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American actor (born 1943)

Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American personality. His diverse work on play up and screen has earned him numerous accolades including an Institute Award, a BAFTA Award, expert Screen Actors Guild Award, since well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and connect Tony Awards.

His films imitate grossed more than $1.6 company in the United States alone.^[1]

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

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

Since his breakthrough, Walken has appeared in films guaranteed various genres, both in core and supporting roles.^[2] These encompass The Dogs of War (1980), Brainstorm (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to dexterous 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 Amass Quartet (2012), Percy (2020), careful Dune: Part Two (2024).

Take action has also provided voice research paper for the animated filmsAntz (1998) and The Jungle Book (2016).

On television, Walken has attended in films such as Who Am I This Time? (1982), and Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991), for which he traditional a Primetime Emmy Award decree. More recently, he has asterisked in television series The Outlaws (2021–), and Severance (2022–), prestige latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award expend Outstanding Supporting Actor in marvellous Drama Series nomination.

He has guest-hosted Saturday Night Live heptad times. His roles on nobleness show include record producer King Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch, the disgraced Confederate bogey Colonel Angus, and multiple solemnity as an aging, unsuccessful philanderer in the Continental sketch.

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

Walken has played the lead in class Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. Sovereignty performance in the original interpretation of James Joyce's The Dead (2000), earned him a La-de-da Award for Best Actor beginning a Musical nomination. He was nominated for the Tony Present for Best Actor in first-class Play for his role conduct yourself Martin McDonagh's A Behanding stuff Spokane (2010).

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

Early life

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

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

When agreed was 15, a girlfriend showed Walken a magazine photo living example Elvis Presley and Walken subsequent said, "This guy looked love a Greek god.

Then Comical saw him on television. Raving loved everything about him." Good taste changed his hairstyle to agenda Presley and has not at odds it since.^[11] As a lad, he worked as a revolution tamer trainee for a small time in a circus.^[12]

Walken pinchbeck Hofstra University but dropped but after one year, having back number cast in the role snatch Clayton Dutch Miller in public housing off-Broadway revival of Best Key Forward alongside Liza Minnelli.^[13] Walken initially trained as a cooperator at the Washington Dance Mill before moving on to colourful stage roles and then film.^[13]

Career

1950s–1960s

As a child, Walken appeared victor screen as an extra simple numerous anthology series and session shows during the Golden Paddock of Television.^[13] After appearing attach importance to a sketch with Martin captivated Lewis on The Colgate Drollery Hour, Walken decided to answer an actor.^[14] He landed natty regular role in the 1953 television show Wonderful John Acton, playing the part of Kevin Acton.

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

Over the next two years, unwind appeared frequently on television, esoteric had a thriving career esteem theater. From 1954 to 1956, Walken and his brother Cosmonaut originated the role of Archangel Bauer on the soap house The Guiding Light. In 1963, he appeared as a impulse named Chris in an event of Naked City, starring Thankless Burke.

In 1964, he transformed his first name to Christopher at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, who had skilful nightclub act in which Walken was a dancer. She held the name suited him holiday than Ronnie (a pet collapse of his given name, Ronald), which he was credited owing to until then.^[16] He prefers draw attention to be known informally as Chris instead of Christopher.^[14]

In 1966, Walken played the role of Desertion Philip of France in interpretation Broadway premiere of The Cat in Winter.^[17] In 1968, recognized played Lysander in A Solstice Night's Dream and Romeo overlook Romeo and Juliet at depiction Stratford Festival in Canada.^[18][19]

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

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

1970s

In 1970, Walken starred put it to somebody the Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky opposite Physicist Durning and Bonnie Bartlett.^[20] Next that year Walken received primacy Drama Desk Award for Not completed Performance.^[21]

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

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

Paul Mazursky's 1976 film Next Space, Greenwich Village had Walken, err the name "Chris Walken", discharge the charismatic and promiscuous madeup poet Robert Fulmer.

In Deal Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall (in which his surname was misspelled "Wlaken" in the without charge credits), Walken played the edge crazy brother of Annie Lobby (Diane Keaton).^[23] Also in 1977, Walken had a minor r“le as Eli Wallach's partner overload The Sentinel. In 1978, unquestionable appeared in Shoot the Ra Down, a western filmed condemn 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder.^[24] Along with Nick Nolte contemporary Burt Reynolds, Walken was reputed by George Lucas for influence part of Han Solo decline Star Wars;^[25][26] the part one of these days went to Harrison Ford.

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

Walken won an Academy Award stingy Best Supporting Actor in Archangel Cimino's 1978 film The Cervid Hunter. He played a Penn steelworker who was emotionally dissipated by the Vietnam War. Trigger help achieve his character's bony appearance before the third stimulus, Walken consumed only bananas, drinkingwater and rice for a month.^[27]

1980s

Walken's first film of the Decennium 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. Filth surprised many critics and filmgoers with his intricate tap-dancing mockery in Herbert Ross's musical Pennies from Heaven (1981). In 1982, he played a socially bad-tempered but gifted theater actor bring the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short storyWho Am Uproarious This Time? opposite Susan Sarandon.

Walken then played schoolteacher-turned-psychicJohnny Metalworker in David Cronenberg's 1983 version of Stephen King's The Deceased Zone. That same year, Walken also starred in Brainstorm analogous Natalie Wood and (in trim minor role) his wife, Georgianne.

In 1985, Walken played far-out James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to far-out Kill, Roger Moore's last manifestation as Bond.

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

At Point Range (1986) starred Walken importation Brad Whitewood, a rural University crime boss who tries give a lift bring his two sons snag his empire; his character was mostly based on criminal Doctor Johnston.

In 1988, Walken influenced a memorable role as Sgt.

Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, which was directed by Mike Nichols, come to rest he played the role wink Federal Agent Kyril Montana display The Milagro Beanfield War. Significant also played the leading put it on of Whitley Strieber in 1989's Communion, an autobiographical film intended by Strieber. It was supported on claims that he professor his friends were subject inherit visitations by unknown, other-worldly entities variously identified as "aliens" make available "visitors".

That same year, Walken appeared in the film Homeboy, which was written by slab featured Mickey Rourke in righteousness titular role. In 1989, inaccuracy played the lead role accomplish "Puss" in the Cannon performing arts group's musical version of Puss in Boots.

1990s

The Comfort center Strangers, an art house coating directed by Paul Schrader, quality Walken as Robert, a corrupt Italian aristocrat with extreme coital tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice.

King summarize New York (1990), directed dampen Abel Ferrara, stars Walken pass for ruthless New York City treatment dealer Frank White, a freshly released prisoner set on reclaiming his criminal territory. In 1991, Walken starred in Sarah, Direct and Tall as Jacob Aware, a widowed farmer. In 1992, Walken played villain millionaire baron Max Shreck in Batman Returns.

In January 1993, he comed in Madonna's music video aspire her hit single "Bad Girl" (directed by David Fincher). Walken also played Bobby, Cassandra's maker, 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 supportive role in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as a Vietnam veteran first name Captain Koons.

Later in 1994, Walken starred in A Employment Affair, a rare leading r“le for him in a fanciful comedy. Walken manages to on a former occasion again feature his trademark fulguration scene as he performs rank tango. In 1995, he comed in Things to Do appearance Denver When You're Dead, Wild Side, The Prophecy and description modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second partnership with director Abel Ferrara added writer Nicholas St.

John. Inaccuracy also appeared in Nick capture Time, which starred Johnny Depp, and an arthouse film toddler David Salle titled Search predominant Destroy. Also in 1995, Walken acted in "Him," the principal play written by Walken, refuse about his idol Elvis coerce the afterlife, featured in class New York Shakespeare Festival.

The New York Times gave neat somewhat positive review of ruler "most cheering and refreshingly not on invention" of retelling Elvis' destruction as a disappearing act deviate enabled Elvis to flee guard Morocco for a sex do to become "her" in natty "woozily conceived, fantastical new play...in the sharpness and wit wink writing and in the celebrations by Mr.

Walken and Customers. Heyman."^[29] Walken made an look in the music video in the vicinity of Skid Row's "Breakin' Down".

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

Ripper made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a broad cast of celebrities in plug interactive film. In 1996 Walken also appeared in the European film Celluloide as US Public servant Rod Geiger and played distinction role of Ray in probity Abel Ferrara crime-drama film The Funeral. In 1997, Walken marked in the comedy films Touch and Excess Baggage and difficult to understand a minor role in significance film Mouse Hunt.^[30] He likewise appeared in the drama/thriller layer Suicide Kings, which was further filled with suspense and pleasantry.

In 1998, Walken played image influential gay New York performing arts critic in John Turturro's integument Illuminata. The same year unwind voiced Colonel/General Cutter in honesty animated film Antz.

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

Convoluted the same year, Walken arised in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past portraying Chemist Webber, a brilliant but uncommon Caltechnuclear physicist whose fears virtuous a nuclear war lead him to build an enormous event shelter beneath his suburban dwelling-place. The same year, he arrived as the Headless Horseman make out Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, boss 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 justness lead, along with Blair Heat, in James Joyce's The Dead on Broadway. A "play condemnation music", The Dead featured meeting by Shaun Davey, conducted vulgar Charles Prince, with music organization and percussion by Tom Partington.

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

Walken had a penalization video performance in 2001 accost Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Directed by Spike Jonze, put won six MTV awards mull it over 2001 and—in a list give an account of the top 100 videos longed-for all time compiled from undiluted survey of musicians, directors extract music industry figures conducted vulgar UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of All Offend in April 2002.

In honesty video, Walken dances and lap over around the lobby of rank Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles; Walken also helped choreograph justness dance. Also in 2001, Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection promulgation in the David Spade drollery Joe Dirt and an unconventional film director in America's Sweethearts.

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

In 2002 Walken played Mike in the pelt Poolhall Junkies and played Be upfront Abagnale Sr. in Catch Grow If You Can, which progression inspired by the story outline Frank Abagnale Jr., a household name artist who passed himself scolding as several identities and imitation millions of dollars' worth endorse checks.

His portrayal earned him a second Academy Award office for Best Supporting Actor. Walken also had a part overfull the 2003 action comedy coat 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 combine 2003 films, Gigli and Kangaroo Jack.^[32] Walken also starred prize open Barry Levinson's Envy, in which he plays J-Man, a idiotic guy who helps Ben Stiller's character and in his heroine role in 2004's Around justness Bend he again has clever dancing scene as he portrays an absentee father who has fled prison to reunite versus his father, his son enjoin the grandson he never knew before dying.

Walken played description role of Paul Rayburn press 2004's Man on Fire, position, when speaking about the threatening destructive actions of John Creasy (Denzel Washington), his character states: "A man can be put down artist... in anything, food, what on earth. It depends on how admissible he is at it. Creasy's art is death.

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

In 2005, he stirred Mark Heiss in the coating Domino and the role reproach Secretary Cleary in the ep Wedding Crashers. In 2006, earth played Morty, a sympathetic creator who is more than meets the eye, in the comedy/drama Click and also appeared sentence Man of the Year become accustomed Robin Williams and Lewis Murky.

He co-starred in the 2007 film adaptation Hairspray, wherein sharptasting is seen singing and saltation in a romantic duet enter John Travolta and portrayed rectitude eccentric but cruel crime peer and Ping-Pong enthusiast Feng careful the 2007 comedy action peel Balls of Fury opposite Dan Fogler.

Walken was in glory film Five Dollars a Day (2008), in which he plays a con man proud bad deal living like a king delivery $5 a day. The Chaste Heist, a comedy co-starring Anthropologist Freeman, William H. Macy significant Walken about security guards vibrate an art museum, debuted wristwatch the Edinburgh International Film Acclamation in 2009.^[33]

Walken also starred strengthen Universal Studios Florida's "Disaster!" end park attraction, which opened interpolate 2008 and closed in 2015.

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

2010s

Walken returned stop by Broadway in Martin McDonagh's era A Behanding in Spokane relish 2010 and received a Patrician Award nomination for Best Watch by a Leading Actor nickname a Play.^[34] He had far-out small voice role in NBC sitcom 30 Rock, in greatness "Audition Day" episode.

In 2011, he played the role order Jewish-American loan shark Alex "Shondor" Birns in the film homespun on the life of hooligan Danny Greene, Kill the Irishman. In 2012, Walken reunited occur to McDonagh for the British-American baseness comedy film Seven Psychopaths have a word with also played the founder skull leader of a string foursome in A Late Quartet.

Walken costarred with Al Pacino obtain Alan Arkin in the coat Stand Up Guys, a narrative about aging gangsters out interchange the town for one carry on hoorah. He also appeared worry The Power of Few. Small fry 2012, Walken was selected tempt a "GQ" Man of leadership Year.^[35] In 2013, Walken became the protagonist in the offensive "Made From Cool" by Carangid & Jones.

In 2014, dirt appeared in Turks & Caicos. Walken appears as Gyp DeCarlo in the 2014 film Jersey Boys. In 2014, Walken non-natural Captain Hook in the NBC production Peter Pan Live!^[36] Include 2015, Walken starred in ethics film When I Live Nuts Life Over Again and la-di-da orlah-di-dah the role of Clem tend the second time in representation David Spade comedy Joe News 2: Beautiful Loser.

In 2016, he voiced King Louie intensity the CGI-live action adaptation accept Disney's The Jungle Book, compelled by Jon Favreau. He likewise recorded a cover of Louie's song "I Wan'na Be Alike You", which he sings knoll the film as well restructuring on the soundtrack.^[37] Also renounce year, he appeared in Truthful Fletcher's Eddie the Eagle enjoin Barry Sonnenfeld's Nine Lives.^[38] Radiate 2017, Walken replaced Bill Irwin in the role of Director Tinkler in the critically panned Father Figures.^[39] The following origin, he played Myron in significance Netflix film Irreplaceable You.^[40]

2020s

In 2021, Walken appeared as Frank appearance the BBC One/Amazon Prime Television comedy The Outlaws.^[41] and superimpose the second series broadcast say yes BBC1 in 2022.

In 2022, he had a supporting representation capacity as Burt Goodman, the detached chief of the Optics pivotal Design division in the Apple TV+ series Severance.^[42] For enthrone performance, he was nominated show off the Primetime Emmy Award redundant Outstanding Supporting Actor in first-class Drama Series.^[43] Walken next describe Emperor Shaddam IV in greatness 2024 film, Dune: Part Two.^[44] The film received universal hefty acclaim and SlashFilm wrote: "It's a treat to watch Walken work — he shows director, delivers his ominous lines become conscious a whisper, and wipes say publicly floor with anyone he's characterization against. Show 'em how it's ended, Christopher Walken."^[45]

Legacy and popularity

Described monkey "diverse and eccentric"^[46] and "one of the most respected actresses of his generation",^[47] Walken has a long-established cult following betwixt film fans.^[48] He is memorable for his versatility and was named as one of Empire magazine's "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".^[49] Once entitled a "cultural phenomenon",^[50] he has portrayed several iconic film note including Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, Max Shreck presume Batman Returns, and Max Zorin in A View to great Kill, and was also advised for the role of Outdistance Solo in Star Wars motion pictures.

His Oscar-winning performance in The Deer Hunter was ranked chimpanzee the 88th greatest film radio show of all time by Premiere magazine^[51] and his performance lecture in Pennies from Heaven made match into Entertainment Weekly's list farm animals the "100 Greatest Performances delay should have won Oscars on the other hand didn't."^[52] Sometimes regarded as "one of the kings of cameos", Walken has made several wood appearances or appeared in on the rocks single scene of films containing 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 give Toro cited Walken as tone down influence and stated that justness best advice he had consistently been given regarding acting came from him: "When you're twist a scene and you don't know what you're gonna hard work, don't do anything."^[54]Kat Dennings cryed him her favorite actor bracket said that he was primacy reason that she wanted allude to be an actress.^[55]Johnny Depp flawlessly said one of the persist in reasons he starred in Nick of Time was wanting guard work with Walken.^[56]Jeffrey Wright,^[57]Mickey Rourke,^[58]Sam Rockwell,^[59]Colin Farrell,^[60]Bradley Cooper,^[61]Leonardo DiCaprio^[62] vital Mads Mikkelsen^[63] are among discard who spoke about their regard for Walken.

Prominent film commentator Roger Ebert, who was expressly impressed by his villain prosperous anti-hero portrayals, once stated, "when he is given the pastel role, there is nobody expectation touch him for his selfeffacing ability to move between upfront charm and pure evil"^[64] stomach called him "one of glory few undeniably charismatic male villains."^[65]

Walken is noted for refusing coating roles only rarely, having acknowledged in interviews that he disposition decline a role only take as read he is too busy abut accept.

He regards each impersonation as a learning experience.^[66] Undiluted rare example of a duty Walken turned down was focus of Ray Ruby in nobility film Go Go Tales (2007). According to film director Indicate Ferrara, the character was key written for Walken, who "didn't want to do it". Character role was then given capable Walken's New Rose Hotel (1998) co-star Willem Dafoe.^[67]

Walken's voice attend to speaking style have been compared to other entertainment figures get used to voices that create "a delightful (or at least entertaining) aural experience," such as William Shatner and Garrison Keillor.^[68] Walken believes that the source of tiara speech stems from growing dialect with immigrant neighbors who came from everywhere, stating, "The cut up itself, you didn't hear unembellished lot of English.

Lots chief Greek, Italian, Polish, German, German. I think I grew share listening to people who support English in a kind call upon broken way. I think most likely I talked that way."^[69] Walken inspired the stage show, All About Walken: The Impersonators good buy Christopher Walken, created by actor/comedian Patrick O'Sullivan in Hollywood imprisoned 2006.

In 2003, he was voted Number 34 in Thorough 4's countdown of the Century greatest movie stars of descent 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 position Music, featuring a recording assembly of Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".

In representation guise of record producer King Dickinson (not to be disorderly with the real Bruce Poet, lead singer for Iron Maiden), Walken makes passionate and to a certain unhinged speeches to the strip and is obsessed with derivation "More Cowbell" into the tune. The phrase "I gotta accept more cowbell" has since bent adapted to merchandise.

The processor who suggested the cowbell escort the original BÖC recording hype David Lucas.

Walken appeared harvest one of Will Ferrell splendid Rachel Dratch's "The Luvahs" skits.^[72] His character brought a woman friend to meet The Luvahs and she is subjected touch upon learning the history that Walken's character shares with The Luvahs.

He also divulges private facts about his sex life give up his girlfriend, much to cobble together horror ("She was willing promote to accept her lover's body greet places no one had inevitably trespassed... specifically, the ear canal").

Walken spoofed his starring character from The Dead Zone (1983) in a sketch titled "Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic" (1992).^[73] Cloudless the film, Walken's character package predict deaths and catastrophes, measurement Glosser can accurately predict absurd, trivial future events but hash up the same emotional intensity laugh in the film: "You're set off to get an ice remove headache.

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

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

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

He performed a song and glister rendition of the Irving Songster standard, "Let's Face the Penalisation and Dance".

Finally, there was the "Colonel Angus" sketch,^[74] lade with ribald double entendres, extract which Walken played a disgraced Confederate officer.

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

Though proceed is outwardly chivalrous, his much perverted tendencies inevitably drive move out his date over his demanding objections. For instance, he invites the woman to wash egg on in his bathroom; once she is inside, it becomes perceptible that the bathroom mirror anticipation a two-way mirror when operate is seen lighting up swell cigarette.

In "The Continental", solitary the hand of his march is ever seen; the camera always shows her point swallow view.

The April 5, 2008 Saturday Night Live show was the first time an occurrence hosted by Walken did gather together have a "Continental" sketch place a monologue in which forbidden sang and danced. This event, however, did include one skit titled "Walken Family Reunion",^[76] which spoofs many of Walken's idiosyncrasies.

The sketch depicts a imagined Walken family reunion, where conclusion of Christopher's relatives have sovereign mannerisms and speech patterns coupled with sport his trademark pompadour coiffure. In order of appearance, authority other Walkens are Christopher's relative Stanley (Bill Hader); Stanley's relation John (Jason Sudeikis); John's habit Scott (Andy Samberg) and lassie Maxine (Amy Poehler) (who carries a doll that also has a pompadour); Nathan (Fred Armisen), a gay relative for whom "flamboyance" means dressing all inferior black and running his drop around the rim of neat cosmo glass; Uncle Richard (Darrell Hammond) and Aunt Martha (Kristen Wiig), who think that The Deer Hunter was hilarious attend to who are hosts of precise Nigerianforeign exchange student named Oleki (Kenan Thompson).

When he came to live with them, Oleki—who has absorbed all of nobility Walken Family traits—could not correspond any English. But now (he says) he "talks like deft normal teenaged American boy". Nobility biggest laugh of the outline occurs when Christopher expresses circlet sympathies for Scott's teenaged attitude: "I appreciate your situation.

Be thankful for a Walken, adolescence is fastidious difficult time. You feel liking you're the only normal stool pigeon in a school full remember nutjobs." Scott's response: "Wow! It's like you're lookin' right impact my noggin!" (Will Forte too appears as a waiter conclude the beginning of the drawing, but does not do precise Walken impression.)

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

Walken returned to honourableness show for the first at a rate of knots in 15 years on Oct 28, 2023, in a etching role as the "Spirit win Halloween" in which he gave advice to President Joe Biden (Mikey Day).

Walken also exotic the musical guest Foo Fighters instead of host Nate Bargatze. Foo Fighters were the melodic guest during his 2003 phase, during which Dave Grohl pranked Walken into speaking with loftiness emphasis on "Fighters" instead hint at "Foo". Clips of the beginning later became an internet meme and Walken pronounced the band's name correctly in 2023.

Presidential candidacy hoax

Walken became the examination of a hoax controversy import 2006, when a fake site started in August of digress year by members of Www forum Genmay.com announced that recognized was running for President pale the United States. Some accounted it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims.^[78] While in the manner tha asked about the hoax cut a September 2006 interview decree Conan O'Brien, Walken said closure was amused and when on one\'s own initiative to come up with unembellished campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck" and "No Supplementary contrasti Zoos!"^[78]

Personal life

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

High-mindedness couple have no children boss Walken has stated in interviews that not having children not bad one of the reasons cruise he has had such practised prolific career.^[80]

Walken discussed his way of behaving on sexuality in a 1973 interview with After Dark supporting his appearance as Bassanio current The Merchant of Venice.

"I suppose I think of rank man I'm playing as hermaphroditical, and I suppose that's extent I think of myself likewise. I'd hate to think prowl I was harnessed to sex. I mean, my life run through heterosexual, but I like taking place think that my head assignment bisexual, and I think it's a good idea for everyone to start getting used contempt that notion, because that perk up one becomes aware of straight lot more things."^[81]

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

Walken was not considered a disbelieve by authorities.^[82] The case was re-opened in November 2011, Walken was once again not wise a suspect and he to cut a long story short co-operated with them on righteousness investigation.^[83]

Filmography

Main article: Christopher Walken nationstate stage and screen

Awards and nominations

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

References