Actor
Christoph Waltz
Born 4 October 1956 · Vienna, Austria
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-born actor, long active in European television before international fame came in his fifties. He is best known for his Quentin Tarantino roles, which won him two Academy Awards. He is often cast as polished, verbose, menacing characters.
Key films
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
His breakthrough English-language role as SS Colonel Hans Landa, which brought worldwide recognition and his first Oscar.
Django Unchained (2012)
Reunited him with Tarantino as bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz, earning a second Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Carnage (2011)
Roman Polanski's chamber comedy, showing his skill in dialogue-driven ensemble drama.
Big Eyes (2014)
A Tim Burton drama in which he played Walter Keane, a charming but deceitful artist.
Spectre (2015)
He played Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, bringing him into major blockbuster franchises.
Key awards
- 2009 – Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival (Inglourious Basterds)
- 2010 – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Inglourious Basterds)
- 2010 – BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor (Inglourious Basterds)
- 2013 – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Django Unchained)
- 2013 – BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor (Django Unchained)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 114
- 1977Der Einstand · as Günter VeselyActor
- 1978Die goldene Rose von MontreuxActor
- 1979Breakthrough · as ParamedicActor
- 1979Feuer! · as Karl Albrecht SchlickActor
- 1981The World Machine · as Young Painter / New York Diner YouthActor
- 1982Headstand · as Markus DornActor
- 1982Fire and Sword · as TristanActor
- 1982Dr. Margarete Johnsohn · as RainerActor
- 1982The Mysterious Stranger · as Ernst WassermanActor
- 1983The Sandman · as NathanaelActor
- 1985Die Wupper · as August Puderbach, FärberActor
- 1986Wahnfried · as Friedrich NietzscheActor
- 1986The Lenz Papers · as Franz SigelActor
- 1987Das andere Leben · as StefanActor
- 1987Der einsame Weg · as FelixActor
- 1989Goldeneye · as German SpyActor
- 1989Quicker Than the Eye · as PolizeichefActor
- 1989The Mortal Fortune · as Guy on Train (uncredited)Actor
- 1991Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe · as Jan TytzActor
- 1991St. Petri SchneeActor
- 19925 Zimmer, Küche, Bad · as Hartwig KlemmnitzActor
- 1992Die Angst wird bleiben · as ManfredActor
- 1994Jacob · as MoraschActor
- 1994Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen · as Erwin MikolajczykActor
- 1995Ein Anfang von etwas · as Herbert SobieskiActor
- 1995The Tourist · as Stephan GörnerActor
- 1995Prinz zu entsorgen · as Roman HertzActor
- 1995Man in Search of Woman · as ChristophActor
- 1996Catherine the Great · as MirovichActor
- 1996You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story · as Roy BlackActor
- 1997Our God's Brother · as Max, Maksymilian GierymskiActor
- 1997Blutsbrüder · as Klaus MandelActor
- 1998Love Scenes from Planet Earth · as CharlyActor
- 1998Night Time · as BeckerActor
- 1998Das Finale · as KantActor
- 1998Rache für mein totes Kind · as PaulActor
- 1998Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten · as Moritz FinkActor
- 1998Vickys Alptraum · as JohnnyActor
- 1998Einsteins EndeActor
- 1999Die Braut · as Herzog Carl AugustActor
- 1999Dessine-moi un jouet · as Klaus HermannActor
- 2000Ordinary Decent Criminal · as PeterActor
- 2000Falling Rocks · as LouisActor
- 2000Wenn man sich trautDirector
- 2000The Beast · as Finanzbeamter FinkActor
- 2001She Who Must Be Obeyed · as Michael VinceyActor
- 2001Rieke's Love · as Trainer Peter KarlhoffActor
- 2001Queen's Messenger · as Ben SammActor
- 2001Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express · as Ossama/TarikActor
- 2001Engel sucht Flügel · as CaspariActor
- 2001Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker · as Dieter CilovActor
- 2002Weihnachtsmann gesucht · as Johannes BöhmkeActor
- 2003Berlin Blues · as ArztActor
- 2003Dorian · as Rolf SteinerActor
- 2003Gun-shy · as JohannsenActor
- 2003Angst · as AnalytikerActor
- 2003Jennerwein · as PföderlActor
- 2003Der Mörder ist unter uns · as Martin BachActor
- 2003Two Days of Hope · as Michael BergActor
- 2003Tiger Eyes See Better · as Dr. Thilo RylowActor
- 2003Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht · as Klaus-Dieter LehmannActor
- 2003Jagd auf den Flammenmann · as BriskyActor
- 2004Scheidungsopfer Mann · as Benedikt von ArnActor
- 2004Mörderische Suche · as Richard BenedekActor
- 2006Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären · as CzernyActor
- 2006Franziskas Gespür für Männer · as Karl LöwenActor
- 2007Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe · as Frank 'Büffel' ArbogastActor
- 2007Die Verzauberung · as Dr. Helmut BahrActor
- 2008Das Geheimnis im Wald · as Hans KortmannActor
- 2008Todsünde · as Sebastian FliesActor
- 2009Inglourious Basterds · as COL. Hans LandaActor
- 2011The Green Hornet · as ChudnofskyActor
- 2011Carnage · as Alan CowanActor
- 2011The Three Musketeers · as RichelieuActor
- 2011Water for Elephants · as August RosenbluthActor
- 2012Django Unchained · as Dr. King SchultzActor
- 201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief · as SelfActor
- 2012It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl · as Theodor Herzl (voice)Actor
- 2013Epic · as Mandrake (voice)Actor
- 2013The Zero Theorem · as Qohen LethActor
- 2013The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers · as Menachem Begin (voice)Actor
- 2013Ode to Joy · as The ManActor
- 2014Horrible Bosses 2 · as Bert HansonActor
- 2014Big Eyes · as Walter KeaneActor
- 2014Muppets Most Wanted · as Christoph WaltzActor
- 2015Spectre · as BlofeldActor
- 2015The Making of Big Eyes · as HimselfActor
- 2015Oh du mein Österreich · as SelfActor
- 2016The Legend of Tarzan · as Captain Leon RomActor
- 2017Downsizing · as Dusan MirkovicActor
- 2017Tulip Fever · as Cornelis SandvoortActor
- 2019Alita: Battle Angel · as Dr. Dyson IdoActor
- 2019Georgetown · as Ulrich MottActor
- 2019GeorgetownDirector
- 2019QT8: The First Eight · as SelfActor
- 2019Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre · as SelfActor
- 2020Rifkin's Festival · as DeathActor
- 2020Little Berlin · as NarratorActor
- 2020Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years · as HimselfActor
- 2020Most Dangerous Game · as Miles SellarsActor
- 2020FidelioDirector
- 2021No Time to Die · as BlofeldActor
- 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · as Paul DuvalActor
- 2021Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio · as Count Volpe (voice)Actor
- 2022Dead for a Dollar · as Max BorlundActor
- 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema · as SelfActor
- 2023The Portable Door · as Humphrey Wells / John Wells SnrActor
- 2023Most Dangerous Game: New York · as Miles SellarsActor
- 2024Old Guy · as Danny DolinskiActor
- 2025Frankenstein · as HarlanderActor
- 2025Dracula · as PriestActor
- 2025Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson · as Self - HarlanderActor
- 2026Minions & Monsters · as Max (voice)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.