Christoph Waltz

Austrian and German actor

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Born 1956 · age 70Germany

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    Born 1956
  • Known for
    Dracula
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Summary
Updated 2026-08-29

Christoph Waltz owns the screen as the villain you can't stop watching — the SS officer in Inglourious Basterds, the Bond arch-nemesis Blofeld. Two Oscars, both for playing men who smile while the threat unfolds.

Biography

About

Waltz spent decades working German television and theatre before Quentin Tarantino cast him as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds in 2009, a performance that won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He reunited with Tarantino three years later in Django Unchained, playing bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz — a second Oscar in the same category. The roles that followed leaned into that precision: Ernst Stavro Blofeld across two James Bond films, plus turns in Carnage, Big Eyes, Downsizing, Alita: Battle Angel, and The French Dispatch. Bo…

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  • European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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64.2
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Historical33.3
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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