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Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

31 movies on Netflix

Biography

Christoph Waltz is an actor from Austria, Germany and the United States. After a long career in German television and theater, he became known internationally as Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), winning Best Supporting Actor awards at the Academy Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Globes, plus Best Actor at Cannes. He won a second Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe for playing the bounty hunter King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). Other films include Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Downsizing (2017), Big Eyes (2014), Carnage (2011) and The Zero Theorem (2013). He portrayed Ernst Stavro Blofeld in No Time to Die (2021), having first played him in Spectre (2015). Waltz directed opera productions of Der Rosenkavalier and Falstaff, directed and starred in Georgetown (2019), and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for the web series Most Dangerous Game.

70years old

Turns 71 on October 4in 355 days

  • Born Vienna
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22

Movie Career

Films
31
Career span
37 years1989 to 2026

Genres

First and latest

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  1. Early training

    In the late 1970s, Waltz was in New York City, where he trained with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler. He credits his analytical approach to Adler, under whom he studied script interpretation.

  2. Big break

    Waltz played King Schultz, a German bounty hunter, in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained in 2012. Tarantino wrote the role specifically for Waltz.

  3. Beyond film

    In 2007, Waltz lent his voice to the audiobook of Mein Leben als Pavian, the German edition of Robert Sapolsky's A Primate's Memoir.

Christoph Waltz movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Django Unchained2012 Drama, Westernas Dr. King Schultz

    IMDb rating 8.51.9M votes

  2. Inglourious Basterds2009 Adventure, Drama, Waras Col. Hans Landa

    IMDb rating 8.41.8M votes

  3. Spectre2015as Blofeld

    IMDb rating 6.8502K votes

  4. Alita: Battle Angel2019as Dr. Dyson Ido

    IMDb rating 7.3327K votes

  5. Frankenstein2025as Harlander

    IMDb rating 7.4338K votes

  6. The Legend of Tarzan2016as Leon Rom

    IMDb rating 6.2200K votes

  7. Downsizing2017as Dusan Mirkovic

    IMDb rating 5.8139K votes

  8. Big Eyes2014as Walter Keane

    IMDb rating 6.9105K votes

Most often with

Quentin Tarantino directed two of these films, Guillermo del Toro two. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Samuel L. Jackson, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Samuel L. JacksonJamie Foxx, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Jamie FoxxJason Sudeikis, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Jason SudeikisBen Whishaw, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Ben WhishawMatt Damon, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Matt DamonRalph Fiennes, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Ralph FiennesQuentin TarantinoDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Quentin TarantinoGuillermo del ToroDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Guillermo del Toro

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Box office

What Christoph Waltz's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$4.7 billion

21 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 31 films: 21 worldwide figure; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.

  • 21Worldwide figure
  • 5Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 4Figure not found

Top grosser

Spectre2015as Blofeld$881 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 85% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Spectre2015as Blofeld
    $881M18.9% of the total
  2. 2
    No Time to Die2021as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
    $774M16.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Minions & Monsters2026as Max (voice)
    $519M11.1% of the total
  4. 4
    Django Unchained2012as Dr. King Schultz
    $425M9.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Alita: Battle Angel2019as Dr. Dyson Ido
    $405M8.7% of the total
  6. 6
    The Legend of Tarzan2016as Leon Rom
    $357M7.7% of the total
  7. 7
    Inglourious Basterds2009as Col. Hans Landa
    $321M6.9% of the total
  8. 8
    Epic2013as Mandrake (voice)
    $268M5.8% of the total
The Green Hornet (2011), $228 millionThe Three Musketeers (2011), $132 millionWater for Elephants (2011), $117 millionHorrible Bosses 2 (2014), $108 millionDownsizing (2017), $55.0 millionCarnage (2011), $30.7 millionBig Eyes (2014), $28.9 millionTulip Fever (2017), $9.2 millionRifkin's Festival (2020), $2.3 millionThe Zero Theorem (2013), $770,706Frankenstein (2025), $480,678QT8: The First Eight (2019), $101,346Dead for a Dollar (2022), $81,403

$712 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 15% of the total

Awards

Twelve awards and honors from 1982 to 2015, eight of them major.

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Christoph Waltz's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Academy Awards
2013Best Supporting ActorDjango UnchainedWon
2010Best Supporting ActorInglourious BasterdsWon
Golden Globes
2013Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureWon
2010Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureWon
BAFTA
2013Best Actor in a Supporting RoleWon
2010Best Actor in a Supporting RoleWon
SAG Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleWon
Cannes Film Festival
2009Best ActorInglourious BasterdsWon
Other honors
2015European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema AwardWon
2010RomyWon
1997Bavarian TV AwardsDu bist nicht allein - Die Roy Black StoryWon
1982O.E. Hasse AwardWon

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