for a Dollar (2022) as Max Borlund
- Dead for a Dollar (2022) Executive Producer
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) as Self
- Most Dangerous Game (2022) as Miles Sellars
- Last Meals (2021) as Self
- Only Murders in the Building (2021) as Bash Steed
- No Time to Die (2021) as Blofeld
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) as Paul Duval
- Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Most Dangerous Game (2020) as Miles Sellars
- Staged (2020) as Christoph
- Fidelio (2020) Director
- Rifkin's Festival (2020) as Death
- Little Berlin (2020) as Narrator
- Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years (2020) as Himself
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019) as Dr. Dyson Ido
- Georgetown (2019) as Ulrich Mott
- Georgetown (2019) Director
- QT8: The First Eight (2019) as Self
- Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre (2019) as Self
- Downsizing (2017) as Dusan Mirkovic
- Tulip Fever (2017) as Cornelis Sandvoort
- The Legend of Tarzan (2016) as Captain Leon Rom
- Clique Talk (2016) as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self - Guest
- Spectre (2015) as Blofeld
- Oh du mein Österreich (2015) as Self
- The Making of Big Eyes (2015) as Himself
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
- Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) as Bert Hanson
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014) as Christoph Waltz
- Big Eyes (2014) as Walter Keane
- Der Meisterfälscher (2014) as Self
- Epic (2013) as Mandrake (voice)
- The Zero Theorem (2013) as Qohen Leth
- The Zero Theorem (2013) Co-Producer
- Ode to Joy (2013) as The Man
- The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers (2013) as Menachem Begin (voice)
- Django Unchained (2012) as Dr. King Schultz
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012) as Self
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief (2012) as Self
- It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl (2012) as Theodor Herzl (voice)
- The Three Musketeers (2011) as Richelieu
- The Green Hornet (2011) as Chudnofsky
- Carnage (2011) as Alan Cowan
- Water for Elephants (2011) as August Rosenbluth
- Conan (2010) as Self
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) as COL. Hans Landa
- Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008) as Self
- Todsünde (2008) as Sebastian Flies
- Das Geheimnis im Wald (2008) as Hans Kortmann
- Die Anwälte (2008) as Herbert Jahn
- Das jüngste Gericht (2008) as Peters
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Die Verzauberung (2007) as Dr. Helmut Bahr
- Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe (2007) as Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast
- Kommissar Stolberg (2006) as Paul Büttner
- Franziskas Gespür für Männer (2006) as Karl Löwen
- Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären (2006) as Czerny
- Der Staatsanwalt (2005) as Dr. Claudius Tressen
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten (2005) as Self
- Die Patriarchin (2005) as Wolf Sevening
- Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie (2004) as Richard Seemann
- Mörderische Suche (2004) as Richard Benedek
- Schöne Witwen küssen besser (2004) as Jean-France
- Scheidungsopfer Mann (2004) as Benedikt von Arn
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Berlin Blues (2003) as Arzt
- Tiger Eyes See Better (2003) as Dr. Thilo Rylow
- Angst (2003) as Analytiker
- Gun-shy (2003) as Johannsen
- Two Days of Hope (2003) as Michael Berg
- Dorian (2003) as Rolf Steiner
- Der Mörder ist unter uns (2003) as Martin Bach
- Jennerwein (2003) as Pföderl
- Jagd auf den Flammenmann (2003) as Brisky
- Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht (2003) as Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
- Under Suspicion (2002) as Thomas Sell
- Weihnachtsmann gesucht (2002) as Johannes Böhmke
- Engel sucht Flügel (2001) as Caspari
- Rieke's Love (2001) as Trainer Peter Karlhoff
- Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001) as Dieter Cilov
- She Who Must Be Obeyed (2001) as Michael Vincey
- Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001) as Dieter Cilov
- Queen's Messenger (2001) as Ben Samm
- Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express (2001) as Ossama/Tarik
- The Beast (2000) as Finanzbeamter Fink
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) as Peter
- Wenn man sich traut (2000) Director
- Falling Rocks (2000) as Louis
- German Television Award (1999) as Self
- Dessine-moi un jouet (1999) as Klaus Hermann
- Die Braut (1999) as Herzog Carl August
- Der letzte Zeuge (1998) as Martin York
- Rache für mein totes Kind (1998) as Paul
- Einsteins Ende (1998)
- Love Scenes from Planet Earth (1998) as Charly
- Night Time (1998) as Becker
- Das Finale (1998) as Kant
- Vickys Alptraum (1998) as Johnny
- Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten (1998) as Moritz Fink
- Schimanski (1997) as Klaus Mandel
- Blutsbrüder (1997) as Klaus Mandel
- Our God's Brother (1997) as Max, Maksymilian Gierymski
- Catherine the Great (1996) as Mirovich
- You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story (1996) as Roy Black
- Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
- Kulturzeit (1995) as self
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA (1995) as Self
- The Tourist (1995) as Stephan Görner
- Man in Search of Woman (1995) as Christoph
- Ein Anfang von etwas (1995) as Herbert Sobieski
- Prinz zu entsorgen (1995) as Roman Hertz
- Die Staatsanwältin (1995) as Andreas Doepke
- Inspector Rex (1994) as Martin Wolf
- Rosa Roth (1994) as Wietze
- Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen (1994) as Erwin Mikolajczyk
- Faust (1994) as Gerhardt Schulze-Leitner
- Jacob (1994) as Morasch
- A King for Burning (1993) as Jan Bockelson
- 5 Zimmer, Küche, Bad (1992) as Hartwig Klemmnitz
- Die Angst wird bleiben (1992) as Manfred
- Napoleon (1991) as Karl Emmanuel
- Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991) as Jan Tytz
- The Gravy Train Goes East (1991) as Han-Joachim Dorfmann
- St. Petri Schnee (1991)
- Romy Award (1990) as Self
- The Gravy Train (1990) as Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann
- Blauer Panther (1989) as Self
- Quicker Than the Eye (1989) as Polizeichef
- The Mortal Fortune (1989) as Guy on Train (uncredited)
- Goldeneye (1989) as German Spy
- The Alien Years (1988) as Stefan Mueller
- Das andere Leben (1987) as Stefan
- Der einsame Weg (1987) as Felix
- Wahnfried (1986) as Friedrich Nietzsche
- Lenz oder die Freiheit (1986) as Franz Sigel
- The Lenz Papers (1986) as Franz Sigel
- Die Wupper (1985) as August Puderbach, Färber
- The Sandman (1983) as Nathanael
- Dr. Margarete Johnsohn (1982) as Rainer
- The Mysterious Stranger (1982) as Ernst Wasserman
- Headstand (1982) as Markus Dorn
- Fire and Sword (1982) as Tristan
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- A Case For Two (1981) as Alf
- The World Machine (1981) as Young Painter / New York Diner Youth
- Breakthrough (1979) as Paramedic
- Parole Chicago (1979) as Ede
- Feuer! (1979) as Karl Albrecht Schlick
- Die goldene Rose von Montreux (1978)
- The Old Fox (1977) as Hans Baumeister
- The Old Fox (1977) as Christian Kamp
- Der Einstand (1977) as Günter Vesely
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Am dam des (1975) as Self
- Derrick (1974) as Eberhard Bothe
- Derrick (1974) as Schumann
- 3 nach 9 (1974) as Self
- Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Dr. Grins
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Inspektor Passini
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Gerd Weißenbach
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Prof. Robert Henze
- Grimme Award (1964) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self - Presenter
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Bambi (1948) as Self
- Every Note Played as Richard
- Wilder & Me as Billy Wilder
- Gilded Rage as Thomas Gilbert Sr.