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"What Happened?" - Christopher Walken |
Date
of Birth:
31 March 1943, Queens, New York
Awards
He's won many awards during his film
career, check them all out here.
Mini
Biography
Amazingly versatile stage & screen actor
with sandy colored hair, pale complexion and a somewhat nervous
disposition. Has a reputation for playing mentally unbalanced characters
on-screen, however that generalisation would not do justice to Walken's
depth and breadth of performances. He learnt his stage craft, including
dancing, at Hofstra University & ANTA, and picked up a Theatre World
award for his
performance in the revival of the
Tennessee Williams
play "The Rose Tattoo".
Walken then first broke through into cinema in 1969 appearing in
Me and My Brother
(1969), before appearing alongside
Sean Connery in the
sleeper heist movie The
Anderson Tapes (1971). His eclectic work really came to the
attention of critics in 1977 with his intense portrayal of
Diane Keaton suicidal
younger brother in Annie
Hall (1977), and then he scooped the Best Supporting Actor Academy
Award in 1977 for his
role as Nick in the electrifying
The Deer Hunter
(1978). Walken was lured back by
The Deer Hunter
(1978) director Michael
Cimino for a role in the financially disastrous western
Heaven's Gate (1980),
before moving onto surprise audiences with his wonderful dance skills in
Pennies from Heaven
(1981), taking the lead as a school teacher with telepathic abilities in
the Stephen King
inspired The Dead Zone
(1983) and then as billionaire industrialist Max Zorin trying to blow up
Silicon Valley in the 007 adventure
A View to a Kill
(1985).
Looking at many of Walken's other captivating screen roles, it is easy
to see the diversity of his range and even his droll comedic talents
with humorous appearances in
Biloxi Blues (1988),
Wayne's World 2
(1993), Joe Dirt
(2001), Mousehunt
(1997) and America's
Sweethearts (2001). Most recently, he continued to surprise
audiences again with his work as a heart broken and apologetic father to
Leonardo DiCaprio in
Catch Me If You Can
(2002). Christopher Walken's talents continue to remain in high demand
and movie audiences relish watching how capably he re-invents himself
for each new challenging role.
Read More about him
Here.
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IMDB Listing.
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Filmography.
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