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Christoph Waltz
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Person

Christoph Waltz

b. 1956

Austrian-German actor (born 1956)

Born
4 Oct 1956 · Vienna
Part ofGermany1,250 BCE – todayAustria112 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 81 years
  1. 4 Oct 1956BornBorn in Vienna
  2. 1982AwardO.E. Hasse Award
  3. 1997AwardBavarian TV Awards
  4. 2009AwardWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
  5. 2009AwardCannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
  6. 2010AwardAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
  7. 2010AwardAcademy Awards
  8. 2010AwardBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  9. 2010AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  10. 2010AwardRomy
  11. 2013AwardAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
  12. 2013AwardBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  13. 2013AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1956 – today).

  1. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  2. 1956Suez Crisis
  3. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  5. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  7. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  9. 1968Prague Spring
  10. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  11. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  12. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  15. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  16. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  17. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  18. 1985Schengen Agreement
  19. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  20. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  21. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  23. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  25. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  27. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  28. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  29. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  30. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  31. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  32. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  33. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  34. 20112011 Norway attacks
  35. 2011Libyan civil war
  36. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  37. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  38. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  39. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  40. 2015Paris Agreement

Biography

Christoph Waltz (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvalts]; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian, German and American 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.

Waltz also starred in Carnage (2011), The Zero Theorem (2013), Big Eyes (2014), Downsizing (2017), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), The French Dispatch (2021), Frankenstein and Dracula (both 2025). He appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond films Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). Waltz became an Austrian citizen in 2010 and an American citizen in 2020, while retaining his German citizenship.

Text from the Wikipedia article Christoph Waltz, CC BY-SA 4.0

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