Christoph Waltz - Biography

Last Editor: dmacias				Christoph Waltz Biography -   Name : Christoph Waltz Date of Birth : October 4, 1956 Place of Birth : Vienna, Austria Occupations : Actor Years active : 1977–present Height : 5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Christoph Waltz Trivia -

He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 82nd Academy Awards for the film Inglourious Basterds Is fluent in German, English, and French. Is skilled at mimicking Italian speech. Made his stage debut at the Schauspielhaus in Zurich (1982). Is divorced from his first wife. They have three adult children. Studied acting at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna and the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York. Son of set designers Elisabeth Urbancic and Johannes Waltz. His grandparents were actors. His son is a rabbi, his daughter an architect. Lives in London, but his longtime companion and their young daughter live in Berlin.

Christoph Waltz Detailed Biography -

Christoph Waltz is an Austrian  actor. He is best known for his portrayal as SS  Standartenführer Hans Landa in the film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 82nd Academy Awards. Christoph Waltz studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. He started as a stage actor, performing at venues such as Zurich's Schauspielhaus Zürich, Vienna's Burgtheater, or the Salzburg Festival. He became a prolific actor on television. In 2000, he directed his first film, the TV production Wenn man sich traut. In Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, Waltz portrayed Standartenführer Hans Landa of the Schutzstaffel aka "The Jew Hunter". For this role, he received the Best Actor Award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and has received acclaim for the performance from critics and the public. In 2009, he began sweeping critics' awards circuits, receiving awards for Best Supporting Actor role from the New York Film Critics Circle,  Boston Society of Film Critics,  Los Angeles Film Critics Association  and for Best Supporting Actor at the 67th Golden Globe Awards  and the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Waltz won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 82nd Academy Awards. Tarantino acknowledged the importance of Waltz to his film by stating: "I think that Landa is one of the best characters I've ever written and ever will write, and Christoph played it to a tee… It's true that if I couldn't have found someone as good as Christoph I might not have made Inglourious Basterds." Personal life Waltz was born in Vienna, Austria, to set designers Johannes Waltz and Elisabeth Urbancic. His grandparents were also actors, and his great-grandparents worked in the theatre. Waltz is fluent in German, French and English and speaks all three languages in Inglourious Basterds. Though he also spoke Italian in Inglourious Basterds, he stated on the Adam Carolla Podcast that he does not actually speak Italian. He is divorced and has four children. One of his children lives in Israel and is a Haredi rabbi. Waltz currently lives in London and Berlin