Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

1956-10-04 Vienna, Austria 117 Credits

Biography

Christoph Waltz (born October 4, 1956) is an Austrian actor who also holds German citizenship. He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS Colonel Hans Landa in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010.

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

2025

as Dr. Pretorius

Acting

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoi...

Dracula

Dracula

2025

as Priest

Acting

The story of 15th century Prince Vladimir who curses God following the death of his beloved wife and is turned into a vampire. Later, in 19th century ...

Old Guy

Old Guy

2024

as Danny Dolinski

5.7
Acting

Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of spunky club manager Anata, aging contract killer Danny Dolinski is thrilled when The Company pulls him b...

The Portable Door

The Portable Door

2023

as Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr

6.5
Acting

Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they a...

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

2022

as Self

7.5
Acting

With mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the maki...

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022

as Count Volpe (voice)

8.1
Acting

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

Dead for a Dollar

Dead for a Dollar

2022

as Max Borlund

5.8
Acting

In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sen...

Dead for a Dollar

Dead for a Dollar

2022

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sen...

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

2021

as Paul Duval

7.0
Acting

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student ri...

Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil

Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil

2021

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

Christoph Waltz, the villain with the friendly face, has become an integral part of the international cinema landscape. His breakthrough came with his...

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

2021

as Blofeld

7.4
Acting

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns ...

Being James Bond

Being James Bond

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming...

Rifkin’s Festival

Rifkin’s Festival

2020

as Death

6.1
Acting

The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and char...

Little Berlin

Little Berlin

2020

as Narrator

6.0
Acting

When the Iron Curtain cuts his tiny German village in half, Peter the bull gets separated from his 36 cows. Based on a true story narrated by Christop...

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

2020

as Himself

5.2
Acting

This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film coun...

Most Dangerous Game

Most Dangerous Game

2020

as Miles Sellers

Acting

Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Tynes accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game ...

Fidelio

Fidelio

2020

Director

8.0
Directing

Don Florestan is a personal enemy of the governor Don Pizarro and also a confidant of the minister Don Fernando. As Pizarro sees Florestan as a threat...

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre

2019

as Self

6.0
Acting
QT8: The First Eight

QT8: The First Eight

2019

as Self

7.2
Acting

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

Georgetown

Georgetown

2019

as Ulrich Mott

5.9
Acting

Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by ...

Georgetown

Georgetown

2019

Director

5.9
Directing

Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by ...

Alita: Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel

2019

as Dr. Dyson Ido

7.2
Acting

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes ...

Downsizing

Downsizing

2017

as Dusan Mirkovic

5.4
Acting

A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and affo...

Tulip Fever

Tulip Fever

2017

as Cornelis Sandvoort

6.5
Acting

An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a ...

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan

2016

as Captain Leon Rom

5.9
Acting

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

Spectre

Spectre

2015

as Blofeld

6.6
Acting

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret servic...

Oh du mein Österreich

Oh du mein Österreich

2015

as Self

Acting

60 years of the Austrian State Treaty (1955 - 2015). Robert Dornhelm and Gabriele Flossmann search for the current state of the "Austrian soul" in the...

The Making of Big Eyes

The Making of Big Eyes

2015

as Himself

7.0
Acting

Behind the scenes of Big Eyes (2014)

Big Eyes

Big Eyes

2014

as Walter Keane

7.0
Acting

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one real...

Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

2014

as Bert Hanson

6.2
Acting

Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a ha...

Muppets Most Wanted

Muppets Most Wanted

2014

as Christoph Waltz

6.3
Acting

While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his das...

The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers

The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers

2013

as Menachem Begin (voice)

7.5
Acting

Based on the best-selling book by Ambassador Yehuda Avner, The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers takes the audience inside the offices of Israel's Prime M...

The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem

2013

as Qohen Leth

6.1
Acting

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they s...

The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem

2013

Co-Producer

6.1
Producing

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they s...

Epic

Epic

2013

as Mandrake (voice)

6.5
Acting

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She ba...

Ode to Joy

2013

as The Man

10.0
Acting

Photographer and Director Robert Ascroft envisions the inner struggle of working with an Anger Management Therapist. Realized through the eyes of two ...

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

2012

as Dr. King Schultz

8.2
Acting

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

2012

as Self

6.8
Acting

“12-12-12” was a fundraising concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, it took place on December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The concert f...

It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

2012

as Theodor Herzl (voice)

Acting

The latest production of Moriah Films is It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl, exploring the life and times of Theodor Herzl, father of the moder...

Carnage

Carnage

2011

as Alan Cowan

7.2
Acting

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish ...

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

2011

as Richelieu

5.8
Acting

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent...

Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011

as August Rosenbluth

6.9
Acting

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces ...

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

2011

as Chudnofsky

5.6
Acting

Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. Afte...

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

as COL. Hans Landa

8.2
Acting

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throug...

Todsünde

Todsünde

2008

as Sebastian Flies

5.7
Acting
Das Geheimnis im Wald

Das Geheimnis im Wald

2008

as Hans Kortmann

5.6
Acting

After many years, Detective Chief Inspector Steffen Gellhagen returns to his home town to solve the case of a missing schoolgirl. The former teacher K...

Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe

Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe

2007

as Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast

6.2
Acting

Things are going wrong in the life of unsuccessful 30-year-old penny dreadful novelist Juliane. Her fiancé Jürgen has split up with her. She is rescue...

Die Verzauberung

Die Verzauberung

2007

as Dr. Helmut Bahr

3.0
Acting

Two couples on vacation in the Austrian alps is a recipe for adultery? Dr. Helmut Baer falls on the first day there and twists his leg. The lady next ...

Franziskas Gespür für Männer

2006

as Karl Löwen

5.0
Acting

Franziska sees police recovering a dead body and recognizes the woman as the one who had her make-up done by Franzika only days before. The hobby-dete...

Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären

Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären

2006

as Czerny

5.0
Acting

In the middle of the mountain wilderness of the Alps, a glowing meteorite strikes a glacier and brings a Neanderthal boy frozen in ice back to life. T...

Schöne Witwen küssen besser

2004

as Jean-France

6.0
Acting

Con artist Corinna seizes the opportunity and slips into the role of a baron's widow. She manages to gain access to the chambers of a billionaire in N...

Mörderische Suche

Mörderische Suche

2004

as Richard Benedek

Acting

Katharina’s husband Richard vanishes in Prague. She uncovers his fake EU job, affair with Vera, and theft from the Russian mafia after Vera’s father’s...

Scheidungsopfer Mann

2004

as Benedikt von Arn

Acting
Berlin Blues

Berlin Blues

2003

as Arzt

6.8
Acting

In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28...

Tiger Eyes See Better

Tiger Eyes See Better

2003

as Dr. Thilo Rylow

4.0
Acting

Judith leads a busy life with her daughter Lissi and her job as statistician.

Jennerwein

Jennerwein

2003

as Pföderl

4.6
Acting

As a child, Jennerwein had to watch his father, the legendary poacher Hannes von Tirol, being shot in cold blood by the royal gamekeeper Mayr in front...

Two Days of Hope

Two Days of Hope

2003

as Michael Berg

7.0
Acting

Brothers Helmut and Wolfgang Kaminski live on opposite sides of the still porous Iron Curtain: Helmut works as a reporter for radio in the American se...

Dorian

Dorian

2003

as Rolf Steiner

3.9
Acting

While temporarily working in a photographic studio with the famous photographer Bae, the simple and handsome worker Louis meets her manager Henry, who...

Der Mörder ist unter uns

Der Mörder ist unter uns

2003

as Martin Bach

6.6
Acting

Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht

2003

as Klaus-Dieter Lehmann

3.0
Acting

Tragicomic, the hero entangled in a strange, strange world. In addition, Armin Rohde rumbles in use for fun and hilarious commission through the scene...

Jagd auf den Flammenmann

2003

as Brisky

Acting

"Inspector Susanne Beckert doesn't make it easy to be liked. Thanks to her tenacity to follow through on her ""intuition"", she soon has the entire pr...

Angst

Angst

2003

as Analytiker

5.2
Acting

Oskar Roehler's drama Der Alte Affe Angst (Angst) is about the dissolution of a couple. Robert (Andre Hennicke) and Marie (Marie Baumer) have little i...

Gun-shy

Gun-shy

2003

as Johannsen

5.7
Acting

Dito Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl. Lukas, a young man doi...

Weihnachtsmann gesucht

Weihnachtsmann gesucht

2002

as Johannes Böhmke

6.1
Acting

A hired Santa makes promises to a little boy he can't really keep.

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

2001

as Dieter Cilov

7.0
Acting

When wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringin...

Rieke's Love

Rieke's Love

2001

as Trainer Peter Karlhoff

5.8
Acting

A young figure-skater becomes jealous when her brother, also a young figure-skater, falls for another young female figure-skater. She thought she was ...

Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express

Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express

2001

as Ossama/Tarik

2.8
Acting

Terrorists hold a group of people hostage during a Millenium Eve party aboard the Orient Express. Only an action movie star and a gymnast can save the...

Engel sucht Flügel

Engel sucht Flügel

2001

as Caspari

1.0
Acting

A bittersweet tale about three people - a young pianist, a moody antique dealer and a notorious thief - who are transformed by love.

Queen's Messenger

Queen's Messenger

2001

as Ben Samm

4.0
Acting

By order of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Captain Strong is given a dangerous assignment to deliver a delicate communication to the British Ambassador...

She Who Must Be Obeyed

She Who Must Be Obeyed

2001

as Michael Vincey

2.8
Acting

Leo Vincey receives a map from his late father, leading him to the legendary city of Kor in search of an explanation for his mysterious ancestry.

The Beast

The Beast

2000

as Finanzbeamter Fink

Acting

An adulterous woman draws a meticulous plan to murder her husband with the help of her lover, a much younger man. Committed the crime, they move to a ...

Falling Rocks

Falling Rocks

2000

as Louis

5.9
Acting

6 Friends, 1 Killer, No Mercy! Slow moving thriller that builds up towards a nerve wrecking end.

Wenn man sich traut

2000

Director

10.0
Directing
Ordinary Decent Criminal

Ordinary Decent Criminal

2000

as Peter

6.1
Acting

Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determin...

Dessine-moi un jouet

Dessine-moi un jouet

1999

as Klaus Hermann

4.0
Acting

A french fantasy film with Christoph Waltz

Die Braut

Die Braut

1999

as Herzog Carl August

1.7
Acting

The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and ...

Love Scenes from Planet Earth

Love Scenes from Planet Earth

1998

as Charly

6.1
Acting

The film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement.

Night Time

Night Time

1998

as Becker

4.8
Acting

Thomas Krömer follows the traces of a brutal murder in werewolf-manner out of personal interest. After investigating for some time, the traces all poi...

Vickys Alptraum

Vickys Alptraum

1998

as Johnny

Acting

Vicky Biel suffered from alcohol problems. She had to leave her son to her ex-husband because of this. The desperate woman wants to "buy back" custody...

Das Finale

Das Finale

1998

as Kant

4.0
Acting

Spotlights scan the arena and thousands of fans roar themselves into the mood. Hansa Rostock and Hertha BSC are battling it out on the pitch for the D...

Einsteins Ende

1998

Acting
Rache für mein totes Kind

Rache für mein totes Kind

1998

as Paul

7.0
Acting

Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten

1998

as Moritz Fink

Acting
Our God's Brother

Our God's Brother

1997

as Max, Maksymilian Gierymski

5.3
Acting

In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.

You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story

You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story

1996

as Roy Black

5.3
Acting

German TV movie chronicling the life of singer and actor Roy Black.

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

1996

as Mirovich

5.7
Acting

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become...

The Tourist

The Tourist

1995

as Stephan Görner

4.8
Acting

Inspector Lanz has finally found peace after the serial killer he was chasing for years was killed in a car chase in London. Lanz now has time to re...

Ein Anfang von etwas

Ein Anfang von etwas

1995

as Herbert Sobieski

6.6
Acting

Herbert lives a rather simple life, left to his own devices. He works as a projectionist in a shabby Viennese movie theater and lives alone with his r...

Man in Search of Woman

Man in Search of Woman

1995

as Christoph

2.0
Acting

A group of men, addicted to pornography, have a chance to live out their fantasies but find that the reality is far different from what they expect.

Prinz zu entsorgen

1995

as Roman Hertz

7.0
Acting

Environmental protection and fair working conditions do not matter one bit to the fashion label "Lorena". However, the company ends up in court becaus...

Jacob

Jacob

1994

as Morasch

6.5
Acting

Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself dece...

Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen

Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen

1994

as Erwin Mikolajczyk

6.4
Acting

This movie depicts the story of Erwin Makolajczyk, a psychopath who killed 9 people in a courtroom on the 9th of March 1994.

5 Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom

5 Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom

1992

as Hartwig Klemmnitz

4.0
Acting

A comedy directed by Rolf Silber.

Die Angst wird bleiben

1992

as Manfred

Acting
St. Petri Schnee

St. Petri Schnee

1991

Acting

In Morwede, a remote Westphalian village, the doctor meets Dr. Amberg in the 1930s.

Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe

Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe

1991

as Jan Tytz

6.1
Acting

The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.

Goldeneye

Goldeneye

1989

as German Spy

6.0
Acting

British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.

Quicker Than the Eye

Quicker Than the Eye

1989

as Polizeichef

3.5
Acting

An expert magician is hired to entertain world leaders at a peace summit. Unfortunately, he finds himself hopelessly entangled in an elaborate terrori...

The Mortal Fortune

The Mortal Fortune

1989

as Guy on Train (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

On the basis of the hardy perennial "boss-assistant" relation, "The Mortal Fortune" depicts the passion of worldly existence. The anonymous hero of t...

Das andere Leben

1987

as Stefan

Acting
Der einsame Weg

Der einsame Weg

1987

as Felix

Acting
The Lenz Papers

The Lenz Papers

1986

as Franz Sigel

7.0
Acting

Four-part german limited serial about the baden revolution in 1848 and 1849.

Wahnfried

Wahnfried

1986

as Friedrich Nietzsche

5.0
Acting

Lake Lucerne in 1868: a passionate and forbidden affair flares up between the gifted composer Richard Wagner and the much younger Cosima von Bülow - t...

Die Wupper

1985

as August Puderbach, Färber

Acting
The Sandman

The Sandman

1983

as Nathanael

10.0
Acting

Based on the classic 19th century tale by German writer/composer E.T.A. Hoffmann, the film investigates the tale's themes of obsession and madness, em...

The Mysterious Stranger

The Mysterious Stranger

1982

as Ernst Wasserman

8.0
Acting

The film version of the same-titled book by Mark Twain. A young printer's apprentice imagines himself back in the days of Guttenberg, helping him to p...

Dr. Margarete Johnson

1982

as Rainer

10.0
Acting

The divorced and emancipated Margarete Johnson falls in love with her young and extremely medical bandaged nephew.

Fire and Sword

Fire and Sword

1982

as Tristan

5.0
Acting

The young knight Tristan is injured in a fight in Ireland and cared for by the beautiful Isolde. He falls in love with her, unaware that she is the da...

Headstand

Headstand

1982

as Markus Dorn

6.5
Acting

A misunderstood youth is incorrectly placed in a mental hospital.

The World Machine

The World Machine

1981

as Young Painter / New York Diner Youth

7.7
Acting

After the passing of her husband, the commissioned painter Anneliese Psiko decides to travel across the country. In the Austrian province of Styria, s...

Feuer!

Feuer!

1979

as Karl Albrecht Schlick

7.0
Acting

A historical drama about the revolution of 1848/1849 in the Austrian empire.

Breakthrough

Breakthrough

1979

as Paramedic

5.8
Acting

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to...

Die goldene Rose von Montreux

Die goldene Rose von Montreux

1978

Acting
Der Einstand

Der Einstand

1977

as Günter Vesely

7.0
Acting

A young ex-convict returns to his home village. But he soon realizes that nothing is the same for him as before.

Wilder & Me

Wilder & Me

N/A

as Billy Wilder

Acting

Part coming-of-age story, part true-life portrait of the beloved Billy Wilder, the film is set during the summer of 1977, when an innocent young woman...

Gilded Rage

N/A

as Thomas Gilbert Sr.

Acting

A true-crime movie about accused Ivy League killer Thomas Gilbert Jr.

Every Note Played

N/A

as Richard

Acting

A world-renowned concert pianist and composer on the verge of creating his magnum opus. When he receives a life-changing diagnosis, his estranged ex-w...