Actor of The Week: Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz (Bahasa Jerman: [ˈkrɪstɔf ˈvalts]; lahir 4 Oktober 1956) adalah aktor dan sutradara Jerman-Austria, terutama aktif di Amerika Serikat. 

Peran pelariannya datang dalam film Quentin Tarantino 2009 Inglourious Basterds, di mana ia memerankan perwira SS Hans Landa. Dia kemudian akan berkolaborasi dengan Tarantino sekali lagi pada tahun 2012, di mana dia bermain sebagai pemburu hadiah Raja Schultz di Django Unchained. Untuk setiap pertunjukan, ia mendapatkan Academy Award, BAFTA Award, dan Golden Globe Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik. Waltz juga menerima Penghargaan Aktor Terbaik di Festival Film Cannes dan Screen Actors Guild Award untuk perannya sebagai Landa. 

Waltz memerankan genius komputer Qohen Leth dalam film fiksi ilmiah The Zero Theorem (2013), plagiarist Amerika Walter Keane dalam film biografi Big Eyes (2014), dan musuh bebuyutan James Bond, Ernst Stavro Blofeld dalam Specter (2015), James ke dua puluh empat Film bond. Dia diatur untuk mengulangi peran dalam film Bond dua puluh lima No Time to Die (2020). 

Waltz memiliki tiga anak dengan mantan istrinya, Jackie. Ia membesarkan seorang anak perempuan (lahir 2005) bersama istri keduanya, perancang busana Judith Holste. Mereka membagi waktu di antara Berlin, London, dan Los Angeles. 

Pada tahun 2018, citranya digunakan tanpa izin sebagai bagian dari penipuan oleh penipu yang konservatif Jacob Wohl dalam upaya nyata untuk menggagalkan Investigasi Penasihat Khusus Donald Trump dengan menggunakan gambarnya untuk penyelidik keuangan fiktif.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1979	Breakthrough	Paramedic	Andrew V. McLaglen	Uncredited
1981	Headstand	Markus	Veith von Fürstenberg
1982	Fire and Sword	Tristan
1986	Wahnfried	Friedrich Nietzsche	Peter Patzak
1988	Quicker Than the Eye [de]	Police Chief	Nicolas Gessner
1991	Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe [pl]	Jan Tytz	Krzysztof Zanussi	Credited as Chistopher Waltz
1995	The Start of Something	Herbert	Nikolaus Leytner
1997	Our God's Brother [pl]	Maksymilian Gierymski	Krzysztof Zanussi
1998	Seven Moons	Kom. Becker	Peter Fratzscher
	Love Scenes from Planet Earth	Charly	Marc Rothemund
1999	The Bride	Karl August	Egon Günther
2000	Ordinary Decent Criminal	Peter	Thaddeus O'Sullivan
	Falling Rocks	Louis	Peter Keglevic
	Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express	Ossama / Tarik	Mark Roper
2001	Queen's Messenger	Ali Ben Samm	Mark Roper
	She	Michael Vincey	Timothy Bond
2003	Angst	Psychoanalyst	Oskar Roehler
	Gun-Shy	Johannsen	Dito Tsintsadze
	Berlin Blues	Doctor	Leander Haußmann
2004	Pact with the Devil	Rolf Steiner	Allan A. Goldstein
2006	Lapislazuli: In the Eyes of the Bear	Czerny	Wolfgang Murnberger
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Col. Hans Landa	Quentin Tarantino
2011	The Green Hornet	Benjamin Chudnofsky / Bloodnofsky	Michel Gondry
	Water for Elephants	August Rosenbluth	Francis Lawrence
	The Three Musketeers	Cardinal Richelieu	Paul W. S. Anderson
	Carnage	Alan Cowan	Roman Polanski
2012	Django Unchained	Dr. King Schultz	Quentin Tarantino
2013	Epic	Mandrake	Chris Wedge	Voice
	The Zero Theorem	Qohen Leth	Terry Gilliam	Also co-producer
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	Himself	James Bobin	Cameo
	Horrible Bosses 2	Burt Hanson	Sean Anders
	Big Eyes	Walter Keane	Tim Burton
2015	Spectre	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	Sam Mendes
2016	The Legend of Tarzan	Léon Rom	David Yates
2017	Tulip Fever	Cornelis Sandvoort	Justin Chadwick
	Downsizing	Dusan Mirkovic	Alexander Payne
2019	Alita: Battle Angel	Dr. Dyson Ido	Robert Rodriguez
	Georgetown	Ulrich Mott	Himself
2020	The French Dispatch		Wes Anderson	Post-production
TBA	Rifkin's Festival		Woody Allen	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Am dam des	(singer)
1977	Der Einstand	Gunther Vesley	Television film
1979	Feuer!	Karl Albrecht Schlick	Television film
	Parole Chicago	Eduard "Ede" Bredo	13 episodes
1982	The Mysterious Stranger	Ernst Wasserman	Television film
	Dr. Margarete Johnsohn	Rainer	Television film
1983	Der Sandmann	Nathanael	Television film
1985	Ein Fall für zwei	Alf	Episode: "Blutsbande"
1986	The Old Fox	Hans Baumeister	Episode: "Zwei Leben"
	Derrick	Eberhard Bothe	Episode: "Schonzeit für Mörder"
	Lenz oder die Freiheit	Franz Sigel	Television miniseries
1987	Tatort	Inspektor Passini	Episode: "Wunschlos tot"
	Das andere Leben	Stefan	Television film
1988	The Alien Years	Stefan Mueller	Television series
	Derrick	Schumann	Episode: "Mord inklusive"
1989	Goldeneye	German spy	Television film
1990	The Gravy Train	Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann	4 episodes
	The Old Fox	Christian Kamp	Episode: "So gut wie tot"
1991	The Gravy Train Goes East	Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann	4 episodes
1992	5 Zimmer, Küche, Bad	Hartwig Klemmnitz	Television film
	Die Angst wird bleiben	Manfred	Television film
1993	König der letzten Tage (also known as A King for Burning)	John of Leiden	Television film
1994	Tag der Abrechnung – Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen	Erwin Mikolajczyk	Television film
	Jacob	Morash	Television film
	Die Staatsanwältin	Andreas Doepke	Television film
1995	The All New Alexei Sayle Show	Weak Moustache	Episode #2.3
	Prinz zu entsorgen	Roman	Television film
	Man(n) sucht Frau	Christoph	Television film
	Catherine the Great	Mirovich	Television film
1996	Der Tourist	Stephan Görner	Television film
	Du bist nicht allein – Die Roy Black Story	Roy Black	Television film
	Rosa Roth	Wietze	Episode: "Nirgendwohin"
	Rex: A Cop's Best Friend	Martin Wolf	Episode: "Der Puppenmörder"
1997	Maître Da Costa	Walter Mueller	2 episodes
	Faust	Gerhardt Schulze-Leitner	Episode: "Villa Palermo"
	Schimanski	Klaus Mandel	Episode: "Blutsbrüder" [de]
1998	Vickys Alptraum	Johnny	Television film
	Schock – Eine Frau in Angst	Kommissar Kaul	Television film
	The Final Game	Kant	Television film
	Rache für mein totes Kind	Paul	Television film
	Mörderisches Erbe – Tausch mit einer Toten	Moritz Fink	Television film
1999	Dessine-moi un jouet	Klaus Hermann	Television film
2000	The Beast (also known as Das Teufelsweib)	Herbert Fink	Television film
2001	Engel sucht Flügel	Caspari	Television film
	Riekes Liebe	Pair skating coach Karlhoff	Television film
	Der Tanz mit dem Teufel	Dieter Cilov	Television film
2002	Dienstreise – Was für eine Nacht	Klaus-Dieter Lehmann	Television film
	Weihnachtsmann gesucht	Johannes Böhmke	Television film
2003	Jagd auf den Flammenmann	Brisky	Television film
	Der Mörder ist unter uns (also known as Der Fall Gehring)	Martin Bach	Television film
	Zwei Tage Hoffnung	Michael Berg	Television film
	Jennerwein	Pföderl	Television film
	Tigeraugen sehen besser	Dr. Thilo Rylow	Television film
2004	Scheidungsopfer Mann	Benedikt von Arn	Television film
	Mörderische Suche	Richard Benedek	Television film
	Schöne Witwen küssen besser	Jean-France	Television film
2005	Die Patriarchin	Wolf Sevening	3 episodes
	Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie	Richard Seemann	Episode: "Verlorene Jahre"
2006	SOKO Rhein-Main	Andreas Senner	Episode: "Schuld und Sühne"
	Polizeiruf 110	Dr. Juris Gríns	Episode: "Die Lettin und ihr Lover"
	Stolberg	Paul Büttner	Episode: "Kreuzbube"
	Tatort	Prof. Robert Henze	Episode: "Schlaflos in Weimar"
	Franziskas Gespür für Männer	Karl Löwen	Television film
2007	Der Staatsanwalt	Dr. Claudius Tressen	Episode: "Glückskinder"
	Der letzte Zeuge	Dr. Martin York	Episode: "Martinspassion"
	Unter Verdacht	Thomas Sell	Episode: "Hase and Igel"
	The Zurich Engagement [de]	Frank "Büffel" Arbogast	Television film
	Die Verzauberung	Dr. Helmut Bahr	Television film
2008	Das Geheimnis im Wald	Hans Kortmann	Television film
	Todsünde	Sebastian Flies	Television film
	Das jüngste Gericht	Peters	Television film
	Die Anwälte	Herbert Jahn	Episode: "Leben und Tod"
	Tatort	Gerd Weißenbach	Episode: "Liebeswirren"
2013	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Christoph Waltz/Alabama Shakes"