Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor. <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken_on_stage_and_screen">His diverse work</a> on stage and screen has earned him <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Christopher_Walken">numerous accolades</a> including an <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award">Academy Award</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards">BAFTA Award</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award">Screen Actors Guild Award</a>, as well as nominations for two <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> and two <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Awards">Tony Awards</a>. His films have grossed more than $1.6 billion in the United States alone.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken#cite_note-1">[1]</a>Walken has appeared in supporting roles in films such as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes">The Anderson Tapes</a> (1971), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Stop,_Greenwich_Village">Next Stop, Greenwich Village</a> (1976), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseland_(film)">Roseland</a> (1977) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall">Annie Hall</a> (1977), before coming to wider attention as the troubled <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</a> veteran Nick Chevotarevich in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter">The Deer Hunter</a> (1978). His performance earned him an <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor</a>. He was nominated for the same award for portraying con artist <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale">Frank Abagnale</a>'s father in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can">Catch Me If You Can</a> (2002).Since his <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_role">breakthrough</a>, Walken has appeared in films in various genres, both in lead and supporting roles.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken#cite_note-2">[2]</a> These include <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dogs_of_War_(film)">The Dogs of War</a> (1980), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorm_(1983_film)">Brainstorm</a> (1983), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(film)">The Dead Zone</a> (1983), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_View_to_a_Kill">A View to a Kill</a> (1985), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Close_Range">At Close Range</a> (1986), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi_Blues_(film)">Biloxi Blues</a> (1988), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_New_York">King of New York</a> (1990), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comfort_of_Strangers_(film)">The Comfort of Strangers</a> (1990), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Returns">Batman Returns</a> (1992), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Romance">True Romance</a> (1993), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction">Pulp Fiction</a> (1994), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophecy">The Prophecy</a> (1995, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophecy_(film_series)">its two sequels</a>), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Kings">Suicide Kings</a> (1997), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_(film)">Sleepy Hollow</a> (1999), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_on_Fire_(2004_film)">Man on Fire</a> (2004), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_Crashers">Wedding Crashers</a> (2005), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairspray_(2007_film)">Hairspray</a> (2007), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Psychopaths">Seven Psychopaths</a> (2012), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Late_Quartet">A Late Quartet</a> (2012), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_(2020_film)">Percy</a> (2020), and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune:_Part_Two">Dune: Part Two</a> (2024). He has also provided voice work for the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_films">animated films</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antz">Antz</a> (1998) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2016_film)">The Jungle Book</a> (2016).On television, Walken has appeared in films such as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Am_I_This_Time%3F_(film)">Who Am I This Time?</a> (1982), and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah,_Plain_and_Tall_(film)">Sarah, Plain and Tall</a> (1991), for which he received a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie">Primetime Emmy Award</a> nomination. More recently, he has starred in television series <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaws_(2021_TV_series)">The Outlaws</a> (2021–), and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)">Severance</a> (2022–), the latter of which earned him a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series</a> nomination. He has guest-hosted <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live">Saturday Night Live</a> seven times. His roles on the show include record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Cowbell">More Cowbell</a>" sketch, the disgraced Confederate officer Colonel Angus, and multiple appearances as an aging, unsuccessful <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothario">lothario</a> in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Continental_(Saturday_Night_Live)">Continental</a> sketch.As a stage actor, Walken starred with Irene Worth in a 1975 Broadway revival of Sweet Bird of Youth. Walken has played the lead in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> plays <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet">Hamlet</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth">Macbeth</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet">Romeo and Juliet</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolanus_(play)">Coriolanus</a>. His performance in the original rendition of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce%27s_The_Dead">James Joyce's The Dead</a> (2000), earned him a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Musical">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical</a> nomination. He was nominated for the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Play">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play</a> for his role in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_McDonagh">Martin McDonagh</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Behanding_in_Spokane">A Behanding in Spokane</a> (2010). He also wrote and played the lead role in the 1995 play <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Him_(Walken_play)">Him</a>, about his idol <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley">Elvis Presley</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken#cite_note-3">[3]</a>

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