Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is a German and Austrian actor. He is known for playing villainous and supporting roles in English-language films since 2009. He has been primarily active in the United States. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Waltz's American breakthrough role came in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', in which he played SS officer Hans Landa for which he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award. He collaborated with Tarantino again in ''Django Unchained'' (2012), for which he earned his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, this time for his performance as bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz.

Waltz has also starred in ''Carnage'' (2011), ''The Zero Theorem'' (2013), ''Big Eyes'' (2014), ''Downsizing'' (2017), ''Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019), and ''The French Dispatch'' (2021). Waltz also appeared as James Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ''Spectre'' (2015), and ''No Time to Die'' (2021).

In 2020, he starred in the web series ''Most Dangerous Game'', receiving his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. He currently stars in the Amazon Prime series ''The Consultant'' (2023). He also voiced Mandrake in ''Epic'' (2013) and Count Volpe in Guillermo del Toro's ''Pinocchio'' (2022). Provided by wikipedia