CHRISTOPH WALTZ
Date of Birth: October 4, 1956
Born in Vienna, Austria, Christoph Waltz's near thirty-year career as an actor includes an impressive
roster of award-winning television, film and stage credits.
Waltz's film credits include Lapislazuli (which debuted at the Berlin Film Festival), Berlin
Blues, Gun-Shy, Angst, She, Dorian, The Beast, Falling Rocks, Ordinary
Decent Criminal, Our God's Brother and Goldeneye.
Waltz is perhaps best known in Austria for his countless guest star and telefilm roles. The telefilms Der Tanz Mit Dem Teufel - Die Entfuhrung and Dienstreise Was Fur Ein Nacht
won prestigious Adolf Grimme Awards for their creative team of director and actors. Waltz's
work in Du Bist Nicht Allein - Die Roy Black Story won him a Bavarian TV Award, a
German TV Award and an RTL Golden Lion Award. For his work in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, he won multiple awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Since then, he's gone on to star as Reese Witherspoon's animal trainer husband in the drama Water for Elephants (2011).
Waltz currently lives in London.