Christoph Waltz (born October 4, 1956) is an Austrian actor who also holds German 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.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
Spectre
(2015)
Franz Oberhauser / Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Django Unchained
(2012)
Dr. King Schultz
Downsizing
(2017)
Dusan Mirkovic
Inglourious Basterds
(2009)
SS Colonel Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa
Dead for a Dollar
(2022)
Max Borlund
Alita: Battle Angel
(2019)
Dr. Dyson Ido
No Time to Die
(2021)
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Epic
(2013)
Mandrake (voice)
The Legend of Tarzan
(2016)
Captain Leon Rom
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(2022)
Count Volpe (voice)
Horrible Bosses 2
(2014)
Bert Hanson
The Three Musketeers
(2011)
Richelieu
The French Dispatch
(2021)
Paul Duval
Muppets Most Wanted
(2014)
Christoph Waltz
The Green Hornet
(2011)
Chudnofsky
Tulip Fever
(2017)
Cornelis Sandvoort
Full Filmography
Acting
Der Einstand
(1977)
Günter Vesely
Die goldene Rose von Montreux
(1978)
Breakthrough
(1979)
Paramedic
Feuer!
(1979)
Karl Albrecht Schlick
The World Machine
(1981)
Young Painter / New York Diner Youth
Headstand
(1982)
Markus Dorn
The Mysterious Stranger
(1982)
Ernst Wasserman
Dr. Margarete Johnson
(1982)
Rainer
Fire and Sword
(1982)
Tristan
The Sandman
(1983)
Nathanael
Die Wupper
(1985)
August Puderbach, Färber
The Lenz Papers
(1986)
Franz Sigel
Wahnfried
(1986)
Friedrich Nietzsche
Das andere Leben
(1987)
Stefan
Der einsame Weg
(1987)
Felix
Goldeneye
(1989)
German Spy
Quicker Than the Eye
(1989)
Polizeichef
The Mortal Fortune
(1989)
Guy on Train (uncredited)
St. Petri Schnee
(1991)
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
(1991)
Jan Tytz
Die Angst wird bleiben
(1992)
Manfred
5 Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom
(1992)
Hartwig Klemmnitz
A King for Burning
(1993)
Jan van Leyden
Jacob
(1994)
Morasch
Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen
(1994)
Erwin Mikolajczyk
Prinz zu entsorgen
(1995)
Roman Hertz
Ein Anfang von etwas
(1995)
Herbert Sobieski
Man in Search of Woman
(1995)
Christoph
You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story
(1996)
Roy Black
The Tourist
(1996)
Stephan Görner
Catherine the Great
(1996)
Mirovich
Our God's Brother
(1997)
Max, Maksymilian Gierymski
Night Time
(1998)
Becker
Strange Behavior of Sexually Mature Urbanites at Mating Season
(1998)
Charly
Das Finale
(1998)
Kant
Vickys Alptraum
(1998)
Johnny
Einsteins Ende
(1998)
Rache für mein totes Kind
(1998)
Paul
Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten
(1998)
Moritz Fink
Die Braut
(1999)
Herzog Carl August
Dessine-moi un jouet
(1999)
Klaus Hermann
Falling Rocks
(2000)
Louis
The Beast
(2000)
Finanzbeamter Fink
Ordinary Decent Criminal
(2000)
Peter
She Who Must Be Obeyed
(2001)
Michael Vincey
Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express
(2001)
Ossama/Tarik
Queen's Messenger
(2001)
Ben Samm
Rieke's Love
(2001)
Trainer Peter Karlhoff
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
(2001)
Dieter Cilov
Engel sucht Flügel
(2001)
Caspari
Weihnachtsmann gesucht
(2002)
Johannes Böhmke
Berlin Blues
(2003)
Arzt
Der Mörder ist unter uns
(2003)
Martin Bach
One Hell of a Night
(2003)
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Jennerwein
(2003)
Pföderl
Angst
(2003)
Analytiker
Gun-shy
(2003)
Johannsen
Tiger Eyes See Better
(2003)
Dr. Thilo Rylow
Jagd auf den Flammenmann
(2003)
Brisky
Two Days of Hope
(2003)
Michael Berg
Dorian
(2003)
Rolf Steiner
Scheidungsopfer Mann
(2004)
Benedikt von Arn
Mörderische Suche
(2004)
Richard Benedek
Schöne Witwen küssen besser
(2004)
Jean-France
Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären
(2006)
Czerny
Franziskas Gespür für Männer
(2006)
Karl Löwen
Die Verzauberung
(2007)
Dr. Helmut Bahr
Die Zürcher Verlobung – Drehbuch zur Liebe
(2007)
Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast
Das Geheimnis im Wald
(2008)
Hans Kortmann
Todsünde
(2008)
Sebastian Flies
Inglourious Basterds
(2009)
SS Colonel Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa
The Green Hornet
(2011)
Chudnofsky
Carnage
(2011)
Alan Cowan
Water for Elephants
(2011)
August Rosenbluth
The Three Musketeers
(2011)
Richelieu
Django Unchained
(2012)
Dr. King Schultz
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
(2012)
Theodor Herzl (voice)
Epic
(2013)
Mandrake (voice)
The Zero Theorem
(2013)
Qohen Leth
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
(2013)
Menachem Begin (voice)
Ode to Joy
(2013)
The Man
Djesus Uncrossed (Director's Cut)
(2013)
Jesus
Big Eyes
(2014)
Walter Keane
Muppets Most Wanted
(2014)
Christoph Waltz
Horrible Bosses 2
(2014)
Bert Hanson
Spectre
(2015)
Franz Oberhauser / Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Making of Big Eyes
(2015)
Himself
Oh du mein Österreich
(2015)
Himself
The Legend of Tarzan
(2016)
Captain Leon Rom
Downsizing
(2017)
Dusan Mirkovic
Tulip Fever
(2017)
Cornelis Sandvoort
Georgetown
(2019)
Ulrich Mott
Alita: Battle Angel
(2019)
Dr. Dyson Ido
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
(2019)
Self
QT8: The First Eight
(2019)
Self
Rifkin's Festival
(2020)
Death
Little Berlin
(2020)
Narrator
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
(2020)
Himself
Dodge and Miles
(2020)
The French Dispatch
(2021)
Paul Duval
No Time to Die
(2021)
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Being James Bond
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(2022)
Count Volpe (voice)
Dead for a Dollar
(2022)
Max Borlund
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
(2022)
Self
The Portable Door
(2023)
Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr
Directing
Production