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Christoph Waltz
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Christoph Waltz is an Austrian and German actor. Waltz gained international recognition for his portrayal of villainous and supporting roles in English-language films. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTAs, and two Golden Globes, as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Christoph Waltz is a male actor born in Vienna in 1956. He works as a film, stage, and television actor, with a career beginning in 1977. He holds citizenship in Germany, Austria, and the United States. His residences include Berlin, Los Angeles, and Vienna. He speaks German, English, French, and Italian.

Waltz was educated at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Theresianum, and the Max Reinhardt Seminar. He has received the Romy, the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His relatives include Rudolf von Urban and Victor Urbantschitsch.

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Vienna, Austria

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…

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Given name
Christoph
Family name
Waltz
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Vienna
Occupation
film director
Educated at
Max Reinhardt Seminar
Languages spoken
French
Award
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Residence
Vienna
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Christoph Waltz
date of birth
1956-10-04
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
name in native language
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start of work period
1977-00-00
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Christoph Waltz ( German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvalts]; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian and German actor. Waltz gained international recognition for his portrayal of villainous and supporting roles in English-language films. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTAs, and two Golden Globes, as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

After a substantial career in German television and theatre, Waltz's international breakthrough role came in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, in which he played Hans Landa, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He collaborated with Tarantino again in Django Unchained (2012), for which he earned his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, this time for his performance as a bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz.

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