Cast & creator
Christoph Waltz
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan
Christoph Waltz (born October 4, 1956) is an Austrian actor who also holds German and an American 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.
119
film credits
68
television credits
181
1948–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (187)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Scene of the Crime
Inspektor Passini
1970Scene of the Crime
Gerd Weißenbach
1970Scene of the Crime
Prof. Robert Henze
1970
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Old Fox
Hans Baumeister
1977The Old Fox
Christian Kamp
1977
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Minions & Monsters
Max (voice)
2026
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Polizeiruf 110
Dr. Grins
1971
Only Murders in the Building
Bash Steed
2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
20143 nach 9
Self
1974
A Case For Two
Alf
1981
Derrick
Eberhard Bothe
1974Derrick
Schumann
1974
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Last Meals
Self
2021
Bambi
Self
1948
Django Unchained
Dr. King Schultz
2012
Inspector Rex
Martin Wolf
1994
Inglourious Basterds
COL. Hans Landa
2009
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953The Oscars
Self
1953
No Time to Die
Blofeld
2021Grimme Award
Self
1964
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
2012
Der Staatsanwalt
Dr. Claudius Tressen
2005G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
Self
2005
Frankenstein
Harlander
2025Romy Award
Self
1990
Most Dangerous Game
Miles Sellars
2020
Dracula
Priest
2025
Alita: Battle Angel
Dr. Dyson Ido
2019
Der letzte Zeuge
Martin York
1998
Horrible Bosses 2
Bert Hanson
2014
The Legend of Tarzan
Captain Leon Rom
2016
Spectre
Blofeld
2015Blauer Panther
Self
1989
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
Self
1999
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Count Volpe (voice)
2022
Staged
Christoph
2020
The Consultant
Regus Patoff
2023The Consultant
Executive Producer
2023
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Paul Duval
2021
Kommissar Stolberg
Paul Büttner
2006
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self
2008
The Green Hornet
Chudnofsky
2011
The Three Musketeers
Richelieu
2011
Epic
Mandrake (voice)
2013
Rosa Roth
Wietze
1994
Tulip Fever
Cornelis Sandvoort
2017
Downsizing
Dusan Mirkovic
2017
Schimanski
Klaus Mandel
1997
Under Suspicion
Thomas Sell
2002
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
Richard Seemann
2004
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self
2025
Water for Elephants
August Rosenbluth
2011
Clique Talk
Self
2016
Muppets Most Wanted
Christoph Waltz
2014
Old Guy
Danny Dolinski
2024
QT8: The First Eight
Self
2019Faust
Gerhardt Schulze-Leitner
1994
The Zero Theorem
Qohen Leth
2013The Zero Theorem
Co-Producer
2013
Dead for a Dollar
Max Borlund
2022Dead for a Dollar
Executive Producer
2022
Big Eyes
Walter Keane
2014
Carnage
Alan Cowan
2011
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast
Self
2025
Rifkin's Festival
Death
2020
The Portable Door
Humphrey Wells / John Wells Snr
2023
The Gravy Train Goes East
Han-Joachim Dorfmann
1991
Georgetown
Ulrich Mott
2019Georgetown
Director
2019
Napoleon
Karl Emmanuel
1991
Die Patriarchin
Wolf Sevening
2005
Ordinary Decent Criminal
Peter
2000
Die Anwälte
Herbert Jahn
2008
Lenz oder die Freiheit
Franz Sigel
1986
Breakthrough
Paramedic
1979
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
Dieter Cilov
2001
Jacob
Morasch
1994
The Gravy Train
Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann
1990
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
Self - Harlander
2025
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
Jan Tytz
1991Der Meisterfälscher
Self
2014
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
2022
Love Scenes from Planet Earth
Charly
1998
A King for Burning
Jan Bockelson
1993Parole Chicago
Ede
1979
Catherine the Great
Mirovich
1996
The Tourist
Stephan Görner
1995
5 Zimmer, Küche, Bad
Hartwig Klemmnitz
1992Rieke's Love
Trainer Peter Karlhoff
2001Schöne Witwen küssen besser
Jean-France
2004
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
Menachem Begin (voice)
2013
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
2012The Alien Years
Stefan Mueller
1988
Berlin Blues
Arzt
2003
Rache für mein totes Kind
Paul
1998
Little Berlin
Narrator
2020
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
Himself
2020
Quicker Than the Eye
Polizeichef
1989
Das jüngste Gericht
Peters
2008
The Beast
Finanzbeamter Fink
2000
The Making of Big Eyes
Himself
2015
Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen
Erwin Mikolajczyk
1994
The World Machine
Young Painter / New York Diner Youth
1981
Der Mörder ist unter uns
Martin Bach
2003
Das Geheimnis im Wald
Hans Kortmann
2008
Man in Search of Woman
Christoph
1995
Fidelio
Director
2020
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
Dieter Cilov
2001
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Self (archive footage)
2021
Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express
Ossama/Tarik
2001
Angst
Analytiker
2003
Dorian
Rolf Steiner
2003
Polanski, le travail à l'oeuvre
Self
2019
Die Zürcher Verlobung - Drehbuch zur Liebe
Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast
2007
Ein Anfang von etwas
Herbert Sobieski
1995
Fire and Sword
Tristan
1982
Goldeneye
German Spy
1989
Most Dangerous Game
Miles Sellars
2020
Our God's Brother
Max, Maksymilian Gierymski
1997Die Staatsanwältin
Andreas Doepke
1995
Wahnfried
Friedrich Nietzsche
1986Die Angst wird bleiben
Manfred
1992
Jagd auf den Flammenmann
Brisky
2003
Weihnachtsmann gesucht
Johannes Böhmke
2002
The Sandman
Nathanael
1983
Todsünde
Sebastian Flies
2008
Oh du mein Österreich
Self
2015Every Note Played
Richard
Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
2003Franziskas Gespür für Männer
Karl Löwen
2006
Gun-shy
Johannsen
2003
Lapislazuli - Im Auge des Bären
Czerny
2006
Blutsbrüder
Klaus Mandel
1997
The Lenz Papers
Franz Sigel
1986
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl (voice)
2012
Mörderische Suche
Richard Benedek
2004
Engel sucht Flügel
Caspari
2001Wenn man sich traut
Director
2000Einsteins Ende
1998
Wilder & Me
Billy Wilder
Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten
Moritz Fink
1998
St. Petri Schnee
1991
Falling Rocks
Louis
2000
She Who Must Be Obeyed
Michael Vincey
2001
Night Time
Becker
1998
Die goldene Rose von Montreux
1978
Der einsame Weg
Felix
1987
You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story
Roy Black
1996
Most Dangerous Game: New York
Miles Sellars
2023
The Mysterious Stranger
Ernst Wasserman
1982
The Mortal Fortune
Guy on Train (uncredited)
1989
Dessine-moi un jouet
Klaus Hermann
1999
Tiger Eyes See Better
Dr. Thilo Rylow
2003
Der Einstand
Günter Vesely
1977Vickys Alptraum
Johnny
1998Gilded Rage
Thomas Gilbert Sr.
Die Verzauberung
Dr. Helmut Bahr
2007Das andere Leben
Stefan
1987
Das Finale
Kant
1998
Two Days of Hope
Michael Berg
2003Am dam des
Self
1975Ode to Joy
The Man
2013
Feuer!
Karl Albrecht Schlick
1979
Jennerwein
Pföderl
2003
Queen's Messenger
Ben Samm
2001
Die Braut
Herzog Carl August
1999
Headstand
Markus Dorn
1982Prinz zu entsorgen
Roman Hertz
1995Die Wupper
August Puderbach, Färber
1985Dr. Margarete Johnsohn
Rainer
1982Scheidungsopfer Mann
Benedikt von Arn
2004