Date of Birth : Oct 4th 1956
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, playing at venues like Zurich’s Schauspielhaus Zürich, Vienna’s Burgtheater, or the Salzburg Festival. Later he became a prolific actor in various TV productions. In Quentin Tarantino’s epic war film/spaghetti western Inglourious Basterds, Waltz portrayed Colonel Hans Landa, the sinister yet poetic pipe-smoking “Jew Hunter”. For this role, he received the Best Actor Award in the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Waltz is married with four children, and lives in London, England.
CAREER
The French Dispatch ( 2021 )
No Time To Die ( 2021 )
Alita: Battle Angel ( 2019 )
Tulip Fever ( 2018 )
Downsizing ( 2018 )
The Legend of Tarzan ( 2016 )
Spectre ( 2015 )
Horrible Bosses 2 ( 2014 )
The Muppets Most Wanted ( 2014 )
The Zero Theorem ( 2014 )
Epic ( 2013 )
Django Unchained ( 2013 )
Carnage ( 2012 )
The Three Musketeers in 3D ( 2011 )
Water for Elephants ( 2011 )
The Green Hornet ( 2011 )
Inglourious Basterds ( 2009 )
Ordinary Decent Criminal ( 2000 )
Epic ( 1970 )
Big Eyes ( 1970 )
