Christoph Waltz

Biography

Christoph Waltz (born October 4, 1956) is an Austrian actor who also holds German and an American citizenship. He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS Colonel Hans Landa in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Scene of the Crime

The Graham Norton Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

Saturday Night Live

Conan

All Movies (114)

Minions & Monsters2026 · as Max (voice)
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson2025 · as Self - Harlander
Frankenstein2025 · as Harlander
Dracula2025 · as Priest
Old Guy2024 · as Danny Dolinski
Tim Burton: Life in the Line2024 · as Self
The Portable Door2023 · as Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema2022 · as Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022 · as Count Volpe (voice)
Dead for a Dollar2022 · as Max Borlund
Most Dangerous Game2022 · as Miles Sellars
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Paul Duval
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil2021 · as Self (archive footage)
No Time to Die2021 · as Blofeld
Rifkin’s Festival2020 · as Death
Little Berlin2020 · as Narrator
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years2020 · as Himself
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre2019 · as Self
QT8: The First Eight2019 · as Self
Georgetown2019 · as Ulrich Mott
Alita: Battle Angel2019 · as Dr. Dyson Ido
Downsizing2017 · as Dusan Mirkovic
Tulip Fever2017 · as Cornelis Sandvoort
The Legend of Tarzan2016 · as Captain Leon Rom
Spectre2015 · as Blofeld
Oh du mein Österreich2015 · as Self
The Making of Big Eyes2015 · as Himself
Big Eyes2014 · as Walter Keane
Horrible Bosses 22014 · as Bert Hanson
Muppets Most Wanted2014 · as Christoph Waltz
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers2013 · as Menachem Begin (voice)
The Zero Theorem2013 · as Qohen Leth
Epic2013 · as Mandrake (voice)
Ode to Joy2013 · as The Man
Django Unchained2012 · as Dr. King Schultz
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief2012 · as Self
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl2012 · as Theodor Herzl (voice)
Carnage2011 · as Alan Cowan
The Three Musketeers2011 · as Richelieu
Water for Elephants2011 · as August Rosenbluth
The Green Hornet2011 · as Chudnofsky
Inglourious Basterds2009 · as COL. Hans Landa
Todsünde2008 · as Sebastian Flies
Das Geheimnis im Wald2008 · as Hans Kortmann
Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe2007 · as Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast
Die Verzauberung2007 · as Dr. Helmut Bahr
Franziskas Gespür für Männer2006 · as Karl Löwen
Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären2006 · as Czerny
Mörderische Suche2004 · as Richard Benedek
Scheidungsopfer Mann2004 · as Benedikt von Arn
Berlin Blues2003 · as Arzt
Tiger Eyes See Better2003 · as Dr. Thilo Rylow
Jennerwein2003 · as Pföderl
Two Days of Hope2003 · as Michael Berg
Dorian2003 · as Rolf Steiner
Der Mörder ist unter uns2003 · as Martin Bach
Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht2003 · as Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Jagd auf den Flammenmann2003 · as Brisky
Angst2003 · as Analytiker
Gun-shy2003 · as Johannsen
Weihnachtsmann gesucht2002 · as Johannes Böhmke
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker2001 · as Dieter Cilov
Rieke's Love2001 · as Trainer Peter Karlhoff
Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express2001 · as Ossama/Tarik
Engel sucht Flügel2001 · as Caspari
Queen's Messenger2001 · as Ben Samm
She Who Must Be Obeyed2001 · as Michael Vincey
The Beast2000 · as Finanzbeamter Fink
Falling Rocks2000 · as Louis
Ordinary Decent Criminal2000 · as Peter
Dessine-moi un jouet1999 · as Klaus Hermann
Die Braut1999 · as Herzog Carl August
Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten1998 · as Moritz Fink
Love Scenes from Planet Earth1998 · as Charly
Night Time1998 · as Becker
Vickys Alptraum1998 · as Johnny
Das Finale1998 · as Kant
Einsteins Ende1998
Rache für mein totes Kind1998 · as Paul
Blutsbrüder1997 · as Klaus Mandel
Our God's Brother1997 · as Max, Maksymilian Gierymski
You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story1996 · as Roy Black
Catherine the Great1996 · as Mirovich
The Tourist1995 · as Stephan Görner
Ein Anfang von etwas1995 · as Herbert Sobieski
Man in Search of Woman1995 · as Christoph
Prinz zu entsorgen1995 · as Roman Hertz
Jacob1994 · as Morasch
Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen1994 · as Erwin Mikolajczyk
5 Zimmer, Küche, Bad1992 · as Hartwig Klemmnitz
Die Angst wird bleiben1992 · as Manfred
St. Petri Schnee1991
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe1991 · as Jan Tytz
Goldeneye1989 · as German Spy
Quicker Than the Eye1989 · as Polizeichef
The Mortal Fortune1989 · as Guy on Train (uncredited)
Das andere Leben1987 · as Stefan
Der einsame Weg1987 · as Felix
The Lenz Papers1986 · as Franz Sigel
Wahnfried1986 · as Friedrich Nietzsche
Die Wupper1985 · as August Puderbach, Färber
The Sandman1983 · as Nathanael
The Mysterious Stranger1982 · as Ernst Wasserman
Dr. Margarete Johnsohn1982 · as Rainer
Fire and Sword1982 · as Tristan
Headstand1982 · as Markus Dorn
The World Machine1981 · as Young Painter / New York Diner Youth
Feuer!1979 · as Karl Albrecht Schlick
Breakthrough1979 · as Paramedic
Die goldene Rose von Montreux1978
Der Einstand1977 · as Günter Vesely
Wilder & Me— · as Billy Wilder
Gilded Rage— · as Thomas Gilbert Sr.
Every Note Played— · as Richard

All TV Shows (65)

Tim Burton: Life in the Line2025 · as Self
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast2025 · as Self
The Consultant2023 · as Regus Patoff
Only Murders in the Building2021 · as Bash Steed
Staged2020 · as Christoph
Most Dangerous Game2020 · as Miles Sellars
Clique Talk2016 · as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
Der Meisterfälscher2014 · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee2012 · as Self
Conan2010 · as Self
Das jüngste Gericht2008 · as Peters
Die Anwälte2008 · as Herbert Jahn
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis2008 · as Self
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
Kommissar Stolberg2006 · as Paul Büttner
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten2005 · as Self
Der Staatsanwalt2005 · as Dr. Claudius Tressen
Die Patriarchin2005 · as Wolf Sevening
Schöne Witwen küssen besser2004 · as Jean-France
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie2004 · as Richard Seemann
The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
Under Suspicion2002 · as Thomas Sell
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker2001 · as Dieter Cilov
German Television Award1999 · as Self
Der letzte Zeuge1998 · as Martin York
Schimanski1997 · as Klaus Mandel
Die Harald Schmidt Show1995 · as Self
Kulturzeit1995 · as self
Die Staatsanwältin1995 · as Andreas Doepke
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA1995 · as Self
Inspector Rex1994 · as Martin Wolf
Rosa Roth1994 · as Wietze
Faust1994 · as Gerhardt Schulze-Leitner
A King for Burning1993 · as Jan Bockelson
The Gravy Train Goes East1991 · as Han-Joachim Dorfmann
Napoleon1991 · as Karl Emmanuel
The Gravy Train1990 · as Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann
Romy Award1990 · as Self
Blauer Panther1989 · as Self
The Alien Years1988 · as Stefan Mueller
Lenz oder die Freiheit1986 · as Franz Sigel
A Case For Two1981 · as Alf
Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
Parole Chicago1979 · as Ede
The Old Fox1977 · as Hans Baumeister
The Old Fox1977 · as Christian Kamp
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Am dam des1975 · as Self
3 nach 91974 · as Self
Derrick1974 · as Eberhard Bothe
Derrick1974 · as Schumann
Polizeiruf 1101971 · as Dr. Grins
Scene of the Crime1970 · as Inspektor Passini
Scene of the Crime1970 · as Gerd Weißenbach
Scene of the Crime1970 · as Prof. Robert Henze
Grimme Award1964 · as Self
The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
The Oscars1953 · as Self
Bambi1948 · as Self