Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ihe nkiri Quentin Tarantino nke afọ 2009 "Inglourious Basterds", Waltz gosipụtara SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa, nke a makwaara dị ka "The Jew Hunter". Onye nwere ọgụgụ isi, onye nwere nkwanye ùgwù, onye na-asụ ọtụtụ asụsụ - ma bụrụkwa onye na-achọ ọdịmma onwe ya nanị, onye aghụghọ, onye na-enweghị obi ebere na onye na-egbu ọchụ - àgwà Landa bụ nke mere na Tarantino tụrụ egwu na "ọ pụrụ ịbụ na o dere akụkụ nke a na-apụghị igwu egwu". Waltz nwetara ihe nrite nke Best Actor Award maka arụmọrụ ya na 2009 Cannes Film Festival ma nata otuto site n'aka ndị nkatọ na ọha na eze. N'afọ 2009, ọ malitere ikpochapụ ihe nrite ndị nkatọ, na-anata onyinye maka Best Supporting Actor site na New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, na maka Best Supporting Actor na 67th Golden Globe Awards na
16th Screen Actors Guild Awards na Jenụwarị 2010.