Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz, a famous Austrian actor, was born on October 4, 1956 in Vienna. Christoph’s father, Johannes Waltz, and his mother, Elizabeth Urbanczyk, are costume designers, and his grandparents were theater actors. Christoph studied at the gymnasium "Billrothstraße Döbling" in Vienna. He studied acting at the acting faculty of the University of Theatre and Music of the Austrian capital, after which he left for New York and entered the Lee Strasberg Institute, which successfully graduated. Since more

Christoph Waltz, a famous Austrian actor, was born on October 4, 1956 in Vienna. Christoph’s father, Johannes Waltz, and his mother, Elizabeth Urbanczyk, are costume designers, and his grandparents were theater actors. Christoph studied at the gymnasium "Billrothstraße Döbling" in Vienna.

He studied acting at the acting faculty of the University of Theatre and Music of the Austrian capital, after which he left for New York and entered the Lee Strasberg Institute, which successfully graduated. Since 1977, Christoph Waltz played on the stages of the Vienna theaters, was a member of the theater troupes of Salzburg, Hamburg, Cologne, Zurich, Frankfurt am Main. Since 1979, the actor began acting on TV, in German and Austrian cinema. These were mostly detective television series. Acting luck for Christoph was the role of Maximilian Kolbe in the film Life for Life (1991) by Krzysztof Zanussi. And in the famous TV series “Commissioner Rex” (1996), he played the role of Martin Wolfe, a maniac and murderer in the series called “Puppet Killer”. Later, Christophe was invited to play in French and British TV series.
Fame came to Christoph Waltz with the film Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious bastards" He played the role of Hans Landa, SS Standartenführer. The actor is fluent in German, French and English, and in the film he had to speak all three. For this role Christophe was awarded more than ten prizes and awards. At the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, Christoph was recognized as the best actor, and in 2010 for the best supporting role he was awarded the Oscar, Golden Globe and the BAFTA award, the British Film Academy.
In 2011, four films with Christophe appeared on wide screens. These are Massacre, Water for Elephants, Green Hornet and The Three Musketeers. In the film adaptation of the immortal novel by Dumas, Waltz played Cardinal Richelieu.

Christoph Waltz is currently divorced and has four children from a previous marriage. He has two homes in Berlin and London. /