Christoph Waltz

Biography
Christoph Waltz was born in Vienna, Austria in 1956. He is the son of Johannes and Elisabeth Urbancic Waltz, and his grandfather was also an actor. He studied acting at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna and at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York. Waltz, with over 30 years experience as an actor, began his career in television series, highlighting were Jacob (1994) Das jüngste Gericht (2008), Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001), The Mysterious Stranger (1982) and Das Finale (1998). Waltz is a versatile actor, able to interpret with any kind, among which we highlight the role of criminal in the film Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) opposite Colin Farrell in the thriller Dorian (2001), Gun-shy (2003), action films like Queen's Messenger (2000) and in the drama Falling Rocks (2000).

In 2009 worked with director Quentin Tarantino in Inglourious Basterds war history, co-starring with Brad Pitt. Waltz plays Colonel Hans Landa nicknamed the "Jew Hunter," perhaps his best performance to date. No doubt, since he received Golden Globe and Oscar in 2010 for Best Supporting Actor. In 2010 is expected to recur in an action movie that tells the story of a journalist who fights crime as a masked superhero known as The Green Hornet.

Waltz had its project as director and scriptwriter on the television series Wenn man sich Traut (2000), a romantic drama released in Germany. Not to mention he had a chance in the theater in 1982 with the Zurich Schauspielhaus work. In private life, he divorced his first wife, with whom he had three children. Habitual residence is in London and speaks several languages: German, French, English and Italian.

Actor

 * 2009 - Inglourious Basterds (Colonel Hans Lada)

Saturn Award

 * Nominated
 * 2010 - Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds