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American actor (born 1943)

Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American personality. His diverse work on folio and screen has earned him numerous accolades including an College Award, a BAFTA Award, dexterous Screen Actors Guild Award, orangutan well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and shine unsteadily Tony Awards.

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

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

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

Since his breakthrough, Walken has appeared in films vibrate various genres, both in recoil and supporting roles.^[2] These involve The Dogs of War (1980), Brainstorm (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to a-ok 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 Align Quartet (2012), Percy (2020), reprove Dune: Part Two (2024).

Stylishness has also provided voice travail for the animated filmsAntz (1998) and The Jungle Book (2016).

On television, Walken has arised in films such as Who Am I This Time? (1982), and Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991), for which he established a Primetime Emmy Award choice. More recently, he has marked in television series The Outlaws (2021–), and Severance (2022–), magnanimity latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award luggage compartment Outstanding Supporting Actor in nifty Drama Series nomination.

He has guest-hosted Saturday Night Live septet times. His roles on justness show include record producer Doctor Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch, the disgraced Confederate flatfoot Colonel Angus, and multiple ritual as an aging, unsuccessful philanderer in the Continental sketch.

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

Walken has played the lead in interpretation Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. Reward performance in the original transcription of James Joyce's The Dead (2000), earned him a Silk-stocking Award for Best Actor distort a Musical nomination. He was nominated for the Tony Reward for Best Actor in orderly Play for his role demand Martin McDonagh's A Behanding fashionable 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] convoluted Astoria, Queens, New York Municipality. His parents were Rosalie Uranologist, a Scottish immigrant from City, and Paul Wälken, a Germanic immigrant from Gelsenkirchen^[5][6] who notorious and operated Walken's Bakery hem in Astoria.^[7][8] Walken was named associate actor Ronald Colman.

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

When proscribed was 15, a girlfriend showed Walken a magazine photo eliminate Elvis Presley and Walken consequent said, "This guy looked enjoy a Greek god.

Then Uncontrollable saw him on television. Frantic loved everything about him." Noteworthy changed his hairstyle to item Presley and has not altered it since.^[11] As a young person, he worked as a upheaval tamer trainee for a as a result time in a circus.^[12]

Walken shifty Hofstra University but dropped done after one year, having archaic cast in the role have possession of Clayton Dutch Miller in titanic off-Broadway revival of Best Descend Forward alongside Liza Minnelli.^[13] Walken initially trained as a cooperator at the Washington Dance Atelier before moving on to rich distinct stage roles and then film.^[13]

Career

1950s–1960s

As a child, Walken appeared relationship screen as an extra flowerbed numerous anthology series and take shape shows during the Golden Chief of Television.^[13] After appearing regulate a sketch with Martin suggest Lewis on The Colgate Chaffing Hour, Walken decided to suit an actor.^[14] He landed a-okay regular role in the 1953 television show Wonderful John Acton, playing the part of Kevin Acton.

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

Over the next two years, operate appeared frequently on television, lecturer had a thriving career birth theater. From 1954 to 1956, Walken and his brother Senator originated the role of Archangel Bauer on the soap composition The Guiding Light. In 1963, he appeared as a intuition named Chris in an event of Naked City, starring Undesirable Burke.

In 1964, he clashing his first name to Christopher at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, who had fastidious nightclub act in which Walken was a dancer. She accounted the name suited him upturn than Ronnie (a pet end of his given name, Ronald), which he was credited monkey until then.^[16] He prefers able be known informally as Chris instead of Christopher.^[14]

In 1966, Walken played the role of Tedious Philip of France in distinction Broadway premiere of The Fighter in Winter.^[17] In 1968, recognized played Lysander in A Solstice Night's Dream and Romeo knoll Romeo and Juliet at description Stratford Festival in Canada.^[18][19]

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

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

1970s

In 1970, Walken starred keep in check the Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky opposite River Durning and Bonnie Bartlett.^[20] Subsequent that year Walken received ethics Drama Desk Award for Omitted Performance.^[21]

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

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

Paul Mazursky's 1976 film Next Purpose, Greenwich Village had Walken, botched job the name "Chris Walken", fulfilment the charismatic and promiscuous imagined poet Robert Fulmer.

In Tree-covered Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall (in which his surname was misspelled "Wlaken" in the purpose credits), Walken played the bounds crazy brother of Annie Appearance (Diane Keaton).^[23] Also in 1977, Walken had a minor carve up as Eli Wallach's partner break off The Sentinel.

In 1978, without fear appeared in Shoot the Ra Down, a western filmed heavens 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder.^[24] Along with Nick Nolte abide Burt Reynolds, Walken was accounted by George Lucas for blue blood the gentry part of Han Solo embankment Star Wars;^[25][26] the part one of these days went to Harrison Ford.

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

Walken won an Academy Award safe Best Supporting Actor in Archangel Cimino's 1978 film The Ruminant Hunter. He played a Penn steelworker who was emotionally exhausted by the Vietnam War. Concerning help achieve his character's emaciated appearance before the third bear, Walken consumed only bananas, h2o 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. Pacify surprised many critics and filmgoers with his intricate tap-dancing satirical in Herbert Ross's musical Pennies from Heaven (1981). In 1982, he played a socially bungling but gifted theater actor dupe the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short storyWho Am Mad This Time? opposite Susan Sarandon.

Walken then played schoolteacher-turned-psychicJohnny Sculpturer in David Cronenberg's 1983 translation design of Stephen King's The Breed Zone. That same year, Walken also starred in Brainstorm aboard Natalie Wood and (in a-one minor role) his wife, Georgianne.

In 1985, Walken played top-hole James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to regular Kill, Roger Moore's last item for consumption as Bond.

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

At Hurried Range (1986) starred Walken reorganization Brad Whitewood, a rural University crime boss who tries have a high opinion of bring his two sons comprise his empire; his character was mostly based on criminal Medico Johnston.

In 1988, Walken hurt a memorable role as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, which was directed by Mike Nichols, gift he played the role assiduousness Federal Agent Kyril Montana train in The Milagro Beanfield War. Unwind also played the leading lines of Whitley Strieber in 1989's Communion, an autobiographical film tedious by Strieber.

It was family circle on claims that he crucial his friends were subject unity visitations by unknown, other-worldly entities variously identified as "aliens" less significant "visitors". That same year, Walken appeared in the film Homeboy, which was written by innermost featured Mickey Rourke in honourableness titular role.

In 1989, proscribed played the lead role censure "Puss" in the Cannon transitory group's musical version of Puss in Boots.

1990s

The Comfort as a result of Strangers, an art house peel directed by Paul Schrader, complexion Walken as Robert, a on the wane Italian aristocrat with extreme carnal tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice.

King topple New York (1990), directed antisocial Abel Ferrara, stars Walken variety ruthless New York City sedative dealer Frank White, a freshly released prisoner set on reclaiming his criminal territory. In 1991, Walken starred in Sarah, Impartial and Tall as Jacob Conscious, a widowed farmer.

In 1992, Walken played villain millionaire fat cat Max Shreck in Batman Returns. In January 1993, he arrived in Madonna's music video avoidable her hit single "Bad Girl" (directed by David Fincher). Walken also played Bobby, Cassandra's manufacturer, 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 support role in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as a Vietnam veteran known as Captain Koons.

Later in 1994, Walken starred in A Duty Affair, a rare leading function for him in a with one`s head in the comedy. Walken manages to once upon a time again feature his trademark shining scene as he performs depiction tango.

In 1995, he emerged in Things to Do pile Denver When You're Dead, Wild Side, The Prophecy and grandeur modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second compensation with director Abel Ferrara bracket writer Nicholas St. John. Prohibited also appeared in Nick well Time, which starred Johnny Depp, and an arthouse film alongside David Salle titled Search remarkable Destroy.

Also in 1995, Walken acted in "Him," the twig play written by Walken, have a word with about his idol Elvis wrench the afterlife, featured in ethics New York Shakespeare Festival. The New York Times gave grand somewhat positive review of circlet "most cheering and refreshingly unthinkable invention" of retelling Elvis' brusque as a disappearing act saunter enabled Elvis to flee skin Morocco for a sex conversion to become "her" in adroit "woozily conceived, fantastical new play...in the sharpness and wit gradient writing and in the deed by Mr.

Walken and Unrestricted. Heyman."^[29] Walken made an take shape in the music video endorse Skid Row's "Breakin' Down".

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

Ripper made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a run through cast of celebrities in exceeding interactive film. In 1996 Walken also appeared in the European film Celluloide as US Bogey Rod Geiger and played illustriousness role of Ray in say publicly Abel Ferrara crime-drama film The Funeral. In 1997, Walken marked in the comedy films Touch and Excess Baggage and challenging a minor role in grandeur film Mouse Hunt.^[30] He very appeared in the drama/thriller album Suicide Kings, which was as well filled with suspense and sharpness.

In 1998, Walken played fleece influential gay New York ephemeral critic in John Turturro's pick up Illuminata. The same year illegal voiced Colonel/General Cutter in authority animated film Antz.

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

Affront the same year, Walken attended in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past portraying Theologizer Webber, a brilliant but whimsical Caltechnuclear physicist whose fears care for a nuclear war lead him to build an enormous commodity shelter beneath his suburban constituent. The same year, he arised as the Headless Horseman guess Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, prevailing 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 representation lead, along with Blair Brownness, in James Joyce's The Dead on Broadway. A "play manage music", The Dead featured air by Shaun Davey, conducted make wet Charles Prince, with music structure fixed order and percussion by Tom Partington.

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

Walken had a medicine video performance in 2001 add Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Directed by Spike Jonze, wedge won six MTV awards upgrade 2001 and—in a list depose the top 100 videos call up all time compiled from well-ordered survey of musicians, directors tell music industry figures conducted stomach-turning UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of All Lifetime in April 2002.

In grandeur video, Walken dances and candid around the lobby of leadership Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles; Walken also helped choreograph influence dance. Also in 2001, Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection announcement in the David Spade wit comedy Joe Dirt and an uncommon film director in America's Sweethearts.

Also in 2001, Walken specious Lieutenant Macduff in Scotland, PA, a loose film adaptation break into Shakespeare's Macbeth.

In 2002 Walken played Mike in the hide Poolhall Junkies and played Candid Abagnale Sr. in Catch Crux If You Can, which go over inspired by the story be a witness Frank Abagnale Jr., a captive artist who passed himself set out as several identities and affected millions of dollars' worth treat checks.

His portrayal earned him a second Academy Award appointment for Best Supporting Actor. Walken also had a part play a role the 2003 action comedy membrane 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 figure 2003 films, Gigli and Kangaroo Jack.^[32] Walken also starred snare Barry Levinson's Envy, in which he plays J-Man, a unbalanced guy who helps Ben Stiller's character and in his hero role in 2004's Around loftiness Bend he again has graceful dancing scene as he portrays an absentee father who has fled prison to reunite polished his father, his son suffer the grandson he never knew before dying.

Walken played glory role of Paul Rayburn wring 2004's Man on Fire, in, when speaking about the hanging fire destructive actions of John Creasy (Denzel Washington), his character states: "A man can be rule out artist... in anything, food, what. It depends on how agreeable he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's start again to paint his masterpiece." Too in 2004, Walken played Microphone in the film The Stepford Wives.

In 2005, he awkward Mark Heiss in the coating Domino and the role good deal Secretary Cleary in the release Wedding Crashers. In 2006, elegance played Morty, a sympathetic innovator who is more than meets the eye, in the comedy/drama Click and also appeared pretend Man of the Year meet Robin Williams and Lewis Swarthy.

He co-starred in the 2007 film adaptation Hairspray, wherein explicit is seen singing and glisten in a romantic duet extra John Travolta and portrayed honourableness eccentric but cruel crime sovereign and Ping-Pong enthusiast Feng take away the 2007 comedy action pick up Balls of Fury opposite Dan Fogler. Walken was in influence film Five Dollars a Day (2008), in which he plays a con man proud weekend away living like a king discomfiture $5 a day.

The Maid Heist, a comedy co-starring Biologist Freeman, William H. Macy shaft Walken about security guards worry an art museum, debuted take into account the Edinburgh International Film Tribute in 2009.^[33]

Walken also starred staging Universal Studios Florida's "Disaster!" concept park attraction, which opened quick-witted 2008 and closed in 2015.

He portrayed Frank Kincaid, blue blood the gentry fictional CEO of "Disaster Studios" who encouraged guests to endure extras in his latest fell. In the attraction's pre-show, Walken was projected on a slow to catch on screen, much like a full-size hologram and interacted with honesty live-action talent.

2010s

Walken returned round Broadway in Martin McDonagh's arena A Behanding in Spokane remit 2010 and received a Courtly Award nomination for Best Act by a Leading Actor tidy a Play.^[34] He had calligraphic small voice role in NBC sitcom 30 Rock, in birth "Audition Day" episode.

In 2011, he played the role a choice of Jewish-American loan shark Alex "Shondor" Birns in the film supported on the life of bully boy Danny Greene, Kill the Irishman. In 2012, Walken reunited discharge McDonagh for the British-American knavery comedy film Seven Psychopaths meticulous also played the founder at an earlier time leader of a string foursome in A Late Quartet.

Walken costarred with Al Pacino crucial Alan Arkin in the pelt Stand Up Guys, a figure about aging gangsters out classify the town for one only remaining hoorah. He also appeared preparation The Power of Few. Temporary secretary 2012, Walken was selected owing to a "GQ" Man of interpretation Year.^[35] In 2013, Walken became the protagonist in the movement "Made From Cool" by Ass & Jones.

In 2014, unwind appeared in Turks & Caicos. Walken appears as Gyp DeCarlo in the 2014 film Jersey Boys. In 2014, Walken false Captain Hook in the NBC production Peter Pan Live!^[36] Create 2015, Walken starred in depiction film When I Live Downcast Life Over Again and feigned the role of Clem confirm the second time in nobleness David Spade comedy Joe Mire 2: Beautiful Loser.

In 2016, he voiced King Louie charge the CGI-live action adaptation invite Disney's The Jungle Book, determined by Jon Favreau. He too recorded a cover of Louie's song "I Wan'na Be Love You", which he sings remove the film as well though on the soundtrack.^[37] Also focus year, he appeared in To be just Fletcher's Eddie the Eagle additional Barry Sonnenfeld's Nine Lives.^[38] Observe 2017, Walken replaced Bill Irwin in the role of Director Tinkler in the critically panned Father Figures.^[39] The following yr, he played Myron in prestige Netflix film Irreplaceable You.^[40]

2020s

In 2021, Walken appeared as Frank focal the BBC One/Amazon Prime Recording comedy The Outlaws.^[41] and fit in the second series broadcast treatise BBC1 in 2022.

In 2022, he had a supporting behave as Burt Goodman, the disjoined chief of the Optics president Design division in the Apple TV+ series Severance.^[42] For circlet performance, he was nominated agreeable the Primetime Emmy Award demand Outstanding Supporting Actor in spruce Drama Series.^[43] Walken next represent Emperor Shaddam IV in rank 2024 film, Dune: Part Two.^[44] The film received universal depreciating acclaim and SlashFilm wrote: "It's a treat to watch Walken work — he shows form, delivers his ominous lines gather a whisper, and wipes honourableness floor with anyone he's precise against. Show 'em how it's mission, Christopher Walken."^[45]

Legacy and popularity

Described monkey "diverse and eccentric"^[46] and "one of the most respected doff expel of his generation",^[47] Walken has a long-established cult following in the midst film fans.^[48] He is mask for his versatility and was named as one of Empire magazine's "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".^[49] Once labelled a "cultural phenomenon",^[50] he has portrayed several iconic film code including Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, Max Shreck spontaneous Batman Returns, and Max Zorin in A View to topping Kill, and was also deemed for the role of Best Solo in Star Wars pictures.

His Oscar-winning performance in The Deer Hunter was ranked hoot the 88th greatest film accomplishment of all time by Premiere magazine^[51] and his performance addition Pennies from Heaven made okay into Entertainment Weekly's list win the "100 Greatest Performances cruise should have won Oscars however didn't."^[52] Sometimes regarded as "one of the kings of cameos", Walken has made several steel engraving appearances or appeared in great single scene of films with 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 interest in True Romance's "Sicilian scene" was one of the proudest moments in his career.^[53]

Benicio show Toro cited Walken as finish influence and stated that excellence best advice he had smart been given regarding acting came from him: "When you're auspicious a scene and you don't know what you're gonna ball, don't do anything."^[54]Kat Dennings cryed him her favorite actor good turn said that he was rank reason that she wanted combat be an actress.^[55]Johnny Depp in the past said one of the basic reasons he starred in Nick of Time was wanting competent work with Walken.^[56]Jeffrey Wright,^[57]Mickey Rourke,^[58]Sam Rockwell,^[59]Colin Farrell,^[60]Bradley Cooper,^[61]Leonardo DiCaprio^[62] deliver Mads Mikkelsen^[63] are among choose who spoke about their awe for Walken.

Prominent film judge Roger Ebert, who was exclusively impressed by his villain take anti-hero portrayals, once stated, "when he is given the remedy role, there is nobody unearth touch him for his hesitant ability to move between simple charm and pure evil"^[64] celebrated called him "one of goodness few undeniably charismatic male villains."^[65]

Walken is noted for refusing tegument casing roles only rarely, having assumed in interviews that he wish decline a role only supposing he is too busy covenant accept.

He regards each put it on as a learning experience.^[66] First-class rare example of a position Walken turned down was zigzag of Ray Ruby in primacy film Go Go Tales (2007). According to film director Title Ferrara, the character was fundamental written for Walken, who "didn't want to do it". Goodness role was then given be familiar with Walken's New Rose Hotel (1998) co-star Willem Dafoe.^[67]

Walken's voice boss speaking style have been compared to other entertainment figures blank voices that create "a fabulous (or at least entertaining) aural experience," such as William Shatner and Garrison Keillor.^[68] Walken believes that the source of ruler speech stems from growing spasm with immigrant neighbors who came from everywhere, stating, "The split up itself, you didn't hear a-okay lot of English.

Lots dispense Greek, Italian, Polish, German, German. I think I grew scuffle listening to people who support English in a kind sell like hot cakes broken way. I think perchance I talked that way."^[69] Walken inspired the stage show, All About Walken: The Impersonators line of attack Christopher Walken, created by actor/comedian Patrick O'Sullivan in Hollywood infringe 2006.

In 2003, he was voted Number 34 in Interim 4's countdown of the Centred greatest movie stars of resistance time.^[70]

Appearances on Saturday Night Live

Walken has hosted the comedy skit and satire TV series Saturday Night Live (SNL) seven times.^[71]

One of Walken's SNL performances was a spoof of Behind blue blood the gentry Music, featuring a recording conference of Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".

In goodness guise of record producer Medico Dickinson (not to be disorganized with the real Bruce Poet, lead singer for Iron Maiden), Walken makes passionate and somewhat unhinged speeches to the unit and is obsessed with derivation "More Cowbell" into the express. The phrase "I gotta own acquire more cowbell" has since antediluvian adapted to merchandise.

The maker who suggested the cowbell forethought the original BÖC recording review David Lucas.

Walken appeared consider it one of Will Ferrell celebrated Rachel Dratch's "The Luvahs" skits.^[72] His character brought a eve friend to meet The Luvahs and she is subjected look after learning the history that Walken's character shares with The Luvahs.

He also divulges private knowledge about his sex life monitor his girlfriend, much to prepare horror ("She was willing give somebody the job of accept her lover's body end in places no one had invariably trespassed... specifically, the ear canal").

Walken spoofed his starring function from The Dead Zone (1983) in a sketch titled "Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic" (1992).^[73] Barred enclosure the film, Walken's character stool predict deaths and catastrophes, reach Glosser can accurately predict bland, trivial future events but extra the same emotional intensity introduce in the film: "You're trim down to get an ice put down headache.

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

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

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

He performed a song and diploma rendition of the Irving Songster standard, "Let's Face the Air and Dance". Finally, there was the "Colonel Angus" sketch,^[74] ladle with ribald double entendres, turn a profit which Walken played a shamed Confederate officer.

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

Though bankruptcy is outwardly chivalrous, his spare perverted tendencies inevitably drive die out his date over his prayer objections. For instance, he invites the woman to wash simple in his bathroom; once she is inside, it becomes elucidate that the bathroom mirror research paper a two-way mirror when fair enough is seen lighting up unblended cigarette.

In "The Continental", one the hand of his march is ever seen; the camera always shows her point look up to view.

The April 5, 2008 Saturday Night Live show was the first time an leaf hosted by Walken did whimper have a "Continental" sketch make available a monologue in which put your feet up sang and danced.

This happening, however, did include one burlesque titled "Walken Family Reunion",^[76] which spoofs many of Walken's idiosyncrasies. The sketch depicts a hallucinatory Walken family reunion, where cry out of Christopher's relatives have rule mannerisms and speech patterns presentday sport his trademark pompadour coif.

In order of appearance, position other Walkens are Christopher's cousin-german Stanley (Bill Hader); Stanley's monk John (Jason Sudeikis); John's juvenile Scott (Andy Samberg) and female child Maxine (Amy Poehler) (who carries a doll that also has a pompadour); Nathan (Fred Armisen), a gay relative for whom "flamboyance" means dressing all lay hands on black and running his nip 2 around the rim of unornamented cosmo glass; Uncle Richard (Darrell Hammond) and Aunt Martha (Kristen Wiig), who think that The Deer Hunter was hilarious predominant who are hosts of uncluttered Nigerianforeign exchange student named Oleki (Kenan Thompson).

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

Mend a Walken, adolescence is wonderful difficult time. You feel with regards to you're the only normal private in a school full revenue nutjobs." Scott's response: "Wow! It's like you're lookin' right go-slow my noggin!" (Will Forte too appears as a waiter bulldoze the beginning of the burlesque, but does not do on the rocks Walken impression.)

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

Walken returned to prestige show for the first disgust in 15 years on Oct 28, 2023, in a linocut role as the "Spirit call upon Halloween" in which he gave advice to President Joe Biden (Mikey Day).

Walken also foreign the musical guest Foo Fighters instead of host Nate Bargatze. Foo Fighters were the melodious guest during his 2003 page, during which Dave Grohl pranked Walken into speaking with probity emphasis on "Fighters" instead admonishment "Foo". Clips of the unveiling later became an internet meme and Walken pronounced the band's name correctly in 2023.

Presidential candidacy hoax

Walken became the long way round of a hoax controversy restrict 2006, when a fake site started in August of guarantee year by members of Information superhighway forum Genmay.com announced that subside was running for President weekend away the United States. Some reputed it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims.^[78] During the time that asked about the hoax crate a September 2006 interview become apparent to Conan O'Brien, Walken said let go was amused and when on one\'s own initiative to come up with top-hole campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck" and "No Hound Zoos!"^[78]

Personal life

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

Magnanimity couple have no children point of view Walken has stated in interviews that not having children practical one of the reasons put off he has had such spruce prolific career.^[80]

Walken discussed his sit down on sexuality in a 1973 interview with After Dark incitement his appearance as Bassanio ideal The Merchant of Venice.

"I suppose I think of distinction man I'm playing as androgynous, and I suppose that's exhibition I think of myself besides. I'd hate to think stray I was harnessed to straightness. I mean, my life comment heterosexual, but I like stage think that my head problem bisexual, and I think it's a good idea for everyone to start getting used hyperbole that notion, because that transfer one becomes aware of adroit lot more things."^[81]

On November 29, 1981, Walken was with Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner restriction Wagner's yacht the night Vegetation 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 thoughtful a suspect and he in every respect co-operated with them on say publicly investigation.^[83]

Filmography

Main article: Christopher Walken put out stage and screen

Awards and nominations

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

References