Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken, April 2007.
Born	Ronald Walken March 31, 1943 (1943-03-31) (age 65) Queens, New York, United States
Other name(s)	Chris Walken, Ronnie Walken, Christopher Walken
Years active	1953–present
Spouse(s)	Georgianne Walken (1969–)

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Walken is a prolific actor who has spent more than 50 years on stage and screen. ^[1] He has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, including The Deer Hunter, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New York, Batman Returns, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, The Funeral, and Catch Me If You Can, and in TV's Kojak and The Naked City. The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war Drama film about a trio of Rusyn American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the The Dead Zone is a 1983 Science fiction - Thriller film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. A View To A Kill (1985 is the fourteenth Spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional At Close Range is a film based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston Sr For the Charlie Chaplin film see A King in New York. King of New York is a 1990 film, starring Christopher Batman Returns is a 1992 Superhero film directed by Tim Burton. True Romance is a 1993 American romantic Crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino Catch Me if You Can is a 2002 Black comedy film loosely based on Frank Abagnale Jr Kojak refers to two separate but related American Crime drama Television series, with the original airing on CBS and the second series Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network Walken gained a cult following in the 1990s as the Archangel Gabriel in the first three The Prophecy movies, as well as his frequent guest-host appearances on Saturday Night Live. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. Gabriel ( Latin: Gabrielus; Greek:, Gabriēl; Arabic: جبريل Jibrīl or جبرائيل The Prophecy, released in Europe as God's Army is a 1995 Horror film starring Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City In the United States, films featuring Walken have grossed over $1. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 8 billion. ^[2] In 1979, Walken won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter, where he played a disturbed Vietnam veteran alongside Robert De Niro. Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war Drama film about a trio of Rusyn American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Walken was nominated again in 2002 for Catch Me if You Can. Catch Me if You Can is a 2002 Black comedy film loosely based on Frank Abagnale Jr He won the Clarence Derwent Award for his performance in The Lion in Winter in 1966^[3] and an Obie for his 1975 performance in Kid Champion. The Clarence Derwent Awards are Broadway theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association. The Lion in Winter is a 1966 Broadway play by James Goldman, who also cinematically adapted it in 1968 for the film directed by The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards bestowed by The Village Voice newspaper to Off-Broadway Theater He has played the main role in the Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. William Shakespeare ( baptised Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the Coriolanus is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Gaius Martius Coriolanus.

Walken debuted as a film director and script writer with the short (five-minute) film Popcorn Shrimp in 2001. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Popcorn Shrimp is a 2001 short five minute film directed by American actor Christopher Walken. He also wrote and acted the main role in a play about Elvis Presley titled Him in 1995. ^[4]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early roles 2.2 1970s 2.3 1980s 2.4 1990s 2.5 2000s 3 Cult status 3.1 Appearances on Saturday Night Live 3.2 Presidential candidacy hoax 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Walken was born Ronald Walken (named after actor Ronald Colman) into a Methodist family^[5] in Queens, New York. Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations His mother, Rosalie, was a Scottish immigrant, and his father, Paul Walken, emigrated from Germany. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as ^[6] Both of his parents were bakers. This article refers to the cooking profession For other uses see Baker (disambiguation A baker is someone who primarily Bakes Throughout his youth, Walken worked after school in the family bakery, Walken's Bakery, which was situated on Broadway and 30th Street in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York. Astoria is a Neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Walken often worked alongside a young immigrant girl, Lidia Motika, who was interested in learning all about the food business. She grew up to become acclaimed restaurateur and TV cooking show host Lidia Bastianich; the two have remained close ever since. Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (born February 21 1947 is an American chef born in Istria, specializing in Italian cuisine. ^[7]

Influenced by their mother's own dreams of stardom, he and brothers Ken and Glenn were child actors on television in the 1950s. The term child actor is generally applied to a Child Acting in motion pictures or Television, but also to an Adult Walken studied at Hofstra University on Long Island, but did not graduate. Hofstra University is a private Nonsectarian, Coeducational institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead and the hamlet of Uniondale Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before moving on to dramatic roles in theatre and then film. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one

Career

Early roles

Walken first appeared on the screen as a child extra in numerous anthology series and variety shows during the Golden Age of Television. An extra is a Performer in a Film, Television show, stage musical opera or ballet production who appears in a nonspeaking nonsinging or nondancing capacity An anthology series is a radio or television series that has a different story and a different set of characters in every episode A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts especially Musical performances and Comedy Skits and The Golden Age of Television is the period in the United States from approximately 1949 to 1961 a time when many hour-long anthology drama series received critical acclaim After appearing in a sketch with Martin and Lewis on The Colgate Comedy Hour, Walken decided to become an actor. This article is about the American comedy duo Martin & Lewis For the British-born humorist writer producer and TV/radio host - see Martin Lewis. The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired on NBC network from 1950 to 1955. ^[8] He landed a regular role in the 1953 television show The Wonderful John Acton as the show's narrator. A narrator (or the extremely rarely used female equivalent narratress) is within any story (literary work movie play verbal account etc During this time, he was credited as "Ronnie Walken. "

Over the next 20 years, he appeared frequently on television, landed an experimental film role in Me and My Brother, and had a thriving career in theatre. This article is on the variety of film For information on the They Might Be Giants song see " Experimental Film (song " In 1964, he changed his name to "Christopher" at the suggestion of a friend who believed the name suited him better. ^[9] Coincidentally, Walken's last credited role under the name "Ronny" was a character with the name of "Chris". ^[10] Nowadays, he prefers to be known informally as "Chris Walken. "^[11]

1970s

Walken made his feature film debut with a small role opposite Sean Connery in Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes in 1971. In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an Academy Award -receiving American Film director, with over 50 Films to his name The Anderson Tapes is a 1971 Crime film. It was directed by Sidney Lumet and stars Sean Connery, Martin Balsam and Dyan Cannon In 1972's The Mind Snatchers, Walken played his first starring role. ^[12] In this science fiction film, which deals with mind control and normalization, he plays a sociopathic American soldier stationed in Germany. Science fiction Film is a Film genre that uses speculative, Science -based depictions of imaginary phenomena such as extra-terrestrial Mind control is a broad range of psychological tactics able to subvert an individual's control of his own thinking, behavior emotions or decisions Normalization is a process whereby behaviours and ideas are made to seem " normal " through repetition or through ideology propaganda etc Antisocial personality disorder ( APD) is a Mental disorder.It is defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

Woody Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall has Walken playing the suicidal brother of Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Annie Hall is a 1977 Romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5 1946 is an Oscar -winning American film Actress, director and producer ^[13] In 1978, he appeared in Shoot the Sun Down, a western filmed in 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Margot Kidder (born October 17, 1948) is a Canadian-American Film and Television actress best known for playing Lois ^[14] Along with Nick Nolte, Walken was considered by George Lucas for the part of Han Solo in Star Wars;^[15][16] the part ultimately went to Harrison Ford. Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor, Film producer and ex- model George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Han Solo is a character in the Star Wars universe. He was played by Harrison Ford in Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope, Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope (originally released as Star Wars) is a 1977 Space opera Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA -nominated as well as Golden Globe -winning American

Walken won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the controversial 1978 film The Deer Hunter. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war Drama film about a trio of Rusyn American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the ^[17] He plays a young Pennsylvania steelworker who is emotionally destroyed by the Vietnam War. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia To help achieve a gaunt appearance for the role, Walken ate nothing but bananas and rice for a week. For the fruit see Banana. For other meanings see Banana (disambiguation. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many

1980s

Walken's first film of the 1980s was the controversial Heaven's Gate, helmed by Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino. Heaven's Gate is a 1980 Western movie depicting the Johnson County War, a dispute between land barons and European immigrants in Wyoming Michael Cimino (ˈtʃamɪnəʊ born February 3, 1939, New York City) is an American, Academy Award-winning film director Walken also starred in the 1981 action adventure The Dogs of War, directed by Jack Cardiff. Action movies are a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases or explosions either take precedence Adventure Film is a Film genre. History The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and The Dogs Of War is a 1981 war film based upon the novel The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth, with Christopher Walken and Jack Cardiff OBE, BSC (born 18 September 1914) is an Academy Award -winning British Cinematographer, director Walken then played schoolteacher-turned-psychic Johnny Smith in David Cronenberg's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's The Dead Zone. The word psychic (ˈsaɪkɨk from the Greek psychikos—"of the soul mental" refers to the claimed ability to perceive things hidden from the normal senses Johnny Smith, (born John Henry Smith Jr on June 25, 1922 in Birmingham Alabama) is an American Cool jazz and David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, The Dead Zone is a 1983 Science fiction - Thriller film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. That same year, Walken also starred in Brainstorm alongside Natalie Wood and (in a minor role) his wife, Georgianne. Brainstorm is a 1983 Science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull and starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood (in her Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, also billed as Natasha Gurdin ( July 20, 1938, San Francisco, California Georgianne Walken (maiden name Thon is an Emmy award -winning American Casting director.

In 1985, Walken played a James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to a Kill. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Max Zorin is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. A View To A Kill (1985 is the fourteenth Spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional Walken dyed his hair blond to befit Zorin's origins as a Nazi experiment. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Nazi human experimentation was a series of controversial medical experiments on large numbers of prisoners by the German Nazi regime in its Concentration He also played the leading role of Whitley Strieber in 1989's Communion, an autobiographical film written by Streiber that was based on his claims that he and his family were subject to alien abductions. Louis Whitley Strieber ( (born June 13, 1945) is an American writer best known for his Horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger Alien Discussions Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference.

At Close Range starred Walken as Brad Whitewood, a rural Pennsylvania crime boss who tries to bring his two sons into his empire. At Close Range is a film based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston Sr A crime boss is a person in charge of a Criminal organization.

1990s

The Comfort of Strangers, an art house film directed by Paul Schrader, had the distinction of providing a role for Walken that disturbed even him. The Comfort of Strangers is a 1990 film directed by Paul Schrader. An Art film (also called an “art cinema” “art movie” or in the U Paul Joseph Schrader (born July 22, 1946 in Grand Rapids Michigan) is an American Screenwriter and Film director He plays Robert, a decadent Italian aristocrat with extreme sexual tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Aristocracy is a form of Government, where rule is established through an internal struggle over who has the most status and influence over society and internal relations Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the

King of New York, directed by Abel Ferrara, stars Walken as ruthless New York City drug dealer Frank White—recently released from prison and set on reclaiming his criminal territory. For the Charlie Chaplin film see A King in New York. King of New York is a 1990 film, starring Christopher Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951 in The Bronx) is an American movie Screenwriter and director. The City of New York The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs In 1992, Walken again played the leading villain in Batman Returns as millionaire industrialist Max Shreck. Batman Returns is a 1992 Superhero film directed by Tim Burton. Max Shreck is a fictional character and an adversary of Batman. Walken's next major film role was opposite Dennis Hopper in True Romance, scripted by Quentin Tarantino. Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Film -maker True Romance is a 1993 American romantic Crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and His so-called Sicilian scene has been hailed by critics as the best scene in the film and is the subject of four commentaries on the DVD. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. On disc based video formats an audio commentary is an additional audio track consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers that plays in real time with video DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Walken has a supporting role in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as a Vietnam veteran giving his dead comrade's son the family's prized possession—a gold watch—while explaining in graphic detail how he had hidden it from the Vietcong by smuggling it in his rectum. The rectum (from the Latin rectum intestinum, meaning straight intestine) is the final straight portion of the Large intestine in some Mammals

Later in 1994, Walken starred in A Business Affair, a rare leading role for him in a romantic comedy. A Business Affair is a 1994 Romantic comedy film directed by Charlotte Brandstrom and starring Carole Bouquet. Walken manages to once again feature his trademark dancing scene as he performs the tango. The TAco Next Generation Objects ( TANGO) control system is a free open source object oriented control system for controlling accelerators experiments and any kind of hardware In 1995, he appeared in Wild Side, The Prophecy and the modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second collaboration with director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St. Wild Side is a 1995 film co-written and directed by Donald Cammell starring Anne Heche, Joan Chen, Christopher Walken The Prophecy, released in Europe as God's Army is a 1995 Horror film starring Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen The Addiction is an unconventional 1995 Vampire Film by Abel Ferrara, starring Lili Taylor, Edie Falco, Paul Calderon Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951 in The Bronx) is an American movie Screenwriter and director. John.

In the 1996 film Last Man Standing, Walken plays a sadistic gangster. Last Man Standing is a 1996 Action film written and directed by Walter Hill, starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, That year, he played a predominant role in the video game Ripper, portraying Detective Vince Magnotta. Ripper is a 1996 adventure computer game developed by Take-Two Interactive, and released for DOS -based Personal Ripper made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a wide cast of celebrities in an interactive movie. An interactive movie is a Video game presented using full-motion video of either animated or live-action footage In 1998, Walken played an influential gay New York theater critic in John Turturro's film Illuminata. John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an American Actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L Illuminata is a 1998 Romantic comedy film directed by John Turturro and written by Brandon Cole ( 13 Moons) and John Turturro based

In 1999, Walken played Calvin Webber in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past. Blast from the Past is a 1999 Romantic comedy film starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Sissy Spacek, Christopher Webber is a brilliant but eccentric Cal Tech nuclear physicist whose fears of a nuclear war lead him to build an enormous fallout shelter beneath his suburban home. The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, Coeducational research university located in Pasadena Nuclear physics is the field of Physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of Atomic nuclei. The same year, he appeared as The Headless Horseman in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. Timothy "Tim" William Burton (born August 25 1958 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Set designer, notable for the quirky Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 period Horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman John Christina Ricci (born February 12 1980 is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in

Walken also starred in three music videos in the 1990s. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics His first video role was as the Angel of Death in Madonna's 1993 "Bad Girl"; the second appearance was in Skid Row's "Breakin' Down" video and his third was in Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice video. In English Death is often given the name the " Grim Reaper " and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large Scythe, and wearing a midnight black gown robe Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American "Bad Girl" is a song by Madonna, released as the third single taken from her album Erotica in 1993 " Breakin' Down " is a song by Skid Row. It was the single from their third album Subhuman Race. Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician " Star 69 " / " Weapon of Choice " are songs by Fatboy Slim.

2000s

In 2000, Walken was cast as the lead, along with Faith Prince, in James Joyce's The Dead on Broadway. Faith Prince (born August 5, 1957) is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work on Broadway. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A "play with music," The Dead featured music by Shaun Davey, conducted by Charles Prince, with music coordination and percussion by Tom Partington. Shaun Davey (1948&ndash) is an Irish composer Early years Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948 Charles O "Chuck" Prince III (born January 13 1950) is a former Chief executive officer (CEO and Chairman of Citigroup James Joyce's The Dead won a Tony Award that year for Best Book for a Musical. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented

Walken had a notable music video performance in 2001 with Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice. Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician " Star 69 " / " Weapon of Choice " are songs by Fatboy Slim. Directed by Spike Jonze, it won six MTV awards in 2001 and—in a list of the top 100 videos of all time compiled from a survey of musicians, directors, and music industry figures conducted by UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of All Time in April 2002. Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel October 22, 1969) is an American director of Music videos and commercials and an Academy MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television In this video, Walken performs a tap dance around the lobby of the Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles; Walken also helped choreograph the dance. Tap dance was developed in the United States during the nineteenth century and is popular nowadays in many parts of the world Marriott International Inc ( is a worldwide operator and Franchisor of a range of value and luxury Hotels and related Lodging facilities. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Also in 2001, Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection program in the David Spade comedy Joe Dirt and an eccentric film director in America's Sweethearts. Witness protection is Protection of a threatened Witness, before during and after a trial, usually by Police. David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy nominated American Actor, Comedian, Television personality Joe Dirt is a 2001 Comedy film starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Brittany Daniel America's Sweethearts ( 2001) is a Romantic comedy film, directed by Joe Roth, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal

Walken played Frank Abagnale, Sr. in Catch Me If You Can. Catch Me if You Can is a 2002 Black comedy film loosely based on Frank Abagnale Jr It is inspired by the story of Frank Abagnale, Jr. , a con artist who passed himself off as several identities and forged millions of dollars worth of checks. A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme Forgery is the process of making adapting or imitating objects statistics or documents (see False document) with the intent to deceive. His portrayal earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. ^[17] Walken also had a part in the 2003 action comedy film The Rundown, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Seann William Scott, in which he plays a ruthless despot. The Rundown (also known as Welcome to the Jungle) is a 2003 Action comedy film starring The Rock and Sean William Seann William Scott (born October 3, 1976) is an American Actor. He was nominated for a Razzie (Worst Supporting Actor) in 2002's The Country Bears^[18] and in two 2003 movies, Gigli and Kangaroo Jack. ^[19]

Most recently, he played the role of Morty, a sympathetic inventor who's more than meets the eye in the comedy Click, and he also appeared in Man of the Year, with Robin Williams and Lewis Black. Click is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy/drama / Science fiction / fantasy Film directed by Frank Man of the Year is a Political thriller / Comedy Movie directed by Barry Levinson and featuring Robin Williams in the Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Lewis Niles Black (born August 30 1948) is a Grammy Award -winning American stand-up comedian, Author, Playwright He costarred in the 2007 film adaptation Hairspray—where he is seen singing and dancing in a romantic duet with John Travolta—and he portrayed the eccentric but cruel crime lord and Ping-Pong enthusiast Feng in the 2007 comedy Balls of Fury, opposite Dan Fogler. Hairspray is a 2007 Musical film produced by Zadan / Meron Productions and distributed by New Line Cinema. Balls of Fury is an American Sports comedy film starring Dan Fogler and Christopher Walken. Daniel Kevin Fogler (born October 20, 1976) is a Tony Award -winning American Actor.

Walken is currently in the movie Five Dollars a Day, in which he plays a con man proud of living like a king on $5 a day. Five Dollars a Day (also spelled as $5 a Day) is an upcoming Comedy film directed by Nigel Cole and starring He recently completed filming on The Lonely Maiden, a comedy costarring Morgan Freeman, about security guards in an art museum.

Walken can now be found in Universal Studios' "Disaster" attraction (formerly "Earthquake and the Magic of Effects"). Walken portrays the owner of "Disaster Studios" and encourages guests to be extras in his latest film, "Mutha Nature. " Walken is projected on a clear screen, much like a life-size hologram, and interacts with the live-action talent.

Cult status

Walken has attracted a strong cult following as an actor. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. He is often imitated for his deadpan affect, sudden off-beat pauses, and strange speech rhythm. Deadpan is a form of non-comedic delivery in which Humour is presented without a change in emotion or Facial expression, usually speaking in He is revered for his quality of danger and menace, but his unpredictable deliveries and expressions make him invaluable in comedy as well. He has been parodied on Dave the Barbarian by an unusual unicorn named Twinkle. Dave the Barbarian was an Annie Award -nominated Disney Animated television series that premiered in January of 2004 on The Walken is also noted for turning down movie roles only rarely, having stated in interviews that he will decline a role only if he is simply too busy on other projects to take it. He regards each role as a learning experience.

He is one of the most frequently impersonated actors in Hollywood. Notable Walken impressionists include Eddie Izzard, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Pollak, Jay Mohr, Johnny Depp, and Jake Gyllenhaal. Edward John "Eddie" Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a British stand-up comedian and Dramatic Actor. Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26 1959 is an American actor and Film director. Kevin E Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American Actor, impressionist and Comedian. Jay Mohr (born Jon Ferguson Mohr on August 23, 1970) is an American actor and Stand-up comedian. John Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( born December 19 1980 is an American actor He is also frequently referenced in various other works of pop culture, such as in the Fountains of Wayne song "Hackensack. Fountains of Wayne is an American Power pop rock band formed in 1996 and known for such singles as "Radiation Vibe" and " Stacy's Mom Welcome Interstate Managers is an Album by Fountains of Wayne. " Walken remains one of the most popular portrayers of villains among film fans, with a page dedicated entirely to him on the movievillains. com website. ^[20] MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch aired a match between Walken and Gary Oldman to determine who was the greatest cinematic villain. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Celebrity Deathmatch is a Claymation Parody Television show that pits celebrities against each other in a Wrestling ring Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958 is an English actor writer director, producer, Voice-over artist and occasional Musician who ^[21] On February 15, 2008, he accepted Harvard's award as Hasty Pudding Man of the Year. The Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award is bestowed annually by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals society at Harvard University.

Appearances on Saturday Night Live

Walken has hosted the comedy sketch and satire TV series Saturday Night Live seven times, and has a standing offer from Lorne Michaels to host the show whenever Walken's schedule permits. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City One of his more famous SNL performances was a spoof of "Behind the Music," featuring a recording session of Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper. Behind the Music was a Television series on VH1 that ran from 1997 to 2006, and continues to air sporadically with new episodes Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2008 " In the guise of record producer Bruce Dickinson (not to be confused with Bruce Dickinson, lead singer for Iron Maiden), Walken makes passionate and slightly unhinged speeches to the band and is obsessed with getting "more cowbell" into the song. Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer Airline pilot, radio show For other uses see Iron maiden. " More cowbell " is an American pop culture Catchphrase originally derived from an April 8, 2000, Saturday Night Live

Walken also spoofed his role from The Dead Zone in a sketch titled "Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic," in which the title character had the ability to accurately predict meaningless, trivial future events ("You're going to get an ice cream headache. The Dead Zone is a 1983 Science fiction - Thriller film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. It's going to hurt real bad—right here—for eight, nine seconds. ").

He also spoofed his role from A View to a Kill in a sketch titled "Lease with an Option to Kill," in which he reprised his role as Max Zorin. A View To A Kill (1985 is the fourteenth Spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional Max Zorin is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. Zorin, who had taken on some qualities of other notable Bond villains (Blofeld's cat and suit, Emilio Largo's eye patch), was upset that everything was going wrong for him. Emilio Largo is a Fictional character and the main Antagonist from the James Bond novel Thunderball. His lair was still under construction; his henchmen had jump suits that didn't fit; and his shark tank lacked sharks, having a giant sea sponge instead. The sponges or poriferans (from Latin porus "pore" and ferre "to bear" are Animals A captive James Bond, portrayed by Phil Hartman, offered to get Zorin "a good deal" on the abandoned Blofeld volcanic lair if Zorin let him go, to which he reluctantly agreed. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Phil Hartman (September 24 1948 &ndash May 28 1998 was a Canadian -born American Emmy Award -winning Writer as well as an Actor,

In another appearance, he performed a song and dance rendition of the Irving Berlin standard, "Let's Face the Music and Dance. Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters " Finally, there was the "Colonel Angus" sketch, laden with ribald double entendres, in which Walken played a dishonored Confederate officer. Not to be confused with Puns which employ multiple phrases A double entendre is a Figure of speech similar to the Pun, in The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Walken's SNL appearances have proved so popular that he is one of the few SNL hosts for whom a Best of. . . SNL DVD is available, an honor usually reserved only for SNL cast members.

In some appearances, he has performed in "The Continental," a recurring sketch in which Walken is a "suave ladies' man" who in reality can't say or do anything to keep women from giving him the cold shoulder. " The Continental " is a recurring skit on Saturday Night Live featuring Christopher Walken. Though he is outwardly chivalrous, his more perverted tendencies inevitably drive away his date over his pleading objections. For instance, he invites a woman to wash up in his bathroom; once she is inside, it becomes obvious that the bathroom mirror is a two-way mirror when the "Continental" is seen lighting up a cigarette. A two-way mirror, also called a one-way mirror, is a Mirror which is partially reflective and partially transparent

Walken most recently hosted Saturday Night Live on April 5, 2008. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Presidential candidacy hoax

Walken became the subject of a hoax controversy in October 2006 when a fake website started in August of that year by members of internet forum General Mayhem announced that he was running for President of the United States. ard|OCP ( Hard ware O verclockers C omparison P age is an Online magazine that offers news reviews and editorials that relate to The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Some fans believed it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims. ^[22] When asked about the hoax in a September 2006 interview with Conan O'Brien, Walken was amused by the hoax; and when asked to come up with a campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck?" and "No More Zoos!"^[23]

The site, Walken2008.com, remains online. Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an Emmy Award -winning American Television host and Comedian, best known

Personal life

Walken has been married to Georgianne Walken (née Thon) since 1969. Georgianne Walken (maiden name Thon is an Emmy award -winning American Casting director. She is a casting director, most notably for The Sopranos; they live in rural Connecticut. The Sopranos is an American Television drama series created by David Chase. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. ^[24] In regard to his villainous roles preceding him when meeting new people, Walken says, "When they see me in a movie, they expect me to be something nasty. . . That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes. "^[25]

Walken has a genetic condition called heterochromia, which is a difference in the color of each eye (one of his is blue and the other is brown). In anatomy heterochromia refers to a difference in Coloration usually of the iris but also of Hair or Skin. Eye color is a Polygenic trait and is determined by the amount and type of Pigments in the Eye 's iris.

Filmography

Main article: Christopher Walken filmography

References

External links

• Christopher Walken at the Internet Movie Database
• Christopher Walken at the Internet Broadway Database

Preceded by Louis Jourdan and Steven Berkoff

Official James Bond villain actor 1985

Succeeded by Joe Don Baker and Jeroen Krabbé

Awards
Preceded by Jason Robards for Julia	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1978 for The Deer Hunter	Succeeded by Melvyn Douglas for Being There
Preceded by Jim Broadbent for Moulin Rouge!	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2003 for Catch Me if You Can	Succeeded by Bill Nighy for Love Actually

The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel This article is about the French actor for the Musician see Louis Jordan. Steven Berkoff (born 3 August 1937 is an English Actor, Writer and director. The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable Villains and henchmen. Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American film actor perhaps best known for his roles as real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser Jeroen Aart Krabbé (born December 5, 1944) is a Dutch actor and film director who has appeared in many Dutch and international films Jason Nelson Robards Jr, ( July 26, 1922 &ndash December 26, 2000) was an American Actor. Julia is a 1977 Film Drama made by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Lillian Hellman 's book Pentimento Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war Drama film about a trio of Rusyn American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg ( April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 is an English Academy Award -winning theatre film and television Actor. This article is about the 2001 Motion picture. For other uses see Moulin Rouge (disambiguation Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 Musical film The following is a complete list of the winners and nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Catch Me if You Can is a 2002 Black comedy film loosely based on Frank Abagnale Jr William Francis "Bill" Nighy (ˈnaɪ born 12 December 1949) is a Golden Globe - and BAFTA -award winning English Actor Love Actually is a 2003 British Romantic comedy Film written and directed by Richard Curtis.

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