Acting
Christoph Waltz
Born 1956-10-04
Vienna, Austria
Department: 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.
Known For
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Django Unchained
2012
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Inglourious Basterds
2009
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Spectre
2015
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Alita: Battle Angel
2019
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No Time to Die
2021
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The Legend of Tarzan
2016
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Horrible Bosses 2
2014
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Downsizing
2017
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Frankenstein
2025
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Big Eyes
2014
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (186 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Minions & Monsters | Max (voice) | Movie | 2026 |
 | Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson | Self - Harlander | Movie | 2025 |
 | Tim Burton: Life in the Line | Self | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Frankenstein | Harlander | Movie | 2025 |
 | Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast | Self | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Dracula | Priest | Movie | 2025 |
 | Old Guy | Danny Dolinski | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Portable Door | Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Consultant | Regus Patoff | TV Series | 2023 |
| The Consultant | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Count Volpe (voice) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dead for a Dollar | Max Borlund | Movie | 2022 |
| Dead for a Dollar | Executive Producer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Last Meals | Self | TV Series | 2021 |
 | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun | Paul Duval | Movie | 2021 |
 | Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2021 |
 | No Time to Die | Blofeld | Movie | 2021 |
 | Only Murders in the Building | Bash Steed | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Rifkin's Festival | Death | Movie | 2020 |
 | Little Berlin | Narrator | Movie | 2020 |
 | Staged | Christoph | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years | Himself | Movie | 2020 |
 | Most Dangerous Game | Miles Sellars | Movie | 2020 |
 | Most Dangerous Game | Miles Sellars | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Fidelio | Director | Movie | 2020 |
 | Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | QT8: The First Eight | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | Georgetown | Ulrich Mott | Movie | 2019 |
| Georgetown | Director | Movie | 2019 |
 | Alita: Battle Angel | Dr. Dyson Ido | Movie | 2019 |
 | Downsizing | Dusan Mirkovic | Movie | 2017 |
 | Tulip Fever | Cornelis Sandvoort | Movie | 2017 |
 | Clique Talk | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Legend of Tarzan | Captain Leon Rom | Movie | 2016 |
 | Spectre | Blofeld | Movie | 2015 |
 | Oh du mein Österreich | Self | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Making of Big Eyes | Himself | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Big Eyes | Walter Keane | Movie | 2014 |
 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
| Der Meisterfälscher | Self | TV Series | 2014 | |
 | Horrible Bosses 2 | Bert Hanson | Movie | 2014 |
 | Muppets Most Wanted | Christoph Waltz | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers | Menachem Begin (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Zero Theorem | Qohen Leth | Movie | 2013 |
| The Zero Theorem | Co-Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Epic | Mandrake (voice) | Movie | 2013 |
| Ode to Joy | The Man | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Django Unchained | Dr. King Schultz | Movie | 2012 |
 | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl | Theodor Herzl (voice) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Self | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Carnage | Alan Cowan | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Three Musketeers | Richelieu | Movie | 2011 |
 | Water for Elephants | August Rosenbluth | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Green Hornet | Chudnofsky | Movie | 2011 |
 | Conan | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Inglourious Basterds | COL. Hans Landa | Movie | 2009 |
 | Todsünde | Sebastian Flies | Movie | 2008 |
 | Das Geheimnis im Wald | Hans Kortmann | Movie | 2008 |
 | Das jüngste Gericht | Peters | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Die Anwälte | Herbert Jahn | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Self | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe | Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast | Movie | 2007 |
 | Die Verzauberung | Dr. Helmut Bahr | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
| Franziskas Gespür für Männer | Karl Löwen | Movie | 2006 | |
 | Kommissar Stolberg | Paul Büttner | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären | Czerny | Movie | 2006 |
| G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten | Self | TV Series | 2005 | |
 | Der Staatsanwalt | Dr. Claudius Tressen | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Die Patriarchin | Wolf Sevening | TV Series | 2005 |
| Schöne Witwen küssen besser | Jean-France | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | Mörderische Suche | Richard Benedek | Movie | 2004 |
 | Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie | Richard Seemann | TV Series | 2004 |
| Scheidungsopfer Mann | Benedikt von Arn | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Berlin Blues | Arzt | Movie | 2003 |
 | Tiger Eyes See Better | Dr. Thilo Rylow | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jennerwein | Pföderl | Movie | 2003 |
 | Two Days of Hope | Michael Berg | Movie | 2003 |
 | Dorian | Rolf Steiner | Movie | 2003 |
 | Der Mörder ist unter uns | Martin Bach | Movie | 2003 |
| Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht | Klaus-Dieter Lehmann | Movie | 2003 | |
 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jagd auf den Flammenmann | Brisky | Movie | 2003 |
 | Angst | Analytiker | Movie | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Gun-shy | Johannsen | Movie | 2003 |
 | Weihnachtsmann gesucht | Johannes Böhmke | Movie | 2002 |
 | Under Suspicion | Thomas Sell | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker | Dieter Cilov | Movie | 2001 |
 | Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker | Dieter Cilov | TV Series | 2001 |
| Rieke's Love | Trainer Peter Karlhoff | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express | Ossama/Tarik | Movie | 2001 |
 | Engel sucht Flügel | Caspari | Movie | 2001 |
 | Queen's Messenger | Ben Samm | Movie | 2001 |
 | She Who Must Be Obeyed | Michael Vincey | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Beast | Finanzbeamter Fink | Movie | 2000 |
 | Falling Rocks | Louis | Movie | 2000 |
| Wenn man sich traut | Director | Movie | 2000 | |
 | Ordinary Decent Criminal | Peter | Movie | 2000 |
 | Dessine-moi un jouet | Klaus Hermann | Movie | 1999 |
 | Deutscher Fernsehpreis | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Die Braut | Herzog Carl August | Movie | 1999 |
| Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten | Moritz Fink | Movie | 1998 | |
 | Love Scenes from Planet Earth | Charly | Movie | 1998 |
 | Night Time | Becker | Movie | 1998 |
 | Der letzte Zeuge | Martin York | TV Series | 1998 |
| Vickys Alptraum | Johnny | Movie | 1998 | |
 | Das Finale | Kant | Movie | 1998 |
| Einsteins Ende | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1998 | |
 | Rache für mein totes Kind | Paul | Movie | 1998 |
 | Blutsbrüder | Klaus Mandel | Movie | 1997 |
 | Schimanski | Klaus Mandel | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Our God's Brother | Max, Maksymilian Gierymski | Movie | 1997 |
 | You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story | Roy Black | Movie | 1996 |
 | Catherine the Great | Mirovich | Movie | 1996 |
 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV Series | 1995 |
| Die Staatsanwältin | Andreas Doepke | TV Series | 1995 | |
 | The Tourist | Stephan Görner | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA | Self | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Ein Anfang von etwas | Herbert Sobieski | Movie | 1995 |
 | Man in Search of Woman | Christoph | Movie | 1995 |
| Prinz zu entsorgen | Roman Hertz | Movie | 1995 | |
 | Jacob | Morasch | Movie | 1994 |
 | Inspector Rex | Martin Wolf | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Rosa Roth | Wietze | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen | Erwin Mikolajczyk | Movie | 1994 |
| Faust | Gerhardt Schulze-Leitner | TV Series | 1994 | |
 | A King for Burning | Jan Bockelson | TV Series | 1993 |
 | 5 Zimmer, Küche, Bad | Hartwig Klemmnitz | Movie | 1992 |
| Die Angst wird bleiben | Manfred | Movie | 1992 | |
 | The Gravy Train Goes East | Han-Joachim Dorfmann | TV Series | 1991 |
 | St. Petri Schnee | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe | Jan Tytz | Movie | 1991 |
 | Napoleon | Karl Emmanuel | TV Series | 1991 |
 | The Gravy Train | Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann | TV Series | 1990 |
| Romy Award | Self | TV Series | 1990 | |
 | Goldeneye | German Spy | Movie | 1989 |
 | Quicker Than the Eye | Polizeichef | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Mortal Fortune | Guy on Train (uncredited) | Movie | 1989 |
| Blauer Panther | Self | TV Series | 1989 | |
| The Alien Years | Stefan Mueller | TV Series | 1988 | |
| Das andere Leben | Stefan | Movie | 1987 | |
 | Der einsame Weg | Felix | Movie | 1987 |
 | Lenz oder die Freiheit | Franz Sigel | TV Series | 1986 |
 | The Lenz Papers | Franz Sigel | Movie | 1986 |
 | Wahnfried | Friedrich Nietzsche | Movie | 1986 |
| Die Wupper | August Puderbach, Färber | Movie | 1985 | |
 | The Sandman | Nathanael | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Mysterious Stranger | Ernst Wasserman | Movie | 1982 |
| Dr. Margarete Johnsohn | Rainer | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Fire and Sword | Tristan | Movie | 1982 |
 | Headstand | Markus Dorn | Movie | 1982 |
 | A Case For Two | Alf | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The World Machine | Young Painter / New York Diner Youth | Movie | 1981 |
 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV Series | 1981 |
| Parole Chicago | Ede | TV Series | 1979 | |
 | Feuer! | Karl Albrecht Schlick | Movie | 1979 |
 | Breakthrough | Paramedic | Movie | 1979 |
 | Die goldene Rose von Montreux | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Der Einstand | Günter Vesely | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Old Fox | Hans Baumeister | TV Series | 1977 |
| The Old Fox | Christian Kamp | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV Series | 1975 |
| Am dam des | Self | TV Series | 1975 | |
| 3 nach 9 | Self | TV Series | 1974 | |
 | Derrick | Eberhard Bothe | TV Series | 1974 |
| Derrick | Schumann | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Polizeiruf 110 | Dr. Grins | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Scene of the Crime | Inspektor Passini | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Gerd Weißenbach | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Prof. Robert Henze | TV Series | 1970 |
| Grimme Award | Self | TV Series | 1964 | |
 | The Oscars | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1953 |
| The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Bambi | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | Wilder & Me | Billy Wilder | Movie | — |
| Gilded Rage | Thomas Gilbert Sr. | Movie | — | |
| Every Note Played | Richard | Movie | — |