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.

Filmography

• 2026Minions & Monsters — Max (voice)
• 2025Dracula — Priest
• 2025Frankenstein — Harlander
• 2024Old Guy — Danny Dolinski
• 2023Most Dangerous Game: New York — Miles Sellars
• The Consultant — Regus Patoff, Executive Producer
• 2023The Portable Door — Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr
• 2022Dead for a Dollar — Max Borlund, Executive Producer
• 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio — Count Volpe (voice)
• 2021No Time to Die — Blofeld
• Only Murders in the Building — Bash Steed
• 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun — Paul Duval
• 2020Fidelio — Director
• 2020Little Berlin — Narrator
• 2020Most Dangerous Game — Miles Sellars
• Most Dangerous Game — Miles Sellars
• 2020Rifkin's Festival — Death
• Staged — Christoph
• 2019Alita: Battle Angel — Dr. Dyson Ido
• 2019Georgetown — Ulrich Mott, Director
• 2017Downsizing — Dusan Mirkovic
• 2017Tulip Fever — Cornelis Sandvoort
• 2016The Legend of Tarzan — Captain Leon Rom
• 2015Spectre — Blofeld
• 2014Big Eyes — Walter Keane
• 2014Horrible Bosses 2 — Bert Hanson
• 2014Muppets Most Wanted — Christoph Waltz
• 2013Epic — Mandrake (voice)
• 2013Ode to Joy — The Man
• 2013The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers — Menachem Begin (voice)
• 2013The Zero Theorem — Qohen Leth, Co-Producer
• 2012Django Unchained — Dr. King Schultz
• 2012It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl — Theodor Herzl (voice)
• 2011Carnage — Alan Cowan
• 2011The Green Hornet — Chudnofsky
• 2011The Three Musketeers — Richelieu
• 2011Water for Elephants — August Rosenbluth
• 2009Inglourious Basterds — COL. Hans Landa
• 2008Das Geheimnis im Wald — Hans Kortmann
• Das jüngste Gericht — Peters
• Die Anwälte — Herbert Jahn
• 2008Todsünde — Sebastian Flies
• 2007Die Verzauberung — Dr. Helmut Bahr
• 2007Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe — Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast
• 2006Franziskas Gespür für Männer — Karl Löwen
• Kommissar Stolberg — Paul Büttner
• 2006Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären — Czerny
• Der Staatsanwalt — Dr. Claudius Tressen
• Die Patriarchin — Wolf Sevening
• Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie — Richard Seemann
• 2004Mörderische Suche — Richard Benedek
• 2004Scheidungsopfer Mann — Benedikt von Arn
• Schöne Witwen küssen besser — Jean-France
• 2003Angst — Analytiker
• 2003Berlin Blues — Arzt
• 2003Der Mörder ist unter uns — Martin Bach
• 2003Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht — Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
• 2003Dorian — Rolf Steiner
• 2003Gun-shy — Johannsen
• 2003Jagd auf den Flammenmann — Brisky
• 2003Jennerwein — Pföderl
• 2003Tiger Eyes See Better — Dr. Thilo Rylow
• 2003Two Days of Hope — Michael Berg
• Under Suspicion — Thomas Sell
• 2002Weihnachtsmann gesucht — Johannes Böhmke
• 2001Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express — Ossama/Tarik
• 2001Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker — Dieter Cilov
• Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker — Dieter Cilov
• 2001Engel sucht Flügel — Caspari
• 2001Queen's Messenger — Ben Samm
• 2001Rieke's Love — Trainer Peter Karlhoff
• 2001She Who Must Be Obeyed — Michael Vincey
• 2000Falling Rocks — Louis
• 2000Ordinary Decent Criminal — Peter
• 2000The Beast — Finanzbeamter Fink
• 2000Wenn man sich traut — Director
• 1999Dessine-moi un jouet — Klaus Hermann
• 1999Die Braut — Herzog Carl August
• 1998Das Finale — Kant
• Der letzte Zeuge — Martin York
• 1998Einsteins Ende
• 1998Love Scenes from Planet Earth — Charly
• 1998Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten — Moritz Fink
• 1998Night Time — Becker
• 1998Rache für mein totes Kind — Paul
• 1998Vickys Alptraum — Johnny
• 1997Blutsbrüder — Klaus Mandel
• 1997Our God's Brother — Max, Maksymilian Gierymski
• Schimanski — Klaus Mandel
• 1996Catherine the Great — Mirovich
• 1996You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story — Roy Black
• Die Staatsanwältin — Andreas Doepke
• 1995Ein Anfang von etwas — Herbert Sobieski
• 1995Man in Search of Woman — Christoph
• 1995Prinz zu entsorgen — Roman Hertz
• 1995The Tourist — Stephan Görner
• Faust — Gerhardt Schulze-Leitner
• Inspector Rex — Martin Wolf
• 1994Jacob — Morasch
• Rosa Roth — Wietze
• 1994Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen — Erwin Mikolajczyk
• A King for Burning — Jan Bockelson
• 19925 Zimmer, Küche, Bad — Hartwig Klemmnitz
• 1992Die Angst wird bleiben — Manfred
• 1991Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe — Jan Tytz
• Napoleon — Karl Emmanuel
• 1991St. Petri Schnee
• The Gravy Train Goes East — Han-Joachim Dorfmann
• The Gravy Train — Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann
• 1989Goldeneye — German Spy
• 1989Quicker Than the Eye — Polizeichef
• 1989The Mortal Fortune — Guy on Train (uncredited)
• The Alien Years — Stefan Mueller
• 1987Das andere Leben — Stefan
• 1987Der einsame Weg — Felix
• Lenz oder die Freiheit — Franz Sigel
• 1986The Lenz Papers — Franz Sigel
• 1986Wahnfried — Friedrich Nietzsche
• 1985Die Wupper — August Puderbach, Färber
• 1983The Sandman — Nathanael
• 1982Dr. Margarete Johnsohn — Rainer
• 1982Fire and Sword — Tristan
• 1982Headstand — Markus Dorn
• 1982The Mysterious Stranger — Ernst Wasserman
• A Case For Two — Alf
• 1981The World Machine — Young Painter / New York Diner Youth
• 1979Breakthrough — Paramedic
• 1979Feuer! — Karl Albrecht Schlick
• Parole Chicago — Ede
• 1978Die goldene Rose von Montreux
• 1977Der Einstand — Günter Vesely
• The Old Fox — Hans Baumeister, Christian Kamp
• Derrick — Eberhard Bothe, Schumann
• Polizeiruf 110 — Dr. Grins
• Scene of the Crime — Inspektor Passini, Gerd Weißenbach, Prof. Robert Henze
• Every Note Played — Richard
• Gilded Rage — Thomas Gilbert Sr.
• Wilder & Me — Billy Wilder

Appearances as themselves (37)

• 2025Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson — Self - Harlander
• Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast — Self
• Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self
• 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema — Self
• 2021Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil — Self (archive footage)
• Last Meals — Self
• 2020Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years — Himself
• 2019Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre — Self
• 2019QT8: The First Eight — Self
• Clique Talk — Self
• 2015Oh du mein Österreich — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self, Self - Guest
• 2015The Making of Big Eyes — Himself
• Der Meisterfälscher — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• Conan — Self
• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Deutscher Fernsehpreis — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA — Self
• Romy Award — Self
• Blauer Panther — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Am dam des — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• 3 nach 9 — Self
• Grimme Award — Self
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter
• Bambi — Self