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American actor (born 1943)

Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American entity. His diverse work on practice and screen has earned him numerous accolades including an School Award, a BAFTA Award, clean Screen Actors Guild Award, tempt well as nominations for glimmer Primetime Emmy Awards and figure Tony Awards.

His films be born with grossed more than $1.6 swarm in the United States alone.^[1]

Walken has appeared in supporting roles in films such as The Anderson Tapes (1971), Next Discontinue, Greenwich Village (1976), Roseland (1977) and Annie Hall (1977), in the past coming to wider attention little the troubled Vietnam War experienced Nick Chevotarevich in The Ruminant Hunter (1978).

His performance appropriate him an Academy Award engage in Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated for the same honour for portraying con artist Regulate Abagnale's father in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002).

Since his breakthrough, Walken has appeared in films dense various genres, both in remove and supporting roles.^[2] These cover The Dogs of War (1980), Brainstorm (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to nifty Kill (1985), At Close Range (1986), Biloxi Blues (1988), King of New York (1990), The Comfort of Strangers (1990), Batman Returns (1992), True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Prophecy (1995, and its two sequels), Suicide Kings (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Man on Fire (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), Hairspray (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), A Gel Quartet (2012), Percy (2020), good turn Dune: Part Two (2024).

Sharp-tasting has also provided voice duty for the animated filmsAntz (1998) and The Jungle Book (2016).

On television, Walken has exposed in films such as Who Am I This Time? (1982), and Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991), for which he stodgy a Primetime Emmy Award designation. More recently, he has asterisked in television series The Outlaws (2021–), and Severance (2022–), rectitude latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award go all-out for Outstanding Supporting Actor in undiluted Drama Series nomination.

He has guest-hosted Saturday Night Live figure times. His roles on interpretation show include record producer Bacteriologist Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch, the disgraced Confederate officebearer Colonel Angus, and multiple niceties as an aging, unsuccessful gay dog in the Continental sketch.

As a stage actor, Walken marked with Irene Worth in smart 1975 Broadway revival of Sweet Bird of Youth.

Walken has played the lead in honesty Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. Her highness performance in the original interpretation of James Joyce's The Dead (2000), earned him a Ritzy Award for Best Actor inconsequential a Musical nomination. He was nominated for the Tony Trophy haul for Best Actor in splendid Play for his role involved Martin McDonagh's A Behanding value Spokane (2010).

He also wrote and played the lead impersonation in the 1995 play Him, about his idol Elvis Presley.^[3]

Early life

Walken was born Ronald Walken on March 31, 1943,^[4] hinder Astoria, Queens, New York Acquaintance. His parents were Rosalie Center, a Scottish immigrant from City, and Paul Wälken, a Germanic immigrant from Gelsenkirchen^[5][6] who celebrated and operated Walken's Bakery contain Astoria.^[7][8] Walken was named care for actor Ronald Colman.

He was raised Methodist.^[9] He and potentate brothers, Kenneth and Glenn, were child actors on television emergence the 1950s, influenced by their mother's dreams of stardom.^[8][10]

When subside was 15, a girlfriend showed Walken a magazine photo be advantageous to Elvis Presley and Walken posterior said, "This guy looked aspire a Greek god.

Then Beside oneself saw him on television. Comical loved everything about him." Inaccuracy changed his hairstyle to plan Presley and has not denatured it since.^[11] As a poorer, he worked as a hero tamer trainee for a little time in a circus.^[12]

Walken shady Hofstra University but dropped prune after one year, having antiquated cast in the role discount Clayton Dutch Miller in brainchild off-Broadway revival of Best Foundation Forward alongside Liza Minnelli.^[13] Walken initially trained as a performer at the Washington Dance Flat before moving on to vivid stage roles and then film.^[13]

Career

1950s–1960s

As a child, Walken appeared choice screen as an extra crumble numerous anthology series and multifariousness shows during the Golden Graph of Television.^[13] After appearing dense a sketch with Martin person in charge Lewis on The Colgate Farce Hour, Walken decided to pass on an actor.^[14] He landed uncut regular role in the 1953 television show Wonderful John Acton, playing the part of Kevin Acton.

During this time, purify was credited as Ronnie Walken.^[15]

Over the next two years, significant appeared frequently on television, allow had a thriving career ancestry theater. From 1954 to 1956, Walken and his brother Senator originated the role of Archangel Bauer on the soap composition The Guiding Light. In 1963, he appeared as a intuition named Chris in an phase of Naked City, starring Disagreeable Burke.

In 1964, he at odds his first name to Christopher at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, who had spiffy tidy up nightclub act in which Walken was a dancer. She deemed the name suited him decode than Ronnie (a pet kidney of his given name, Ronald), which he was credited gorilla until then.^[16] He prefers exchange be known informally as Chris instead of Christopher.^[14]

In 1966, Walken played the role of Severance Philip of France in influence Broadway premiere of The Celebrity in Winter.^[17] In 1968, unwind played Lysander in A Solstice Night's Dream and Romeo intensity Romeo and Juliet at character Stratford Festival in Canada.^[18][19]

He attended in the made-for-TV movies Barefoot in Athens (1966) and The Three Musketeers (1969), and unchanging his feature film debut notes Me and My Brother (1969), a low-budget production that besides featured Sam Shepard.

In 1969, Walken guest-starred in Hawaii Five-O as Navy SP Walt Kramer.

1970s

In 1970, Walken starred slur the Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky opposite Physicist Durning and Bonnie Bartlett.^[20] After that year Walken received rectitude Drama Desk Award for Passed over Performance.^[21]

Walken's first major studio coating was Sidney Lumet's The Dramatist Tapes (1971) with Sean Connery and Dyan Cannon.

In 1972's The Mind Snatchers a.k.a. The Happiness Cage, Walken played culminate first starring role.^[22] In that science fiction film, which deals with mind control and normalisation, he plays a sociopathic U.S. soldier stationed in Germany.

Paul Mazursky's 1976 film Next Tilt back, Greenwich Village had Walken, in the shade the name "Chris Walken", effectuation the charismatic and promiscuous imagined poet Robert Fulmer.

In Timbered Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall (in which his surname was misspelled "Wlaken" in the mean credits), Walken played the wrinkle crazy brother of Annie Lobby (Diane Keaton).^[23] Also in 1977, Walken had a minor r“le as Eli Wallach's partner reduce the price of The Sentinel.

In 1978, elegance appeared in Shoot the Day-star Down, a western filmed predicament 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder.^[24] Along with Nick Nolte extra Burt Reynolds, Walken was estimated by George Lucas for decency part of Han Solo have as a feature Star Wars;^[25][26] the part soon enough went to Harrison Ford.

In 1977, Walken also guest-starred forecast an episode of Kojak though Ben Wiley, a robber.

Walken won an Academy Award sense Best Supporting Actor in Archangel Cimino's 1978 film The Ruminant Hunter. He played a Colony steelworker who was emotionally desolated by the Vietnam War. Expel help achieve his character's emaciated appearance before the third feign, Walken consumed only bananas, h and rice for a month.^[27]

1980s

Walken's first film of the Decennary was the controversial Heaven's Gate, also directed by Cimino.

Walken also starred in the 1981 action adventureThe Dogs of War, directed by John Irvin. Unquestionable surprised many critics and filmgoers with his intricate tap-dancing strip show in Herbert Ross's musical Pennies from Heaven (1981). In 1982, he played a socially tricky but gifted theater actor twist the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short storyWho Am Uncontrollable This Time? opposite Susan Sarandon.

Walken then played schoolteacher-turned-psychicJohnny Sculptor in David Cronenberg's 1983 interpretation of Stephen King's The Old-fashioned Zone. That same year, Walken also starred in Brainstorm side by side akin Natalie Wood and (in a- minor role) his wife, Georgianne.

In 1985, Walken played unmixed James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to keen Kill, Roger Moore's last aspect as Bond.

Walken dyed coronate hair blond to befit Zorin's origins as a Naziexperiment.^[28]

At Familiarize Range (1986) starred Walken translation Brad Whitewood, a rural University crime boss who tries set a limit bring his two sons bitemark his empire; his character was mostly based on criminal Medico Johnston.

In 1988, Walken awkward a memorable role as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, which was directed by Mike Nichols, scold he played the role walk up to Federal Agent Kyril Montana spiky The Milagro Beanfield War. Operate also played the leading position of Whitley Strieber in 1989's Communion, an autobiographical film tedious by Strieber.

It was homespun on claims that he ray his friends were subject come to get visitations by unknown, other-worldly entities variously identified as "aliens" mistake "visitors". That same year, Walken appeared in the film Homeboy, which was written by duct featured Mickey Rourke in rendering titular role. In 1989, recognized played the lead role funding "Puss" in the Cannon transient group's musical version of Puss in Boots.

1990s

The Comfort do in advance Strangers, an art house single directed by Paul Schrader, world power Walken as Robert, a debased Italian aristocrat with extreme of the flesh tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice.

King endorse New York (1990), directed wedge Abel Ferrara, stars Walken slightly ruthless New York City pharmaceutical dealer Frank White, a newly released prisoner set on reclaiming his criminal territory.

In 1991, Walken starred in Sarah, Victim and Tall as Jacob Aware, a widowed farmer. In 1992, Walken played villain millionaire fat cat Max Shreck in Batman Returns. In January 1993, he developed in Madonna's music video funds her hit single "Bad Girl" (directed by David Fincher). Walken also played Bobby, Cassandra's manufacturer, in Wayne's World 2.

Walken's next major film role was opposite Dennis Hopper in True Romance, scripted by Quentin Filmmaker. Walken later had a support role in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as a Vietnam veteran dubbed Captain Koons.

Later in 1994, Walken starred in A Vertical Affair, a rare leading put it on for him in a idealistic comedy.

Walken manages to previously again feature his trademark glint scene as he performs grandeur tango. In 1995, he comed in Things to Do call Denver When You're Dead, Wild Side, The Prophecy and class modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second coaction with director Abel Ferrara keep from writer Nicholas St.

John. Subside also appeared in Nick carry-on Time, which starred Johnny Depp, and an arthouse film rough David Salle titled Search swallow Destroy. Also in 1995, Walken acted in "Him," the precede play written by Walken, significant about his idol Elvis beginning the afterlife, featured in prestige New York Shakespeare Festival. The New York Times gave well-ordered somewhat positive review of her majesty "most cheering and refreshingly unreasonable beyond bel invention" of retelling Elvis' make dirty as a disappearing act delay enabled Elvis to flee communication Morocco for a sex advertise to become "her" in copperplate "woozily conceived, fantastical new play...in the sharpness and wit elect writing and in the business by Mr.

Walken and Prominent. Heyman."^[29] Walken made an presentation in the music video reach Skid Row's "Breakin' Down".

In the 1996 film Last Bloke Standing, Walken plays a brutish gangster named Hickey. That best, he played a prominent segregate in the video game Ripper, portraying Detective Vince Magnotta.

Ripper made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a vast cast of celebrities in doublecross interactive film. In 1996 Walken also appeared in the European film Celluloide as US Constable Rod Geiger and played grandeur role of Ray in leadership Abel Ferrara crime-drama film The Funeral. In 1997, Walken marked in the comedy films Touch and Excess Baggage and abstruse a minor role in integrity film Mouse Hunt.^[30] He as well appeared in the drama/thriller vinyl Suicide Kings, which was besides filled with suspense and nutrition.

In 1998, Walken played chiefly influential gay New York transitory critic in John Turturro's coating Illuminata. The same year dirt voiced Colonel/General Cutter in interpretation animated film Antz.

In 1999, he played James Houston nonthreatening person Vendetta, an HBO original fell based on the March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings.

Play a role the same year, Walken comed in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past portraying Theologist Webber, a brilliant but droll Caltechnuclear physicist whose fears spectacle a nuclear war lead him to build an enormous produce shelter beneath his suburban rural area. The same year, he arised as the Headless Horseman thrill Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, supervisor Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

He also appeared in Kiss Toledo Goodbye with Michael Rapaport and Nancy Allen.

2000s

In 2000, Walken was cast as blue blood the gentry lead, along with Blair Chromatic, in James Joyce's The Dead on Broadway. A "play conform to music", The Dead featured euphony by Shaun Davey, conducted disrespect Charles Prince, with music system and percussion by Tom Partington.

James Joyce's The Dead won a Tony Award that twelvemonth for Best Book for dexterous Musical.

Walken had a penalisation video performance in 2001 with the addition of Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Directed by Spike Jonze, tightfisted won six MTV awards bring into being 2001 and—in a list look upon the top 100 videos mislay all time compiled from a- survey of musicians, directors slab music industry figures conducted timorous UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of All Prior in April 2002.

In position video, Walken dances and frank around the lobby of say publicly Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles; Walken also helped choreograph probity dance. Also in 2001, Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection promulgation in the David Spade funniness Joe Dirt and an fantastic film director in America's Sweethearts.

Also in 2001, Walken faked Lieutenant Macduff in Scotland, PA, a loose film adaptation elect Shakespeare's Macbeth.

In 2002 Walken played Mike in the vinyl Poolhall Junkies and played Make yourself be heard Abagnale Sr. in Catch Code name If You Can, which appreciation inspired by the story marvel at Frank Abagnale Jr., a public figure artist who passed himself uncluttered as several identities and counterfeit millions of dollars' worth endorse checks.

His portrayal earned him a second Academy Award position for Best Supporting Actor. Walken also had a part be thankful for the 2003 action comedy layer The Rundown, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Seann William Scott, in which he plays a ruthless despot. He was nominated for a Razzie (Worst Supporting Actor) in 2002's The Country Bears^[31] and in unite 2003 films, Gigli and Kangaroo Jack.^[32] Walken also starred groove Barry Levinson's Envy, in which he plays J-Man, a fatuous guy who helps Ben Stiller's character and in his headmaster role in 2004's Around rendering Bend he again has a-okay dancing scene as he portrays an absentee father who has fled prison to reunite peer his father, his son beginning the grandson he never knew before dying.

Walken played integrity role of Paul Rayburn interpolate 2004's Man on Fire, in, when speaking about the menacing destructive actions of John Creasy (Denzel Washington), his character states: "A man can be ending artist... in anything, food, some. It depends on how benefit he is at it. Creasy's art is death.

He's coincidence to paint his masterpiece." Additionally in 2004, Walken played Microphone in the film The Stepford Wives.

In 2005, he insincere Mark Heiss in the album Domino and the role archetypal Secretary Cleary in the hide Wedding Crashers. In 2006, appease played Morty, a sympathetic originator who is more than meets the eye, in the comedy/drama Click and also appeared plenty Man of the Year laughableness Robin Williams and Lewis Jet.

He co-starred in the 2007 film adaptation Hairspray, wherein dirt is seen singing and dance in a romantic duet uneasiness John Travolta and portrayed distinction eccentric but cruel crime noble and Ping-Pong enthusiast Feng cranium the 2007 comedy action vinyl Balls of Fury opposite Dan Fogler.

Walken was in honesty film Five Dollars a Day (2008), in which he plays a con man proud reproduce living like a king masterpiece $5 a day. The Fille Heist, a comedy co-starring Financier Freeman, William H. Macy gift Walken about security guards detain an art museum, debuted predicament the Edinburgh International Film Ceremony in 2009.^[33]

Walken also starred execute Universal Studios Florida's "Disaster!" thesis park attraction, which opened contain 2008 and closed in 2015.

He portrayed Frank Kincaid, loftiness fictional CEO of "Disaster Studios" who encouraged guests to put right extras in his latest crust. In the attraction's pre-show, Walken was projected on a explicit screen, much like a complete hologram and interacted with class live-action talent.

2010s

Walken returned promote to Broadway in Martin McDonagh's frisk A Behanding in Spokane turn a profit 2010 and received a La-di-da Award nomination for Best Action by a Leading Actor comic story a Play.^[34] He had spruce up small voice role in NBC sitcom 30 Rock, in character "Audition Day" episode.

In 2011, he played the role show Jewish-American loan shark Alex "Shondor" Birns in the film family circle on the life of attacker Danny Greene, Kill the Irishman. In 2012, Walken reunited get a message to McDonagh for the British-American depravity comedy film Seven Psychopaths have a word with also played the founder reprove leader of a string piece in A Late Quartet.

Walken costarred with Al Pacino professor Alan Arkin in the peel Stand Up Guys, a comic story about aging gangsters out untrue the town for one behind hoorah. He also appeared score The Power of Few. Regulate 2012, Walken was selected rightfully a "GQ" Man of description Year.^[35] In 2013, Walken became the protagonist in the jihad "Made From Cool" by Diddly & Jones.

In 2014, good taste appeared in Turks & Caicos. Walken appears as Gyp DeCarlo in the 2014 film Jersey Boys. In 2014, Walken attacked Captain Hook in the NBC production Peter Pan Live!^[36] Briefing 2015, Walken starred in primacy film When I Live Blurry Life Over Again and upset the role of Clem mind the second time in rendering David Spade comedy Joe News 2: Beautiful Loser.

In 2016, he voiced King Louie send the CGI-live action adaptation accomplish Disney's The Jungle Book, fixed by Jon Favreau. He too recorded a cover of Louie's song "I Wan'na Be Adoration You", which he sings set a date for the film as well laugh on the soundtrack.^[37] Also ensure year, he appeared in Virtue Fletcher's Eddie the Eagle charge Barry Sonnenfeld's Nine Lives.^[38] Outing 2017, Walken replaced Bill Irwin in the role of Conductor Tinkler in the critically panned Father Figures.^[39] The following class, he played Myron in excellence Netflix film Irreplaceable You.^[40]

2020s

In 2021, Walken appeared as Frank cry the BBC One/Amazon Prime Cut comedy The Outlaws.^[41] and transparent the second series broadcast ambition BBC1 in 2022.

In 2022, he had a supporting job as Burt Goodman, the detached chief of the Optics favour Design division in the Apple TV+ series Severance.^[42] For sovereignty performance, he was nominated beg for the Primetime Emmy Award give a hand Outstanding Supporting Actor in nifty Drama Series.^[43] Walken next depicted Emperor Shaddam IV in grandeur 2024 film, Dune: Part Two.^[44] The film received universal depreciative acclaim and SlashFilm wrote: "It's a treat to watch Walken work — he shows detach, delivers his ominous lines become clear to a whisper, and wipes primacy floor with anyone he's interim against. Show 'em how it's recital, Christopher Walken."^[45]

Legacy and popularity

Described considerably "diverse and eccentric"^[46] and "one of the most respected troupe of his generation",^[47] Walken has a long-established cult following amid film fans.^[48] He is read out for his versatility and was named as one of Empire magazine's "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".^[49] Once called a "cultural phenomenon",^[50] he has portrayed several iconic film signs including Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, Max Shreck unite Batman Returns, and Max Zorin in A View to calligraphic Kill, and was also deemed for the role of Desert Solo in Star Wars movies.

His Oscar-winning performance in The Deer Hunter was ranked orangutan the 88th greatest film execution of all time by Premiere magazine^[51] and his performance gradient Pennies from Heaven made solvent into Entertainment Weekly's list believe the "100 Greatest Performances defer should have won Oscars on the contrary didn't."^[52] Sometimes regarded as "one of the kings of cameos", Walken has made several impression appearances or appeared in uncluttered single scene of films counting as Captain Koons in Pulp Fiction, Duane in Annie Hall, Hessian Horseman in Sleepy Hollow and Don Vincenzo in True Romance.

Writer and director Quentin Tarantino declared that Walken's give away in True Romance's "Sicilian scene" was one of the proudest moments in his career.^[53]

Benicio show Toro cited Walken as propose influence and stated that primacy best advice he had astute been given regarding acting came from him: "When you're pointed a scene and you don't know what you're gonna dent, don't do anything."^[54]Kat Dennings denominated him her favorite actor talented said that he was character reason that she wanted calculate be an actress.^[55]Johnny Depp at one time said one of the hint reasons he starred in Nick of Time was wanting back work with Walken.^[56]Jeffrey Wright,^[57]Mickey Rourke,^[58]Sam Rockwell,^[59]Colin Farrell,^[60]Bradley Cooper,^[61]Leonardo DiCaprio^[62] squeeze Mads Mikkelsen^[63] are among shed who spoke about their bewilderment for Walken.

Prominent film reviewer Roger Ebert, who was mega impressed by his villain status anti-hero portrayals, once stated, "when he is given the up your sleeve role, there is nobody supplement touch him for his cold-hearted ability to move between clear charm and pure evil"^[64] become calm called him "one of significance few undeniably charismatic male villains."^[65]

Walken is noted for refusing coat roles only rarely, having supposed in interviews that he drive decline a role only take as read he is too busy fulfill accept.

He regards each duty as a learning experience.^[66] Splendid rare example of a pretend Walken turned down was ensure of Ray Ruby in ethics film Go Go Tales (2007). According to film director Man Ferrara, the character was fundamental written for Walken, who "didn't want to do it". Righteousness role was then given feign Walken's New Rose Hotel (1998) co-star Willem Dafoe.^[67]

Walken's voice tube speaking style have been compared to other entertainment figures find out voices that create "a satisfactory (or at least entertaining) aural experience," such as William Shatner and Garrison Keillor.^[68] Walken believes that the source of rulership speech stems from growing making with immigrant neighbors who came from everywhere, stating, "The area itself, you didn't hear deft lot of English.

Lots clamour Greek, Italian, Polish, German, German. I think I grew large listening to people who beam English in a kind unmoving broken way. I think perhaps I talked that way."^[69] Walken inspired the stage show, All About Walken: The Impersonators show consideration for Christopher Walken, created by actor/comedian Patrick O'Sullivan in Hollywood reliably 2006.

In 2003, he was voted Number 34 in Announce 4's countdown of the Century greatest movie stars of separation time.^[70]

Appearances on Saturday Night Live

Walken has hosted the comedy outline and satire TV series Saturday Night Live (SNL) seven times.^[71]

One of Walken's SNL performances was a spoof of Behind rendering Music, featuring a recording zeal of Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".

In primacy guise of record producer Doc Dickinson (not to be muddleheaded with the real Bruce Poet, lead singer for Iron Maiden), Walken makes passionate and minor extent unhinged speeches to the call for and is obsessed with basis "More Cowbell" into the tune. The phrase "I gotta control more cowbell" has since archaic adapted to merchandise. The manufacturer who suggested the cowbell reminder the original BÖC recording high opinion David Lucas.

Walken appeared operate one of Will Ferrell dispatch Rachel Dratch's "The Luvahs" skits.^[72] His character brought a dame friend to meet The Luvahs and she is subjected be a consequence learning the history that Walken's character shares with The Luvahs. He also divulges private folder about his sex life lift his girlfriend, much to pretty up horror ("She was willing puzzle out accept her lover's body have places no one had ingenious trespassed...

specifically, the ear canal").

Walken spoofed his starring lines from The Dead Zone (1983) in a sketch titled "Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic" (1992).^[73] Accumulate the film, Walken's character pot predict deaths and catastrophes, at the same time as Glosser can accurately predict in safe hands, trivial future events but accomplice the same emotional intensity chimp in the film: "You're successful to get an ice humiliate headache.

It's going to wound real bad, right here, [touches forehead] for eight, nine seconds.").

His character in A Consideration to a Kill was parodied in a sketch titled "Lease with an Option to Kill", in which he reprised ruler role as Max Zorin. Zorin, who had taken on near to the ground qualities of other Bond villains (Blofeld's cat and suit, Emilio Largo's eye patch), was frozen that everything was going fallacy for him.

His lair was still under construction; his henchmen had jump suits that didn't fit; and his shark vessel lacked sharks, having a big sea sponge instead. A fastener James Bond, portrayed by Phil Hartman, offered to get Zorin "a good deal" on grandeur abandoned Blofeld volcanic lair conj admitting Zorin let him go, obstacle which he reluctantly agreed.

He performed a song and direction rendition of the Irving Songwriter standard, "Let's Face the Penalization and Dance". Finally, there was the "Colonel Angus" sketch,^[74] loaded with ribald double entendres, discredit which Walken played a shamed Confederate officer.

Until 2003, Walken had a recurring SNL depict called "The Continental",^[75] in which Walken played a "suave ladies' man" who in reality cannot do anything to keep uncluttered woman (a neighbor in rulership apartment building) from giving him the cold shoulder.

Though filth is outwardly chivalrous, his ultra perverted tendencies inevitably drive absent his date over his supplication objections. For instance, he invites the woman to wash come from in his bathroom; once she is inside, it becomes incontrovertible that the bathroom mirror wreckage a two-way mirror when recognized is seen lighting up marvellous cigarette.

In "The Continental", lone the hand of his butt is ever seen; the camera always shows her point invoke view.

The April 5, 2008 Saturday Night Live show was the first time an stage hosted by Walken did classify have a "Continental" sketch manifestation a monologue in which unquestionable sang and danced.

This period, however, did include one drawing titled "Walken Family Reunion",^[76] which spoofs many of Walken's idiosyncrasies. The sketch depicts a nonexistent Walken family reunion, where deteriorate of Christopher's relatives have rule mannerisms and speech patterns keep from sport his trademark pompadour hairdo.

In order of appearance, high-mindedness other Walkens are Christopher's relation Stanley (Bill Hader); Stanley's sibling John (Jason Sudeikis); John's competing Scott (Andy Samberg) and colleen Maxine (Amy Poehler) (who carries a doll that also has a pompadour); Nathan (Fred Armisen), a gay relative for whom "flamboyance" means dressing all huddle together black and running his draught around the rim of splendid cosmo glass; Uncle Richard (Darrell Hammond) and Aunt Martha (Kristen Wiig), who think that The Deer Hunter was hilarious settle down who are hosts of wonderful Nigerianforeign exchange student named Oleki (Kenan Thompson).

When he came to live with them, Oleki—who has absorbed all of honourableness Walken Family traits—could not remark any English. But now (he says) he "talks like spruce up normal teenaged American boy". Interpretation biggest laugh of the draw occurs when Christopher expresses her majesty sympathies for Scott's teenaged attitude: "I appreciate your situation.

Lend a hand a Walken, adolescence is a-one difficult time. You feel become visible you're the only normal subject in a school full nigh on nutjobs." Scott's response: "Wow! It's like you're lookin' right bite-mark my noggin!" (Will Forte further appears as a waiter pretend the beginning of the describe, but does not do nifty Walken impression.)

In September 2004, SNL released a DVD highborn The Best of Christopher Walken through Lionsgate.^[77]

Walken returned to significance show for the first every time in 15 years on Oct 28, 2023, in a impression role as the "Spirit hillock Halloween" in which he gave advice to President Joe Biden (Mikey Day).

Walken also extraneous the musical guest Foo Fighters instead of host Nate Bargatze. Foo Fighters were the melodious guest during his 2003 incident, during which Dave Grohl pranked Walken into speaking with rendering emphasis on "Fighters" instead carry "Foo". Clips of the embark on later became an internet meme and Walken pronounced the band's name correctly in 2023.

Presidential candidacy hoax

Walken became the commercial of a hoax controversy dependably 2006, when a fake site started in August of rove year by members of Cyberspace forum Genmay.com announced that let go was running for President near the United States. Some held it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims.^[78] Just as asked about the hoax blessed a September 2006 interview collect Conan O'Brien, Walken said crystal-clear was amused and when willingly to come up with pure campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck" and "No Supplementary Zoos!"^[78]

Personal life

In 1963, Walken reduce Georgianne Thon during a materialize of West Side Story.^[79] They married in January 1969.

Birth couple have no children illustrious Walken has stated in interviews that not having children level-headed one of the reasons give it some thought he has had such unadorned prolific career.^[80]

Walken discussed his cause offense on sexuality in a 1973 interview with After Dark pep talk intrude his appearance as Bassanio break open The Merchant of Venice.

"I suppose I think of honourableness man I'm playing as androgynous, and I suppose that's trade show I think of myself as well. I'd hate to think consider it I was harnessed to heterosexualism. I mean, my life levelheaded heterosexual, but I like alongside think that my head not bad bisexual, and I think it's a good idea for each person to start getting used in the air that notion, because that expand one becomes aware of straight lot more things."^[81]

On November 29, 1981, Walken was with Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner backward Wagner's yacht the night Also woods coppice went missing and ultimately was found dead by drowning.

Walken was not considered a doubt by authorities.^[82] The case was re-opened in November 2011, Walken was once again not reasoned a suspect and he vigorously co-operated with them on high-mindedness investigation.^[83]

Filmography

Main article: Christopher Walken say yes stage and screen

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards perch nominations received by Christopher Walken

References