“The Deer Hunter was like that. I was dancing in a musical and somebody said:”
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Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken is an American actor. His work on stage and screen has earned him accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Actor Award, as well as nominations for two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe. His films have grossed more than $1.6 billion in the United States.
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Born 31 March 1943 · Q185051
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2026· 10 entries
“And as I get older, I like it less and less. I don”
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“is generous enough to write big chunks of dialogue. I come from theatre and I relish that.”
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“but basically I prepare in the same way every time. I take the script, I stand in my kitchen and I quietly mumble it to myself. Over and over.”
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“My father was one of nine brothers and sisters. Three were priests, three were nuns and three were bakers. I could have been a baker, but my mum had a thing about show business. She was good looking, a little flamboyant. She would have loved to have been a performer, but she was raising a family. I guess I absorbed her ambition.”
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“talks like a normal teenaged American boy”
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“This guy looked like a Greek god. Then I saw him on television. I loved everything about him.”
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Yahoo: Christopher Walken's Forgotten Sci-Fi Movie From The '80s Deserves Another Look
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Far Out Magazine: The “silly” 2004 movie scene Christopher Walken wishes he’d never shot: “I shouldn’t have done it”
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Christopher Walken: 'At its best, life is...' Life lessons from inspirational quote on spontaneity, flexibility, excitement and authenticity
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2025· 4 entries
The Guardian: No phone, no watch, no problem: should we all be more like Severance’s Christopher Walken?
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Decider: Christopher Walken Watches ‘Severence’ On DVD Since He Says He Doesn’t ‘Have The Equipment’ To Stream It
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New York Post: Christopher Walken has to watch ‘Severance’ on DVDs because he ‘doesn’t have the equipment’ to stream Apple TV+
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New York Post: Christopher Walken confronted Will Ferrell over SNL’s ‘More Cowbell’ sketch — that ‘ruined’ his life
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2024· 2 entries
Collider: Christopher Walken Is at His Slithery Best in This Wild Gangster Thriller
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The Guardian: Super Bowl commercials 2024: Aubrey Plaza having a blast to Christopher Walken talkin' – video
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Saturday Night Live: Christopher Walken cameos in solid Halloween episode
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In a cameo role as the "Spirit of Halloween" in which he gave advice to President Joe Biden (Mikey Day)
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2022· 1 entry
Had a supporting role as Burt Goodman, the severed chief of the Optics and Design division in the Apple TV+ series Severance
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2021· 4 entries
The Guardian: TV tonight: Christopher Walken revels in his first British TV lead role
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The Guardian: Christopher Walken: ‘I got a job as a lion tamer. Who’s going to turn that down?’
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The Guardian: Percy vs Goliath review – Christopher Walken battles Big Agriculture
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Walken appeared as Frank in the BBC One/Amazon Prime Video comedy The Outlaws
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2017· 1 entry
Walken replaced Bill Irwin in the role of Walter Tinkler in the critically panned Father Figures
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Sitges Grand Honorary Award (2016).
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Voiced King Louie in the CGI-live action adaptation of Disney's The Jungle Book, directed by Jon Favreau
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2015· 1 entry
Walken starred in the film When I Live My Life Over Again and played the role of Clem for the second time in the David Spade comedy Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
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2014· 1 entry
Walken played Captain Hook in the NBC production Peter Pan Live
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2013· 1 entry
Walken became the protagonist in the campaign "Made From Cool" by Jack & Jones
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2012· 2 entries
Walken reunited with McDonagh for the British-American crime comedy film Seven Psychopaths and also played the founder and leader of a string quartet in A Late Quartet
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Walken was selected as a "GQ" Man of the Year
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2011· 2 entries
The case was re-opened in November 2011; Walken was once again not considered a suspect and he fully co-operated with authorities conducting the investigation.
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Played the role of Jewish-American loan shark Alex "Shondor" Birns in the film based on the life of gangster Danny Greene, Kill the Irishman
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2010· 1 entry
And received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
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2006· 2 entries
When a fake website started in August of that year by members of Internet forum Genmay
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Played Morty, a sympathetic inventor who is more than meets the eye, in the comedy/drama Click and also appeared in Man of the Year with Robin Williams and Lewis Black
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2005· 1 entry
Played Mark Heiss in the film Domino and the role of Secretary Cleary in the film Wedding Crashers
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2004· 1 entry
Walken played Mike in the film The Stepford Wives
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Catch Me If You Can (2003).
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Was voted Number 34 in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 greatest movie stars of all time
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2002· 1 entry
Walken played Mike in the film Poolhall Junkies and played Frank Abagnale Sr
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2001· 4 entries
“Cookin' with Christopher Walken”
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And—in a list of the top 100 videos of all time compiled from a survey of musicians, directors and music industry figures conducted by UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of All Time in April 2002
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Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection program in the David Spade comedy Joe Dirt and an eccentric film director in America's Sweethearts
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Walken played Lieutenant Macduff in Scotland, PA, a loose film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth
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2000· 2 entries
“The Prophecy III: The Ascent”
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Walken was cast as the lead, along with Blair Brown, in James Joyce's The Dead on Broadway
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1999· 2 entries
“Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End”
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Played James Houston in Vendetta, an HBO original film based on the March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings
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1998· 1 entry
Walken played an influential gay New York theater critic in John Turturro's film Illuminata
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1997· 1 entry
Walken starred in the comedy films Touch and Excess Baggage and had a minor role in the film Mouse Hunt
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1996· 1 entry
Walken also appeared in the Italian film Celluloide as US Officer Rod Geiger and played the role of Ray in the Abel Ferrara crime-drama film The Funeral
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1995· 3 entries
Appeared in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Wild Side, The Prophecy and the modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second collaboration with director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St
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“Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead”
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Walken acted in Him, the first play written by Walken, and about his idol Elvis in the afterlife, featured in the New York Shakespeare Festival
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1994· 1 entry
Walken starred in A Business Affair, a rare leading role for him in a romantic comedy
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1992· 1 entry
Walken played villain millionaire industrialist Max Shreck in Batman Returns
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1991· 1 entry
Walken starred in Sarah, Plain and Tall as Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer
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1989· 1 entry
Played the lead role of "Puss" in the Cannon theater group's musical version of Puss in Boots
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1988· 1 entry
Walken played a memorable role as Sgt
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1985· 1 entry
Walken played a James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to a Kill, Roger Moore's last appearance as Bond
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1982· 1 entry
Played a socially awkward but gifted theater actor in the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short story Who Am I This Time
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1981· 1 entry
Walken was with Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner on Wagner's yacht the night Wood went missing and ultimately was found dead by drowning
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter (1979).
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1978· 1 entry
Appeared in Shoot the Sun Down, a western filmed in 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder
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1977· 2 entries
Walken had a minor role as Eli Wallach's partner in The Sentinel
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Walken also guest-starred in an episode of Kojak as robber Ben Wiley
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1976· 1 entry
“Next Stop, Greenwich Village”
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1970· 1 entry
Walken guest starred as Navy SP Walt Kramer in Hawaii Five-O season 2 episode 17, "Run, Johnny, Run"
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1968· 1 entry
Played Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Stratford Festival in Canada
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1967).
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded Clarence Derwent Awards (1966).
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Walken played the role of King Philip of France in the Broadway premiere of The Lion in Winter
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1964· 1 entry
Changed his first name to Christopher at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, who had a nightclub act in which Walken was a dancer
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1963· 2 entries
Appeared as a character named Chris in an episode of Naked City, starring Paul Burke
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Walken met Georgianne Thon during a tour of West Side Story in Chicago
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-03-31.
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